1、任务型阅读十篇：1Good communication is vital in modern society. We know that much of the communication is unspoken. Consciously or unconsciously, we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes. Your good qualities can make good communication. The personal qualities include: physical ap
2、pearance, energy, rate of speech, pitch and tone of voice, gestures, expressiveness of eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of others. What should we do so that our communication will be effective? Here are my suggestions. Firstly, you should be yourself. The trick is to be consistently you, a
3、t your best. The most effective people never change character from one situation to another. Theyre the same whether theyre having a conversation with their close friends, addressing their garden club or being interviewed for a job. They communicate with their whole being. Secondly, whether youre ta
4、lking to one person or one hundred, always remember to look at them. Dont break eye contact while talking. As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably, then look directly at those in the room and smile. This shows clearly that you are at ease. Smiling is important. The best type of smile and eye
5、 contact is gentle and comfortable, not forced. You should also absorb other people before showing yourself. You cant learn anything when you talk. When you attend a meeting, a party or an interview, dont immediately start throwing your opinions. Stop for a second. Absorb whats going on. Whats the m
6、ood of the othersare they down, up, happy, expectant? Are they eager to learn from you, or do they show resistance? If you can sense whats happening with others, you will be better able to reach them. So, listen before you talk. The fourth suggestion is that you focus your energy. How do you get you
7、r energy up? Before the meeting, collect your thoughts about the goal of the meetingyours and the others. Once you go through the doorway, no longer think about yourself. Focus on the person you are meeting to find out what he is interested in. Properly collected energy comes across when we sincerel
8、y believe something. When you speak with energy, you are involved with your audience and your message. You create an air of certainty. The audience may disagree with you, but they cant question your belief.Lastly, I would like to remind you that you should lighten up. Take a good hard look at your s
9、elf. Do you say “I” too often? Are you only concentrated on your own problems? Do you complain frequently? If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you need to be more relaxed.How to communicate (71) Suggestions Dos DontsBe yourself Always be the same and communicate with your whole being
10、.Change character in (72) situations.Use your eyes and smile Make direct eye contact. Present a gentle and comfortable (73) . Break eye contact. (74) yourself to smile.Listen before(75) Stop for a short time to know the others mood and what is happening with them.Begin your talk immediately.Focus yo
11、ur (76) Remain (77) and think clearly and carefully before the meeting. Focus on the person youre meeting. Think about yourself.Lighten up Try to be (78) . Say “I” too often. Concentrate on your own problems. Make too (79) complaint.Conclusion Good communication (80) on good personal qualities.2Home
12、work is a great way for kids to develop independent, lifelong learning skills, so here are some general homework tips for parents: Make sure your child has a quiet, well-lit place to do homework.Avoid having your child do homework with the television on or in places with other distractions, such as
13、people coming and going. Make sure the materials your child needs, such as some paper, pencils and a dictionary, are available.Ask your child if special materials will be needed for some projects and get them in advance. Help your child with time management.Establish a set time each day for doing ho
14、mework. Dont let your child leave homework until just before bedtime. Think about using a weekend morning or afternoon for working on big projects, especially if the project involves getting together with classmates. Be positive about homework.Tell your child how important school is. The attitude yo
15、u express about homework will be the attitude your child acquires. When your child asks for help, provide guidance, not answers.Giving answers means your child will not learn the material. Too much help teaches your child that when the going gets rough, someone will do the work for him or her.Cooper
16、ation with the teacher. It shows your child that the school and home are a team. Follow the directions given by the teacher. Reward progress in homework.If your child has been successful in homework completion and is working hard, celebrate that success with a special even (e.g. pizza, a walk, a tri
17、p to the park) to reinforce the positive effortTitle (1) _ for parents on their childrens homeworkTopic Basic requirements(2)_for homeworkA single room Quiet and well-lit(3) _ TV or other distractionsMaterials for homeworkThings (4) _Some paperSome pencilsA dictionary(5)_ materials for some projects
18、 ahead of timeTime management Doing homework A (6)_ time each day or a whole morning or afternoon on weekendsAttitudes to homework(7)_of homework(8)_ by parentsAccepted by children(9)_from parentsDos and donts Provide guidanceDont give answersCooperate with the teacherFollow the teachers directions(
19、10) _ Successful homeworkReward the child with a special event.3Many people would like to watch sport matches .First，you need to know about audience mannersw.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mMost sporting arenas （竞技场） have rules for spectators written on the back of the tickets. Read your ticket carefully before yo
20、u arriveTry to reach your seat half an hour before the start of the event and dont leave when a game is in progressWhen you leave，remember to take away your soft drink bottles and other rubbishDuring exciting games, try to control yourself. Dont criticize the performance of players and coachesBe car
21、eful with your words, since some may cause anger among other people in the audienceApplause is a special form of body language you can use to communicate with players，but you should do it properly When players first appear，clap your hands together to welcome them, but dont go on for too long. After
22、an excellent performance, applaud warmly. If someone fails, your applause will help encourage them. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mApplause is not welcome, however, while players need to keep their concentration. Various sports have various rules for the audienceEnjoying artistic gymnastics silenceBut lots of c
23、heering can really help basketball and football players. Snooker and table tennis courtside behavior includes a ban on flash photography. Mobile phones are not allowed in shooting centers.To be a good spectator, you should take time to learn the gamespecific rules and related culture of each eventTi
24、tle: Good Audience(1)_topic rulesBefore games Sporting arenasread your tickets carefully in (2) _reach and leave there in timetake (3) _ your rubbish when leave Exciting games pay attention to your behavior and be(4)_(5) _ use it properly (6)_gymnastics keep (7)_Basketball and football you should (8
