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ª¤25.The saving and spending patterns in America are ____ those at the same time in Britain. ª¤ A) different from

ª¤ B) much better than

C) the same as

D) much worse than

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We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money, but most mistakes are about people. ¡°Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?¡± ¡°When I got

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that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?¡± ¡°And Paul ¡ª why didn't I pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car?¡± When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends ¡ª or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, ¡°You're a lucky dog.¡± Is he really on your side? If he says, ¡°You're a lucky guy¡± or ¡°You're a lucky gal,¡± that's being friendly. But ¡°lucky dog¡±? There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the ¡° dog¡± bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck. ¡°Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for¡± is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says square with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

ª¤ 26.When the writer recalls the things that happened between him and his friends, he ____. ª¤ A) feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him

B) feels he may not have ¡°read¡± his friends' true feelings correctly

C) thinks it was a mistake to view Jim as a friend

D) is sorry that his friends let him down

ª¤ 27.By saying ¡°You're a lucky dog.¡±, the speaker ____.

ª¤ A) is just being friendly

B) expresses the same meaning as ¡°You're a lucky guy.¡± or¡° You are a lucky gal.¡±

C) is humorous to apply the word ¡°dog¡± to people

D) has a hidden jealous feeling behind the words

ª¤ 28.In listening to a person, the important thing is ____.

ª¤ A) to notice his tone, his posture, and the look in his eye

B) to listen to how he pronounces his words

C) to check his words against his manner, his tone of voice, and his posture

D) not to believe what he says

ª¤ 29.If you followed the advice of the writer, you would ____.

ª¤ A) weigh carefully what people say to determine their real meaning

B) get along well with people

C) trust what other people say

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D) have no doubts about our friends

30.This passage tries to tell you how to ____.

ª¤ A) avoid mistakes about both money and people

B) say things elegantly

C) avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you

D) keep people friendly without trusting them

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No one expressed this attitude more strongly than Noah Webster (1758----1843).

Born near Nartford, Connecticut, he received his education at Yale College and later began to practise law. But business in this profession was slow, and he was forced to turn to teaching. As a teacher, he soon discovered that the English school books then in use were unsatisfactory, and the American Revolution reduced the supply of such books as there were. Webster therefore began to work on three simple books on English, a spelling book, a grammar, and a reader, and these were the first books of their kind to be published in this country. The success of the first part was surprisingly great. It was soon issued again under the title THE AMERICAN SPELLING BOOK, and in this form about 80 million copies were sold during the next hundred years. From a profit of less than one cent a copy, Webster got most of his income for the rest of his life. Not only did the little book have great influence on many generations of school children, but it also had the effect or turning its author's attention to questions of language.

In 1806 he produced a small dictionary, and this was followed by his greatest work, AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, published in two volumes in1828. In both of these works and in many smaller writings he had one purpose: to show that the English language in his country was a truly American thing, developing in its own special way and deserving to be considered from an independent, American point of view. As he himself wrote,¡° It is not only important, but in a degree necessary, that the people of this country should have an AMERICAN DICTIONARY of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England¡­some differences exist¡­. No person in this country will be satisfied with the English definitions of the words congress, senate, assembly, court, and so forth, for although these are words used in England, yet they are applied in this country to express ideas which they do not express in that country.¡± By giving American meanings and American pronunciation, by adopting a number of American spellings, and especially by introducing quotations from American authors beside those from English ¡­¡­ ´Ë´¦Òþ²Ø£º6497×Ö£¬È«²¿ÎĵµÄÚÈÝÇëÏÂÔغó²é¿´¡£Ï²»¶¾ÍÏÂÔØ°É ¡­¡­