【正文】 ve to ask about, and then plain about the weather. They may talk about how the weather prevented them from having fun or how the weather supported their outdoor events. You can talk about the weather with them to begin a conversation. While talking, they always try to follow up on their answer by asking another openended question or make a statement, such as Wow, that sounds like fun ! or You went to St. Louis. In which state is that? Be creative in your questions. Feel free to ask one or two, but not very personal ones about relations. Stick to the facts or events that were already referred to. Sometimes, some words used in India will totally confuse an American. For example, Americans use the word weekend instead of holiday for Saturdays and Sundays ( nonworking days) , and use the word vacation or days off instead of outofstation . Always be interested, optimistic and happy. Talk with a smile! Vary the sound of your voice. Do not sound like a puter. If you are unsure how you sound, a good tip is to record yourself and listen to it later. Doing this helps you know how your voice sounds, and if you don39。s purpose in writing the passage? A. To prove that having small talk is not very hard. B. To explain why Indians hesitate to talk with Americans. C. To show the differences between Americans and Indians. D. To tell how to make small talk with American clients and colleagues. B Consider yourself warned. Sunday is April Fools39。s a strange tradition, but how did it get started? Nobody is pletely sure about the origin of this, the silliest of holidays. However, the urban legend experts at Snopes. say that most experts owe it to Pope Gregory XⅢ , who, in the 1500s, gave the world the Gregorian calendar. In 1562, the Gregorian calendar moved the first day of the year from April l to January l. Word did eventually get around, but some people were a bit slow to hear the news. These folks continued celebrating the new year on April l , unaware that they were now three months behind the times. These April fools were tricked by those who knew it. The tradition eventually made its way to the US. And it39。 Day jokes and April Fools39。 Day tricks and April Fools39。 Day word searches are up by 200%. But really, there is no way to be certain you39。s purpose of writing the text? A. To teach us how to avoid being tricked. B. To point out the best way to trick others. C. To introduce the history of April Fools39。 Day. 26. What can we know from Paragraph 3? A. April lst was once the first day of the year. B. April Fools39。 Day has been celebrated for thousands of years. D. Started in the US, April Fools39。 Day is still very popular C. those tricks used on April 1 are much the same D. people like to celebrate April Fools39。s panion. The two would go peoplewatching at the mall on the weekend. Hancock chatted throughout their trips, even though John couldn39。s training brought him to the Special Olympics State Summer Games in Orlando. The 18yearold was peting in the 800 meters and the 110meter hurdles. As the 800 was setting up, Miller remembered, she pressed her face against the fence, anxiously waiting for John to pete. But as soon as the race started, all Miller saw was an athlete, her athlete. I just wanted to see the best performance. It seemed much more significant than whether he would ever speak or respond to me, she said. John ended up winning the gold medal for the 800. Sports pletely changed John, and Miller said that is because of Hancock.A person with a disability can feel hopeless and isolated, and I think that can happen to parents, too. 29. The first paragraph mainly tells us A. how Rachel Miller felt 12 years ago B. how serious John39。t good at munication D. when John became seriously disabled 30. Miller considered John to be a serious athlete . A. in 2020 B. in 2020 C. in 2020 D. in 2020 31. When Miller saw John39。s eight bear species are under threat of extinction after the addition yesterday of the sun bear, the world39。s panda is most at risk. The sun bear is threatened partly by poachers(偷獵者 ) who sell its bile(膽汁 )as medicine, said the World Conservation Union which runs the list of the threatened wildlife. Things are getting worse for all the bear species except the American black bear which is unquestionably increasing, said Simon Smart, senior species adviser for the Union. The addition of the sun bear to the authoritative Red List after a major review means the American black bear and the brown bear, found from Europe to Alaska, are the only two of eight species still considered robust(強 的 ) . The sun bear, found in Asia from Bangladesh to Borneo and weighing up to about 70kg, was rated vulnerabl