25、) _Snooker and table tennis forbid (9) _ photosDuring gamesShooting centers Dont use mobile phonesAfter games How to be a good spectator to learn the (10) _ rules and culturew.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m4Every year there are hundreds of earthquakes in different parts of the world. In Sept.1923, Tokyo and Yoko
26、hama were both destroyed by an earthquake and the fires that followed it. They had to be completely rebuilt. One of the most serious earthquakes was in Chinas Shanxi Province in 1556. It killed almost one million people.We measure an earthquakes strength on the Richter scale. The Richter scale was i
27、ntroduced in 1935 in Southern California in the USA. It measures earthquakes on a scale of one to ten. Any earthquake measuring five or more is usually serious.The earths crust (地壳) is made up of layers of rock called plates. As these plates move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the
28、 crust to quake. In cities such as Tokyo, where small quakes happen quite often, many modern buildings are designed to be flexible so when the earth moves, they move with it.Earthquakes can also break up gas or oil pipes. This can cause fires to break out, which can do as much damage as the earthqua
29、ke itself.Another effect of earthquakes is tsunamis (海啸). These are huge waves created by earthquakes beneath the sea. They can be many metres high and cause great damage to coastal towns and cities.China, Japan, Russia and the USA have the highest occurrence (发生) of earthquakes in the world.Knowing
30、 about 1._An earthquake and 3._ fires destroyed both Tokyo and Yokohama in Sept. 1923.Two serious earthquakes in 2._ In 1556, a very serious earthquake 4._ in Chinas Shanxi Province.The way to 5._ an earthquakes strengthPeople can measure an earthquakes strength on the Richter scale of one to ten, 6
31、._ in 1935 in the USA. If an earthquake measures five or more, its usually serious.The 7._ of earthquakes As the plates, which form the earths 8._, move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake.If earthquakes break up gas or oil pipes, 10._ will happen, which can do as mu
32、ch damage as the earthquake itself.Some 9._ of earthquakesTsunami is another effect of earthquakes. 5Have you ever been in a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away? You probably felt sorry and made up your mind to pay attention and eve
33、r have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time.“On the contrary,” says L. Giambra, an expert in psychology, “daydreaming is quite necessary. Without it, the mind couldnt get done all the thinking it has to do during a normal day. You cant possibly do all your thinking with a conscious mind. In
34、stead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming then may be one way that the conscious and unconscious states of mind have silent dialogues.”Early experts in psychology paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even considered them harmful. At one time daydre
35、aming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinger, a professor of psychology, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinger says, “We know now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize o
36、ur lives, learn from our experiences, and plan for our futures. Daydreams really are a window on the things we fear and the things we long for in life.” Daydreams are usually very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand. Its easier to gain a deep understanding o
37、f your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you recognize the difficult situations in your life and find out a possible way of dealing with them. Daydreams cannot be predicted; they move off in unexpected direction whi
38、ch may be creative and full of ideas. For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.About daydreamsOpinions 1. _ Features 2. _A. 3. _: one way that the 4._ and unconscious states of mind have 5. _ dialoguesorganize our lives cannot be predicted A. da
39、ydreams:7. _ and directB. harmful: a 8. _ of some mental illnesseslearn from our 6. _move off in unexpected 9. _B. 10. _ dreams: hard to understand6The family sphere(范围) used to be defined by its isolation from the public realm. There was the public male realm（领域）of “rational accomplishment“ and cru
40、el competition, and the private female and child-rearing sphere of home, intuition（直觉）and emotion. The private realm was supposed to be isolated from the realities of adult life. For both better and worse, television and other electronic media tend to break down the difference between those two worl
41、ds. The membrane around the family sphere is much more permeable(可渗透的 ). TV takes public events and transforms them into dramas that are played out in the privacy of our living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms. Parents used to be the channel through which children learned about the outside world. They c
42、ould decide what to tell their children and when to tell it to them. Since children learn to read in stages, books provide a kind of natural screening process, where adults can decide what to tell and not tell children of different reading abilities. Television destroyed the system that separated ad
43、ult from child knowledge and separated information into year-by-year slices for children of different ages. Instead, it presents the same information directly to children of all ages, without going through adult filters. So television presents a real challenge to adults. While a parent can read a ne
44、wspaper without sharing it with children in the same room, television is accessible to everyone in that space. And unlike books, television doesnt allow us to flip（翻转）through it and see whats coming up. We may think were giving our children a lesson in science by having them watch the Challenger tak
45、e off, and then suddenly they learn about death, disaster and adult mistakes. Books allow adults to discuss privately what to tell or not tell children. This also allows parents to keep adult material secret from children and keep their secret keeping secret. Take that same material and put it on Th
46、e Today Show and you have 800,000 children hearing the very things the adults are trying to keep from them. “Television takes our kids across the globe before parents give them permission to cross the street.“ More importantly, children gradually learn that adults are worried and anxious about being
47、 parents. Actually, television has also places families under a lot of stress. How Television Changes Childhood?Main comparisons ContextsHomes used to be isolated from the _2_realm.Distance between _1_and the outside.Homes nowadays are _3_to the outside world. In the past, children might learn _4_ab
48、out the outside world with the help of parents and _5_.Media through which children can obtain information More information is got directly through TV and other electronic media, which breaks down the _6_ between adult world and the child world.Traditionally, kids could only knew what they should learn at their age, carefully_8_by their parents._7_ of the information children getEverything can possibly be known by children, including many aspects of _ life.Effects on family education
