This sharing is what both the disabled and non-disabled want. Every one of us, if we live long enough, will become disabled in some way. Let’s share. Now, just let me see your lips when you speak. And ask what you want to know. These are conversations we all should have, and it’s not that hard to begin. 24. When the author wore the hearing aid, she ________.
A. felt better prepared for the job interviews B. was able to enjoy different sounds C. experienced a sense of loss D. was teased by others
25. She didn’t tell her disability to others because ________. A. people might focus on her hearing loss B. she could get the work done as abled C. people might be curious about it D. she wanted to do more jobs
26. Why did Nicolette write the passage?
A. To draw people’s attention to the hearing problem. B. To tell people not to treat the disabled differently. C. To remember the challenges she faced. D. To show how much she missed before.
C
A core human need is validation（认可）---that experience of feeling seen and
understood. We long for it. We don't feel safety, belonging or mattering without it. According to Oprah Winfrey, who has interviewed thousands upon thousands of people from ordinary folks to world leaders and highly successful business people, they all ask her the same question after the interview: \
In seeking validation many people talk without listening first. We are eager to make our next point and be validated. So we don't listen. While the other person is speaking, we are arranging our next piece of brilliance and persuasion in our minds. When we're told we need to be more \with the best intentions, but soon find ourselves competing for airtime.
As leaders, part of our job is to find our validation elsewhere and give the gift of listening to our team.
Here's how you can help yourself become a more successful listener: ask more questions. Ask questions and actually listen for the answer and keep your mouth closed until it's time to ask the next question. Try keeping the ratio of questions to you offering your opinion at 80% questions to 20% your opinion.
In a team, especially if you are learning to collaborate better, try a few meetings using a device like a talking stick (only the person holding the stick can talk) to ensure that everyone gets equal airtime. The \stick\concept comes from Native
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American traditions but can be any object that is culturally appropriate for your team-even a pen will do.
In the age of organizations as living organisms, listening is the skill that will help your team soar---and give them the emotional experience they long for. 27. Why did people ask \
A. They are not confident about themselves. B. They want to show off before the host.
C. They all long to be validated. D. They seldom have the chance to be interviewed. 28. What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. how to seek validation B. why we don't listen C. when to make our next point D. what is the best intention 29. As a leader, what should you do to be a more successful listener?
A. Find validation in your team. B. Keep your mouth closed. C. Ask 80 questions and offer 20 opinions. D. Raise more questions. 30. For what reason is a talking stick used in some meetings ? A. To follow Native American
traditions B. To help the team rise in spirits
C. To check that everyone gets the same airtime D. To strengthen the importance of a meeting
第二节 (共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项。
Tips on How to Survive the Exam Season
When it comes to the exam season, a lot of you may feel stressed, depressed or even want to escape. Here we have pieces of advice to help you get it through.
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During the semester, going to lectures and taking a lot of notes are the first steps in the learning process. Now, at the end of the week, gather all the notes you took during the week and run through your notes quickly. ____32____ If yes, great. If not, you have a lot of time left to understand before the exams take place. You can ask a friend, a teacher, you can look it up on the Internet or go to a library. This takes a little effort, but the results are great.
Switch between different types of revision.
_____33___ Something that really helps is to plan different types of active studying while revising. You can, for example, study using nashcards for an hour, then work on the summary for an hour, then have lunch, etc.
Make the facts more relatable.
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There are many different ways to do so. I'm going to give you two examples and the first one is to create vivid images, which can be really helpful for studying history.___34___the second is to make yourself familiar with new words by looking for words that look alike in other languages.
Teach and learn outside of the classroom. In my experience, teaching is the most efficient way of studying. By explaining the materials to yourself or to someone else, you' ll remember them a lot
better.____35____ The idea is to sit down and take turns explaining certain topics of the study material.
Test yourself with past papers.
At the end of the whole study process, you should prepare yourself to do past papers properly. Time yourself, don't cheat, and mark it as if it were your real exam. Pay attention to the mistakes and revise the part you didn't do well on until you can’t get it wrong any more.
A. Prepare yourself in advance. B. Make sure to be tough on yourself.
C. Even if you are motivated to study, everyone gets bored after a couple of hours of studying. D. While doing this, constantly ask yourself, \I understand what I am reading?” E. Ask your parents or other family members to act as students and listen to your explanation.
F. Try to imagine how the events took place and this allows you to remember certain details
more accurately.
G. Look for a study buddy or small study group, and discuss everything you have studied before the exam.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Until I was 13, I assumed I was just like everyone else. But one day I read a piece of paper in my dad’s briefcase that 36 everything. That’s when I saw the words: “Simone is said to have Asperger syndrome (自闭症).”
I screamed at my dad, “Tell me what it is!” He 37 that I have a mild form of brain disorders, which was a problem that shapes the way I interact with other people. I wasn’t sure exactly what he 38 , but it didn’t matter. I just wanted to try to 39 my shock and go back to the way things were before I knew.
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But even though I wouldn’t 40 accept the fact, Asperger’s (Asperger syndrome) still destroyed my confidence and made me 41 . I felt like an outcast(被抛弃者) ---not just because Asperger’s made it hard for me to make friends, but because now I had this 42 . I just wanted to be like everyone
else. 43 , at 16, I said to myself, “Enough! You can’t run and hide from it, girl. Just face it.”
It’s funny that the first time I thought something was 44 was not because of what I couldn’t do---it was because of what I could do. In the sixth grade, while other kids were 45 with spelling, I was like a human spell-checker! I’ve also had a photographic memory, and what I call my “super powers”--- extrasensory hearing and acute 46 : I can 47 phone numbers people dial just by the sound the buttons make when pressed
or 48 hear one incorrect note in an entire symphony! And I can 49 pay attention to two things at once.
Don’t get me wrong. Asperger’s can be very confusing. For years I felt like a butterfly 50 in its cocoon (茧）, waiting to fly. It took years of work with a psychologist to get over the 51 of making friends.
I’m not going to let Asperger’s create 52 for me. That’s why I am happy to have found out about and faced my 53 .Asperger’s is a metaphor (象征) for life: We all have 54 , but the key is to be able to have the 55 to face what’s bad about them and still find what’s good. 36. A. prevented 37. A. explained 38. A. meant 39. A. admit 40.A.appropriately 41. A. anxious 42. A. memory 44. A. unusual 45. A. combining 46. A. emotion 47. A. look out 48. A. even 50. A. absorbed 51. A. difficulty 52. A. surprises
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B. improved B. realized B. predicted B. subscribe B. consciously B. stressed B. fate
C. determined C. apologized C. concerned C. recognize C. previously C. lonely C. label C.Fortunately C. struggling C. eyesight C. think out C. ever C. flexibly C. engaged C. confidence
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D. changed D.suspected D. doubted D. ignore D.specially D. ashamed D. matter D.Eventually D. awkward D. dealing D. direction D. make out D. just D. firmly D. trapped D. bravery
43. A.Consequently B. Gradually
B. exchanging B. awareness B. call out B. still B. buried B. happiness B.limitations
B. specific C.uncomfortable
49. A. sensitively B. fully
C.opportunities D.experiences
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