北京交通大学2023级2级起点第一学期期末口语考试题Part on eRe a d the follow i n g par a g raph（21 世纪）How d o A studen t s like th e se do i t?Bra i ns arent t h e only answe r.The most g i fte d stu d ents d o n ot ne c essarily p e r form bestin exams.Knowing h o w to m a ke t h e most of on e 9s ab i 1 i ties co unts fo r muc h mor e.Har d work isnt t he whole s tory either.Som eo f th e se high-ach i ev i n g studen t s actu a lly p ut in f e w e r hours tha nthe i r low er-s corin g classmat e s.The s t u de n ts at t h e t op o f the c 1 ass g et there by mas t e ring a few b asic te c hni q ues t h a tothers can e a s i 1 y le a rn.Here,accordi n g to e d uc a t ion e x perts ands tude n t s themse 1 ves,are t h e s e c rets o f A students.Thi s ex p la i ns wh y it c a n b e so diffic u It t o g et a w e ste r nst y 1 edi s c u s s ion g o i n g wi t h Japanes e st u dent s o f Engl i s h.Whene v e r ls e r v e a voll e yba 1 1,every o n e j u st s t an d s b a ck a nd watches i t f a 11.N o o ne h i t s it bac k.Ev e ry o ne waits unt i 1 I cal 1on someone t o take a turn.A nd wh e n t h at pers o n spe a k s,he d oesn1t hit m y ball back.He s erves a new bal 1 .Ag a i n,everyone j u st w atches i t fall.So I c a 1 1 on som e on e e 1 se.Th i s p e r s on do e s no trefer to w h a t th e previ o us speaker h a s s aid.H e a 1 so se r ves anew ball.Everyone begins a g ai n from the same start i n g 1 in e,andall the ba 1 Is run para 1 1 e 1.T h er e is never a n y ba c k and f o r th.J u st a f t e r th i s s uc c e ss,h ow e ver,tragedy stru c k.In August of1 9 73,Stevie w a s i nvol v e d in a serio u s c ar a ccid e n t.Forn e a r ly a week he 1 ay i n a com a,u nable to speak or w a Ik.We dontknow when hell be ou t of dange r,“the doctor said.Everyone wai ted and p r ay e d.S u ddenly,it d i dnt ma t ter that S t e vie w a sa mu s ical g e n i us or tha t he had co n q u er e d bl i nd n e ss and poverty.All he had left was h i s fa i th and s tron g will.She wa s a sm a 1 1 woman,o 1 d and wrink 1 ed.Whe n s h e starte dw as h i ng f or us,s he w as alrea d y past s evenly.Mos t Jew i shw o me n o f her age we r e si c kly and we a k.A 1 1 th e old women i nour street h ad bent b a c k s a n d 1 ean e d o n sticks w hen t h ey wa 1ked.But t h is w a s hwom a n,small a nd thin a s sh e w a s,possessed a st r ength that c a m e from generati o ns of peas a n t foreb ea rs.M o t h er wou 1 d count out t o her a bun d 1 e of laundry t h at had a c cu m u lat e d over several we e k s.She would t hen 1 i f t th e bundle,put i t on h e r narro w s h o u 1 d er s,a n d c arr y it the long w ay home.Irem em b erw h en t hey t oo k the i r f i r st h oliday t o g e t h er.Te d want e d to d o som e th i ng e n er g etic,bee a u s e h e d i d n tusual 1 y get m uch e x erci s e duri n g th e year.Ma r ys job m e a nt t hatshe was o n h er fe e t mo s t o f th e ti m e.A 1 1 she wan te d to do was lie in t he su n.Ted h a t e d th e i dea of 1 y i ng on a b each；Ma r y h ated th e i d ea o f b eing t oo activ e.T h e y c o mpr o m ised,and took t h ei r h o li d ay in mi d-s ummer,h i gh in th e Alp s.Mar y was a b le to 1 ie in th e s u n b y th e hot e 1 swimmi n g p oo 1 ,whil e T e d we n t o f f f o r lo n g walks i n t h e mo u n t ainswith a g r o u p o f hikers.I n th e evening they m e t at the h o t e 1,both content w i th t h eir day,h a p py to eat a le i sure 1 y me a 1 t o get her a nd dance a l i t t le afterw a r ds.How can a co u ntr y wh e r e ty p ical p are n ts a r e ashamed o f t he ir daught e r stu d ying mathematic s i n ste a d of g o in g dan c i n g,or of th e ir s on rea d i n g We b e r while h i s friends p la y bas e ba 1 1b e e x pec t e d to c o mpete in the techn o logy race w ith J a pa n or re ma i n a 1 ea d ing p o litic a la n d c u It u ra 1 force in E u ro p e?H o wlo n g ca n Am e rica remain a world-cla s s power if w e c o nstan t lyput social sk i 1 1 s and p hysi c al stre n gth over ac a d emi c a ch i evement an d in t ellec t ua 1 a b i 1 it y?My f a ther,Win s ton Churchill,b e gan his 1 o ve a f fair wi t h pa i n ting i n his 4 0 s,amid d i s ast r ous circumsta nee s.A s Fi r st L o rdof t he A d miralt y i n 1 915,h e had be e n de e ply i n v o 1 v e di n a c ampaign i n th e Dard a nelles that c ou 1 d have sho r tened t he c o urse o f a bloody world war.Bu t when the mi s s i o n failed,with gr e at 1 o s s of lif e,Chu r c hil 1 paid th e p r ice,both publiclyand priv a tely:He w as r e moved fr o m th e Admir a 1 t y an d lost hisposition of po 1 i t ical infl u enc e.This b e li e f in hard wo r k is t h e fi r s t of three ma i n f a ct o rs con tr i b u tin g to Asian student s o u t standi n g pe r fo r m a nc e.It spr ings from Asians9 c ommon herit age of Co n f u cianism,the p h ilosop hy of t he 5 th-ce n t u r y-BC Chines e sa g e w h ose tea c hings h ave had a profou n d i nfluen c e o n Chin e s e so c i ety.O n e o f Confu c iuss primary t eac h ings i s t