Directions: Choose an English classroom teaching activity. It can be one that is or is not
Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once. A) spoiled B) crippled C) hindered D) surrounded E) legal F) permissive G) catalog H) ongoing I) appetites J) outline K) submitted L) profile M) committed N) echoed O) responded The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came to J. K. Rowling in 1990. It took her five years to finish writing it. In accordance with her 1) ________, during those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher in Portugal. Rowling 2) _________ the book to four publishers before one of them bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her life’s dream to be a published writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was financially 3) ________, living in a small apartment with her daughter without heat in the winter. Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England since it satisfied their 4) _______. The book also became very popular overseas. For example, once it came to the United States, it was immediately 5) ________ by many crazy readers. Her second and third books 6) ________ this popularity as well. The three books soon filled the top three places on many newspapers’ 7) _________ of best-sellers. Then the books were made into movies, which were undoubtedly in 8) _______ demand. Rowling’s life had changed significantly, in just three years. Not being 9) _________, Harry Potter soon sold more than 30 million books around the world and was translated into more than thirty-five languages. In 1997, she earned £70 a week. By the end of 2001, her 10) ________ income had mounted over £150 million, making her one of the most successful female writers of all time.
Not only this, but, in many cases, the way someone speaks affects the response of the person to whom he is speaking in such a way that "modeling" is seen to occur. This is what Michael Argyle has called "response matching". Several studies have shown that, the more one reveals about oneself in ordinary conversation, and the more intimate these details are, the more personal secrets the other person will divulge.
Response matching, has, in fact, been noted between two speakers in a number of ways, including how long someone speaks, the length of pauses, speech rate and voice loudness. The correspondence between the length of reporters questions when interviewing President Kennedy, and the length of his replies has been shown to have increased over the duration of his 1961—1963 news conferences. Argyle says this process may be one of "imitation". Two American researchers, Jaffe and Feldstein, prefer to think of it as the speaker's need for equilibrium. Neither of these explanations seems particularly convincing. It may be that response matching can be more profitably considered as an unconscious reflection of speakers' needs for social integration with one another.
This process of modeling the other person's speech in a conversation could also be termed speech convergence. It may only be one aspect of a much wider speech change. In other situations, speech divergence may occur when certain factors encourage a person to modify his speech away from the individual he is dealing with. For example, a retired brigadier's wife, renowned for her incessant snobbishness, may return her vehicle to the local garage because of inadequate servicing, voicing her complaint in elaborately phrased, yet mechanically unsophisticated(不老练的) language, with a high soft-pitched voice. These superior airs and graces may simply make the mechanic reply with a flourish of almost incomprehensible technicalities, and in a louder, more deeply-pitched voice than he would have used with a less irritating customer.
What does the example of the English schoolboy in paragraph 1 indicate?______
A.Nowadays, English schoolboys are impolite towards people except towards their teachers
B.The way of asking time is different from that of earlier generations
C.People's speaking styles vary according to the different situations
D.People's ways of speaking are relatively stable on varying occasions
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We should be grateful if you would replace these items, or arrange to credit us with their value.
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&8226;Write a reply to your customer
&8226;thanking him for his letter
&8226;apologising
&8226;saying what you are going to de about his complaint
&8226;promising better service in future.
&8226;Write 60-80 words on your Answer Sheet.
&8226;Do not include postal address.
A、there is always a difficult side to a hopeful situation
B、there is always a comforting side to a sad situation
C、there is always a chink of light before the sun comes pouring in
D、visible water vapor floating in the sky can join up to make a silver line
asmarkedA), B), C)4 choicesnumbered 40 to 44. For each question or statement, there ar
4Croud letter on the Answer and D). You should make the orret choice and mark the coresponding Sheet with a single line through the center.There are a few reasos whyje hnfebiedl buincs may have toubtein scuring businessfinancing (筹集资金) through a bank or credit union:
* Your business isn't fimmly established; If your business is less than two years old, it's unlikely that a traditional lender will be wlling to take a chancee on funding your business.
* Your businss credit score is lacking; Once you apply for an employer ienification (雇 主识别)
number, you have to start building a business credit score. You can improve the score by paying your bll,s establishing trade credit accounts, and staying in busines. The business and personal credit score both afect whether a lender is wlling to offer you business financing.
* You lack a demonstrated (证明的) need; Taking on debt is a common way for raising funds.However, you should never do so unless you need to. Lenders will refuse to finance a business that can't clearly show why they need funding, and how they'll pay it back.
If, as a home business owner, you discover an area that requires serious investment, you should be able to make your case to lenders, whether they are your local bank or an online lender.
40. A traditional lender will NOT be wlling to provide funds to a business if()
A) it is a foreign company
C) it is located in a remote area
B) it has been newly set up
D) it is a small family business
41. Whether a business can obtain financing is likely to be decided by().
A) its yearly profit
C) its business credit score
B) its business scale type
D) its relationship with a lender
42. To secure business financing, a business owner should clearly demonstrate to the lender().
A) the need for funding
C) the company's products
B) the marketing strategy
D) the business management
43. The expression “make your case" in the sentence “... you should be able to make your case to
lenders..." (Para. 5) means
A) give your sales plan
C) make your promise
B) offer your proposal
D) state your reasons
44,The passage is mainly about
A) when a home-based business should build a business credit score
B) how a family business applies for financing from a local bank
C) why a home-based business has difficulty obtaining financing
D) where a home-based business can secure business financing
A、middle school students
B、pre-service English teachers
C、high school English teachers
D、middle school English teachers
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