Why is Maria calling the man?

A．To recheck a schedule.

B．To extend an invitation.

C．To cancel an appointment.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the man want to deliver?

A．Some books.

B．Some brochures.

C．Some DVDs.

2. How long will it take to send the package by Air Sure?

A．Two days.

B．Three days.

C．Five days.

3. How will the man deliver his package?

A．By airmail.

B．By Air Sure.

C．By International Signed For.

听下面一段独白, 回答以下小题。
1. What animal is Simba?

A．A lion.

B．A tiger.

C．A monkey.

2. How did Simba get his name?

A．By his size.

B．By his character.

C．By his birthday.

3. What does the speaker say about Jojo?

A．She is outgoing.

B．She is caring.

C．She is serious.

4. What does Tom need to do at night?

A．Play with others.

B．Take care of others.

C．Have a good sleep.

Develop your investment strategies in as little as one hour!

Thursday, August 18 at 7:00 PM

Carlton Hotel, St. Morton, LA

We would like to invite you to join well-known investment expert Sandra Gellert for a free seminar(研讨会).

Sandra Gellert is the chief investment officer and manager of ALC Investments. She recognizes the strong economic environment in Louisiana right now and would like to help you with your investment strategy.

Three-time recipient of the national Fund Manager of the Year award, Sandra brings vision as well as everyday good sense to strategic financial planning. She holds a bachelor(学士) of commerce degree, a master of business administration degree, and a doctorate in finance and is a qualified financial analyst. This education, combined with a wealth of successful experience in managing financial investment, means this seminar is an exciting opportunity for disciplined investment planning.

Topics to be covered:

•Wealth Creation

•Global Investment

•Financial Services

•Oil And Gas

•Retirement Funds

•Foreign Exchange Markets

•Specific Company Suggestions

Registration:

Seating at this event is limited. Please register for this free session online or fill out the registration form on the back of this flyer and fax(传真) it to the number given Register Online: www.alcinvestments.com/seminar/registration. html.

Register by Fax: (456)223-1232

This seminar with Sandra Gellert, one of the nation’s most sought-after speakers on investment, is sponsored by Synergy Financial, St. Morton City Bank, and Integrated Wealth Services Inc.

1. What can be learned about Sandra Gellert?

A．She taught at several universities.

B．She has several business-related degrees.

C．She won an award for her latest seminar.

D．She has over 20 years’ experience in the financial field.

2. Which of the following goes beyond Sandra Gellert’s topics?

A．House pricing.	B．Retirement income.
C．International investment.	D．Foreign exchange trading.

3. What should you do to make a booking for the seminar?

A．Register online.	B．Call (456)223-1232.
C．Visit St. Morton City Bank.	D．Contact Sandra Gellert.

In internships (实习期) and jobs that I, now a career woman, have ever had, I’ve watched professionals, experienced and brand-new alike, conduct interviews or present in meetings and many of them appear unprepared and lack confidence. I think they would all benefit from an acting class.

A central technique an acting class can equip you with is improvisation (即兴表演). Essentially, skills such as the improvisation principle of “Yes, and …” are beneficial for thinking on your feet. When someone suggests a new idea, you say “yes” and run with the suggestion. A professional familiar with this technique can entertain and value the contributions of others, promoting a free-flowing exchange of ideas, which inspires a positive, creative spirit that the corporate world longs for.

Both college students and professionals might benefit from the voice and movement training. I used to be afraid of the voice and movement part of acting class. My acting teacher would make us do push-ups and yoga. Then, we’d stand up and moan (呻吟) with varying degrees of voices. I hated this, and lots of other people do, too. But the product of this training is an individual who stands tall and speaks clearly and loudly. Plus, I still use the stretches and warm-ups from class to calm my nerves before presentations.

As an actor, you are a student of human behavior. With that, when you receive a text, you explore your character. For example, if you’re playing a villain (反派角色), you have to approach your character from where it stands. Such an outlook makes for a wonderful leader, one that understands coworkers’ situations and treats them with politeness and understanding.

I’ve borne countless “What are you going to do with a theater degree?” speeches from family and friends. But ultimately, these soft skills are incredibly valuable for young professionals. Acting training will set you apart from the pack.

1. What effect does the principle of “Yes, and …” have on professionals following it?

A．It generates positive suggestions.	B．It brings about smooth interaction.
C．It offers them good entertainment value.	D．It helps them recognize their own contribution.

2. What can we learn from the author’s experience in paragraph 3?

A．She is still very nervous of her acting teacher.

B．She is addicted to working on her physical fitness.

C．The training has made her braver and more patient.

D．The training has enhanced her presentation abilities.

3. What does the author want to say by mentioning exploring characters?

A．It is a big challenge for most of the student actors.

B．It makes the study of human behavior much easier.

C．It can help people to put themselves in others’ shoes.

D．It may improve the relationship between coworkers.

4. What does the author advise young professionals to do?

A．Take an acting class.	B．Pursue acting careers
C．Obtain higher degrees.	D．Consult family and friends.

Power often boosts an employee’s creativity because being powerful liberates the individual from restrictions. However, new research shows that employees who are not in positions of power can become more creative when given time to “warm up” to a task by engaging in the creative task more than once.

