专项练习 复合式听写

专项练习

Exercise 1

Whether the eyes are “the windows of the soul” is debatable; that they are intensely important in ( ) communication is a fact. During the first two months of a baby’s life, the ( ) that produces a smile is a pair of eyes. Significantly, a real human face with eyes covered will not ( ) a smile, nor will the sight of only one eye when the face is presented in ( ). This attraction to eyes as opposed to the nose or mouth continues as the baby ( ). In one study, when American four-year-olds were asked to draw people, 75 percent of them drew people with mouths, but 99 percent of them drew people with eyes. In Japan, however, where babies are carried on their mother’s back, infants do not acquire as much( ) to eyes as they do in other cultures.

The role of eye contact in a conversational exchange between two Americans is well ( ); speakers make contact with the eyes of their listener for about one second, then ( ) away as they talk. ( ). Listeners, meanwhile, keep their eyes on the face of the speaker, allowing themselves to glance away only briefly. ( )If they are not looking, the speaker assumes that they are disinterested and either will pause until eye contact is resumed or will terminate the conversation. ( ) There may be a sort of traffic

jam of words caused by interruption, false starts, and unpredictable pauses.

Exercise 2

Geography is the study of the ( ) between people and the land. Geographers compare and ( ) various places on the earth. But they also go beyond the ( )places and consider the earth as whole. The word geography ( ) from two Greek words, “ge”, the Greek word for “earth”, and “graphein”, which means “ to write”. The English ( ) geography means “to describe the earth”. Some geography books ( ) on a small area such as a town or a city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or even an entire ( ). Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another way to divide the study of geography is to ( ) between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; ( ) But when geography is considered as single subject, neither branch can neglect the other. ( ) If places were alike, there would be little need for geographers. ( ) . Geography, then, is a point of view, a special way of looking at places.

Exercise 3

In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child’s ( ) of each new skill—the first spoken words, the first ( ) steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often ( ) to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be ( ) to use a toilet too early, a young child might be ( ) to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning ( ), he loses his natural ( ) for life and his ( ) to find out new things for himself. ( ) Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe over the time of coming home at night or punctually for meals. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child’s own happiness.

As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. ( ). Also, parents should realize that example is better than precept. If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach, ( ).

A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents’principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.

Exercise 4

There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process.

People have generally viewed personal growth as an ( ) result or product that can easily be ( ) and measured. The worker who gets a ( ), the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language --- all these are examples of people who have ( ) results to show for the efforts.

By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to ( ), since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or ( ) along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the ( ) and feelings people have, their caution or courage as they ( ) new experiences and unexpected obstacles. In this process, the journey never really ends. There are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.

In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to confront the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail”at first. How we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, ( ). Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of timidity can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe. ( ) ? Then we are likely to take

more passive role or not try at all.

These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. ( ) We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.

Exercise 5

When you have a dog it is necessary to care for it very carefully. In return, you will be loved by your dog. The most important part of dog-care is ( ). Not only does the dog have to be kept clean. His environment should also be clean. The bed he sleeps in can be made with anything like a rug or a dog mattress, as long as it is kept clean and put in a place where there are no drafts.

( ) feeding is also important to your dog’s health. Heavy aluminum ( ) pans are best since they cannot ( ) or break. A dog should be fed in the same place and on a regular ( ). During feeding time it should be ( ). If your dog refuses to eat, don’t ( ) him. Remove his food and don’t feed him again until his next regular feeding.

Food should never be left before a dog for more than thirty minutes under any ( ). If he does not eat over a long period of time, your dog should be taken to a veterinarian. Another important thing is to keep fresh water available to the dog during hot weather.

( ). Vigorous exercise helps build strength and keeps the dog healthy.

( ). Large dogs, though, require a run in an open field.

There are other things that are also important for a dog’s health---things like bathing, care of teeth and nails, keeping them away from insects as much as possible. It is also necessary to provide special care while traveling.

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