Section B

Passage 1

A scientific team is studying the thinking ability of eleven and half month old children. The test is a simple one. The baby watches a sort of show on a small stage. In Act One of the show, a yellow cube is lifted from a blue box, and moved across the stage. Then it is returned to the box. This is repeated 6 times. Act Two is similar except that the yellow cube is smaller. Baby boys do not react at all to the difference and the size of the cube. But girls immediately become excited. The scientists interpret the girls’ excitement as meaning they are trying to understand what they have just seen. They are wondering why Act Two is odd and how it differs from Act One. In other words, the little girls are reasoning. This experiment certainly does not definitely prove that girls start to reason before boys, but it provides a clue that scientists would like to study more carefully. Already it is known that bones, muscles and nerves develop faster in baby girls. Perhaps it is early nerve development that makes some infant girls show more intelligence than infant boys. Scientists have also found that nature seems to give another boost to girls. Baby girls usually talk at an earlier age than boys do. Scientists think that there is a physical reason for this. They believe that the nerve endings in the left side of the brain develop faster in girls than in boys, and it is this side of the brain that strongly influences an individual’s ability to use language and remember things.

Q26. What is the difference between Act One and Act Two in the test?

答案：The size of the objects shown.

Q27. How do the scientists interpret their observation from the experiment?

答案： Girls seem to start reasoning earlier than boys.

Q28. What does the speaker say about the experiment?

答案： It may simulate scientists to make further studies.

Q29. According to scientists, what is another advantage given to girls by nature?

答案： They talk at an early age.

【點(diǎn)評(píng)】

本文是一篇關(guān)于幼兒思維能力的文章。… but it provides a clue that… 一句前都是具體的實(shí)驗(yàn)過程，是一個(gè)例子，重點(diǎn)在實(shí)驗(yàn)為科學(xué)研究提供的線索。實(shí)驗(yàn)發(fā)現(xiàn)可能是早期的神經(jīng)發(fā)育使女嬰比男嬰更聰明�？茖W(xué)家們還發(fā)現(xiàn)，自然可能還給了女孩另一大優(yōu)勢(shì)，那就是女孩通常比男孩早開口說話，而這也是因?yàn)樯窠?jīng)末梢發(fā)育快于男孩。

關(guān)鍵詞：interpret v. 解釋;翻譯boost n. 推動(dòng)，幫助

Passage 2

A super attendant of the city municipal building, Dillia Adorno, was responsible for presenting its new security plan to the public. City employees, citizens and reporters gathered in the hall to hear her describe the plan. After outlining the main points she would cover, she assured the audience that she would be happy to answer questions at the end of her presentation. Dillia realized the plan was expensive and potentially controversial. So she was not surprised to see a number of hands go up as soon as she finished speaking. An employ asked, “Would the new system create long lines to get into the building like the line in the airport security checks?” Dillia had anticipated this question and had an answer ready. After repeating the question, she explained that the sufficient number of security guards would be working at peak hours to speed things along. The next question was more confrontational.”Where was the money come from to pay for all of this?”The journalists who ask the question seem hostile. But Dillia was careful not to adopt the defensive tone. She stated that the money would come from the city’s general budget. “I know these are tide times”, she added, “But everyone agrees on the importance of safe guarding our employees and members of the public who come into the building.” Near the end of the 25 minutes she has said, Dillia said she would take two more questions. When those were finished, she concluded the session with a brief restatement of how the new system will improve security and peace of mind in the municipal building.

Question 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. What is the focus of Dillia Adorno’s presentation?

答案：The new security plan for the municipal building.

31. What question had Dillia Adorno anticipated?

答案： Whether the security checks would create long queues at peak hours.

32. What did the speakers think of the question from the journalist?

答案： Confrontational

【點(diǎn)評(píng)】

本文描寫一位政府官員介紹了一項(xiàng)新的安保計(jì)劃，并回答了在場(chǎng)人員的提問，類似于一場(chǎng)新聞發(fā)布會(huì)。計(jì)劃成本較高，而且可能頗具爭議。本文詳細(xì)闡述了兩個(gè)提問。第一個(gè)問題是Dillia預(yù)見到的，但第二個(gè)記者的提問是有對(duì)抗性的，即使confrontational這個(gè)詞我們聽不懂也沒關(guān)系，可以從下文的其他詞匯中推斷，如hostile 有敵意的，而針對(duì)這個(gè)問題，Dillia讓自己盡可能不采取defensive的態(tài)度，既然要采取防衛(wèi)的態(tài)度，那記者的提問一定是在政府的對(duì)立面的，因此從defensive一詞也可以判斷出記者的態(tài)度。

關(guān)鍵詞：attendant n. 隨員 confrontational adj. 對(duì)抗性的 hostile，defensive

Passage 3

Despite unemployment and the lost of her home, Andrea Clark considers herself a blessed and happy woman. Why the cheerful attitude? Her troubles have brought her closer to her family. Last year, Andrea’s husband, Rick, a miner in Nevada was laid off. Though Andrea kept her job as a school bus driver, she knew that they couldn’t pay their bill and support their youngest of five children, Zack, age nine, on one income. “At first their church helped out, but you can’t keep that up forever”, Andrea says. Then Michal, their eldest of her four adult children suggested they move in with his family. For almost three months, seven Clarks lived under one roof. Andrea, Rick and Zack stayed in the basement department, sharing laundry and single bathroom with Michal, his wife and their two children.

