It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.

　　Mr. Koziatek is part of something pioneering. He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and rote memorization, but practical, reports staff writer Stacy Teicher Khadaroo in this week’s cover story. When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly bamboozled by a busted bike chain?

　　As Koziatek knows, there is learning in just about everything. Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum. They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle.

　　But he’s also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Working with your hands is seen as almost a mark of inferiority. Schools in the family of vocational education “have that stereotype ... that it’s for kids who can’t make it academically,” he says.

　　On one hand, that viewpoint is a logical product of America’s evolution. Manufacturing is not the economic engine that it once was. The job security that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely evaporated. More education is the new mantra. We want more for our kids, and rightfully so.

　　But the headlong push into bachelor’s degrees for all – and the subtle devaluing of anything less – misses an important point: That’s not the only thing the American economy needs. Yes, a bachelor's degree opens more doors. But even now, 54 percent of the jobs in the country are middle-skill job, such as construction and high-skill manufacturing. But only 44 percent of workers are adequately trained.

　　In other words, at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head, frustrated that the opportunity that once defined America is vanishing, one obvious solution is staring us in the face. There is a gap in working-class jobs, but the workers who need those jobs most aren't equipped to do them Koziatek's Manchester School of Technology High School is trying to fill that gap.

　　Koziatek's school is wake-up call. When education becomes one-size-fits-all, it risks overlooking a nation's diversity of gifts.

　　21. A broken bike chain is mentioned to show student's lack of.

　　A. academic training

　　B. practical ability

　　C. pioneering spirit

　　D. mechanical memorization

　　试题类型：例证题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词 bike chain定位到第二段第三句，但第三句只是例子，是为了论证论点，所以我们应该从前面一句即第二句找答案。本段第二句指出，学习并不是关乎书本、考试以及死记硬背，而是关乎实践，因此我们可以得出学生缺乏的是实践能力，故选项B正确。

　　干扰排除：由第二句可以排除A选项academic training(学术训练)和D选项mechanical memorization(机械记忆);C选项pioneering spirit(开拓精神)原文未提及。

　　22. There exists the prejudice that vocational education is for kids who.

　　A. have a stereotyped mind

　　B. have no career motivation

　　C. are financially disadvantaged

　　D. are not academically successful

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词prejudice和vocational education定位到第四段第一句和第三句。第一句仅指出存在偏见，接着第三句指出职业学校是针对那些学业上不成功的孩子故正确答案为D.

　　干扰排除：第三句确实有提到stereotype这个词，但是不是用来修饰孩子的，故排除A选项have a stereotyped mind(有一个模式化的思维);B选项have no career motivation(没有职业动机)和C选项are financially disadvantaged(经济上处于劣势)均未提及，故排除。

　　23. We can infer from Paragraph 5 that high school graduates.

　　A. used to have more job opportunities

　　B. used to have big financial concerns

　　C. are entitled to more educational privileges

　　D. are reluctant to work in manufacturing

　　试题类型：推理引申题

　　解题思路：根据题干定位段落和关键词high school graduates定位到第五段第三句。该段第三句指出，美国经济曾经给高中毕业生带来工作安全感在很大程度上已经消失了，也就是说过去高中毕业生更容易找到工作，现在并非如此了，故正确答案为A.

　　干扰排除：由第二句可以排除B选项used to have big financial concerns(过去有严重的经济担忧);C选项are entitled to more educational privileges(有权利获得更多的教育特权)和D选项are reluctant to work in manufacturing(不愿意从事制造业)定位句未提及，故排除。

　　24. The headlong push into bachelors’ degrees for all______.

　　A. helps create a lot of middle-class jobs

　　B. may narrow the gap in working-class jobs

　　C. indicates the overvaluing of higher education

　　D. is expected to yield a better-trained workforce

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词headlong push和bachelors’ degrees定位到第六段第一句。第一句指出，这种做法忽略了一个重点：即高等教育并不是美国经济需要的唯一东西，故正确选项为C.

