Question: I have recently got a serious position within my company. One of my new tasks is to make monthly progress reports on my department in front of other senior officials. During my first meeting ,I presented and then opened the floor to questions. 1. . My first reaction was to answer defensively. Later, I realized that I shouldn’t have felt that way. But how can I keep cool and effectively answer questions in this type of settings?

Answer: Congratulations on your new position! Presenting in front of your peers（同事）is a hard task in itself, and it becomes much more difficult when a question-and-answer period is required. Question-and-answer periods are a great way to clarify the message and strengthen key points. 2.

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When a person is asking a question, show interest and a desire to understand the question by listening and asking for clarification.

●Buy time.

When facing a hard question, most people can’t give an answer immediately. Buy time by repeating the question in your own words. 4. . These techniques allow you to quickly organize your thoughts as well as to make sure you will be correctly answering the question.

●Suggest a private meeting.

A one-on-one meeting is a calmer setting than speaking in front of your peers. 5.

A. Show your true interest.

B. Restate the question with respect.

C. Some ideas can be quite concrete.

D. There were many difficult questions.

E. It can also be more effective in exchanging ideas.

F. You many also ask for clarification on the question.

G. Here are some ideas that can help you prepare for your next meeting.

Though great progress has been made in science these years, there are still many people lived in poor conditions. They make their lives by collecting and selling used thing. Their children cannot go to school because they have not enough money to send their children to there. Why you think so many people still suffer from poverty now? The answer lies on the population explosion. A president of a developing country once said; “It is us who are to blame for the poverty because we used to ‘produce’ child without limit.” Although this few words sound simple enough, they have clear pointed out one of the causes of the population explosion.

假设你是红星中学高三二班的学生李华，为响应绿化祖国的号召，你班三月十二日植树节那天去郊区植树，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，介绍植树活动的全过程，给某英文杂志的“绿色行动”专栏写一篇以“Green Action in Our Class”为题的英文稿件。

注意：

1. 词数：100左右；

2. 参考词汇：郊区------suburbs

Green Action in Our Class

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Different from popular__________ , most good leaders are made, not born.

A. agreement B. religion

C. decision D. belief

. The monthly sales of Mo Yan’s works__________ 200 times compared with those before he won the Nobel Prize for Literature ( 文学 ).

A. digested B. multiplied

C. exhausted D. strengthened

If you are__________ about Australian cities, just read the book written by Dr. James.

A. upset B. curious

C. anxious D. terrified

Born into a family with three brothers, I was __________ to share, not to snatch things away from other people.

A. brought up B. turned down

C. taken away D. turned up

Through the years, Special English has become a very popular tool for teaching English, even though it was not __________ as teaching program.

A. permitted B. performed

C. designed D.limited

If you don’t know what their shortcomings are, your chances of overcoming them are very___________.

A. slim B. pleased

C. distant D. obvious

Animals do different amazing things to __________ low temperatures when winter comes. Some head for warmer places, while others put on a thick coat of fur.

A. treat B. prevent

C. survive D. simplify