Your speech was heard by a group of judges, a...

Your speech was heard by a group of  judges,  all of  _______  agreed that it was the best one this  year..

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The speaker is giving rather an _______ speech, as I can judge from the _______ look of all the listeners.

A. inspiring; inspiring                  B. inspired; inspired

C. inspiring; inspired                   D. inspired; inspiring

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--How are your business goes wrong?

---But I have done all that is　　 by law.

A. required　 B. judged　 C. requested　　 D. desired

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To Whom It May Concern:

Your address was forwarded to us by How to Magazine．All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world．You know how to avoid unnecessary activities!

As a matter of fact, we closely followed the advice in your article．First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons．Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone．Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service．After all, we are a business．We have to think of the bottom line．As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employees’ sauna（桑拿房）．

Next, we sold the computers off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby．Our electricity bill went way down．Big savings! The boss is impressed．We have completely embraced paper technology．Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencil woman ship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter．By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us．We can erase and reuse it．Just tie it to Maggie’s leg and she’ll know where to take it．

Now it’s very calm and quiet here．You can notice the difference．No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office correspondence by paper airplane．

Wonderful! I’ve always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl．Now it’s perfect．

Sincerely yours,

Eleanor Lightly

Spokeswoman and Company Hair Stylist

ABC Activity Insurance: insure against overdoing it

1.Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading?

A．A simple, slow-paced life．

B．A life of hard work and security．

C．A religious, peasant-like life．

D．A life away from paper and pencils．

2.Where is Eleanor’s letter sent to?

A．How To Magazine．

B．ABC Activity Insurance Company．

C．Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty Law Firm．

D．The International Institute of Not Doing Much．

3.Which of the following is practiced in the author’s company?

A．Replacing the manual work system with modern technology．

B．Turning off lights in the daytime to save electricity．

C．Recycling paper resources whenever possible．

D．Buying birds and pets as company for the staff．

4.What is true about Maggie?

A．She works as a manager in the author’s company．

B．She sometimes helps fertilize the lawn outside the sauna．

C．She often helps with inter-office correspondence using e-mail．

D．Her handwriting has improved a lot after entering the company．

5.What is the purpose for the person to write this letter?

A．to show his dissatisfaction with the new environment．

B．to complain about the bad working condition．

C．to persuade people to live a simple life．

D．to express his gratitude for the good advice．

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All of the students were ______ by the ______ speech given by the headmaster.

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183. Hearing the funny speech given by the famous professor, all of us burst into _____.

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—Doug, where is your coach, Chow?

—See, he ______ by a group of journalists.

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You are careful with your money: you collect all kinds of coupons; look for group-buy deals if you eat out; you don't buy clothes unless in a sale. Does all this make you a wise consumer?

Let's do the math first: you walk into a coffee shop and see two deals for a cup of coffee. The first deal offers 33 percent extra coffee. The second takes 33 percent off the  regular price. What's the better deal? Well, they are about the same, you'd think. And you'd be wrong. The deals appear to be equal, but in fact, they are different. Here's the math: Let's say the standard coffee is 10 yuan and let's divide the amount of coffee into three portions(部分). That makes about 3.3 yuan per portion, The first deal gets you 4 portions for 10 yuan (2.5 yuan per portion) and the second gets you 3 portions of coffee for 6.6 yuan (2.2 yuan per portion) and is therefore a better deal.

In a new study published by the Journal of Marketing, participants were asked the same question, and most of them chose the first deal, the Atlantic website reported. Why? Because getting something extra for free feels better than getting the same for less. The applications of this view into consumer psychology(心理) are huge. Instead of offering direct discounts, shops offer larger sizes or free samples.

According to the study, the reason why these marketing tricks work is that consumers don't really know how much anything should cost, so we rely on parts of our brains that  aren't strictly quantitative.

There are some traps we should be aware of when shopping. First of all, we are heavily influenced by the first number. Suppose you are shopping in Hong Kong. You walk into Hermes, and you see a 100,000 yuan bag. "That's crazy." You shake your head and leave. The next shop is Gucci, a handbag here costs 25,000 yuan. The price is still high, but compared to the 100,000 yuan price tag you just committed to your memory, this is a steal. Stores often use the price difference to set consumers' expectation.

Another trap we often fall to Is that we are not really sure what things are worth. And so we use clues(暗示) to tell us what we ought to pay for them. US economist Dan Ariely has done an experiment to prove this. According to the Atlantic, Ariely pretended he was giving a lecture on poetry. He told one group of students that the tickets cost money and another group that they would be paid to attend. Then he informed both groups that thelecture was free. The first group was anxious to attend, believing they were getting something of value for free. The second group mostly declined, believing they were being forced to volunteer for the same event without reward.

What's a lecture on poetry by an economist worth? The students had no idea. That's  the point. Do we really know what a shirt is worth ? What about a cup of coffee? What's the worth of a life insurance.policy? Who knows? Most of us don't. As a result, our shopping  brain uses only what is knowable:  visual(祝觉的) clues, invited emotions, comparisons, and  a sense of bargain. We are not stupid. We are just easily influenced.

1.The first paragraph of the passage is intended to________

A．ask a question                          B．introduce a topic

C．give some examples                     D．describe a phenomenon

2.The writer takes the math for example in Paragraph 2 to show.          _.

A．consumers usually fall into marketing traps

B．consumers' expectation is difficult to predict

C．consumers' purchasing power is always changing

D．consumers rely on their own judgment when shopping

3.What consumer psychology is mentioned in the passage?

A．The first number has little influence on which item should be bought.

B．Consumers never use visual clues to decide how much should be paid.

C．Getting something extra for free is better than getting the same for less.

D．Consumers never rely on parts of the brains that aren't strictly quantitative.

4.According to the passage, shops use the following tricks to make more profits EXCEPT.

A．showing price differences                 B．offering larger sizes

C．providing free samples                   D．giving direct discounts

5.What can we know from US economist Dan Ariely's experiment?

A．Ariely's free lecture enjoyed popularity among students.

B．The students actually didn't know what the lecture was worth.

C．The second group was willing to be volunteers without reward.

D．The first group was eager to find out the value of Ariely's lecture.

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The most important ________ of his speech was that we should all work whole­heartedly for the people.

A．element 　 B．spot C．sense　 　 D．point

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Have you ever heard the old saying, “Never judge a book by its cover.”? This is a good rule to follow when trying to judge the intelligence of others. Some people have minds that shine only in certain situations. A young man with an unusual gift in writing may find himself speechless before a pretty girl when he speaks. He may not be able to find the right words. But don’t make the mistake of thinking him stupid. With a pen and paper, he can express himself better than anybody else.

Other people may fool you into overestimating(过高估计) their intelligence by putting up a good front. A student who listens attentively and takes notes in class is bound to (一定会) make a favorable impression on his teachers. But when it comes to exams, he may score near the bottom of the class.

In a word, you can’t judge someone by appearance. The only way to determine a person’s intelligence is to get to know him. Then you can see how he reacts to different situations. The more situations you see, the better your judgment is likely to be. So take your time. Don’t judge a book by its cover.

1.The passage suggests that ______.

2.According to this passage, a student who listens attentively and takes notes in class

______________.

3.The passage suggests that we should judge a person’s intelligence through ______.

A. his teachers                        B,his deeds in the classroom

C. his appearance                    D. his reactions to different situations

4.The writer of this passage wants to tell us not to______.

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