　　干扰排除：本段虽然有提及中产阶级的工作，但并未指出追求人人都受高等教育能够创造中产阶级工作或者能够降低工作差距，故A选项helps create a lot of middle-class jobs(有助于创造很多中产阶级工作)和B选项may narrow the gap in working-class jobs(可能降低工人阶级不同工作之间的差距)排除;本段最后有提及有很多劳动力培训不足，但并未说是高等教育需要创造受过更好培训的劳动力，故D选项is expected to yield a better-trained workforce(被期待产生受过更好培训的劳动力)排除。

　　25. The author’s attitude toward Koziatek’s school can be described as.

　　A. tolerant

　　B. cautious

　　C. supportive

　　D. disappointed

　　试题类型：作者态度题

　　解题思路：作者一般在最后一段表明自己态度，再根据题干关键词Koziatek’s school可以定位到最后一段第一句。第一句指出，Koziatek’s school是一个警钟，是正面评价，故正确答案为C.

　　干扰排除：A选项(包容的)，B选项(谨慎的)以及D选项(失望的)不符合最后一段作者态度，故排除。

Text 2

　　While fossil fuels - coal, oil, gas – still generate roughly 85 percent of the world’s energy supply, it’s clearer than ever that the future belongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar. The move to renewable is picking up momentum around the world: They now account for more than half of new power sources going on line.

　　Some growth stem from a commitment by governments and farsighted businesses to fund cleaner energy sources. But increasingly the story is about the plummeting prices of renewables, especially wind and solar. The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-third in the past eight years.

　　In many parts of the world renewable energy is already a principal energy source. In Scotland, for example, wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes. While the rest of the world takes the lead, notably China and Europe, the United States is also seeing a remarkable shift. In March, for the first time, wind and solar power accounted for more than 10 percent of the power generated in the US, reported the US Energy Information Administration.

　　President Trump has underlined fossil fuels – especially coal – as the path to economic growth. In a recent speech in Iowa, he dismissed wind power as an unreliable energy source. But that message did not play well with many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state’s electricity generation – and where tech giants like Microsoft are being attracted by the availability of clean energy to power their data centers.

　　The question “what happens when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t s shine?” has provided a quick put-down for skeptics. But a boost in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.

　　The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers, who are placing big bets on battery-powered vehicles. Although electric cars are still a rarity on roads now, this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years.

　　While there’s a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are spiking. The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up – perhaps just in time to have a meaningful effect in slowing climate change. What Washington does – or doesn’t do – to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.

　　26. The word “plummeting” (Line 3, Para.2) is closest in meaning to______.

　　A. stabilizing

　　B. changing

　　C. falling

　　D. rising

　　试题类型：词义理解题

　　解题思路：根据题干定位到第二段第三句。而解答这类词义题的关键是有上下句加本句去推理。有本句可知这里是价格plummeting，再根据下句成本下降(drop)可以推出这个词也应该是“下降”之意，故C为正确答案。

　　干扰排除：A选项stabilizing(稳定)、B选项changing(变化)以及D选项rising(上升)均与原文不符，故排除。

　　27. According to Paragraph 3, the use of renewable energy in America_____.

　　A. is progressing notably

　　B. is as extensive as in Europe

　　C. faces many challenges

　　D. has proved to be impractical

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干定位段落以及关键词the use of renewable energy和America直接定位到第三段第三句和第四句。第三句指出美国正经历一个非凡的转变;第四句指出美国的风能和太阳能等可再生能源占总生产能源的比例已经超过了10%，由此可知在美国可再生能源进展显著，故正确答案为A.

