2012年12月短文题目及原文

1、2012年12月Passage OneQuesti ons 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26.They care more about an item s price than its use.They grab whatever they thi nk is a good barga in.They become excited as if they had n ever bee n there.They behave as if their memories have failed totally.27.Th

2、ose with a VIP card.Those with 15 items or less.Those n eed ing assista nee.Those pay ing in cash.28.Go back and pick up more items.Take out some unwan ted purchases.Change the items they have picked up.Calculate the total cost of the groceries.29.It calls for caref uln ess.It requires tolera nee.It

3、 n eeds a good kno wledge of math.It invo Ives com muni cati on skills.Passage TwoQuesti ons 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30.A package of ideas formally prese nted.A short prese ntati on clearly delivered.A n atural and spontan eous style of speech.A clever use of visual aid

4、s in prese ntatio n.31.The skillful use of gestures and facial expressi ons.Differe nces in style betwee n writ ing and speak ing.Differe nt prefere nces of audie nces.The importa nee of preparati on.32.The differe nces betwee n America n and Asia n cultures.The sig nifica nee of cross-cultural com

5、muni cati on.The in creas ing importa nee of public speak ing.The key to beco ming a good speaker.Passage ThreeQuesti ons 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33.By comparing his performanee with others.By being repeatedly corrected by adults.By observ ing what their teachers do.By

6、being give n con sta nt praise.34.The best stude nts are usually smart by n ature.It is only n atural for childre n to make errors.Childre n cannot detect their own mistakes.All childre n should have equal opport un ities.35.It is favorable to kno wledge accumulati on.It is ben eficial to in depe nd

7、ent childre n.It is un healthy to stude nts upbri nging.It is un helpful to stude nts lear ning.原文：Passage OneSi nee I started worki ng part time at a grocery store, I have lear ned that a customer is more tha n some one who buys someth ing. To me, a customer is a pers on whose memory fails en tirel

8、y once he or she starts to push a shopp ing cart. One of the first things customers forget is how to count. There is no other way to explain how so many people get in their express line, which is clearly marked 15 items or less, with 20, 25 or even a cart load of items.Customers also forget why they

9、 came to the store in the first place. Just as I finish ringing up an order, a customer will say,“ Oops, I forgot to pick up a fresh loaf of bread. I hope you don t mind waitingminutes later, he s back with the bread, a bottle of milki,ree(tolls of paper towels.Strange it seems customers also seem t

10、o forget that they have to pay for their groceries. In stead of writ ing acheck or look ing for a credit card while I am ringing up the groceries, my customers will wait un til I announce the total.The n, in surprise, she says,“ Oh no, what did I do with my check book?” After 5 minu tes of diggi ng

11、throushe borrows my pen because she s forgotten hers. But I have to be tolerant of customers because they pay my salary, andthat s something I can t afford to forget.Questi ons 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.What does the speaker say about customers en teri ng the grocery stor

12、e?Which customers are supposed to be in the express line?What does the speaker say some customers do whe n they arrive at the checkout coun ter?What does the speaker say about his job at the end of the talk?Passage TwoThe speech delivery style of Europea ns and Asia ns tends to be very formal. Speak

13、ers of these cultures ofte nread oral prese ntati ons from carefully writte n man ual scripts. On the other hand, America n speakers are gen erally more in formal relative to speakers and other cultures.America n audie nces prefer n atural, spontan eous delivery that con veys alively sens e of com m

14、uni cati on. They don t relay well to speakers who read from a man ual script. If you use an outl ine ofyour ideas in stead of a prepared text, your speech will not only sound more n atural, but you will also be able to establish better relati on ship with your liste ners and keep their atte nti on.

15、The Ian guage and style you use whe n making an oralpresentation should not be the same as the Ianguage and style you use when writing. Well written information that is meant to be read does not work as well when it is heard. It is, therefore, important for you to adapt written texts or outl ines fo

16、r prese ntati ons.Good speakers are much more in formal whe n speak ing tha n whe n writi ng. They also use their own words and develop their own speak ing styles. When ever possible, they use short words. Liste ners appreciate it whe n speakers use simple, everyday words in a prese ntati on. One ad

17、va ntage is that it is much easier for speakers to pronounce short words correctly. Ano ther is that long and sophisticated vocabulary choices make liste ning more difficult.Questi on s30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.What does the speaker say America n audie nces prefer?What sh

18、ould one pay atte nti on to whe n making an oral prese ntatio n?What does the speaker focus on in the talk?Passage 3Let childre n lear n to judge their own work.A child lear ning to talk does not lear n by being corrected all the time. If corrected too much, he will stop talki ng.He compares a thous

19、a nd times a day the differe nee betwee n Ian guage as he uses it and Ian guage as those around him use it. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his Ianguage like other people s. In the samdo all the other things they lear n without adult teachers, to walk, run, climb, ride a bike, pla

20、y games, compare their own performa nee with what more skilled people do, and slowly make the n eeded cha nges.But i n school we n ever give a child a cha nee to detect his mistakes. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought he would n ever no tice a mistake uni ess it was poin ted out to him. Soon he becomes depe ndent on the expert. We should let him do it himself. Let him figure out, with the help of other children if h