Task 1Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfini

Task 1

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A , B, G and D. You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

In American business meetings, people are expected to participate verbally(口头上), or else others may think that they are uninterested in the meeting. Active participation involves the following:

1. Starling a discussion, bringing up new ideas and topics, and making suggestions.

2. Asking people for opinions, information, and explanations.

3. Repeating ideas and explanations for those who can't understand you.

4. Encouraging people to speak by accepting different points of view.

If an employee appears to be passive at a meeting, Americans may feel that the person is not contributing to the meeting.

"Brainstorming" is a common practice at American meetings. The purpose of brainstorming is to express as many ideas as possible on a given question or problem. This technique is used to collect all the ideas of the group, without stopping to discuss or evaluate the value of each suggestion. First people brainstorm freely; then they narrow down and eliminate ideas or suggestions that are not workable. Brainstorming is a creative process that demands full verbal participation. This method of creating, exploring, and solving problems is foreign to many people who are not culturally comfortable with "blurting out"(不加考虑地说出) ideas.

If you are attending business meetings in America, you'd better ______.

A．speak out your own ideas actively

B．keep silent and listen to others carefully

C．appear uninterested in the meetings

D．wait for your turn to speak