1 . The words you use say a lot about you. Knowing which word to use and understanding how to use them are both key to communicating effectively and accurately. People often say in disappointment, “    1    ” If the right words aren’t there, the right ideas can’t get through. Your vocabulary is the foundation of your ability to share your thoughts with other people. When you improve your vocabulary, you will improve the ability to express your ideas.

    2     Saying this, they usually mean that he or she uses a lot of important-sounding words - words like jactitation, demulcent, and saxicolous. But a vocabulary consisting of words like these isn’t necessarily a “good” vocabulary. Why? Because almost no one knows what jactitation, demulcent, and saxicolous mean.     3     Chances are that no one listening to you would know what you were talking about. Big, difficult words have important uses, but improving a vocabulary involves much more than merely decorating your writing with a few big words.

    4     You speak and write in order to make yourselves understood. A good vocabulary is one that makes communication easy and efficient. One mark of an effective speaker or writer is his or her ability to express complex ideas with relatively simple words.

The best way to improve your vocabulary isn’t to look through a handful of unfamiliar big words.     5    

A．Learning new words isn’t that hard.

B．I know what I mean, but I don’t know how to say it.

C．If you use these words in conversation, what will happen?

D．Sometimes people say that someone has a good vocabulary.

E．The goal of communication is to express your ideas clearly.

F．Speaking or writing well doesn’t require a good vocabulary.

G．Instead, you need to master the words often used in communication.

2 . Cultures have nonverbal forms of communication, but there are still rules. Hand gestures add emphasis. Voice levels add to our communication.     1    

Body language is not the same everywhere. The same body postures and gestures can have different meanings in different cultures. For example, holding your hand out, fingers together, and palm (手掌) facing outward means stop in North America.     2    

Ojigi, or Japanese bowing, is used as a way to say hello, a way to say sorry, and a way to show respect.     3     Fifteen degrees is the common greeting bow for those you already know or who are on an equal social level. The highest respect bow is forty-five degrees and is used when you say sorry.

Other forms of nonverbal communication include clothing, hairstyles, and even how close we stand to one another. Proxemics is the study of the cultural use of space.     4     The use of color in one's physical space is an example of proxemics of physical territory. A health spa (休闲健身中心) is more likely to use cool greens and blues to create a relaxing environment.     5     This differs depending on the other person and the situation. For example, in the United States public space is between twelve to twenty-five feet. Intimate (亲密的) space is less than a foot. We may feel uncomfortable if any of these distances are reduced without an invitation.

A．In Greece, the same gesture is highly rude.

B．Personal space is between two and four feet.

C．Even silence can be a useful form of communication.

D．The degree of the bow shows the amount of respect.

E．This can be both someone’s personal and physical territory.

F．It is not impolite to look the other person in the eye while bowing in Europe.

G．Personal territory refers to the space we keep between others and ourselves.

3 . 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Today was Community Service Day at school. Maya’s class was going to make cards for the seniors living in a nursing home. It was also the first day Maya would be wearing her leg brace (腿支架) to school, which was designed to help her walk more steadily and smoothly.

It was a cold autumn morning, Maya looked down, feeling embarrassed. To make it lovelier, she had delicately decorated the brace with pretty butterfly patterns. Still, she was unsure about others’ reaction. All morning at school, kids kept glancing at her brace. To her relief, they didn’t say anything.

In the classroom, Maya was drawing little green buds (芽) and pretty flowers when her friend Samir came over and sat by her. She felt his eyes fixed on her brace and heard him asking, “What’s that for?” Not knowing what to say, Maya pretended she didn’t hear him. After a few seconds of awkwardness, she glanced back at him, and found that he looked a little sad.

After lunch, the class set off. The nursing home was on a small hill and all of them walked there happily along the path. Maya found that the brace did make it easier for her to walk up.

Maya and Samir were paired up with a lady who was 83 years old. There at the end of the hall in a wheelchair, with a big smile on her face, sat the lady, wearing a pink coat, with red lipstick and beautiful earrings. She looked bright and full of life. Moving flexibly and fast towards Maya and Samir, she greeted first. “I’m Joan, ” she said cheerfully, “Glad to meet you. ”

Maya and Samir handed her the cards they made. Joan looked at Samir’s card carefully and spoke with admiration, “You’ve written a poem! That’s so artistic!” Samir’s face reddened with shyness. Then Joan turned to Maya’s picture. “The first flowers of spring!” she cried in delight. “You really have a gift for using colour!” she said. Clearly, Joan’s praise added great power into Maya.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

In a sudden wave of bravery, Maya asked, “What’s it like being in a wheelchair?”

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Deeply impressed by Joan, Maya offered to sit beside Samir on the bus ride back home.

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4 . 你校正在举行“健康卫生月”的活动。请你就“近视”这一话题写一篇短文，向校刊的英语角投稿。内容包括：
1. 学生近祝的现状；
2. 可采取的预防措施；
3. 希望和祝福。
eyesight n.视力
注意：
1. 写作词数应为100左右；
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

A recent survey has revealed that

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5 . In the last decade, Google has spent millions of dollars on measuring nearly every aspect of its employees’ lives — from what characters the best managers share to how often particular people eat together. Google was determined to find out how to form “the perfect team”.

The company’s managers worked hard on finding the perfect group of people necessary to form an excellent team. They believed that building good teams meant combining the best people. But it wasn’t that simple.

In 2012 Google ran a project known as Project Aristotle. It took several years and included interviews with hundreds of employees. The project led to the same conclusion that good managers have always known: In the best teams, members are able to understand other people’s feelings, and most importantly, listen to one another.

Matt, a manager at Google, was eager to put Project Aristotle’s findings into practice. He took his team outside the office to talk about his cancer diagnosis (诊断). Although his colleagues were silent in the beginning, they then began sharing their own personal stories.

At the heart of Matt’s plan and Google’s findings is the idea of “psychological safety”. Google now describes psychological safety as the most important factor (因素) in building a successful team.

Google concluded that in the best team, all members should contribute to the conversation equally, and respect one another’s emotions. It has less to do with who is in the team, and more with how the members communicate with one another.

1. Why did Google spend so much money on learning about its employees?

A．To make the best team.	B．To improve their lives.
C．To enlarge the company.	D．To find the best managers.

2. What is the most important quality of the best-team members?

A．They are creative.	B．They are eager to learn.
C．They are good listeners.	D．They are ready to help others.

3. How did Matt get his colleagues sharing their own personal stories?

A．By rewarding the first for doing the talking.

B．By offering suggestions on fighting cancer.

C．By making them feel psychologically safe.

D．By promising to keep their stories secret.

4. What is the story intended to do?

A．To introduce the development of Google.

B．To figure out the key to a successful team.

C．To show how to work together with others.

D．To prove the importance of communication.