――What's the problem with your bike? ――____A.Not at all.B.Good,thank you.C.Nothing serious
――What's the problem with your bike? ――____
A.Not at all.
B.Good,thank you.
C.Nothing serious.
D.Sure.
――What's the problem with your bike? ――____
A.Not at all.
B.Good,thank you.
C.Nothing serious.
D.Sure.
What's the problem with your bike?- ________
A.Not at all
B.Good, thank you
C.Nothing serious
D.Sure
A.are driving
B.drove
C.were driving
D.have been driving
What is the best title for this passage?
A. Six Stages for Repairing Sam's Bicycle.
B. Possible Steps of Problem-solving.
C. Necessities of Problem Analysis.
D. Importance of Analyzing a Problem.
Wang:Mr.Black,I‘m afraid we have to change the appointment.
Mr.Black:What’S the problem?
Wang:I have an urgent meeting in the afternoon.__________if we postpone the appointment to a later time?
Mr.Black:No,that’S all right.
A.Do vou mind
B.Do you‘agree
C.How do you feel
D.What about
A. English people are always interested in the weather
B. I have't been practising enough
C. I don't know
D. to meet English people
E. I have some trouble
F. What can I talk about
G. Where should I go
H. May I help you
Max: What's the matter, Peter? You don't look very happy.
Peter: I'm not. I'm worried about my English.
Max: What's the problem?
Peter: (56) .
A.Good
B.Quite well
C.No problem
D.Not bad
A. Isn't she your girlfriend
B. They said she had left for London
C. What's the problem
D. Her office left you a message
E. Why not invite me, then
F. They said they had phoned Linda
G. The manager of their office had suddenly fallen iii
H. Sorry, I lost my way
A: Are you phoning Linda?
B: Yes. But how did you know?
A: (56)
B: What did they say?
A: (57)
B: What happened?
A: (58) . She had to go and take his place for three days.
B: That's too bad.
A: (59) ?
B: You see, I had arranged for us to have a dinner with a friend tonight.
A: (60) ?
B: Sure. Why not?
The Right Way to Motivate Employees
It’s important for a CEO to be passionate and enthusiastic, but there’s a line of professionalism that must always be maintained.
According to a report from the technology website Venture Beat, PayPal CEO David Marcus wrote a critical letter to his employees blaming them for not using PayPal products and encouraging them to leave if they didn’t have the passion to use the products they work for.
According to the website, part of the leaked letter reads:
“It’s been brought to my attention that when testing paying with mobile at Cafe 17 last week, some of you refused to install the PayPal app, and others didn’t even remember their PayPal passwords.That’s unacceptable to me, and the rest of my team, everyone at PayPal should use our products where available.That’s the only way we can make them better, and better.”
“In closing, if you are one of the folks who refused to install the PayPal app or if you can’t remember your PayPal password, do yourself a favor, go and find something that will connect with your heart and mind elsewhere.”
While not obvious at first, the letter reveals a problem of morale and culture at PayPal.As an executive, you certainly want your employees to use and promote your products.However, when faced with a situation where staff isn’t embracing what they make, you need to investigate the root of the problem -- not threaten.
When faced with internal problems, good executives start by asking “why”.They reach out to their executive team first and then to the entire staff to find the root of a problem and how to fix it.Sending out a one-sided note about the problem is not leading, it’s retreating.
Leadership starts by listening.Good executives need to get out among the staff and ask questions and listen without judgment or reaction.The fact that company employees are not embracing and using its products is a failure of leadership that Marcus needs to address by self-reflection.At the end of the day, if his employees have to be forced to use the app, how can he expect consumers to want to willingly pay to use it? Marcus should have focused on three questions:
• Why are you not using the app?
• What is it that we can do to ensure you use our app?
• What do you need from me?
1.A CEO only needs to be passionate and enthusiastic.()
2.It is not professional that PayPal CEO blames his employees not to use PayPal or forget PayPal passwords.()
3.“A one-sided note” refers to the root of PayPal’s problem.()
4.When faced with internal problems, good executives find the root of a problem in their executive team first.()
5.Good executives need to give feedback immediately when they are listening to the staff.()
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 closely 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" 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
Ⅴ. Daily Conversation (10 points)
Direction: Pick out the appropriate expression from the eight choices and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
A. I think so.
B. Haven't seen you for ages.
C. Please take it easy.
D. Don't mention it.
E. Coffee, please.
F. That's just what I am thinking.
G. No problem.
H. I would if I could.
56. Tony: Will you help me with my math problem after school?
Tom:______. You know I like math.