Did you have any trouble()used to the way of life here?

are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen？ " "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend？ Or did he envy my luck？" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends, or our enemies？ Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog." That's friendly. But "lucky dog"？ There is a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But mentioning the "dog" puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you ought to have your luck.

"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he？ Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words？ One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks？ Does what he says agree with the tone of voice？ His posture (姿态)？ The look in his eyes？ Stop and think. (47) If you spend one minute thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you, you may avoid another mistake.

This passage is mainly about______.

A．how to interpret what people say

B．what to do when you listen to others talking

C．how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with people

D．why we go wrong with people sometimes

are about people. One might say, "Did Jerry care when I broke up with Helen？" "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend？" Or "Did he envy my luck？" "And Paul — why didn't I pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car？" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.

Why are we wrong about our friends or our enemies？ Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone says to you, "You're a lucky dog." Is he really on your side？ If he says, "You're a lucky guy" or "You're a lucky gal," that's being friendly. But if he says, "You are a lucky dog." There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the dog he put you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.

"Just think of all the things you have to be thanking for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he？ Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you have not got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words？ One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks？ Does what he says square with his tone of voice, his posture, the look in his eyes？ Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

Therefore, when you hear someone saying, please try to know what he really means. Don't just listen to what he says with your ears but feel the words he uses with your head. In this way, you may make less mistakes.

In the first paragraph, the writer recalls some things that happened between him and his friends. He ______.

A．feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him

B．feels he may not have read his friends true feelings correctly

C．thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend, Helen

D．is sorry that his friends let him down

听力原文：I: What made you take off to the country ill the first place, Tom？

T: Well, I suppose anyone who moves to the country wants their life to be different in some way. I mean, if you have always lived in a city, something must happen to make you want to move. In my case, I just couldn't face going back into an office again when it came to looking for a new job.

I: So you began thinking about the country？

T: No, at first I just thought about getting a different kind of work, social work with kids or old people.

I: And what happened？ Why didn't you？

T: I haven't got any right diplomas, and it would have taken me two years to be qualified. I was not going back to formal education again.

I: So where did you decide to move？

T: I went right to Shropshire. The first problem though was how I could make a living — there are fewer jobs in the country, so I decided to start up on my own.

I: That's ambitious. How did you start, had you got any skills？

T: I'd always had a garden and grown some vegetables and flowers, so I thought of a small holding, a kind of farm. But when I looked at the price, I changed my mind.

I: Ok, a farm's out, so what next？

T: I settled on a nursery and bought my way into a partnership...

I: Well, ladies and gentlemen, don't go away — we are coming back to Tom's story after the advertisements.

Why did Tom go to live in the country？

A．Because he liked working with children.

B．Because he lost his job.

C．Because he hated the city.

D．Because he wanted to be a farmer.

听力原文：Interviewer: What made you take off to the country in the first place, Tom？

Tom: Well, I suppose anyone who moves to the country wants their life to be different in some way. I mean, if you have always lived in a city, something must happen to make you want to move. In my case, (4[B])I just couldn't face going back into an office again when it came to looking for a new job.

Interviewer: So you began thinking about the country？

Tom: No, at first I just thought about getting a different kind of work, social work with kids or old people.

Interviewer: And what happened？ Why didn't you？

Tom: I haven't got any right diplomas, and it would have taken me two years to be qualified. I was not going back to formal education again.

Interviewer: So where did you decide to move？

Tom: I went right to Shropshire. (6[C]) The first problem though was how I could make a living — there are fewer jobs in the country, so I decided to start up on my own.

Interviewer: That's ambitious. How did you start, had you got any skills？

Tom: (7[D])I'd always had a garden and grown some vegetables and flowers, (5[B]) so I thought

of a small holding, a kind of farm. But when I looked at the price, I changed my mind.

Interviewer: Ok, a farm's out, so what next？

Tom: I settled on a nursery and bought my way into a partnership...

Interviewer: Well, ladies and gentlemen, don't go away — we are coming back to Tom's story after the advertisements.

Why did Tom go to live in the country？

A．Because he liked working with children.

B．Because he lost his job.

C．Because he hated the city.

D．Because he wanted to be a farmer.

In the following passage, Philip Roth is talking to a friend, Joanna, about his father.

"Did I ever tell you what happened when he was mugged a couple of years ago？ He could have got himself killed. '

"No. Tell me."

"A black kid about fourteen approached him with a gun on a side street leading to their little temple. It was the middle of the afternoon. My father had been at the temple office helping them with mailing or something and he was coming home. The black kids prey on the elderly Jews in his neighborhood even in broad daylight. They bicycle in from Newark, he tells me, take their money, laugh, and go home". "Get in the bushes," he tells my father. "I'm not getting in any bushes," my father says. "You can have whatever you want, and you don't need that piece to get it. You can put that piece away." The kid lowers the gun and my father gives him his wallet." Take all the money," my father says, "but if the wallet's of no value to you, I wouldn't mind it back. "The kid takes the money, gives back the wallet, and he runs. And you know what my father does？ He calls across the street, "How much did you get？" And the kid is obedient--he counts it for him. "Twenty-three dollars, "the kid says." Good," my father tells him-- "now don't go out and spend it on crap."

Joanna laughed. "Well, he's not guilty, your father. Of course he treats him like a son. He knows that the Jews in Bialystok were not responsible for the New England slave trade."

"It's that--it's more. He doesn't experience powerlessness in the usual way."