　　干扰排除：由第三句可知，欧洲在可再生能源使用方面是领先的，所以B选项is as extensive as in Europe(和欧洲一样广泛)排除;C选项faces many challenges(面临很多挑战)未提及，以及D选项has proved to be impractical(被证明为不实际的)与原文相反，故排除。

　　28. It can be learned that in Iowa, ____.

　　A. wind is a widely used energy source.

　　B. wind energy has replaced fossil fuels

　　C. tech giants are investing in clean energy

　　D. there is a shortage of clean energy supply

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词Iowa定位到第四段第二句和第三句。该第二句仅提到Iowa，没有讲这里的情况，跳过。第三句讲到这里到处都有涡轮机，并且这些涡轮机提供了该州36%的电能，由此可以得出这里风能使用广泛，故正确答案为D.

　　干扰排除：第三句并未提及风能代替了化石燃料，且从36%的比例我们也知道并未完全代替，所以B选项wind energy has replaced fossil fuels(风能代替了化石燃料)排除;第三句提到了科技巨头，但只是说他们被这里随时可以获得清洁能源来为他们的数据中心功能所吸引，并未提及他们要投资，故C选项tech giants are investing in clean energy(科技巨头正投资清洁能源)排除;D选项there is a shortage of clean energy supply(这里清洁能源供应不足)与原文相反，排除。

　　29. Which of the following is true about clean energy according to Paragraphs 5 & 6?

　　A. Its application has boosted battery storage.

　　B. It is commonly used in car manufacturing.

　　C. Its continuous supply is becoming a reality.

　　D. Its sustainable exploitation will remain difficult.

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：第五段第二句指出电池储存能力的提升使得使用风能或太阳能全天候供电成为可能，故正确选项为C.

　　干扰排除：第五段有提到电池储存能力提高，但并未提到是清洁能源的应用提高了其储存能力，故A选项Its application has boosted battery storage.(它的应用已经提升了电池储存能力)排除;第六段最后一句指出电动汽车在马路上依然罕见，因此B选项It is commonly used in car manufacturing.(它已经在汽车制造业广泛使用)排除;第五段和第六段对清洁能源的情景均持乐观态度，故D选项Its sustainable exploitation will remain difficult.(它的可持续开发将依然困难)与原文相反，故排除。

　　30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that renewable energy____.

　　A. will bring the US closer to other countries

　　B. will accelerate global environmental change

　　C. is not really encouraged by the US government

　　D. is not competitive enough with regard to its cost

　　试题类型：推理引申题

　　解题思路：最后一段最后一句指出美国采取的行动，后又补充了一句：就算美国无所作为，但在这样一个全球思维转变的时代，这已经越来越无关紧要了，再加上前文曾提到过特朗普不支持风能，由此可以得出美国政府是不支持可再生能源的，故正确答案为C.

　　干扰排除：最后一段提到可再生能源的使用已经是一个不断加快的趋势，并且会对减缓气候变化产生重大影响，故B选项will accelerate global environmental change(会加快全球环境变化)与原文相反，故排除;A选项will bring the US closer to other countries(将使美国与其他国家联系更紧密)以及D选项is not competitive enough with regard to its cost(在成本反面竞争力不够)未提及，故排除。

Text 3

　　The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing – Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5bn, but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, which doesn’t have any physical product at all. What WhatsApp offered Facebook was an intricate and finely detailed web of its users’ friendships and social lives.

　　Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through. Even without knowing what was in the messages, the knowledge of who sent them and to whom was enormously revealing and still could be. What political journalist, what party whip, would not want to know the makeup of the WhatsApp groups in which Theresa May’s enemies are currently plotting? It may be that the value to Amazon is not so much the 460 shops it owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.

　　Competition law appears to be the only way to address these imbalances of power. But it is clumsy. For one thing, it is very slow compared to the pace of change within the digital economy. By the time a problem has been addressed and remedied it may have vanished in the marketplace, to be replaced by new abuses of power. But there is a deeper conceptual problem, too. Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don’t pay for them. The users of their services are not their customers. That would be the people who buy advertising from them – and Facebook and Google, the two virtual giants, dominate digital advertising to the disadvantage of all other media and entertainment companies.

