【正文】 , so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time. Elizabeth Taylor is a legend of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky: she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. In a career of more than 70 years and more than 50 films, she was titled as the best actress in the USA. In addition, she puts much time and effort into her businesses and into helping others—about 30 years ago, she founded an anization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education. 36. The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she _______. A. was small in size B. was too young C. did not play well enough D. did not show much interest 37. What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in mon was that they were both _______. A. popular all their lives B. famous actresses C. successful when very young D. rich and kindhearted 38. In her later life, Elizabeth devoted herself to _______. A. doing business and helping others B. turning herself into a legend C. collecting money for the poor D. going about research and education work 39. What’s the best title of this passage? A. Elizabeth Taylor, Lifelong Star, Dies at 79 B. Elizabeth Taylor’s death C. Elizabeth Taylor’s romances and personal tragedy. D. Elizabeth Taylor helped a lot of people (B) After a very busy afternoon, as I walked into my house, I heard the phone ringing. It was my friend Lydia, upset over an argument with her husband. My usual approach is to offer advice, but this time, exhausted from chores, I simply sat down in a chair and listened to my friend’s frustration and sadness. Without the disturbance of judgment or the desire to fort her, I stayed totally quiet while she talked. Eventually Lydia’s depression eased and we said our goodbyes. The next day she phoned to thank me. “I’m so grateful for the way you helped me through this,” she said. At first I was surprised. After all, I had done nothing except be there for her. But after I had my own venting(發(fā)泄的 ) experience with another friend later that evening, I realized that my focused silence had some value. In fact, most relationship experts agree that talking is cheap。K] 參考詞匯：美德 virtue；和諧的 harmonious。根據(jù)上下文語境 可知 ， 完成家庭作業(yè)發(fā)生在打電話之前 ，故用過去完成時 態(tài) 。 12. D 句意：她甚至連一張便 條也沒給任何人留下就離開了，真是奇怪。 20. B bad lives 和 mistakes 之間為因果關系，故 用because of。 33. C 根據(jù) harvesting the fruits of your labor 可知，你失敗之后又取得成功，因而變得富有 (wealthy)。 由 第二段 可知， 作者通過自己發(fā)泄的經(jīng)歷體會到了傾聽的重要性，人際關系專家的觀點也證實了這一點，故選 A項。由第四段可知風景園包含許多童話故事，而御花園沒有，故 C 項表述不正確。故答案為 B。由第一段 中 的 exhausted from chores 可知，作者由于太勞累，只能聽朋友講話，沒有提建議，也沒有安慰她。 31. D 堅持的人暫時會遇到困難，但是他們會笑到最后 (have the last laugh)。 18. A 由后文中的 learn from them, fet about them, and move on 以及 these mistakes可知，如果我們犯了錯誤 (mistakes)，我們應該吸取教訓、忘記錯誤、繼續(xù)（我們的生活）。句意：這件毛衣我穿很合身，但我買不起它，我得挑一件對我來說夠便宜的。本句中的 the professor 和 devote之間存在邏輯上的動 賓關系，故用 devote的 過去分詞形式作狀語。Xamp。 one D. that。蚌埠高一檢測 ) People, especially teens, think it _______ great fun to surf _______ Inter. A. /。 it’s listening that’s rare and valuable. It allows you not only to hear what the other person is saying, but also to have a clear understanding of her thoughts and feelings. And for the speaker, that level of understanding translates into concern and respect. Unfortunately, listening isn’t as easy as it sounds. Thanks to schedules filled with family and work, multitasking has bee a barrier(障礙 ) to listening. My tiredness may have been the only thing stopping me from folding laundry or checking my while Lydia talked that afternoon. Another barrier to listening is our listening system: Most of us take in only about half of what’s being said during a conversation, according to the International Listening Association. Research shows that we speak at 125 to 150 words per minute, yet think at 500 words a minute. Therefore, because we think much more quickly than we speak, it is easy for us to lose our concentration when listening to speakers. While it can be hard to focus at times, it’s a skill worth developing. With a little practice (employing some techniques), you can bee a better listener. 40. Why didn’t the author give any advice to Lydia that afternoon? A. Because she thought her keeping silence was better for Lydia. B. Because she didn’t know how to fort Lydia. C. Because she was too tired to talk to Lydia. D. Because she couldn’t cut in while Lydia was talking. 41. In Paragraph 2, the author mainly talks about _______. A. the importance of listening B. the importance of venting anger C. her own listening experience D. her own venting experience 42. The author uses the result of the research in Paragraph 4 to mainly show that________. A. we think much more quickly than we speak B. we can only understand about half of what we hear C. there is not much thinking time available while we are listening D. we lose our concentration easily while we are lis tening 43. What will be discussed following the passage? A. Why listening is valuable. B. What we sh