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Hampton Court Motor Cruiser

16 Hampton Court Road

TEL: 208-977-1728

Hampton Court Motor Cruiser is a boat docked on the River Thames. Facilities (设施) include heating, Smart TV and Wi-Fi. The price per stay also includes the free use of a 4-seat electric boat and barbecue facilities. There is no staff at all on board during your stay.

Hilton London Green Park

4-6 Half Moon Street

TEL: 207-629-7522

Hilton London Green Park stays in the heart of London. It features modern rooms with air conditioning. Wi-Fi is available in public areas and is free of charge. There is also a cocktail bar on site. All children and pets are welcome.

Arbor City

12 Osborn Street

TEL: 207-247-3313

Arbor City Hotel is just next to the White chapel Art Gallery. It offers free Wi-Fi and 24-hour room service. Air-conditioned rooms feature a TV, a safe and a shower. Parking is available on site and costs GBP 24 per day. For an additional charge, the hotel offers various breakfast options: English breakfast, Continental breakfast, Vegan and Dairy-free breakfast. The hotel is 10 minutes' tube ride from the West End.

Abercorn House Hostel

28-30 Bute Gardens

TEL: 203-696-0215

Abercorn House Hostel is located just a 3-minute walk from Hammersmith Underground Station, with a 24-hour front desk. Guests can stay in rooms or dormitories fitted with a wardrobe. Some come with a shower, while others offer access to a shared bathroom. They can also use a shared kitchen to prepare their meals. Wi-Fi is available and costs GBP 1 per hour. Non-smoking throughout.

Deaf Date

As a man who'd been almost stone-deaf since birth, meeting women was something out of Christian Brown's comfort zone. They may have smiled, but from their eyes, and replies, he knew he was not making much sense to them.

Now he was shown to a seat in the restaurant. He took a deep breath and looked at his watch. 7:55 p.m. His advisor and psychologist, Susan, had arranged a blind date for him with a lady called Stephanie. She'd told him nothing about her, just that she was attractive, divorced and in her early forties.

But he trusted Susan. Over the past three years, she'd helped him gain social skills and a measure of confidence. Looking in the mirror, he recognized his good looks, despite the hearing aids behind both ears.

A woman with a white stick and sunglasses passed his table, aided by a waiter. "Are you Christian?" The woman enquired.

Christian read the lips of the woman, presumably Stephanie, as she stood at the table. "Are you Christian Brown? May I join you?" From the way she felt the table and edged around it, he realized she was blind. He quickly said, "Yes, by all means."

Stephanie had likewise been told very little about Christian. Susan had said he had a good heart, and that was what she now needed most in a man.

Christian admired her high cheekbones and perfect teeth. He felt a strong attraction building and told himself to relax, to let her feel at home with him. To his surprise, a waiter brought her a plastic-coated card, covered in small dots.

Stephanie felt it with her fingertips. "May I have Chicken Vindaloo and Tarka Dahl, please?" She smiled in Christian's direction, "I like things spicy!"

He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned. It was Susan, all smiles at seeing the two of them together. She gestured in sign language to him, whilst speaking it out loud for Stephanie's benefit. "Hello, Christian, are you alright?"

Stephanie felt a kiss on her cheek and Susan's hand on hers, and a whisper in her ear.

"Are you OK with Christian?"

They both smiled at Susan, one seeing, one unseeing, one hearing, one unhearing, realizing that this wise woman was trying her best to bring much-needed romance into both of their lives. Neither wanted to object.

Extraverts(外向型的人) are hugely sociable—they really care about their relationships, and possess outstanding social skills. Well, that's how extraverts are generally described. But, according to new work, that's not exactly how other people see them. In a series of studies reported in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Francis J. Flynn at Stanford University, US and colleagues consistently found that more extraverted people are considered to be poorer listeners. Their research also reveals a likely reason why.

There is no academic agreement on what constitutes "good" listening. But, in line with some other researchers, the team conceptualises it as involving emotion-related processes, cognitive processes and also behavioural processes. In everyday life, it's not necessarily easy to ascertain whether the person we're talking to is really listening, however. They might be making plenty of eye contact, for example, but it's always possible that they're just pretending to be listening well. In this research, the team focused on only the participants' perceptions of others' listening skills.

In an earlier study, 147 first-year business students, who met weekly in groups of six to work on leadership skills, rated the listening skills of everyone else in their group. The participants then completed a scale that assessed their own extraversion. The team found that those with higher self-reported extraversion got poorer marks for listening.

However, in this study, people's perceptions could have been influenced by the actual social relationships they had with other members of their group. So in almost all of the subsequent studies, fresh groups of participants rated the listening skills of fictional people who were described as falling at various points on the intraversion-extraversion spectrum (范围). Results from these studies supported the previous finding. Time and again, extraverted people were rated as being poorer listeners in social situations. As the team writes: "That is, despite the tendency for people to see extraverts as highly sociable, they tend to see this sociability as highly one-sided."

An online study of 337 US-based adults suggested why this might be. Fictional people who were described as highly extraverted were also perceived to be better at controlling and modifying how they come across to others. "To observers, this signal of malleable self-presentation suggests that extraverts are more interested in ‘looking the part' than attending to what others have to say," the team writes.

It would be really interesting, though, to see work on the real-world implications of this particular belief. "For example, listening has been identified as the key to successful sales," the team notes—so perhaps it would be wise for highly extraverted sales people to try to modify their behaviour with clients.

A vast amount of research has been done on extraversion itself. "Our findings contribute to the study of extraversion by examining how people think about extraversion," the researchers write. And for understanding conversations and relationships, which of course are two-way, that's clearly important, too.

