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When a teacher or lecturer recommends a student to read a book, it is usually for a particular purpose. In many eases, the teacher doesn' t suggest that the whole book should be read. In fact, he may just refer to a few pages which have a direct bearing on the matter being discussed.
Unfortunately, when many students pick up a book to read they tend to have no particular purpose in mind other than simply to "read the book". Often they open the book and start reading, page by page, line by line, word by word; in other words, slowly and in great detail. The result is that students frequently don' t have an overall view of what they are reading; also, they tend to forget fairly soon what they' ye been reading.
Students can make their reading much more effective by adopting a strategy (策略) aimed at helping them to understand and to remember what they read. Firstly, they should decide precisely why they' re reading the book: perhaps it' s to find some information that'll answer a question; per haps it' s to understand a difficult idea or argument, and so on. Then the students should decide exactly what they are going to read; it' s seldom necessary to read the whole book. A good starting point is the contents page, the chapter headings, and even the index (索引) at the back of the book. They are very useful in helping to pinpoint the exact pages that need to be read carefully for particular pieces of information.
According to the passage, it is rare for a teacher ______.

A. to recommend a whole book for students to read
B. to require students to read carefully
C. to assign reading with a certain purpose
D. to locate, books for students to find

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"HI there. How's it going7"
"Oh, fine. Fine. How about this weather, huh?"
"Well, I guess we can always use the rain."
What's that? This story? Oh, just a little look at small talk. You know; those seemingly meaningless conversations you have dozens of times a day. Maybe you're waiting for the elevator. Or in a line at the bank. It all seems pretty trivial. Idle chatter about traffic doesn't do much more than fill the air with empty words that are quickly forgotten. But you should know that small talk actually has a big place in our lives.
Pat Oliver, assistant professor on arts, says that, "Left unchecked, small talk can be an invasion. It's so powerful. It does something to you." "Every morning after spending an hour and a half on the freeway I start the day with small talk with my secretary," Oliver says, "If I don't make small connection with another person, I can't work."
What causes it? As a rule, you're either trying to force something into your life, or you're using conversation as an invisible force field to keep them out. You can be wanting to connect with another person, and small talk is your introduction to more meaningful conversation.
The way people use small talk is usually determined by where they happen to be at the time. Take the elevator, for instance. Now there's prime territory. Nobody knows anyone and there's no reason no start a conversation, but invariably, someone does. Making conversation in such peaceful social settings, according to oliver, "can confirm your territory. It's a way of feeling like and accepted."
The topics of small talk don't matter. In fact, you don't want anything more taxing than the weather or tile traffic. It's non-threatening talk in a threatening situation. However, the rules change quickly when you're with lots of people doing lots of talking.
Let's say you're at a party. Now it's time to use small talk as a way of making others feel more comfortable around you, so you don't look silly standing by the food table alone all night.
"Small talk", as interpreted by the author,______.

A. has no real function in communication at all
B. is usually meaningless and therefore useless
C. is not as idle as it may seem to be
D. is restricted to certain topics only

The best title for this text would be______.

A. How My Mother-In-Law Helped Me
B. How I Received a Gold Watch I liked
C. How I Made My Wife Travel With me
D. How I Came to Marry My Wife

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