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There was once an 11-year-old boy who went fishing every time he went to an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.

On the day before bass(巴斯鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure(鱼饵) and put it into the lake. Suddenly the boy felt something very big pulling on the lure. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank. Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.

The boy and his father looked at the big fish. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 pm — two hours before the season opened.He looked at the fish, then at the boy.    “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.

“Dad!” cried the boy. “There will be other fish,” said his father. “Not as big as this one,” cried the boy. He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats could be seen in the moonlight. He looked again at his father.

Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed.He threw the huge bass into the black water.

The big fish disappeared.The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.

That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place.

And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish ... again and again ... every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. For, as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.

26.How did the father feel when he saw his son skillfully pulling a big fish out of the water?

A.Delighted.  B.Nervous.    C.Embarrassed.   D.Shocked.

27.What happened when it became clear that the big fish was a bass?

A.The boy and his father discussed what to do with the big fish.

B.The boy threw the bass back into the water willingly.

C.The father made a decision that the fish must be set free.

D.They worried other fishermen might know what they had done.

28.From the text we know that       .

A.the father didn’t love his son    B.the father always disagreed with his son

C.the father disliked the huge fish    D.the father was firm and stubborn

29.The successful architect went fishing with his children at the same place because       .

A.they might catch a big fish there

B.he remembered the moral lesson from his father

C.he wanted to remember his father

D.their children enjoyed fishing there

30.What does the author want to show in the story?

A.It is easy to say something, but difficult to do.

B.An ethical decision is not difficult to make.

C.It is hard to tell right from wrong sometimes.

D.Fishing helps you to make right ethical decisions.

C

Many people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most people do not listen well.

Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as ‘bracketing’. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone else’s world from the inside, stepping into his or her shoes. Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True communication is under way and the energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.

Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more interested in talking than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we don’t want to hear.

It wasn’t until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的) In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy(心理疗法), before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patient’s sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.

31. The phrase “stepping into his or her shoes” in paragraph 2 probably means _______.

A. preparing a topic list first     B. focusing on one’s own mind

C. directing the talk to the desired results  D. experiencing the speaker’s inside world

32. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?

A. How to listen well.      B. What to listen to.

C. Benefits of listening.      D. Problems in listening

33. According to the author, in communication people tend to ________.

A. listen actively       B. listen purposefully

C. set aside their prejudices     D. open up their inner mind

34. According to the author, the patients improved mainly because _______.

A. they were taken good care of.    B. they knew they were truly listened to.

C. they had partners to talk to.    D. they knew the roots of problems.

35. What type of writing the article likely to be?

A. Science fiction  B. A news report.  C. A medical report.  D. Popular science

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，共10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

So it is exam time once again! Everyone, whether a kid or an adult, has at least a little bit of pressure of exams, and it is just that

some show it while others do not. So the most important tip is to relax and not take too much stress.    36    Here are some study tips for high school students as well as study tips for college students.

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The most common mistake that students make is that they start studying a day or two before exams! No portion can be covered, not even halfway, if you study only two days before exams. So what most of the students do is study only the so-called important points. As a result, even if the paper is easy, you get a low score only because you didn't know the entire contents!    38    If time does not permit you to learn your lessons, at least go through them regularly. This way you will be familiar with the syllabus and won't find it difficult to understand then at the last minute.