If you really want to get to know someone, travel with them. The following are some suggestions given by some people who have successfully traveled with friends.

Talk money ahead of time.

When you're traveling with friends, the topic of money will certainly come up. Talking about expenses early on will help your friends understand what can be done and what can't be done.

Create a group itinerary (行程表).

When traveling in a group, a lot of time can be wasted trying to figure out what to do once you get there—if this hasn't been discussed ahead of time. Have everyone write down what they'd like to accomplish on the trip before departure.

Choose a trip leader.

If you'll be traveling in a group with many friends, it can be hard to keep everyone motivated. He or she can set departure times and let everyone know the basic plan.

Once you've nominated (任命) a leader, using a travel folder to collect all tickets, maps and other important documents can help streamline the process of group travel, as well.

Power down.

Nothing is more likely to cause unhappiness than when one person is trying to have a conversation with someone who's busy showing off the trip on social media. If you spend the time with your face buried in your phone, your companions will rightly think your phone is more interesting than their company.

A. Set specific free time.

B. Gather your important documents.

C. Be open about expenses before even booking the tickets.

D. A leader can be the key decision maker of the group for the trip.

E. This wish list will let everyone feel their desires have been heard.

F. If you do decide to split up, use a communication app to stay in touch.

G. Put all social media activity on hold, and live in the moment with your friends.

Mac was cycling along a road in Canada's Yukon, halfway through a 2,750-mile bike tour to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. He was carrying a 30-pound camping bag, 1 he wasn't moving very fast. Suddenly he heard loud breathing behind him. "Man, that's a big dog!" he thought. He looked to the side, but to his great2, he saw that it wasn't a dog, but a wolf, running hard to3 him.

Mac's heart jumped. He reached for the4 from his bag. With one hand on the handle bar, he5 the spray. A bright red cloud covered the wolf6, and it fell back, shaking its head. But a minute later it was by his side again. He sprayed a second time, and the wolf fell back again, but only to quickly restart its7.

The wolf was getting closer and closer, 8 a dozen yards away. Mac waved and yelled at passing motorists, but meanwhile9 hard. He knew clearly that he must be careful not to slow down. Otherwise, he would become a10 of the wolf.

Paul and Becky were driving along the same road. From a distance, they spotted what they11 was a dog running after a man on a bike. As they got12, they realized it was a wolf.

Mac heard a car coming up behind him, and he slowed down. The car turned around the13, then suddenly stopped in front of him. Mac14 off his bike and dashed for the back door of the car. It was locked. Paul quickly unlocked the door so as to let Mac in, and the15 man dived in, shutting the door behind him.

It was quite a while before Mac became calm and cried out: "I thought I was going to die!" And Paul and Becky were glad that they had given a helping hand to people in need.

Shelia Hill grew up in a poor neighborhood and dropped out of school when she was young. She thought it wasn't for her, but Hill's attitude changed completely she had her own children.

One day, her son asked why he should bother going to school since she didn't. Suddenly, Hill realized that she had to do (well) for herself and her family than before. She learned how to read and got her high school diploma through Five Keys, an organization gives members of underserved communities a chance to restart their education.

Today, Hill works for Five Keys. She goes out into neighborhoods (consider) education deserts on the Five Keys bus and encourages people living there (attend) the mobile class where they can study with teacher. Hill doesn't want anyone to feel (shame) for not finishing school, so she lets people know there (be) a time when she couldn't read. And she's very interested potential students. "I'll call them. I'll text them. I'll email them." She says. "I just want (they) to get education."

1）你是否拖延；

2）你拖延与否的原因；

3）你对拖延的看法。

注意: 

1）写作词数应为80左右；

2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

参考词汇:  procrastination n. 拖延.；procrastinate V. 拖延；procrastinator n. 拖延者

My Idea of Procrastination

It's getting hot. It's time to put on lighter clothes and open up the windows. I can't wait to do so. Yesterday, an unforeseen visit to the kitchen happened during the brief time we were out. Two daring sparrows (麻雀) had risked landing on our territory to enjoy the freshness in our sink and some other breadcrumbs (面包屑) on our kitchen counter.

Actually, sparrows are everywhere. The tiny, gray -and brown birds are found on every continent except Antarctica, flying or jumping around cities, picking up leftover food on side-walks, and sometimes chasing with native bird species. These small creatures have adapted to living alongside humans- similar to pet dogs.

When you come across such sudden callers, you are likely to sense it as an unwanted visitor into your comfort zone, or you might receive it as a lovely angel of life. I chose the second option, with no hesitation while my husband preferred driving them away. After all, I've never come to stop to feel the relationship with sparrows.

I recalled when I was a little girl living in the city, I lived in an apartment with a flat roof viewed from our kitchen window. Every day my mom and I would go out to feed the sparrows. She taught me how to call them with a clicking sound she made with her tongue. I have loved sparrows ever since. So every day in my spare time, I can't stop observing and celebrating their dance from our window. I stuffed them with the leftovers on our tablecloth after every meal. And I have provided them with every kind of bases and stands of our house.

Undoubtedly, they feel at ease in our backyard. And that has led them to gather up courage and slide into our kitchen, bedroom or even reading room. Perhaps because they have the feeling that we don't consider them trouble makers, but friendly neighbors. But I am slightly worried about their droppings (粪便).

注意:

1）续写词数应为150左右;

2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

One day, they left some droppings in my husband's reading room.

……

About two weeks later, I heard my husband calling "Oh, my God!"