1、 C. sentiment D. affection 4.A. except B. but C. except for D. but for 5.A. recite B. recognize C. read D. repeat 6.A. volume B. noise C. voice D. pitch 7.A. close B. shut C. stop D. comfort 8.A. grew B. was growing C. grow D. grown 9.A. many B. amount C. number D. supply 10.A. living B. cultivating
2、 C. reclaiming D. exploring 11.A. increase B. include C. add D. enrich 12.A. later B. further C. then D. subsequently 13.A. attendant B. keeper C. member D. aide 14.A. who B. they C.what D. which15.A. usefully B. almost C. nearly D. successfully16.A. pay B. provide C. allow D. finance 17.A. normally
3、 B. regularly C. usually D. often 18.A. expectations B. sorrows C. excitement D. disappointments 19.A. for B. with C. to D. from 20.A. excursion B. travel C. journey D. TripCloze 2If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or _1 _ i
4、n your work would depend, to _2 _ great extent, _3 _ your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. _4 _ the utmost importance is your attitude. A person _5 _ begins a job convinced that he isnt going to like it or is _6 _ that he is going to fail is exhibiting a weakness w
5、hich can only hinder his success. On the other hand, a person who is secure _7 _ his belief that he is probably as capable _8 _ doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt _9 _ it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well. _10_ the
6、prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A bookkeeper who cant add or a carpenter who cant cut a straight line with a saw _11 _one of the hopeless cases. This book has been designed to help you capitalize _12 _ the strength and overcome the
7、_13 _ that you bring to the job of learning. But in order to measure your development, you must first _14 _stock of somewhere you stand now. _15 _ we get further along in the book, well be _16 _ in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening _17 _ skills. However, _18 _ begi
8、n with, you should pause _19 _ examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your _20 _, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits. 1. A. improvement B. victory C. failure D. achievement 2. A. a B. the C. some
9、D. certain 3. A. in B. on C. of D. to 4. A. Out of B. Of C. To D. Into 5. A. who B. what C. that D. which 6. A. ensure B. certain C. sure D. surely 7. A. onto B. on C. off D. in 8. A. to B. at C. of D. for 9. A. near B. on C. by D. at 10. A. Have B. Had C. Having D. Had been 11. A. being B. been C.
10、are D. is 12. A. except B. but C. for D. on 13. A. idea B. weakness C. strength D. advantage 14. A. make B. take C. do D. give 15. A. as B. till C. over D. out 16. A. deal B. dealt C. be dealt D. dealing 17. A. learnt B. learned C. learning D. learn 18. A. around B. to C. from D. beside 19. A. to B.
11、 onto C. into D. with 20. A. intelligence B. work C. attitude D. weaknessCloze 3Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? _1_ an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets _2_ the details. Wherever anything happens in
12、the world, reporters are on the spot to _3_ the news. Newspapers have one basic _4_, to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to _5_ it.Radio, telegraph, television, and _6_ inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development
13、of magazines and other means of communication. _7_, this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the _8_ and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are _9_ and read than ever before. Com
14、petition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers _10_ of the latest news, todays newspapers _11_ and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers economic choices _12_ advertising. Most newspapers depen
15、d on advertising for their very _13_. Newspapers are sold at a price that _14_ even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main _15_ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The _16_ in selling advertising depends on a newspapers value to advertisers. This _17_ in terms of c
16、irculation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends _18_ on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment _19_ in a newspapers pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspapers value to readers as a source of information _20_ the communit
17、y, city, country, state, nation, and worldand even outer space.1. A. Just when B. While C. Soon after D. Before2. A. to give B. giving C. given D. being given3. A. gather B. spread C. carry D. bring4. A. reason B. cause C. problem D. purpose5. A. make B. publish C. know D. write6. A. another B. othe
18、r C. one another D. the other7. A. However B. And C. Therefore D. So8. A. value B. ratio C. rate D. speed9. A. spread B. passed C. printed D. completed 10. A. inform B. be informed C. to be informed D. informed11. A. entertain B. encourage C. educate D. edit12. A. on B. through C. with D. of13. A. f
19、orms B. existence C. contents D. purpose14. A. tries to cover B. manages to cover C. fails to cover D. succeeds in 15. A. source B. origin C. course D. finance16. A. way B. means C. chance D. success17. A. measures B. measured C. is measured D. was measured18. A. somewhat B. little C. much D. someth
20、ing19. A. offering B. offered C. which offered D. to be offered20. A. by B. with C. at D. aboutCloze 4For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines
21、: a never-ending flood of words. In _1_a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend _2_ can mean the difference between success and failure.Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are _3_ readers. Most of us develop poor reading _4_ at an early age, and never get over them. The
22、main deficiency _5_ in the actual stuff of language itself words. Taken individually, words have _6_ meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. _7_, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regress
23、ing to _8_ words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over _9_ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which _10_ down the speed of reading is vocalizationsounding each word either orally or mentally as _11_ reads. To overcome these bad habits, some reading
24、clinics use a device called an _12_, which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate _13_ the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him.The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, _14_ word-by-word reading, regression and
25、subvocalization, practically impossible. At first _15_ is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, _16_ your comprehension will improve. Many people have found _17_ reading skills drastically improved after some training. _18_ Charlie Au, a busines
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