[填空题]Among the team of people dealing with an individual ease, the most important member is ________.

[填空题]Among the team of people dealing with an individual ease, the most important member is ________.

[单项选择]Among ten sales people who started their business at the same time, Mr. Rayburn was the only successful one, because he was the
A. luckiest.
B. most qualified.
C. most hard-working.

[简答题]Some people prefer to attend team sports. Others prefer to do individual sports. Which do you prefer and why Include details and examples in your explanation.

[填空题]The number of suicides among young people tends to keep pace with their level of education.

[单项选择]Pedro was a wonderful person among all the people of the ranch. Besides being the most renowned hunter, he had seen the world, and conscious of his superiority, he strutted among the vaqueros and other ranch hands like an only rooster in a small barnyard. Besides, he spoke English, which he had learned on one of his trips up North. Yes, Pedro was a traveled man; he had been as far away as Sugar Land and had worked in the sugar-cane plantations. Many strange things he had seen in his travels. He had seen how the convicts were worked on the plantations and how they were whipped for the least offenses. Yes, he, Pedro, had seen that with his own eyes.
He did not stay in the Sugar Land country long; the dampness was making him have chills. So he hired himself as a section hand. His auditors should have seen that big black monster, el Tren Volador. It roared and whistled and belched fire and smoke as it flew over the land. He would have liked being a section hand on the railroads, had
A. Pedro was a wonderful person among all the people of the ranch.
B. And here he was again, a man who had seen the world but who was happy to be at home.
C. But being anxious to see a city, he came to Houston.
D. He did not stay in the Sugar Land country long; the dampness was making him have chills.

[单项选择]Drug use among teens concerns many people in California. Advocates of the "Stop Drugs Now" program, which was piloted in public schools in five California counties last year, argue that the program should be used throughout the state to decrease drug use among teenagers.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most strengthen the argument of the advocates of "Stop Drugs Now" that the program should be expanded statewide ？（）
A. School programs are far less important than parental messages in influencing a teenager’s decision to use drugs.
B. Drug use among teens in the five counties where the "Stop Drugs Now" program was piloted has been dropping steadily for over a decade.
C. Teenagers at the public schools where the "Stop Drugs Now" program was piloted reported higher average levels of drug use than did teenagers at private schools in the same counties where the program was not piloted.
D. There is evidence that teenagers who start smoking at an early age are more likely to experiment with illegal drugs than teenagers who do not smoke.
E. The percentage of teenagers who reported using drugs at the schools where the "Stop Drugs Now" program was piloted dropped more in the last year than in any other year over the last decade.

[单项选择]Among the many ways in which people communicate through speech, public speaking has probably received more study and attracted more attention than any other. Politicians campaigning for public office, salespeople presenting products, and preachers delivering sermons all depend upon this form of public communication. Even people who do not make speaking a part of their daily work are often asked to make public speeches: students at graduation, for instance, or members of churches, clubs, or other organizations. Nearly everyone speaks in public at some time or other, and those who perform the task well often become leaders.
There are many reasons for speaking in public. A public speaker may hope to teach an audience about new ideas, for example, or provide information about some topic. Creating a good feeling or entertaining an audience may be another purpose. Public speakers, however, most often seek to persuade an audience to adopt new opinions, to take certain actions, or to see
A. speak at a large reception
B. speak on television
C. speak according to the schedule
D. speak without preparation