Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
However urban life strikes you, cities worldwide have been growing ever more rapidly. Some of this growth has occurred in the developed world, but the most dramatic increase has been in the Third World. Almost all the world's population growth over the next 30 years will take place in the cities of developing countries. By the year 2030, for the first time in history, 60 percent of the world's people will be living in cities.
This is actually good news in some ways. "Cities are the fundamental building blocks of prosperity," says Marc Weiss, chairman of the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development, "both for the nation and for families." Industrial and commercial activities in urban areas account for between 50 and 80 percent of the gross domestic product(GDP) in most countries of the world "there's the crazy notion that the way to deal with a city's problems is to keep people out of them," Weiss continued. "But the problems of the rural life are even more serious than those of the city." For better or worse, urban-watchers are clear on one point: The quality of life for most people in the future will be determined by the quality of cities.
Those cities will be bigger than ever. And yet, population numbers by themselves don't determine a city's prospects; after all, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Hamburg, Germany, have the same population. Nor is explosive growth necessarily the determining factor. "City problems," one authority points out, "mostly have to do with weak, ineffective, and usually unrepresentative city governments."
What is the passage mainly about?
A. Big cities.
B. City life.
C. Population.
D. Gross Domestic Product.
How to Make a Good Impression
Research shows that we start to make up our minds about people within seven seconds of meeting them. Much of the communication is unspoken. Consciously or unconsciously, we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes. At the same time, we cause in each other a chain of emotional reactions, ranging from comfort to fear.
Think about some of your most memorable meetings: an introduction to your future spouse, a job interview, or an en counter with a stranger. Focus on the first seven seconds. What did you feel and think? How did you "read" the other person, and how do you think he read you?
You are the message.
For 25 years I've worked with thousands of business and political leaders, show business personalities, and other men and women who want to be successful. I've helped them make persuasive presentations, answer unfriendly questions, communicate more effectively. The secret of that training has always been that you(the whole you) are the message.
If you use your good qualities, other people will want to be with you and cooperate with you. The personal qualities include: physical appearance, energy, rate of speech, pitch, and tone of voice, gestures, expressiveness of eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of others. Another person will form. an impression about you based on all of these.
Now recall three times in your life when you know you made a good impression. What made you successful? I'm sure of this: you were committed to what you were talking about, and you were so absorbed in the moment that you lost all self consciousness.
Be yourself.
Many how-to books advise you to stride into a room and show your personality to impress. They instruct you to greet others with "power handshakes". They tell you to fix your eyes on the other person. If you follow all this advice, you'll drive everyone crazy—including yourself.
The trick is to be consistently you, at your best. The most effective people never change character from one situation to another. They're the same whether they're having an intimate conversation, addressing their garden club or being inter viewed for a job. They communicate with their whole being. The tones of their voices and their gestures completely go with their words.
Public speakers, however, often send confusing signals to their audience. My favorite is the kind who say, "Ladies and gentlemen, I’m very happy to be here", while looking at their shoes. They don't look happy. They look angry, frightening or depressed.
The audience will always go with what they see over what they hear. They think, "He's telling me he's happy, but he's not. He's not being honest."
Use your eyes.
Whether you're talking to one person or one hundred, always remember to look at them. Some people start to say something while looking right at you, but, three words into the sentence, they break eye contact and look out the window.
As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably, then look directly at those in the room and smile. This demonstrates that you are at ease. Some people think entering a room full of people is like going into a lion's cage. I disagree. If I did agree, however, I am sure I wouldn't look at my feet, and I wouldn't look at the ceiling. I'd keep my eye on the lion!
Smiling is important. The best type of smile and eye contact is gentle and comfortable, not forced.
Listen before you leap.
My father taught me the idea of "absorbing" other people before showing myself. He said, "Boy, you can't learn any thing when you’re talking." I before showing myself He said, "Boy, you can't lear anything when you're talking."
When you attend a meeting, a party or an interview, don't immediately start thr
A. Y
B. N
C. NG
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
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A. Get a good night's sleep so he'll feel better.
B. Take the exam once more.
C. Go out to see a movie.
D. Stay in a cinema for a night.