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”.Itisalsosuggested（27）itisusefultosay“Please”and“Thankyou”.PeoplefromtheWestliketousethesewordsincaseswheresomepeopleinAsiamaynotthinkitnecessary.（28）（Say）“sorry”ifweinterruptordisagree（29）someonealsohelpsustobepolite.Forexample,whenwedisagree,weshouldsay“I’msorry,butIthinkyouare（30）_（mistake）”ratherthan“You’rewrong!

” 

Inconclusion,weneedtoknowthecustomofacountrysothatwedonotmakeothersembarrassed.Itseemsthatifpeoplelearnsomethingaboutother（31）_（culture）beforetheyvisitnewcountries,they（32）（be）lesslikelytoupsetothers.

（B）

Anoldfriendshiphadgrowncold.Whereoncetherehadbeencloseness,therewasonlystrain.Nowpridekeptmefrompickingupthephone.

ThenonedayIdroppedinonanotheroldfriend,who’shadalongcareerasaministerandcounselor.Wewereseatedinhisstudy----surroundedbymaybeathousandbooksandfellintodeepconversationabouteverythingfromsmallcomputerstothetormentedlifeofBeethoven.

Thesubjectfinallyturnedtofriendshipand（33）______perishableitseemstobethesedays.Imentionedmyownexperienceasanexample.“Relationshipsaremysteries,”myfriendsaid.“Someendure.（34）______fallapart.”

GazingouthiswindowtothewoodedVermonthills,hepointedtowardaneighboringfarm,“Usedtobealargebarnoverthere.”Nexttoared-framehousewerethefootingsof（35）_______hadbeenasizablestructure.

“Itwassolidlybuilt,probablyinthe1870s.Butlikesomanyoftheplacesaroundhere,itwentdownbecausepeopleleftforricherlandsintheMidwest.Noonetookcareofthebarn.Itsroofneeded（36）_______（patch）;

rainwatergotundertheeavesanddrippeddowninsidethepostsandbeams.”

Onedayahighwindcamealong,andthewholebarnbegantotremble.“Youcouldhearthiscreaking,first,likeoldsailing-shiptimbers,andthenasharpseriesofcracksandatremendousroaringsound.Suddenlyitwasaheapofscraplumber.”

“Afterthestormblewover,Iwentdownandsawthesebeautiful,oldoaktimbers,solidascouldbe.Iaskedthefellowwhoownstheplacewhathadhappened.Hesaidhefiguredtherainwater（37）_______（settle）inthepinholes,wherewoodendowelsheldthejointstogether.Oncethosepinswererotted,therewasnothingtolinkthegiantbeamstogether.”

Webothgazeddownthehill.Nowallthatwasleftofthebarnwasitscellaranditsborderoflilacshrubs.

Myfriendsaidhehadturnedtheincidentoverandoverinhismind,andfinallycametorecognizesomeparallelsbetweenbuildingafriendship:

（38）____________________strongyouare,hownotableyourattainments,youhaveenduringsignificanceonlyinyourrelationshiptoothers.

“Tomakeyourlifeasoundstructurethatwillserveothersandfulfillyourownpotential,”hesaid,“youhavetorememberthatstrength,howevermassive,can’tendure（39）______ithastheinterlockingsupportofothers.Goitaloneandyou’llinevitablytumble.”

“Relationshipshavetobecaredfor,”headded,“liketheroofofabarn.Lettersunwritten,thanksunsaid,confidencesviolated,quarrelsunsettled-----allthisactslikerainwaterseepingintothepegs,weakeningthelinkbetweenthebeams.”

Myfriendshookhishead.“Itwas（40）_______goodbarn.Anditwouldhavetakenlittletokeepitingoodrepair.Nowitwillprobablyneverberebuilt.”

LaterthatafternoonIgotreadytoleave.“Youwouldn’tliketoborrowmyphonetomakeacall,Idon’tsuppose?

”heasked.

“Yes.”Isaid,“IthinkIwould.Verymuch.”

SectionB

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.instinctB.confidenceC.outlinedD.slogansE.spinF.lists

G.illustratedH.convictionI.contrastJ.practiceK.demonstrate

Thesuccessofaspeechisoftenattributedtotheskillofthespeaker,withmeritbeinggiventospeakerswhoareconfident,articulate,knowledgeableandabletodeliveraspeechwith（41）______.

Butoftenitisnotthespeakerswhowritethesemovingspeeches,itisaspeechwriter.Andoneindustryinwhichthis（42）________iscommonisthatofpolitics.Sowhatdoesittaketobeapoliticalspeechwriter?

