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I recently wrote an autobiography in which I recalled many old memories. One of them was f

rom my school days, when our ninth grade teacher, Miss Raber, would pick out words from Reader's Digest to test our vocabulary.

Today, more than 45 years later, I always check out " It pays to Enrich Your Word Power" first when the Digest comes each month. I am impressed with that idea, word power. Reader's Digest knows the power that words have to move people to entertain, inform. and inspire. The Digest editors know that the big word isn't always the best word. Take just one example, a Quotable Quote from the February 1985 issue: " Time is a playful thing. It slips quickly and drinks the day like a bowl of milk. "

Seventeen words, only two of them more than one syllable, yet how much they convey! That's usually how it is with Reader's Digest. The small and simple can be profound.

As chairman of a foundation to restore the Statue of Liberty, I'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" and "dreams". Those are words that move people and say so much about the spirit of America.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not against using big words, when it is right to do so, but I have also learned that a small word can work a small miracle—if it's the right word, in the right place, at the right time. It's a "secret" that I hope I will never forget.

The passage is mainly about______.

A.one of the many old memories

B.using simple words to express profound ideas

C.Reader's Digest and school speeches

D.how to make effective speeches

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A.a composer can separate his language and harmonies from his own mind and sensibility

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第2题
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第3题
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第4题
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第6题
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第8题
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A.the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties

B.the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers

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第9题
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The purpose of lifelong employment is to ______.

A.adjust the needs of the company to its employees

B.make employees loyal to their company

C.select the best skilled young employees

D.keep the skilled staff satisfied

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第10题
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W: Sure was.

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M: How much Japanese can you understand?

W: Not a lot right now. But I signed up for Intensive Japanese this semester.

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M: Really? I might check into this.

W: You won't regret it.

(20)

A.Taping some music.

B.Watching a film.

C.Making a video recording.

D.Writing a letter.

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