　　The product they’re selling is data, and we, the users, convert our lives to data for the benefit of the digital giants. Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphids for the honeydew they produce when they feed, so Google farms us for the data that our digital lives yield. Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed; Gmail keeps the spammers out of our inboxes. It doesn’t feel like a human or democratic relationship, even if both sides benefit.

　　31. According to Paragraph1, Facebook acquired WhatsApp for its

　　A. digital products

　　B. user information

　　C. physical assets

　　D. quality service

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干定位段落及关键词Facebook和WhatsApp定位到第一段第一句but分句及第二句。but分句指出两年前Facebook支付了比Amazon购买Whole Foods更多的钱收购了WhatsApp的短信服务，而后者根本没有任何实体产品。第二句指出WhatsApp提供给Facebook的是一个复杂的、十分详细的用户朋友关系和社交生活的网络。由此我们知道Facebook收购WhatsApp是为了获得它的用户信息，故选项D 正确。

　　干扰排除：C选项physical assets(实体财产)but分句已经否定;A选项digital products(数码产品)也属于实体产品，且未提及，故排除;D选项quality service(高质量服务)原文未提及，属于无中生有，故排除。

　　32. Linking phone numbers to Facebook identities may ______.

　　A. worsen political disputes

　　B. mess up customer records

　　C. pose a risk to Facebook users

　　D. mislead the European commission

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据顺序原则以及题干关键词phone numbers和Facebook identities定位到第二段第一句。第一句指出Facebook当时承诺欧盟委员会，保证自己不会将电话号码和Facebook上的身份联系起来，但是协议一达成，Facebook 就违背了当初的承诺。这句话仅是陈述了Facebook将电话号码和在这一社交网站上的身份联系起来的事实，而题目问的是这样做的影响，因此要再往后读一句。紧接着第二句就表明就算不知道具体的信息内容，信息的发送者和接收者也会被泄露，因此可以得出将电话号码和在这一社交网站上的身份联系起来的做法可能会对Facebook上的用户造成危险，故正确答案为C.

　　干扰排除：第三句举了个特蕾莎.梅与其对立党派的例子，并未说到会加剧政治分歧，故A选项worsen political disputes(加剧政治分歧)排除;该段最后一句提到了顾客记录，但讲的是Amazon，不是Facebook，故 B选项mess up customer records(弄乱顾客记录)排除;第一句虽然提到了欧盟委员会，但只是说Facebook违背了对其的承诺，并未提到会误导欧盟委员会，故D选项mislead the European commission(误导欧盟委员会)排除。

　　33. According to the author, competition law ______.

　　A. should serve the new market powers

　　B. may worsen the economic imbalance

　　C. should not provide just one legal solution

　　D. cannot keep pace with the changing market

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词competition law定位到第三段。该段第三句提到，和在数字经济的变化步调相比，竞争法很慢。第四句紧接着提到一个问题被解决和纠正之时，这个问题可能已经在市场消失，被新的权利滥用替代掉。因此，我们可以得出竞争法无法跟上不断变化的市场步调，故正确答案为D.

　　干扰排除：本段虽然提到了一些新市场巨头比如说Facebook，但并未提及竞争法应该为其服务，故A选项should serve the new market powers(应该为新市场巨头服务)排除。本段第一句就指明竞争法似乎是解决这些权利不平衡的唯一方法，因此B选项may worsen the economic imbalance(可能会加剧经济不平衡)排除;第一句只说了竞争法似乎是解决这些权利不平衡的唯一方法，提供法律方案的主语不应该是竞争法，而是政府等机构，故C选项should not provide just one legal solution(不应该只提供一种法律方案)排除。

　　34. Competition law as presently interpreted can hardly protect Facebook users because ______.

　　A. they are not defined as customers

　　B. they are not financially reliable

　　C. the services are generally digital

　　D. the services are paid for by advertisers

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词competition law以及presently interpreted和Facebook users定位到第三段第六、七、八句。第六句指出当前的竞争法处理的是对顾客经济上的不利并且当这些服务的用户不为其付费时，这种不利就不甚明显。紧接着第七句和第八句指出这些服务的用户不是顾客，用户是那些从Facebook和Google这里购买广告的人。因此我们可以得出由于是广告商为其服务付费而不是顾客付费，因此顾客没有遭遇经济上的不利，所以不满足竞争法的适用条件，以至于无法保护Facebook的用户，故正确选项为D.

