问题 完形填空

follow; hard; now; interest; just; everyone; other; than; firstly; what

How many people do you communicate with in a day? Probably a lot more 小题1:________ you did ten years ago. 小题2:______ we can :talk” to people in more and more ways, not小题3:______ face-to-face and on the phone, but also through the Internet. It is very important for 小题4:_____ to try and improve their communications skills, so let’s remember the four golden rules of good communication.小题5:______, be as clear as you can. Misunderstandings happen if we don’t say correctly 小题6:_______ we mean. Secondly, we have to work 小题7:_______ at listening. Pay attention to what the other person is saying. Thirdly, ask 小题8:_______ people what they think, don’t only tell them what you think. Fourthly, give them time to say what they want, and show 小题9:_______ in what they say.

If you 小题10:______ these rules, you will be a good communicator.

答案

小题1:than

小题2:Now

小题3:just

小题4:everyone

小题5:Firstly

小题6:what

小题7:hard

小题8:other

小题9:interest

小题10:follow

题目分析:这篇短文主要是向我们介绍如何成为一个好的交流者,告诉了我们很多技巧。

小题1:考查连词。句意:你每天和多少人交流也许十年多钱多得多。根据题意可知用比较级,结合语境故填than

小题2:考查副词。句意:现在我们能用越来越的方式和人们交谈。故填Now.

小题3:考查副词。句意:不要仅仅面对面,和用电话交谈,也可以通过网络。故填just。

小题4:考查代词。句意:对于每个人来说设法提高他们的交往技能是非常重要的,结合语境及句子的结构,故填everyone

小题5:考查副词。句意:因此让我们记住交往的四条黄金规则是重要的。结合语境及所给词汇,故填Firstly

小题6:考查代词。句意:如果我们不能正确地说我们的意思就可能会误解。结合语境填what。

小题7:考查副词。句意;第二我们必须努力地听。结合句意故填hard

小题8:考查形容词。句意:问其他人们想什么那,不要仅仅告诉他们你想什么。故填other  。

小题9:考查名词。句意:给他们时间说他们想说的,显示出你对他们说的兴趣。结合语境及所给词汇,故填 interest

小题10:考查动词。句意:如果你遵循这些规则你就会成为一个好的交流者。根据语境故填follow

名词解释
单项选择题

The discovery of life beyond Earth would transform not only our science but also our religions, our belief systems and our entire world-view. For in a sense, the search for extraterrestrial life is really a search for ourselves--who we are and what our place is in the grand sweep of the cosmos.

Contrary to popular belief, speculation that we are not alone in the universe is as old as philosophy itself. The essential steps in the reasoning were based on the atomic theory of the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus. Yet philosophy is one thing, filling in the physical details is another. Although astronomers increasingly suspect that biofriendly planets may be abundant in the universe, the chemical steps leading to life remain largely mysterious.

Traditionally, biologists believed that life is a freak--the result of a zillion-to-one accidental concatenation of molecules. It follows that the likelihood of its happening again elsewhere in the cosmos is infinitesimal. This viewpoint derives from the second law of thermodynamics, which predicts that the universe is dying--slowly and inexorably degenerating toward a state of total chaos. And similar reasoning applies to evolution. According to the orthodox view, Darwinian selection is utterly blind. Any impression that the transition from microbes to man represents progress is pure chauvinism of our part. The path of evolution is merely a random walk through the realm of possibilities.

If this is right, there can be no directionality, no innate drive forward; in particular, no push toward consciousness and intelligence. Should Earth be struck by an asteroid, destroying all higher life-forms, intelligent beings would almost certainly not arise next time around. There is, however, a contrary view--one that is gaining strength and directly challenges orthodox biology. It is that complexity can emerge spontaneously through a process of self- organization. If matter and energy have an inbuilt tendency to amplify and channel organized complexity, the odds against the formation of life and the subsequent evolution of intelligence could be drastically shortened.

Historically, Bertrand Russell argued that a universe under a death sentence from the second law of thermodynamics rendered human life ultimately futile. All our achievements, all our struggles, "all the noonday brightness of human genius," as he put it, would, in the final analysis, count for nothing if the very cosmos itself is doomed. But what if, in spite of the second law of thermodynamics, there can be systematic progress alongside decay For those who hope for a deeper meaning or purpose beneath physical existence, the presence of extraterrestrial life-forms would provide a spectacular boost, implying that we live in a universe that is in some sense getting better and better rather than worse and worse.

If there were push to direct organized complexity, chances of intelligence evolution would()

A. be wrecked

B. level off

C. be shortened

D. crop up