第一篇
Many of us spend a great deal of time and energy trying to prove that we are right-and others are wrong. Many people believe that it?s their job to 36 others how their positions, statements, and points of view are 37 , and that in doing so, the person they are correcting is going to somehow 38 it, or at least learn something. Wrong!
Think about it. Have you ever been 39 by someone and said to him, “Thank you so much for showing me that I?m wrong and you?re right.”? Or, has anyone you know ever 40 you when you corrected them, or made yourself “right” at their 41 ? Of course not. The truth is, all of us 42 to be corrected. We all want our positions to be 43 and understood by others. Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest 44 of the human heart. And those who learn to 45 are the most loved and respected. Those who are in the 46 of correcting others are often resented and 47 .
A wonderful way for becoming more peaceful and loving is to practise 48 others the joy of being right- give them the glory. 49 correcting. When someone says, “I really feel it?s important to:”, rather than jumping 50 and saying, “No, it?s more important to…:”, simply let it go and allow their statement to 51 . The people in your life will become less defensive and more 52 . They will appreciate you more than you could ever have 53. You?ll discover the joy of joining in and witnessing other people?s 54 , which is far more rewarding than a battle of egos (自我). Starting today, let others be “ 55 ”, most of the time? 36.A.show 37.A.unimportant 38.A.consider 39.A.fooled 40.A.thanked 41.A.side 42.A.like 43.A.admired 44.A.shortcomings 45.A.talk 46.A.habit 47.A.punished 48.A.letting 49.A.Stop 50.A.out 51.A.last 52.A.helpful 53.A.dreamed 54.A.sufferings 55.A.happy
B.ask B.unbelievable B.appreciate B.helped B.rewarded B.price B.hate B.received B.advantages B.praise B.form B.avoided B.lending B.Continue B.up B.go B.loving B.wanted B.worries B.right
C.prove C.incorrect C.understand C.taught C.cared C.expense C.prefer C.realized C.desires C.help C.position C.left C.allowing C.Practise C.in C.work C.careful C.asked C.successs C.sorry
D.teach D.imperfect D.refuse D.corrected D.accepted D.cost D.afford D.respected D.wishes D.listen D.purpose D.scolded D.owing D.Try D.off D.stand D.popular D.demanded D.happiness D.proud
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36.A show sb. sth. “给某人展示……”。 37.C 由下文“纠正”别人（correcting）可知。
38.B appreciate “感激”。由or at least learn something 可知。 39.D 由上下文可知。
40.A 此处作者反问：你曾经被别人“纠正”而感激不尽过吗？被你“纠正”过的人曾经“感激”
过你吗？——没有。
41.C at one?s expense意为“以牺牲……为代价”。 42.B 此处应是我们都“不喜欢”被别人“纠正”。 43.D 由后面的understand 可知。 44.C 指我们内心的“欲望”。
45.D 学会“倾听”别人的观点，才能得到别人的爱戴和尊敬。 46.A be in the habit of 相当于have the habit of。
47.B 由前面的“怨恨”及和前句的loved和respected相对比可知。 48.C allow sb. sth. “允许某人拥有……”。
49.A 作者建议：别再老是“纠正”别人，故用stop doing (停止干……)。 50.C jump in 相当于break in （插话、打断别人）。 51.D stand 意为“站得住脚、能成立”。 52.B loving “友爱的”。 53.A dream “梦想”。
54.D 目睹别人因为正确而获得的“幸福”。
55.B 由全文可知，这是作者议论的中心：让别人“对”吧。
第二篇
Do you remember last summer , when angry travelers were urging the government to do something about airline customer service ? Airlines 36 to improve , and they adopted (采用)new standards just before Christmas . 37 as another summer nears , plenty of 38
travelers don?t see much improvement in customer 39 overall .
This month , the Department of Transportation?s (DOT) office will publish its first critical 40
on whether airlines are 41 their promises . One survey（调查）suggests problems : the number of 42 to the DOT about the top 10 airlines in the first 43 rose 89% from a year ago .
Hit last summer by passenger complaints and the threat (威慑)of consumer-protection laws by the 44 , 14 airlines 45 to adopt a set of basic customer-service standards called Customers First . The “12 promises” to passengers were introduced 46 a mjor effort to improve service . Since then , airlines have been redesigning websites , retraining
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employees and upgrading technology .
Recently , DOT inspector general Kenneth Mead , at McCain?s request , sent 20 examiners to airports to 47 whether each airline is doing what it promised . Mead warns travelers shouldn?t 48 too much . Most of the promises are 49 better communication with customers , not problems with flights .