　　干扰排除：原文并未提到他们不被定义为顾客或者由于服务通常是数字的才不被保护，故A选项they are not defined as customers(他们不被定义为顾客)和C选项the services are generally digital(这些服务通常都是数字的)都排除;第六句有提到financial这个词，但并不是说他们在经济上不可靠，故B选项they are not financially reliable(他们在经济上不可靠)排除。

　　35. The ant analogy is used to illustrate ______.

　　A. a win- win business model between digital giants

　　B. a typical competition pattern among digital giants

　　C. the benefits provided for digital giants’ customers

　　D. the relationship between digital giants and their users

　　试题类型：例证题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词ants可以定位到最后一段第二句和第三句，这两句话为例子，举例的目的是为了论证论点，因此我们应该看本段除了例子之外的第一句和最后一句。本段第一句指出数字巨头售卖的产品是数据，而我们用户则将我们的生活转化成了数据，给这些数字巨头带来了好处。最后一句指出这不像一种人性或者民主的关系。因此我们可以得出举出蚂蚁的例子只是为了说明数字巨头和用户之间的关系，故正确答案为D.

　　干扰排除：这里举了蚂蚁和蚜虫的例子，只是为了类比数字巨头和用户之间的关系，而不是数字巨头之间的关系，因此A选项a win- win business model between digital giants(数字巨头之间的一个双赢的商业模式)和B选项a typical competition pattern among digital giants(数字巨头之间一个典型的竞争模式)均排除;本段最后一句指出双方都受益，加上例子本身类比了数字巨头和用户两个对象，故C选项the benefits provided for digital giants’ customers(为数字巨头的顾客提供的益处)排除。

Text 4

　　To combat the trap of putting a premium on being busy, Gal Newport, anther of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Districted world, recommends building a habit of “deep work”,—the ability to focus without distraction.

　　There are a number of approaches to mastering the mastering the art of deep work- be it lengthy retreats, dedicated to a specific task; developing a daily ritual; or taking a “journalistic” approach to seizing moments of deep work when you can throughout the day. Whichever approach, the key is to determine your length of focus time and stick to it.

　　Newport also recommends “ deep scheduling” to combat constant interruptions and get more down in less time. At any given point, I should have deep work scheduled for roughly the next month. Once on the calendar I protect this time like, I would a doctor's appointment or important meeting he writes.

　　Another approach to getting more down in less time is to rethink how you prioritize your day -in particular how we craft our to - do lists. Tim Harvord, author of Messy. The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s, that divided undergraduates into two groups: some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities; others were told to plan activities and golds in much time detail day by day.

　　While the researchers assumed that the well- structured daily plans would be most effective when it came to the execution of tasks, they were wrong: the detailed daily plans demotivated students. Hartford argues that inevitable distractions often render the daily to- do list ineffective, while leaving room for improvisation in such a list can reap the best results.

　　In order to make the most of our focus and energy. We also need to embrace downtime, or as Newport suggests, “ be lazy.”

　　“ Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is indispensable to be brain as Vitamin D is to the body…[ idleness] is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done, ”he argues.

　　Sriri Pillay an assistant of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, believes this counter - intuitive link between downtime and productivity may be due to the way our brains operate. When our brains switch between being focused and unfocused on a task, they tend to be more efficient.

　　“What people don't realize is that, in order to complete these tasks they need to use both the focus and unfocus circuits in their brain”, says Pillay.