"Yes, he's oblivious to it,"she said. "He won't give in to it. It makes for terrific insensitivity but also for terrific guts".

"Yes, what goes into survival isn't always pretty. He got a lot of mileage out of never recognizing the differences among people. All my life I have been trying to tell him that people are different one from the other. My mother understood this in a way that he didn't. Couldn't. This is what I used to long for in him, some of her forbearance and tolerance, this simple recognition that people are different and that the difference is legitimate. But he couldn't grasp it. They all had to work the same way, want the same way, be dutiful in the same way, and whoever did it different was meshugge--crazy."

Philip Roth's father refused to go into the bushes. This was most likely because he ______.

A．didn't think it was necessary

B．didn't believe the mugger was serious

C．thought he would lose his money if he did

D．was showing the "black kid" that he didn't understand him

are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen？" "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend？ Or did he envy my luck？" "And Paul—why didn't I pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car？" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies？ Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You' re a lucky dog. " Is he really on your side？ If he says, "You' re a lucky guy. " or "You' re a lucky gal. " , that's being friendly. But" lucky dog" ？ There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.

"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he？ Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words？ One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks？ Does what he says square with the tone of voice？ His posture？ The look in his eyes？ Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

When the writer recalls the things that happened between him and his friends, he

A．feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him

B．feels he may not have"read" his friends'true feelings correctly

C．thinks it was a mistake to view Jim as a friend

D．is sorry that his friends let him down

In the following passage, Philip Roth is talking to a friend, Joanna, about his father.

"Did I ever tell you what happened when he was mugged a couple of years ago？ He could have got himself killed. '

"No. Tell me."

"A black kid about fourteen approached him with a gun on a side street leading to their little temple. It was the middle of the afternoon. My father had been at the temple office helping them with mailing or something and he was coming home. The black kids prey on the elderly Jews in his neighborhood even in broad daylight. They bicycle in from Newark, he tells me, take their money, laugh, and go home". "Get in the bushes," he tells my father. "I'm not getting in any bushes," my father says. "You can have whatever you want, and you don't need that piece to get it. You can put that piece away." The kid lowers the gun and my father gives him his wallet." Take all the money," my father says, "but if the wallet's of no value to you, I wouldn't mind it back. "The kid takes the money, gives back the wallet, and he runs. And you know what my father does？ He calls across the street, "How much did you get？" And the kid is obedient--he counts it for him. "Twenty-three dollars, "the kid says." Good," my father tells him-- "now don't go out and spend it on crap."

Joanna laughed. "Well, he's not guilty, your father. Of course he treats him like a son. He knows that the Jews in Bialystok were not responsible for the New England slave trade."

"It's that--it's more. He doesn't experience powerlessness in the usual way."

"Yes, he's oblivious to it,"she said. "He won't give in to it. It makes for terrific insensitivity but also for terrific guts".

"Yes, what goes into survival isn't always pretty. He got a lot of mileage out of never recognizing the differences among people. All my life I have been trying to tell him that people are different one from the other. My mother understood this in a way that he didn't. Couldn't. This is what I used to long for in him, some of her forbearance and tolerance, this simple recognition that people are different and that the difference is legitimate. But he couldn't grasp it. They all had to work the same way, want the same way, be dutiful in the same way, and whoever did it different was meshugge--crazy."

Philip Roth's father refused to go into the bushes. This was most likely because he ______.

A．didn't think it was necessary

B．didn't believe the mugger was serious

C．thought he would lose his money if he did

D．was showing the "black kid" that he didn't understand him

are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broken up with Helen？" "When I got that great job did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend？" "Or did be envy my luck？" "And Paul-- why didn't I pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car？" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies？ Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog." Is he really on your side？ If he says, "You're a lucky guy" or "You're a lucky gal," that's being friendly. But "lucky dog" ？ There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little. What be may be saying is that be doesn't think you deserve your luck.

"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of you life as a whole. But is he？ Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words？ One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks？ Does what he says square with the tone of voice？ His posture？ The look in his eyes？ Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

Note: guy = boy; gal = girl

In paragraph 1, when the writer recalls some things that happened between him and his friends, ______.

A．he feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him.

B．he feels he may not have "read" his friends' true feelings correctly.

C．he thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girlfriend.

D．he is sorry that his friends let him down.

Part A

Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Mistakes are the things that nobody wants, but we still make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. Some are about work or jobs. But most mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen？" "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it as a friend7 Or did he envy my luck？" "And why didn't Andy pick up that I was friendly just because 1 had a car？" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies？ Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. We need to listen and think for some time. And if we don't really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog" that's being friendly. But "lucky dog" ？ There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.

"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he？ Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words？ One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks？ Does what he says agree with the tone of voice？ His posture？ The look in his eyes？ Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

This passage is mainly about______.

A．how to interpret what people say

B．what to do when you listen to others talking

C．how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with people

D．why we go wrong with people sometimes

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money, but most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen？” “When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend？ Or did he envy my luck？” “And Paul — why didn't I pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car？” When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends — or our enemies？ Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “You're a lucky dog.” Is he really on your side？ If he says, “You're a lucky guy” or “You're a lucky gal,” that's being friendly. But “lucky dog”？ There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.　“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for” is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he？ Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words？ One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks？ Does what he says square with the tone of voice？ His posture？ The look in his eyes？ Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

When the writer recalls the things that happened between him and his friends, he ____.

A) feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him

B) feels he may not have “read” his friends' true feelings correctly

C) thinks it was a mistake to view Jim as a friend

D) is sorry that his friends let him down

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