Do you want to become better at making small talk with new people? Do you want to become better at networking with others? Nothing will improve your networking ability and your ability to make a successful conversation with other people rather than your curiosity(好奇心) about them.

When you are curious about other people, you will want to discover some of the interesting ways that they are similar to you. When you are curious about them, you’ll also be interested to discover the ways in which they think differently and live differently from you.

When you have curiosity about others, you will be much less self-conscious and your conversations will work a lot better. Instead of worrying yourself, “What can I say next that won’t sound stupid?”, you will be focused on learning more about the other person.

Making small talk with strangers can be tricky. We’ve all heard the advice that we should pick something out of our immediate environment and use that as a main point to start our small talk with the other person.

It’s true that this can be a great starting point for a conversation. However, when you focus too much on discussing things like the weather in your city, you can bring the conversation to a painful end very quickly. The other person will sense that you are trying to make a conversation, but that you have no interest in really getting to know him or her.

How can you keep small talk from becoming boring?

One way is to watch the other person for clues.(線索）.The clues they will give you about what is really interesting to them. When you get these clues, use them to start making the conversation a bit more about their life, their opinions, and their experiences.

After you have had a couple of minutes to break the ice, try looking for ways to make the conversation a little bit more personal. Ask the other person for his or her opinion about something that is a bit more personal but not extremely so. The first few minutes of talking to someone new will not be the best time to ask the other person his or her opinion on religious（宗教的） or political（政治的） matters. However, he or she might be happy to discuss his or her favorite team or musical band.

1.In Paragraph 1, the writer mainly wants to tell us that___________.

A. curiosity can help us make a good talk

B. it’s hard to make a talk with new people

C. curiosity helps us know new people quickly

D. it’s hard to make a successful talk with others

2.The underlined word “self-conscious” in Paragraph 3 probably means_____.

A. self-centered B. self-controlled C. serious D. nervous

3.While carrying on a conversation, we should_____.

A. think about what won’t sound stupid

B. show our interests to the other person

C. try to learn more about the other person

D. discuss things like the weather in the city

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. The way of starting small talk.

B. Improving our small talk with curiosity.

C. The importance of small talk in our life.

D. Improving our relationship through small talk.

About 800 years ago, a Chinese man named Wang Hu made the world's first rocket, but unluckily he lost his life with it. It was not until April 24, 1970 that China sent its first satellite Dongfanghong-1to space successfully.

To celebrate the first big success for the country's space development, April 24 is now China's Space Day, which started this year. While celebrating, China also announced(宣布）new plans to make a space station and go to Mars and further space.

A space station is like a home for astronauts in space. Astronauts live and work on a space station and spaceships can even park there. China plans to finish building its space station in 2022.

According to China’s top space scientist Zhou Jianping, by that time, becoming an astronaut will be a normal job. Astronauts are needed more than ever before. They need to be able to finish more tasks. So far, China has been choosing astronauts mainly from pilots. In the future astronauts will also be picked from engineers, doctors and space technology experts.

Another plan is about Mars. In order to search Mars, China will send a probe（探測器）first to Mars around 2020. It will land there and even bring back things from the Mars.

It's such a big plan! Only by doing this can China say it has truly started the exploration of deep space. And the exploration will help us understand how the universe changes.

1.Who made the world's first rocket?

2.When is China’s Space Day?

3.What does China plan to do in 2022?

4.What will China do first to search the Mars?

5.What does the passage mainly tell us?

假如你是李華，你們學校將要舉辦迎新年慶�；顒�。你打算邀請你們班的交換生David和你們一起參加。請用英語寫一封郵件，告訴他活動的時間和地點，慶祝活動時你們會做些什么，并就才藝展示給他提點建議。

提示詞語：have a party, sing ,dance, play games, tell stories ,on time ,prepare

提示問題：

When and where are you going to have the party ?

What are you going to do in the party?

What do you advise David to prepare for the party?

Dear David,

How is it going?

I’m writing to tell you something about the party. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

Dear David,

How is it going?

I’m writing to tell you something about the party. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

榜樣的力量是無窮的。在我們身邊有許許多多的榜樣，勤勞的工人伯伯，辛勤的老師，熱情的同學，慈愛的父母......。某英文網(wǎng)站正在開展以“我身邊的榜樣”為主題的征文活動。假如你是李華，請用英語寫一篇短文投稿，談談你身邊的榜樣是誰，他（她）具有什么樣的品質，你從他（她）身上學到了什么。

提示詞語：kind, helpful, warm-hearted ,hard-working, set a good example

提示問題：

Who is your role model?

What traits(品質）does your role model have? Please give one or two examples.

What have you learned from him/her?

Everyone has a role model. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

背誦本單元單詞，默寫以下25個重點單詞，并用紅筆批改訂正。

1.節(jié)目_____

2.鍵盤_________

3.主機 ___________

4.顯示屏_______

5.導游 _________

6.收到__________

7.非洲_________

8.舉世聞名的_______

9.貿(mào)易 _______

10.島嶼__________

11.幾個，數(shù)個_____

12.底部 ______

13.高興，樂意______

14.劇本________

15.網(wǎng)站__________

16.亞洲___________

17.做夢_______

18.挑選__________

19.護照________

20.海岸__________

21.澳大利亞的____

22.放松 _____

23.介意__________

24.女王_______

25.英鎊__________

背誦Unit3短語紙，默寫以下20個短語或句子，并用紅筆批改訂正。

1.在網(wǎng)上搜索信息 ________________________

2.用電腦收發(fā)電子郵件 ________________________

3.許多大公司和國際銀行_________________

4.看著大玻璃球在黑暗中落下 ___________________

5.選擇另一個歐洲城市然后開始你的網(wǎng)上旅行 _________________________

6.進行買賣的活動_______________________

7.夢想著不用護照環(huán)游世界________________

8.通過進行一個網(wǎng)上旅行實現(xiàn)你的夢想____________________________________

9.在澳大利亞的東北海岸_____________________

10.與我們的季節(jié)相反________________

11.請你做某事介意嗎？______________________

12.去亞洲和非洲旅行________________

13.預定票和旅館/訂餐_________________________

14.許多宮殿和城堡___________________

15.在日常交流中用英語_____________________

16.頁面底部的返回圖標________________

17.在你去之前為之做好準備______________________

18.….到此為止，就講這么多___________________________

19.學到（了解）許多有關世界文化的知識_______________

20.百老匯自20世紀初以來便以它的劇院聞名。___________

The TV _____ on Channel Six are about films.

A. experiences B. performances C. problems D. programmes

I’m sorry you’ve missed the train. It ten minutes ago.

A. left B. has left C. has been away D. has been left

---Excuse me, when you the girl over there?

---Last year in Beijing. And I her for about one year.

A. have known; have known B. did know; knew

C. did know; have known D. have known; knew

–Do you mind telling me how to restart the computer?

–______. It’s simple. Just press the button here.

A. Yes, I do B. Surely C. Of course D. No, not at all