　　36. The key to mastering the art of deep work is to____.

　　A. keep to your focus time

　　B. list your immediate tasks

　　C. make specific daily plans

　　D. seize every minute to work

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词the key和the art of deep work定位到第二段最后一句the key is to determine your length of focus time and stick to it(关键是确定你的专注时长并坚持)，因此正确答案为A。

　　干扰排除：B选项list your immediate tasks(列出你马上要完成的任务)、C选项make specific daily plans(做出具体的每日计划)和D选项seize every minute to work(抓住每分每秒去工作)定位句未提到，故排除。

　　37. The study in the early 1980s cited by Harford shows that____.

　　A. distractions may actually increase efficiency

　　B. daily schedules are indispensable to studying

　　C. students are hardly motivated by monthly goals

　　D. detailed plans may not be as fruitful as expected

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词1980s和Harvard定位到第四段第二句。但题目问的是研究结果，因此我们应该往后找研究结论句，即下一段才开始引出实验结论。该段第一句双引号后内容指出，详细的计划反而会让学生失去学习的动力。故正确答案为D.

　　干扰排除：第五段第二句明确指出分心会降低效率，A选项distractions may actually increase efficiency(分心实际上可能提高效率)与原文相反，故排除;第五段第一句已经指出，日计划并不是最有效的，做月计划的反而更有动力，因此B选项daily schedules are indispensable to studying(每日规划对学习必不可少)以及C选项students are hardly motivated by monthly goals(学生几乎不能从月目标中获得动力)与原文相反，故排除。

　　38. According to Newport, idleness is ____.

　　A. a desirable mental state for busy people

　　B. a major contributor to physical health

　　C. an effective way to save time and energy

　　D. an essential factor in accomplishing any work.

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词Newport和idleness定位到第七段。该段最后一句指出idleness对完成工作是必须的，故正确答案为D.

　　干扰排除：A选项a desirable mental state for busy people(对忙碌的人来说是一种令人渴求的精神状态)、B选项a major contributor to physical health(身体健康的主要因素)以及C选项an effective way to save time and energy(节省时间和经历的有效方法)定位句均未提及，故排除。

　　39. Pillay believes that our brains’ shift between being focused and unfocused______.

　　A. can result in .Psychological will-being

　　B. can bring about greater efficiency

　　C. is aimed at a better balance in work

　　D. is driven by task urgency

　　试题类型：具体信息题

　　解题思路：根据题干关键词Pillay以及our brains’ shift being focused and unfocused定位到第八段最后一句。该句指出，当大脑在集中和分散注意力之间转换时，它们更加有效率，因此正确答案是B.

　　干扰排除：其他选项定位句未提及，直接排除。

　　40. This text is mainly about______.

　　A. ways to relieve the tension of busy life

　　B. approaches to getting more done in less time

　　C. the key to eliminating distractions

　　D. the cause of the lack of focus time

　　试题类型：主旨要义题

　　解题思路：把每段的第一句串线可知，本文就是围绕如何集中注意力，如何提高工作效率展开的，并提出了多种方法，第二段第一句直接给出了多种方式，后面几段引用了多位学者进一步提出具体的方法，故正确答案为B.

　　干扰排除：A选项未提及，排除;B和C选项均为本文的部分段落的内容，不够全面，故排除。

Part B

　　Directions:

　　Read the following text and match each of the numbered items in the left column to its corresponding information in the right column. There are two extra choices in the right column. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)

　　A. Just say it

　　B. Be present

　　C. Pay a unique compliment

　　D. Name, places, things

　　E. Find the “me too”s

　　F. Skip the small talk

　　G. Ask for an opinion

　　Five ways to make conversation with anyone

　　Conversations are links, which means when you have a conversation with a new person a link gets formed and every conversation you have after that moment will strengthen the link.

