【正文】 circle the word they had heard in the recording, Some of the questions had four choices that sound alike. For example, weather, whether, wither, and wetter are four words that sound alike. Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning. Method, way, manner, and system would be four words with the same meaning. Finally the subjects took a language proficiency test. Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike。s Digest and school speeches D. how to make effective speeches 65. It seems that Reader39。s the right word, in the right place, at the right time. It39。t get me wrong. I39。ve been making a lot of speeches lately. I try to keep them fairly short. I use small but vivid words: words like hope, guts, faith, dreams. Those am words that move people and say39。s usually how it is with Reader39。s Digest knows the power that words have to move people — to entertain, inform, and inspire. The Digest editors know that the big word isn39。s, when our ninth grade teacher, Miss Raber, would pick out words from the Reader39。ll have the support of 260,000 people from all our airlines, who are devoted to the success of ),our journey, helping you make smooth transfers and offering support all along the way. The Oneworld goal is to make global travel easier and more rewarding for every one of our travelers. We try our best to make you feel at home, no matter how far from home your journey may take you. We can offer travelers benefits on a scale beyond the reach of our individual works. You39。s called the Oneworld Explorer program. Oneworld Explorer is the perfect solution for a onceinalifetime holiday or an extended business trip. It39。 pain. B. We suffer from our sense of feeling. C. We should try hard to resist pain. D. We are hurt when we feel pain. 57. When the author mentions39。s happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of torture (折磨 ) is based on the human body being open to pain. But there is a way to handle pain. kook at the Indian fakir (苦行僧 ) who sits on a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain. The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude towards it. ff the dentist says, This will hurt a little, it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation, we can handle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the stuff of life. 56. What does the writer mean by saying we pay for our sensitivity39。 C. search for D. look for 54. A. get rid of B. trust in C. rely on D. persist in 55. A. ordered B. criticized C. challenged D. urged III 閱讀理解 A The human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us to adjust to the outside world. Without our nerves and our brain, which is a system of nerves, we couldn39。 at two, he is able to use fifty words。t like to cat at this restaurant, for the waiter gave me _______. A. a rare cooking steak B. a steak rarely cooked C. a steak rarely cooking D. a rarecooked steak 32. _______, where we can stay for a week. A. Next is another hotel to it B. Next to it another hotel is C. Next to it is another hotel D. it is next to another hotel is 33. That was not the first time he ______ us. I think it39。t approve ____________. A. of Richard and me staying out late at night B. of me and Richard staying out late at night C. to Richard39。t D. can39。 選修八 Unit 4《 Pygmalion》單元測(cè)試 1 筆試部分： I. 單項(xiàng)選擇 21. We are not prepared to promise _______ safety standards. A. with