2008年江苏省专转本真题讲解精选.doc

2008年江苏省普通高校“专转本”统一考试 Part I Reading Comprehension （共40分） Passage 1 Sometimes, people simply do not realize they are being ill mannered. Take Ted, for example. He prides himself on speaking his mind, and has something to say on everything. But his frankness is often extremely embarrassing. He is incapable of saying, “I thought that last advertising campaign had a lot of good ideas in it, but perhaps next time we could give the copy more vitality (活力) .” Instead, he could say, “That campaign was a disaster. A child of three could have done better!” The fact that he is often right does not help.