　　You meet new people every day: the grocery worker, the cab driver, new people at work or the security guard at the door. Simply starting a conversation with them will form a link.

　　Here are five simple ways that you can make the first move and start a conversation with strangers.

　　41.__________

　　Suppose you are in a room with someone you don't know and something within you says “I want to talk with this person”- this is something the mostly happens with all of us. You wanted to say something- the first word- but it just won't come out. It feels like it is stuck somewhere, I know the feelings and here is my advice just get it out.

　　Just think: that is the worst that could happen? They won't talk with you? Well, they are not talking with you now!

　　I truly believe that once you get that first word out everything else will just flow. So keep it simple: “Hi”, “Hey” or “Hello”—— do the best you can to gather all of the enthusiasm and energy you can, put on a big smile and say “Hi”.

　　42.____________________

　　It’s a problem all of us face: you have limited time with the person that you want to talk with and you want to make this talk, memorable.

　　Honestly, if we got stuck, in the rut, of “hi”, “hello”, “how are you” “and what's going on?” you will fail to give the initial Jolt to the conversation that can make it so memorable.

　　So don't be afraid, to ask more personal questions. Trust me, you’ll be surprised to see how much people are willing to share if you just ask.

　　43.____________________

　　When you meet a person for the first time, make an effort to find the things which you and that person, have in common so that you can build the conversation, from that point. When you start a conversation from there and then move outward, you will find all of a sudden that the conversation becomes a lot easier.

　　44.____________________

　　Imagine you are pouring your heart out to someone and they are just busy on their phone, and if you ask, for their attention, you get the response “I can Multitask”.

　　So when someone tries, to communicate with you, just be in that communication wholeheartedly. Make eye contact, you can feel the conversation.

　　45.____________________

　　You all came into a conversation, where you first met the person, but after some time you may have met again, and have forgotten their name. Isn't that awkward!

　　So remember the little details of the people you might, or you talked with; perhaps the places they have been to, the place they want to go, the things they like, the thing they hate - whatever you talk about

　　When you remember such thing you can automatically become investor in their wellbeing. So they feel a responsibility to you to keep bad relationship going

　　That's it. Five amazing ways that you can make conversation with almost anyone. Every person is a really good book to read, or to have a conversation with!

　　解题思路：

　　第一步：先把七个小标题简单翻译

　　A. Just say it (说出来)

　　B. Be present(要在场，要用心)

　　C. Pay a unique compliment(给出独特的赞美)

　　D. Name, places, thing(姓名、地方、事物)

　　E. Find the “me too” (找到“我也是”)

　　F. Skip the small talk(跳过寒暄话，往后聊)

　　G. Ask for an opinion(询问意见)

　　第二步：快速浏览空格后段落，逐一做题

　　41题：A

　　解题思路：41题后的段落主要说的是你大胆跟别人打招呼来开始你们的交谈，正好对应A选项Just say it(说出来)，是有类似表达的，比较简单。

　　42题：F

　　解题思路：42题后的段落主要说的是要你不要卡在问好上，而是大胆的去问一些个人问题，说不定别人也会乐于跟你分享，正好对应F选项skip the small talk(跳过寒暄话，往后聊)，这题需要自己稍作总结，对一些表达small talk，get stuck要求熟悉。

　　43题：E

　　解题思路：43题后的段落主要说的是交谈是要试图找到共同话题，交谈就会变得容易，刚好对应E选项find the “me too” s(找到“我也是”),原文的common对应标题中的“me too”,比较简单。

　　44题：B

　　解题思路：44题后的段落主要说的是与别人交流的时候要全心全意，要有眼神交流，刚好对应B选项be present(要在场，要用心)，这题稍难，因为需要知道present这个词的形容词意思后稍作引申。

　　45题：D

　　解题思路：4题后的段落主要说的是你要试图去记住一些别人的细节信息，刚好对应着D选项Name, places, things(姓名、地方、事物)，这个原文是有原词对应的，得分很容易。