[填空题]

Conversational Skills

People who usually make us feel comfortable in conversations are good talkers. And they have something in common, i.e. skills to put people at ease.
1. Skill to ask questions
1) be aware of the human nature: readiness to answer others’ questions regardless of (1)
2) start a conversation with some personal but unharmful questions
e.g. questions about one’s (2)
questions about one’s activities in the (3)
3) be able to spot signals for further talk
2. Skill to (4) for answers
1) don’t shift from subject to subject
-- sticking to the same subject: (5) in conversation
2) listen to (6) of voice
-- If people sound unenthusiastic, then change subject.
3) use eyes and ears
-- steady your gaze while listening
3. Skill to laugh
Effects of laughter:
-- (7)
-- help start (8) <

[填空题]
People who usually make us feel comfortable in conversations are good talkers. And they have something in common, i.e. skills to put people at ease.
1. Skill to ask questions
1) be aware of the human nature: readiness to answer others’ questions regardless of (1)
2) start a conversation with some personal but unharmful questions
e.g. questions about one’s (2)
questions about one’s activities in the (3)
3) be able to spot signals for further talk
2. Skill to (4) for answers
1) don’t shift from subject to subject
-- sticking to the same subject: (5) in conversation
2) listen to (6) of voice
-- If people sound unenthusiastic, then change subject.
3) use eyes and ears
-- steady your gaze while listening
3. Skill to laugh
Effects of laughter:
-- (7)
-- help start (8) <

[单项选择]Business people abroad who want to make connections with Chinese companies can take the first step using a new Internet site our firm established recently.
A. contacts
B. joints
C. acquaintance
D. linking

[填空题]People who make great fuss about health become cowards and dare not eat or drink many things.

[多项选择]Neighbors are the people who live near us. In your opinion, what are the qualities of a good neighbor Use specific details and examples, write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:

In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

[填空题]The backgrounds of the people who make up the X-Prize Foundation.

[单项选择]People who do sleep research tell us that a person is a sort of "information processor." We have two ways to use the information we get each day.
The first process is used when we are awake. It takes place in the left side of the brain. It is this process that makes us do the things we have to do. It lets us put aside those things that are not a real part of our day’s work.
The second process happens in the fight side of the brain. This process takes all those bits of information we did not use in the day. It turns them to dreams at night. "This process is our regular night shift work," says physiologist Rosalind Cartwright from the University of Illinois. "At night we put together the bits and pieces of our day, so that we are ready to face the next day."
We have several dreams each night of our lives. About ten minutes after we fall asleep, we begin to go through four stages of sleep. Our sleep gets deeper and deeper. And it gets harder for us to wake up. At the
A. people do odd things in the first stage of sleep
B. the left side of our brain is responsible for the work that is necessary to deal with during the day
C. the mysteries of dreams have just been brought to light
D. the function of the right side of our brain is to classify the information we fail to handle in the daytime