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Today, I want  1 you how to make chicken and potato soup. It is very  2 . Now, please follow me.
First, make sure you get these ingredients: three  3 , one onion, two  4 of chicken soup, three cups of  5 , two cups of milk, one teaspoon of relish and some  6 .
Instructions: First,  7 up the potatoes and the onion. Then pour the water  8 a pot(鍋) and boil them for about fifteen minutes  9 the potatoes are soft(軟的). Next, put the chicken soup, salt and relish in a  10 , and mix  11 all up. Pour the mixture into the pot.  12 , put in the milk and oil.
Now it’s  13 to enjoy the delicious soup. It  14 be the most delicious soup if you cook it like this.
It is really a good idea to make the delicious soup for  15 parents on weekends. They will be moved(感動) by what you do.
【小題1】A、tell               B、to tell            C、telling
【小題2】A、awful             B、easy                 C、difficult
【小題3】A、apples            B、pears              C、potatoes
【小題4】A、teaspoons         B、teaspoon             C、potatoes
【小題5】A、water              B、juice               C、tea
【小題6】A、salts             B、salt                C、sugars
【小題7】A、mix                 B、cut                C、put
【小題8】A、to                  B、for                 C、into
【小題9】A、because            B、before             C、until
【小題10】A、blender          B、bowl               C、sandwich
【小題11】A、it                 B、they                 C、its
【小題12】A、Finally            B、End                C、Look
【小題13】A、time             B、result             C、problem
【小題14】A、must              B、can’t            C、need
【小題15】A、her             B、his                C、your

I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a major insurance(保險業(yè))company. I told him honestly why I wanted the job —I needed to keep my family in Boston. My wife recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some of the extreme trauma(精神創(chuàng)傷) and pain of the loss for my 16-year-old daughter. It was important for me to keep her in her present high school. I could still hardly talk about the loss of my wife. Bruce, the interviewer, was politely empathetic, but he didn’t probe(徹底調(diào)查) any further. He admitted (接受)my loss and, with great respect, moved on to another subject. After the next round of the interview, Bruce took me to lunch with another manager. Then he asked me to take a walk with him. He told me that he, too, had lost his wife. And, like me, he had also been married 20 years and had three children. In his sharing, I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had —a pain that was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a beloved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that, if I need help or just want someone to talk to, I should feel free to give him a call. Whether I got the job or not, he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help. When he had no idea if we would ever see each other again, he helped our family deal with one of the greatest losses. He turned the normally cold business interview into a caring support for another person in need.

1.The author took part in the interview because _______.

A．he had lost his job and wanted to find a new one

B．he had to support his family in Boston

C．his wife had recently died of a heart attack

D．his daughter needed money for schooling

2. The underlined word "empathetic “in the second paragraph means _____.

A．kind             B．easy-going         C．smart             D．understanding

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Bruce invited the author to lunch later.

B．Bruce shared his life experience with the author.

C．Bruce was willing to help the author.

D．Bruce finally gave the job to the author.

4. We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.

A．Bruce and the author saw each other often

B．the author got little help from Bruce

C．the author learned much from the job interview

D．the author had a better life afterwards

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A．An act of kindness

B．A pleasant interview

C．The same experience

D．An important lesson

We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping， writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There’s no real word for it yet, so we’ll call it e-talk. People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters called acronyms. Acronyms are often used in chat rooms. Some of them are.
BTW （by the way）   BRB (be right back)
LOL (laughing out loud) IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations (縮寫), They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
Info (information)  puter (computer)
Pie (picture)       sec (second)
We usually don’t see people when we communicate (交流) on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keywords to draw “feeling”. such as:
:-)( happy)    :-p(joking)   :-( (sad)  :-0(surprised)
These days, many forums (論壇) have picture feelings. For example，

There are even whole new words, like” newbie’s”(someone who is new on a chat board or forum).
It takes time for people to get used to (適應(yīng)) e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbie’s have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internets grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
【小題1】What does the underline “acronyms” mean?
A.網(wǎng)友        B.聊天室      C.首字母縮寫詞
【小題2】Why do people type acronyms?
A. to show their feelings.
B. Because people can type them quickly.
C. In this way newbie’s won’t understand them.
【小題3】What does” BTW, my puter is not working well.:-(“mean?
A. The person is angry at somebody.
B. The person is happy about getting a new computer.
C. The person is sad that his computer is having problems.
【小題4】E-talk wills probably          .
A. keep changing.
B. be easy by people on the telephone
C. be used by people on the telephone
【小題5】What’s the best title for this passage?
A. E-talk language
B. Picture Feelings
C. How to Use Abbreviations