Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

In order to present the best presentation and eliminate room for error, you need to keep in mind certain guidelines. Here's are some of my ideas for presenting quality presentation that demand genuine attention from your listeners.

Picking out a topic is the hard part, when it comes to choosing from a list of presentation subjects. It has to be interesting, impactful and unique, therefore it is crucial to choose something you care about rather than randomly selecting one. Ask yourself if it covers angles －is it informative? Will it keep my listeners hooked? Will it create an air of boredom? Will I be able to get all my facts and research done? Is it appealing to me, but not to them?

There's nothing more annoying than have someone blabber on about a topic he/she hasn't done extensive research on. It is obvious from the way they speak, how monotonous their tones sound and how robotic their movement and gestures are. So don't be that someone. Take the effort to learn as much as you can. Make it matter to you, and remember how it can impact your listeners, and enlighten them on things they didn't know about at all.

No one is perfect, and there are bound to be mistakes or circumstances that you didn’t count on and couldn’t avoid. You could stutter with a word, mix up slides, or forget some important sheets of your presentation and so on. Straighten up. Crack a minor joke in your defense. In other words improvise and don't beat yourself up about it or else your presentation will end in disaster. Don't let it ruin the rest of it, and finish the presentation as planned, so that people think more of how well it ended.

The best thing about presenting a topic is eye contact. If you are able to say it by heart, and not by looking at a piece of paper, you will have mastered the most effective presentation technique. Memorize your lines, and points, and only glance at your notes occasionally if you think you may forget something. In the end, if you think that you are well prepared to answer questions, then by all means invite them.

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

This was no ordinary class. The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University. They had interrupted their research to accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment: “an interesting week of poetry”. This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is science difficult for many non-science students?

The students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. They had reading tasks and had to write three short papers. All students noticed one thing—the importance of spoken words. In science and engineering classes, the instructors put tables and drawings on the blackboard. But in this poetry class, the instructors just talked. They didn’t write anything on the board.

The scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between science and poetry. In both subjects, students need to find layers of meaning. Some layers are simple, clear, and on the surface; other layers are deeper and more difficult. This search for different levels of meaning doesn’t happen much in undergraduate science classes, but it is important later, in graduate school. And it is always important in humanities(人文科学).

Both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from this experience. One poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of using informational charts as he teaches. Most of the scientists agreed on several points. First, humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which information is important. Second, the poetry class was fun. One engineer decided, “We need to change the way we teach engineering to make it an enjoyable experience for students.” But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this: All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.

（Note： Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.）

1.Why was this class very unusual?

2.The experiment was designed to help teachers find out ________.

3.The poetry class was different from science and engineering classes in that __________.

4.What influence did the experiment had on those professors?

Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1. 同学们积极参加体育锻炼。（take）

2. 人们认为信心和耐心是成功的关键。（consider）

3. 评估一个人知识和技能有很多简单而有效的方法。（assess）

4. 昨晚残疾人的演出非常成功，让观众们感动得流下了眼泪。(so…that…)

5. 整个周末他都在忙着复习备考，只在吃饭的时候才歇一歇。(busy)

Guided Writing

Directions: Write an English composition in 120 - 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

随着天气变冷，火灾频发，给人民的生命财产安全造成巨大损失。请你以校学生会（the Students’ Union）的名义，给全校同学写一封信，主要内容应包括：

1. 火灾带来的危害和预防火灾的重要性

2. 你的建议 (学习必要的防火知识；制定班级防火安全条例；保持逃生通道畅通；不要玩火等)

语言点提示：

fire safety regulations防火安全条例；

take precautions采取预防措施；

fire extinguisher灭火器

Soon after dinner, Wayne drove off ______ the direction of Paris.

         A．to          B．at       C．for      D．in

They produced two reports, ______ of which contained any useful suggestions.

         A．either         B．all       C．none  D．neither

Some young people these days just ______ go out of their homes to contact the real world．

         A．mustn’t      B．won’t          C．mightn’t    D．shouldn’t

You’d be exposed to a lot ______ pollution if you moved to a town with pure water and air.

         A．more B．most  C．less    D．least

I’m sure you will do better in the test because you ______ so hard this year．

         A．studied                B．had studied

         C．will study            D．have been studying

The banker was found in a remote village after ______ his office last Thursday.

         A．leave         B．being left   C．leaving       D．having been left