“Passengers should show more understanding to airlines about their 50 to better air service .” Spokeswoman Shelly Sasson says . “And when 51 are made , it takes a long time for them to be noticed,” she says .
Now , the efforts may be working . During the first quarter , Delta had the second-lowest rate of complaints among the 52 10 carriers . 53 , its rate , along with other carriers? , is up from last year . McCain and other lawmakers say there may be a 54 to pass new consumer-protection 55 . 36．A．promised 37．A．So
B．managed B．But
C．hoped
D．refused D．Even D．puzzled D．travel D．article D．improving D．complaints D．summer D．public D．failed D．by D．check D．suggest D．made from D．efforts D．improvements D．bad D．Meanwhile
C．Merely C．tired
38．A．skilled 39．A．flight 40．A．news
B．experienced B．opinion
C．service C．doubt C．giving
B．information B．making B．travelers B．year
41．A．honoring 42．A．problems 43．A．quarter 44．A．customer 45．A．wished 46．A．to 47．A．explain 48．A．travel
C．passengers C．month
B．company B．agreed B．for B．discuss
C．government C．remembered C．as
C．discover C．complain C．joined to C．reality
B．expect
49．A．aimed at 50．A．difficulty
B．considered as B．situation B．rules B．first
51．A．suggestions 52．A．large 53．A．Still
C．decisions C．top C．Instead
B．Therefore
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54．A．possibility B．need
C．chance C．laws
D．use D．reports
55．A．examinations 36【答案】A
B．service
【解析】原文提到航空公司采取了一系列措施，其中包括对乘客的十二项保证。因此可知航空公司在政府的要求下已答应改善服务。 37【答案】B
【解析】尽管他们采取了措施，但乘客们仍然没有看到很多改善。 38【答案】B
【解析】experienced travelers此处意思为经常乘飞机出行的乘客。skilled有技能的；tired劳累的；puzzled感到迷惑的。结合常识可知，只有经常乘飞机的乘客才能体会出航空公司服务的改变。 39【答案】C
【解析】上文提到政府要求航空公司改善顾客服务。因此可知，航空公司应是在服务这一块采取的措施。 40【答案】D
【解析】根据本句的谓语动词publish可以得知答案。 41【答案】A
【解析】honor此处意思为履行，遵守。上文航空公司许诺改善服务，交通部门作为监督主管部门看他们是否履行了自己做出的许诺。 42【答案】D
【解析】此处是拿今年顾客的投诉数量与去年的相比。 43【答案】A
【解析】最后一自然段对此处作了进一步的解释，根据最后一段第二句话可知答案。quarter季度。 44【答案】C
【解析】法律应是由政府部门制定的。结合上文可知航空公司改善服务，一是由于顾客的抱怨；一是迫于政府的压力。 45【答案】B
【解析】根据下文航空公司采取的措施可知他们同意改善服务，wish to do希望做…… ; remember to do记着去做……； fail to do…没有做……。
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46【答案】C
【解析】as作为。对乘客的几项许诺应是为改善服务而做出的努力中的一部分。 47【答案】D
【解析】交通部门派出20名工作人员应是去检查航空公司是否履行了自己的许诺。 48【答案】B
【解析】此处选A、C、D三项不符常理。根据下一段的解释可知，Mead是希望顾客不要对航空公司服务的改善寄予过高的期望。 49【答案】A
【解析】根据promises与better communication的关系可知答案。aim at旨在……。 50【答案】D
【解析】上文多次提到了航空公司为改善服务采取的措施或做出的努力。 51【答案】D
【解析】联系上一句可知，既然航空公司已经做出努力改善服务，就会有提高。只不过这个进步要很长一段时间才能被人注意到。 52【答案】C
【解析】根据第二段最后一句话可知答案。 53【答案】A
【解析】联系上下文可知，去年顾客投诉的数量很多，航空公司采取了一些措施。尽管最好的十家航空公司的投诉率下降，可是加上其他的航空公司，投诉率与去年相比仍然是呈上升趋势。 54【答案】B
【解析】因顾客的投诉率是上升趋势，McCain 和其他立法者认为有必要通过一项新的顾客保护法。 55【答案】C
【解析】前文提到了保护顾客权益法，此处指再通过一项新的保护顾客权益法。
第三篇
My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can?t help falling in love with him!” Or “what perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I agree 36 some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they 37 Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football 38 scoring goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, with which we are unfamiliar or 39
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