A conversation is not a business meeting at work or with your family. It is a personal or informal talk that takes place in the restaurant, in a car or walking on the street on your way to work.

It can make or break a relationship. It can make a career successful. It can make new friends. It can just brighten up another person’s life. It can change the world!

Here are some ways to make a conversation bring meaning to you and others.

Before starting a conversation, be clear about what you want to achieve. Knowing your purpose beforehand allows you to keep your conversation to the point and never get lost out of the way.

Start a topic that is very timely and appropriate. The starting point has to be depending on your relationship with the person you are talking to and the situation the person or both of you are going through. Starting the conversation with the right topic sets the tone that brings both sides at ease.

Come up with something that will make both of you interested. This allows the other person to be drawn more to speak up. Discovering common likes and dislikes opens up a bond (紐帶) between two people.

Put yourself in the shoes of the other person. Think how the other person feels at that moment. Feeling how the other person feels helps you to be in his position.

One of the most difficult tasks to do in a conversation is really listening. Do not prepare for what to say while the other person is talking. Do not just keep quiet because you want to give the other person a time to talk. The proof that you really listen is to repeat your understanding of what was said in your own words.

After you have spoken, give the other person a time to talk. There are some people who like to talk about themselves. If you are one of them, try to be less selfish. A conversation is not a monologue (獨角戲) or an interview.

Managing a conversation shows the kind of person you are. You do not have to wait for the other person to lead the discussion. You can do this. No matter who you are, if you lead a talk, you make a difference.

閱讀下面的短文，然后按要求寫一篇150字左右的英語短文。

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper (脾氣). His father gave him a bag of nails (釘子) and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually became smaller. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave wounds just like these. And no matter how many times you say you’re sorry, the wounds will still be there.”

寫作內容：

1. 以Anger management為題約30個詞概括上文的主要內容。

2. 談談你的想法（120詞），內容包括：

（1）分析憤怒情緒可能產生的后果（至少兩點）；

（2）就如何控制憤怒情緒提出建議（至少兩點）。

寫作要求：1. 不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2. 作文中不得出現(xiàn)真實的姓名和學校名稱。

評分標準：概括準確，語言規(guī)范，內容合適，語篇連貫。

Anger management

He missed ______ gold in the high jump, but will get ______ second chance in the long jump.

A. the; a B. /; a

C. the; the D. a; /

I’d appreciate ______ if you would help me finish the task.

A. that B. this

C. it D. you

The prices of daily goods are rising, so we have to ______ everyday expense.

A. cut back on B. hold on to

C. look back on D. keep up with

There is no doubt ______ they will finish the task on time.

A. that B. whether

C. when D. how

With no penny ______ in his pocket, he was driven out of the rented house, ______ where to go.

A. left; knowing not B. left; not knowing

C. leaving; not knew D. to leave; not knowing

_______ from toothaches for some time, he had to go to hospital for an examination.

A. Suffered B. Being suffered

C. Suffering D. Having suffered

If he ______ my advice, he wouldn’t have lost his job.

A. followed B. should follow

C. had followed D. would follow

Ladies and gentlemen, due to an unexpected accident, one of the singers who all of you ______ to hear ______ tonight.

A. had come; don’t perform

B. come; won’t perform

C. have come; won’t be performing

D. came; wouldn’t perform