“This is important because when people with more power are able to express their creative ideas more than those with less power, which leads to a rich-get-richer dynamic that strengthens these power imbalances,” said Brian Lucas, assistant professor in the Cornell University. “Understanding ways to boost the creativity of lower power workers can help them find the right way to deal with this low-power disadvantage,” Lucas said.

Lucas and his colleagues conducted two studies to reach their conclusion．In the first study, they divided the creative idea generation session into two rounds consisting of a one-minute “warm up” followed by a second round in which the participants could take as long as they wanted．Participants were randomly assigned to a high-power condition or a low-power condition, and feelings of power were generated with a role manipulation (操纵) where participants were given a leadership role and control over resources (high power) or an employee role with no control over resources (low power). The study found that high-power individuals were more creative than low-power individuals in the warm-up round．There was no difference, though, in creativity in the second round.

In the second study, the researchers gave them a different creative task and increased the number of rounds from two sessions to five, taking as long as they like to complete the task. Similar to the first study, the study found that high-power individuals were more creative than low-power individuals in the first round．But the creativity of low-power individuals caught up to the creativity of the high-power individuals after the first round.

“The low-power warm-up effect suggests a simple intervention that empowers all employees to tap their creative potential and overcomes power imbalances in the workplace: when pursuing creative work, let employees warm up first,” Lucas said.

1. Why does Locus think it important to boost the creativity of lower power workers?

A．It maintains power imbalances.

B．It motivates their ambition to catch up.

C．It creates a competitive work environment.

D．It encourages a workplace with more equality.

2. How did Lucas and his co-authors stimulate feelings of power in the participants?

A．Through a creative task with time limits.

B．Through providing them with different positions.

C．Through a competition between leaders and employees.

D．Through assigning them to different conditions intentionally.

3. How did the second study differ from the first study?

A．It had fewer rounds.	B．It involved more participants.
C．Participants had a changed task.	D．Participants’ creativity gap became wider.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Power tends to encourage creative ideas.

B．Changing tasks boosts all the employees’ creativity.

C．Warm-up time corrects creativity power imbalances.

D．Low-power individuals outperform the high-power ones.

What a comedian can teach you about managing stress

We often accept stress as part of the cost of modern life, but it really doesn’t have to be. We all know that laughter is the best medicine.     1     People who can laugh at their own misfortunes bounce back faster and stronger. Here is what a comedian says about coping with stress.

You can try to find a different perspective.     2     Once a friend of mine fell asleep in the middle of a class. His teacher decided to make fun of him by inviting students to applaud, wondering whether my friend would applaud along when he woke up. He did and the whole class burst outlaughing. After learning everything, he was both embarrassed and ashamed of course but after a while, my friend laughed. “If this had happened to someone else, it would have been amusing. So it’s no less funny, just because it happened to me. “

    3     There’s no doubt that we all experience great stress now and then. We’ve all been personally affected, in some way. You might not have felt like laughing at the time But now, looking back, you could consider all of the strange aspects of the experience and all of the things you did to keep active or simply stay sane (神志正常的) .

When you share stories with your friends, you can choose to share stories of trauma (创伤) and pain, or you can choose to lift their spirits with stories of hope and growth.     4     Take the exact same story and change the focus from “feel sorry for me” to “laugh with me”. Keep in mind that we’re all in this together, that we all share the same ridiculous experiences, and that we can laugh together at whatever life throws at us.     5    

A．Always share a good story.

B．Why not do what comedians do?

C．You can also look again and laugh.

D．But laughter does more than cheer you up.

E．Then you are able to make a simple choice.

F．In this way. you will say goodbye to stress forever.

G．If you have trouble seeing the funny side, you may find the following inspiring.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式

Wing Chun is a southern Chinese kung fu style descends from Shaolin Kung Fu. It has the distinction of having been founded by two women, Ng Mui and Yim Wing-chun.

The Wing Chun style is known for placing     1     (emphasize) on technique rather than strength. This style also calls for practitioners to stay relaxed while     2    (fight), allowing them to achieve a kind of softness or flexibility. This relaxed flexibility gives Wing Chun fighter     3     special kind of strength that allows them to bend, not break, just like bamboo.   

Legend has it that Wing Chun founder Ng Mui was living at Shaolin Temple     4     it was attacked and destroyed by Qing dynasty forcers. Surviving the attack, she escaped     5     the border area between Yunnan and Sichuan. There she met a young woman     6     (name)Yim Wing-chun, who     7     (final) became one of her top students. She taught Yim an improved version of Shaolin Kung Fu, known as Wing Chun now. This new martial art     8     (spread) and grown into different branches over the past two hundred years.

Ip Man, featured in the eponymous (同名的) hit films,     9    (be) a notable practitioner of Wing Chun style martial arts. He also taught the Wing Chun style to his student, Bruce Lee, who would go on to act in the beloved Hong Kong kung fu movies     10     helped make Chinese martial arts famous around the world.

你校英语报针对在校师生表达思想、记录信息的方式开展了调查，请根据图表(pie chart)中调查结果写一篇题为Handwriting or Typing?的短文投稿，内容包括：
1.简述调查结果；
2.提出自己的看法并陈述理由。

注意：
1.词数100词左右；
2.短文的题目已为你写好。

Handwriting or Typing?

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