WellaccordingtoarecentjobadvertisementfromtheUSEmbassyinBritain,apoliticalspeechwriterneedstohaveexceptionalinterpersonalskills,bedetailorientedandableto（43）________adeepknowledgeoftheirsubject.Theymustalsoworkcloselywithspeakersandbeabletorelatetotheirstyle.

Somebelievethatthebestspeechwritershaveaninherenttalent,anaturalcreative（44）________,andthatspeechwritingisanartform.

Sowhataboutthoseofuswhodonotpossesssuchgenius?

Canwestillproducesuccessfulspeeches?

InaninterviewwiththeBBC,DrMaxAtkinson（acommunicationsspecialist）（45）_________anumberofspeechwritingtechniques.Healso（46）________howthesetechniqueshavebeenusedinhistoricspeeches.

Onesuchtechniqueisintroducing（47）________.Thisisextremelyusefulwhenpresentingapositive（48）________onanegativeissue.OneofthemostfamousexamplesofthiscanbeseeninaspeechgivenbyformerAmericanPresidentJohnFKennedy:

"

Asknotwhatyourcountrycandoforyoubutwhatyoucandoforyourcountry.”

Anothertechniqueistheuseofthree-part（49）________.DrAtkinsonexplainsthatthiscanbeanexcellentwayofaddingfinalityorconfirmingastatement.FormerBritishPrimeMinisterTonyBlairwasafanofthistechnique.Oneofhismostfamouscampaign（50）_______was"

education,education,education.”

Sonexttimeyouhavetoprepareaspeechorpresentation,tryapplyingoneormoreofthesetechniquesandseeifyouhavewhatittakestobeawinningspeechwriter.

III.ReadingComprehension

SectionADirections:

ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.

　Ifyouwanttolearnanewlanguage,theveryfirstthingtothinkaboutiswhy．Doyouneeditfora（51）_______ 

reason,suchasyourjoboryourstudies?

（52）_______ 

perhapsyouareinterestedinthe（53）_______,filmsorthemusicofadifferentcountryandyouknowhowmuchitwillhelptohavea（54）_______ 

ofthelanguage．

　　Mostpeoplelearnbestusingavarietyof（55）_______ 

buttraditionalclassesareanidealstartformanypeople．They（56）_______ 

anenvironmentwhereyoucanpracticeundertheguidance 

ofsomeonewho’sgoodatthelanguage．Wealllead（57）_______ 

livesandlearninglanguagetakes 

time．Youwillhavemoresuccessifyoustudyregularly,sotrytodevelopa 

（58）_______．Itdoesn’tmatterifyouhaven’tgotlong．Becoming（59）_______ 

inalanguagewilltakeyears,butlearningtogetbytakesalotless．

　　Manypeoplestartlearningalanguageandsoongivenup．“I’mtoo（60）_______ 

”theysay．Yes,childrendolearnlanguagesmorequickly 

thanadults,butresearchhasshownthatyoucanlearnalanguageatanyage．Andlearningisgoodforthehealthofyourbrain,too．I’vealsoheardpeople（61）_______aboutthemistakestheymakewhen（62）_______ 

．Well,relaxandlaughaboutyour（63）_______ 

andyou’remuchlesslikelytomakethemagain．

　　Learninganewlanguageisnever（64）_______ 

．Butwithsomeworkanddevotion,you’llmakeprogress．Andyou’llbe（65）_______ 

bythepositivereactionofsomepeoplewhenyousayjustafewwordsin 

their 

wonlanguage．Goodluck!

51．A．technical 

B．political 

C．practical 

D．physical

52．A．After 

B．So 

C．Though 

D．Or

53．A．literature 

B．transport 

C．agriculture 

D．medicine

54．A．view 

B．knowledge 

C．form 

D．database

55．A．paintings 

B．regulations 

C．methods 

D．computers

56．A．protect 

B．change 

C．respect 

D．provide

57．A．busy 

B．happy 

C．simple 

D．normal

58．A．theory 

B．business 

C．routine 

D．project

59．A．bored 

B．fluent 

C．interested 

D．devoted

60．A．old 

B．nervous 

C．weak 

D．tired

61．A．worry 

B．hesitate 

C．think 

D．quarrel

62．A．singing 

B．working 

C．bargaining 

D．learning

63．A．progress 

B．mistakes 

C．cleverness 

D．clumsiness

64．A．tiresome 

B．hard 

C．interesting 

D．easy

65．A．blamed 

B．amazed 

C．interrupted 

D．informed

SectionB

Readthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.

TensofthousandsofancientpicturescarvedintotherocksatoneofFrance’smostimportanttouristsitesarebeinggraduallydestroyed.Scientistsandresearchersfearthatthe36,000drawingsonrocksinMontBegointheFrenchAlpsarebeing