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Karen:Hi, David! What made you become an author?

David:I owe that to my mother, who encouraged me in my work. She always told me to do whatever I liked and have 1. ________ (patient). So I could achieve the success I dreamed2. ________.

Karen:Very encouraging! At what age did you know you would become a writer?

David:I started writing at 12, but realized3. ________ I was a writer when I was13.

Karen:Wow! Thatˈs 4. ________ (real)young. So, how does being such a young writer influence 5.________childhood? Do you do things like other kids or in a different way?

David:I am not different but my thinking is. I think in quite different ways,6. ________ makes people say“You are very different”.

Karen:As a young writer, do you find time7. ________ (go) with friends to movies, concerts or do you find yourself always writing?

David:Idonˈt have time for concerts or movies not because I am a writer but because I have to study a lot. Usually I8. ________ (ask) to concentrate on my studies, writing, and 9. ________(play) outdoor games.

Karen:Thatˈs great. You 10.________ (write)ten novels so far. Are you planning on writing another book in the near future?

David:Yes. It will be available in about 2months.

     In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear it 61.__________(speak). Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 62.________，we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

    There is no easy way to success 63.__________language learning. 64._________ good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only 65.__________(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and their 66.________(mean), studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language.

    67._________we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of 68.________(advise) for those 69._________are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 70._________(write )the language whenever we can.

When I was young I hated languages.My dad spoke several and was   (1)  (ambition) for me. It was not until mygraduation from high school   (2)   Iconsidered learning a second language—Spanish.

I was working in a school for disabledchildren in a class of six. Only two childrencould speak, but Irealized   (3)   (gradual) that every child couldcommunicate. Some of them used physicalsigns andmovements   (4)   (express)themselves. Others used their voices—theymade noises whichchanged depending   (5)   how they felt. They even“talked”to each other,   (6)   (have)arguments and friendly chats like anyoneelse. Every child in that room had likes anddislikes, desires and fears   (7)   theycommunicated every day, without saying asingle sentence.

As time went on, I learned not onlySpanish   (8)   the language ofeveryone of the children I cared for. I hadbeen making excuses for not trying all theseyears and here   (9)   (be) a group ofdisabled children showing me   (10)  important communication really is. It mademe want to challengemyself and really learnSpanish.

Why is setting goals so important? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything   61  is wanted by you in life. Instead   62  just letting life happen to you, goals allow yourself to make your life happen.  63  （success）and happy people have set lots of goals to help them reach their aims. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s   64  having a map to show you  65  you want to go.

Winners in life set goals and follow through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and   66  （set）goals. Unsuccessful people just let life   67  (happen) by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set, and   68  aren’t difficult to reach. It is up  69   you to find out what your goals really are. You are   70  one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life.

Jerry: Susan, there are three styles of conversation  (1)  _ (mention) in your new book, bowling, rugby and basketball. What are they?

Susan: Well, in a bowling style, people hold back when an elder or senior person is speaking, and they talk only if they  (2)    (ask) for their opinion.

Jerry: Just like people take turns in bowling.

Susan:   (3)    (exact). You go and roll and I wait for you. Then itˈs my turn.

Jerry: So thatˈs the high-considerate (高度体贴的) model.

Susan: Yes. Then thereˈs the rugby style,   (4)  _ might be opposite. In this style youˈre expected to interrupt other people and they are fine with that, because they expect   (5)    (interrupt). So many voices can be heard at the same time.

Jerry: And what about the basketball model?

Susan: Suppose youˈre playing basketball, for example, you   (6)    (move) the ball forward. When you hesitate (犹豫), someone sees that as   (7)   portunity to jump in and take the ball away. Stealing the conversation away is the same thing. Not in a bad way,   (8)   just as“Oh, itˈs my turn now”.

Jerry: Which style do you think is the   (9)   (good)?

Susan: Well, itˈs hard to say. It depends   (10)    the occasion.