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Amazing people 课时跟踪检测B卷

Ⅰ.完形填空

(2015·扬州高三调研)

Don’t hide criticism

“Politeness is another word for deception.”This is the view of James W．Pennebaker，chair of the psychology department at the University of Texas at Austin, US.He was quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal article about a speech __1__many of us share —“verbal tee-ups”．

What are verbal tee-ups? They are like a cushion to __2__the blow when one wants to __3__bad or unpleasant news.For example, have you ever been told by your friend：“I am telling you this because I love you, but you really need to lose weight.”Or by your colleague：“No __4__，but to be honest, I think your presentation __5__the point.”

A Slate article gives a few examples of other verbal tee-ups.You can __6__yourself from your unpleasant words by starting it with“Please understand ...”You can even try to manage your listener’s __7__：“Don’t take this the wrong way，but...”or “Don’t get mad, but ...”

Some verbal tee-ups are simply __8__.For example, “I’m not saying ...” or “I don’t mean to say ...” Such as，“I am not saying we should stop seeing each other, but I need some space to think about our __9__.”

For the speakers，verbal tee-ups are used to make it easier to say something __10__. They sound __11__ and polite.But Pennebaker，who __12__ these phrases，says in many cases, “The point of these phrases is to formalize social relations so you don’t have to __13__ your true self.”

Elizabeth Bernstein, who wrote the Wall Street Journal article, says these sayings so frequently __14__ untruth that they can be confusing, even when used in a neutral context, “They often lead to a __15__ in personal communications because listeners __16__ to take those types of statements in a negative light，” she says.

To __17__ the damage of verbal tee-ups, we need to be more aware of what we are going to say. If you are feeling a need to use them a lot, then perhaps you should __18__ the possibility that you are saying too many unpleasant things to other people.For example，“To be perfectly honest ...”often comes before __19__ comments.If you are taking the trouble to __20__ your honesty now, maybe you aren’t always truthful.

1．A.method C．system 2．A.soften

B．habit D．benefit B．strengthen

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C．harden 3．A.transfer C．deliver 4．A.offense C．comment 5．A.grasped C．missed 6．A.disable C．discourage 7．A.reflection C．satisfaction 8．A.excuses C．requests 9．A.relationship C．decision 10．A.difficult C．complex 11．A.anxious C．official 12．A.stresses C．studies 13．A.prove C．consider 14．A.equal C．discover 15．A.breakthrough C．breakup 16．A.attempt C．refuse 17．A.fix C．reduce 18．A.deny C．confirm 19．A.positive

D．deepen B．express D．explain B．wonder D．rush B．changed D．mistook B．discover D．distance B．reaction D．action B．truth D．dishonesty B．business D．cooperation B．scary D．confusing B．formal D．important B．promotes D．advocates B．hide D．reveal B．signal D．challenge B．breakout D．breakdown B．prefer D．tend B．rid D．manage B．consider D．resist B．objective

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C．negative 20．A.announce C．change Ⅱ.阅读理解

D．subjective B．support D．represent

(2015·宿迁高三调研)MONTAGNE：In the summer of 2011, the world first heard of a small island in Norway under the most terrible of circumstances.Utoya Island was a youth camp run by Norway’s Labor Party. One day in July, a heavily armed, right-wing extremist stepped onto the island and began shooting at random. Sixty-nine people died, over 100 were wounded；almost all, young people.This month, artist Jonas Dahlberg was appointed to create a memorial.He described to us the experience he imagines for those who come to the island.

DAHLBERG：You start your walk through a forest of evergreens on a wooden pathway. After a while, this pathway starts to go down into the landscape.

MONTAGNE：Down into the landscape，and into a short tunnel.When you come out, you are unable to go any farther.You can’t get to the top of the island because it has been cut off.So all you can do is look across a narrow channel of water at what is now a wall of polished stone, carved with the names of the dead.

DAHLBERG：It becomes almost like a gravestone. You cannot reach it. It’s close enough to be able to read, but it’s forever lost for your possibility to reach.

MONTAGNE: It’s being called a_memory_wound. Exactly what do you mean by that? DAHLBERG：During my first site visit, the experience of seeing those gunshots－and you can see it was like being in an open wound. And it took me to a stage of deep sadness where it was hard to breathe. So I didn’t want to illustrate loss; I wanted to make actual loss. It’s just a cut through the island.

MONTAGNE：On the day of the massacre, just hours before launching his shooting on the island，the killer set off a bomb in downtown Oslo，leaving eight people dead.As those events were unfolding，artist Jonas Dahlberg had been out with his brother, and stopped in at a seaside village.

DAHLBERG: In the harbor, it was silent, and this is the higher end of summer. So, it’s normally a very lively place. And it was total silence there; and it was a very, very strange feeling in the whole small village. And it’s totally impossible to grasp what is going on. And then it just kept on. It’s still almost impossible to understand it. It’s also one of the reasons why it’s so important with memorials for these kind of things. It’s to maybe help a little bit to understand what was happening. So it’s not just about remembering. It’s also about trying to just understand.

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