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stlessness.6. Danny Schick, on December 14, 1953, you (joined) (your) (adoptive) (parents)... This is unbelievable!7. You know, growing up, I never felt like I (belonged). I didn39。t look like any of my relatives.8. Both my parents (denied)it at the time, but deep inside me, there was this (shadow) (of) (doubt).9. The truth made him feel like (a) (throwaway)then, and he didn39。t want you to (feel) (that) (way). He wanted to protect you.10. How could they do this? I just feel like my world is (turned) (upside) (down)pletely.11. We could (b)the Internet, newspaper archives and census records (looking) (for)them.12. Oh, it39。s incredible. It39。s like (looking) (in) (the) (mirror)! You two have the same eyes, and the same smile... everything!13. I suppose their generation was more (secretive)about adoption, and I, but I don39。t know why.14. Yes, it wouldn39。t have (made) (any) (difference)for me, either. Adoptive parents love their children just as much as (birth) (parents).Part Two Listening, Understanding and SpeakingListening I1. Newborn babies often have angry expressions on their faces that seem to say, (Go) (away)! (I) (hate) (everybody).2. To a parent, that bald, wrinkled, meanfaced baby is the (most) (beautiful)and (perfect)child in the world.3. When that proud father or mother asks you, Well, what do you think—isn39。t she beautiful?, you usually say, Yes, she is! She39。s a(n) (real) (beauty). She39。s (one) (in) (a) million). She39。s going to be a(n) (movie) (star)! I can tell! She39。s (as) (pretty) (as) (a) (picture).4. White lies don39。t hurt people. People use them to make a difficult situation(a) (little) (easier).5. It is important to be honest. But many people feel that being (kind)and (considerate)is sometimes more important.When people are asked by a parent about his/her newborn baby.When people want to say some cruel or angry words.When people want to refuse dates.When people are late for an appointment.When people forget their homework.When people taste something new that they don39。t especially like while eating at a friend39。s house.When people don39。t want to have dinner with someone.When people try to be humorous.Listening II1. When a woman at a party tells another woman that she (likes) (her) (dress), she might really think it (looks) (terrible).2. Men are more likely to tell (more) (serious) (lies).3. When people lie, their behavior changes in a number of (small), (apparently) (unimportant) (ways).C A D C DPart Three More ListeningPractice IOh, No! I Left My Money at the Store1. What did Mr. Scanlon want to get at McDonald39。s Tuesday noon?(A burger).2. How much money did Mr. Scanlon mistakenly leave?($2,000).3. Where did that honest man, Scott Betts, work?(At Menards Store).4. How much money did Scott Betts think there was in the bag?(He had no idea).5. What did Scott Betts take as a reward from Mr. Scanlon?(Nothing).A C B BPractice III Don39。t Think I Can Do That1. Judging from the telephone dialog, Darrow Thomas must be a(n) (headhunter).2. Darrow Thomas didn39。t tell Suzanne who had remended her because his pany (treats) (references) (and) (candidates)with the utmost confidentiality.3. Darrow Thomas thought that Suzanne39。s present salary is not ideal for the new opening because the low salary will indicate (a) (low) (level) (of) (responsibility)and (limited) (experience).4. Suzanne did not accept the offer because she was asked to put down a(n) (higher/inflated)(salary) (figure)and she refused to do so.Potential Candidate: SuzanneOpening Provided by the Client of LAamp。DEducational Background:Undergraduate and master39。s degree in 1) (nutrition) (science) .Company:A wellknown 10) (food) (processor) .Career Progress:In 1988, started working as a(n)2) (Applications) (Researcher) 。In 1993, promoted to 3) (Chief) (Applications) (Researcher) 。In 2000, appointed 4) (Assistant) (Director) of Product Development.Post:Director of11) (Research) (and) (Development) .Managerial Experience:Supervised three 5) (professionals) , seven6) (technicians) , and two7) (clerks) 。Responsible for a budget of8) ($750,000) a year.Salary:9) ($51,000.)Salary:12) ($70,000.)Practice IIICatch of a LifetimeT F T T T T 1. The boy and his father went fishing from the (dock)at his family39。s cabin on the day before the (bass) (season)opened, catching sunfish and perch with (worms).2. After much effort of sitting, (casting)and (waiting), finally, the boy very gingerly lifted the (exhausted)fish from the water.3. The boy slowly (worked) (the) (hook)out of the lip of the huge bass and (lowered) (it) (into)the black water.4. The decision to do right (lives) (fresh) (and) (fragrant)in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren. Not about how we had a chance to (beat) (the) (system)and took it, but about how we did the right thing and were (forever) (strengthened).Practice IVParents and HonestyB D A A CF T F T T TPart Four Testing YourselfSection IWhose Values?My son and his friends had just finished a game of 1) (basketball) and were getting on their bikes in a park to 2) (head) (home) . When he was unlocking his bike, it 3) (tipped) (over) , 4) (scratching) and denting a nearby car.I asked him to go to the store with me, and on the way we discussed about what he had done and what he should do, but he refused to stop at 5) (the) (park)on the way home. Then we pulled over for 6) (lunch) together in a restaurant where I had worked many years ago as a dishwasher. I tried to pay the boss, Fred, some money for the 7) (burgers) I ate when I worked there. He was surprised and 8) (refused) (to) take any money, but he was indeed 9) (grateful) be