Here are some tips on listening. .

  Relax yourself

. You need to relax. This will help you with your listening.

  Listen carefully to the first sentence

  The first sentence tells a lot about the whole passage. For example, if, at the beginning, you hear “Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves, but some people say it's not a good idea. Our reporter says……”, .

  Think when you're listening 

. For example, you can think of the following questions：What happened? When，where and how? What was the result and what did the speaker want to tell us? In this way, you may understand the passage better.

  It's important for you to remember some important facts. For example, if the passage is a science report, you should try to remember its findings, and how the scient ists got their results. This is also helpful to your listening.

A. Listen to important facts. 

   B. Pay attention to key words.

   C. Maybe they can help you in one way or another.

   D. When you're listening, try to do some thinking.

   E. This is especially helpful to improve your listening skills.

   F. Before you start listening to something, don't get excited or nervous.

   G. you know you will hear a piece of news, not a children's story, or a science report.

Mary    red dresses.

— ______. What time should I come over to your house?

My father is committed the poverty alleviation(扶贫) campaign, and I follow in his (footstep). Every summer, I take part in volunteer activities for (rurally) communitieses.

In 2019, I went to a small village in Wuxi County, Chongqing, joined local government staff to help them build houses and roads. We applied for funding, (buy) building materials and discussed the construction plan of the houses, (devote) ourselves to converting a dozen decaying(衰败的) mud houses into new brick houses within two months. Meanwhile, we also helped to change the narrow, rugged (崎岖的) road into concrete (混凝土的) road, made life far more convenient. was a very fulfilling experience and I felt (relieve) to see the smile on an 80-year-old grandma's face when she moved into her new house.

    It's true that “A small change can make a big difference” in our life. A better technical term that can well 1 this idea is the “Butterfly Effect”. A butterfly's 2 wings can make changes in the path of a tornado; it may  3  create or prevent a tornado at a certain location.

    The “Butterfly Effect” plays a role in our  4  to a great extent. Small  5  could make a huge difference in our relationships. Most of the time we take things for granted in our  6 relations. We don't even think of saying “Thank You” to our parents as we  7 they are supposed to do things for us. Understanding some of the subtle（细腻的）feelings of our loved ones and  8 them the way they need would  9 change the relationship into a stronger one. I've come across people who feel  10 in their relationships as they  11 to address these small needs.

    The “Butterfly Effect” also plays a role in our work. Looking  12 into the smallest details while starting a 13 is critical. A subtle mistake while taking care of our customer's  14 could end up creating big trouble at the end of the process. This would mean a huge expense to  15 at the final delivery stage.

    Every morning, the time it takes me to  16 to my office depends on what time I start from my home. It usually takes 30 minutes if I start at 7:20 am. It takes more than a(n)  17 if I start at 7:30 am. At first I was  18 how just a 10-minute difference initially could add more than 30 minutes to the journey.  19 , the number of vehicles that come out on the road increases more than twice due to that 10-minute  20 and it looks like butterflies crowding on the road. Yes, this is nothing but the “Butterfly Effect”.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1). 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2). 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    Alice, my closest friend, devotes many energy to her lessons all day long. She is always one of the top student in our class. She loves the music so much that she made it a rule to enjoy some pop songs in her spare time. Alice is always willing to help other, and she often helps us with our lessons. As an enthusiastic volunteer, she has successful organized varieties of voluntary activities. We paid visit to a nursing home last month, so we picked up rubbish near our school. That we did was warmly welcomed by the staff in the home. Win honour for our school, Alice is admired by our classmates.

下面十个句子，每句中有一处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出改加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I'm worried that you've been addicted to share pictures in WeChat circle recently. You even share all sort of photos in your daily life. Of course, WeChat makes better to understand each other and makes our life more colorful, which is very convenient for us to communicate with. However, there exist some potential trouble if we overshare. One serious problem is leaking privacy, that may cause a lot of trouble. Besides, oversharing can make others uncomfortably, for they think you are showing off.

Thus, neither should we post our personal information, or should we blindly add strangers to a list of friends. It's much wise to set aside some time to accompany parents or do something more meaningful, such as reading books or taking exercise.

I was so blessed for all the special moments I had with my old mother. Old as she was, she always thought she was1me when I took her to the doctor visits, but it was a(n)2for me to spend quality time with her.

One day, on the way to a doctor visit, I3to a restaurant with a large arcade (游乐场)sign. I4some dishes, and it came with fifty tokens (代币)for the arcade games. It was 2：00 p. m. There was almost no5for us to choose so the employees made a fresh pizza for us instead.

There was loud music playing and someone6like a mouse encouraging the little children to dance. My mother was7by the dancing mouse and cheerful music. We8as the kids tried to follow the mouse's9.

After we ate , it was time to10those golden tokens. Mom loved playing Skee-Ball and collecting11. She moved from game to game like a( n12. She had fun watching as one machine spat13seven tickets again and again! She14about the long strand (串)of tickets and placed them around her neck like a( n)15. We waited for a long while16my mother tried to decide what to get with her tickets. Finally, she17a toy whistle. The man gave her an18one for me, so we had fun blowing them together.

I keep that whistle on my desk, a( n )19of a wonderful experience with my mom as we embraced her20to make the most of every day.