The change cut their expenditures in half, but the new living arrangement proved too challenging. When Andrea found a job with a school district closer to her mother’s home in west Jorden, Utah, the family decided to move on. Packing up again with no picnic, Zack had to switch schools for the second time and space is even tighter. Andrea says that the moves themselves are exhausting and Rick is still looking for a job.

The recession has certainly come with more problems than Andrea anticipated, but she remains unfailingly optimistic. She is excited to spend more time with her mother. Another plus, rents are lower in Utah than in Nevada. So Andrea thinks they’ll be able to save up and move out in less than 6 months.

Questions 33-35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q33 What do we learn about Andrea’s husband?

答案：He used to work as a miner in Nevada.

Q34 Why did Andrea move to live in her eldest son’s home?

答案：To cut their living expenses.

Q35 What is Andrea’s attitude toward the hardships brought by the economic recession?

答案：Optimistic.

【點(diǎn)評(píng)】

本文描寫了Andrea一家在經(jīng)歷失業(yè)時(shí)依然樂觀向上的積極狀態(tài)。這從文章的首句Despite unemployment and the lost of her home, Andrea Clark considers herself a blessed and happy woman.和最后一段but she remains unfailingly optimistic.都能得到印證。Andrea的丈夫是內(nèi)華達(dá)的礦工，去年失業(yè)，為了維持生計(jì)，他們先是和大兒子一家住在一起，后來又搬家到猶他州，她的丈夫還在繼續(xù)找工作。但是經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退，并沒有讓Andrea消極，她覺得自己和家人的關(guān)系更緊密了并且相信自己能夠度過難關(guān)。

關(guān)鍵詞：lay off 解雇;expenditure n. 支出，花費(fèi);optimistic adj. 樂觀的

Section C

Mountain climbing is becoming a popular sport, but it is also a potentially dangerous one. People can fall. They may also become ill. One of the most common dangers to climbers is altitude sickness, which can affect even very experienced climbers. Altitude sickness usually begins when a climber goes above 8,000 to 9,000 feet. The higher one climbs, the less oxygen there is in the air. When people don’t get enough oxygen, they often begin to gasp for air. They may also feel dizzy and light-headed. Besides these symptoms of altitude sickness, others such as headache and fatigue may also occur. At heights of over 18,000 feet, people may be climbing in a constant daze. Their state of mind can have adverse affect on their judgment. A few precautions can help most climbers avoid altitude sickness. The first is not to go too high, too fast. If you climb to 10,000 feet, stay at that height for a day or two. Your body needs to get used to a high altitude before you climb to a even higher one. Or if you do climb higher sooner, come back down to a lower height when you sleep. Also, drink plenty of liquids and avoid tobacco and alcohol. When you reach your top height, do like activities rather than sleep too much. You breathe less when you sleep, so you get less oxygen. The most important warning is this: if you have severe symptoms, then don’t go away, go down. Don’t risk injury or death because of over-confidence or lack of knowledge.

36. potentially

37. experienced

38. gasp

39. dizzy

40. fatigue

41. constant

42. adverse

43. precautions

44. Your body needs to get used to a high altitude before you climb to a even higher one.

45. When you reach your top height, do like activities rather than sleep too much.

46. Don’t risk injury or death because of over-confidence or lack of knowledge.

【點(diǎn)評(píng)】

本文是有關(guān)高原病的，主要講述了高原病的癥狀以及預(yù)防措施。文章本身長難句不多，但出現(xiàn)了較多偏難單詞，考驗(yàn)學(xué)生的臨場(chǎng)心態(tài)。

需填單詞難度較大，如dizzy，fatigue，adverse，altitude等，對(duì)學(xué)生的詞匯量要求頗高。

空格整體分布較為均勻，填寫時(shí)間比較充足。所填詞語格式比較重要，如-s等是不可漏過的細(xì)節(jié)。需填寫的句子均較短，難度不是特別大。

深度閱讀_SA：

47. others

解析：關(guān)鍵詞 evaluate ourselves

迅速定位到 第一段第一句話 所以答案是 others

48. similar to peers

解析：關(guān)鍵詞 adolescence

迅速定位到 第一段中間 所以答案是 similar to peers.

49. a good listener

解析：關(guān)鍵詞 self- awareness

迅速定位到 第二段第一句 所以答案是a good listener

50. They seek professional help

解析：關(guān)鍵詞 unacceptable to family or friends

迅速定位到 第二段第七行 所以答案是They can seek professional help.

51. a normal reaction

解析：關(guān)鍵詞 Counselors 和assure

迅速定位到 第二段倒數(shù)第三行 所以答案是a normal reaction

深度閱讀SB_1

Amid all the job losses of the Great Recession, there is one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.

From self-service checkout lines at the supermarket to industrial robots armed with saws and taught to carve up animal carcasses in slaughter-houses, these ever-more-intelligent machines are now not just assisting workers but actually kicking them out of their jobs.

Automation isn’t just affecting factory workers, either. Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scan and read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly paid human lawyers.

“Robots continue to have an impact on blue-collar jobs, and white-collar jobs are under attack by microprocessors,” says Edward Leamer, an economics professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, a survey of the U.S. and California economies. Leamer says the recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs. U.S. gross domestic product has climbed back to pre-recession levels, meaning we’re producing as much as before, only with 6 percent fewer workers. To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers out there, with outsourcing stealing far more gigs than automation.

Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotics Industry Association, a trade group in Ann Arbor, Mich., argues that robots actually save U.S. jobs. His logic: companies that embrace automation might use fewer workers, but that’s still better than firing everyone and moving the work overseas.

It’s not that robots are cheaper than humans, though often they are. It’s that they are better. “In some cases the quality requirements are so stringent that even if you wanted to have a human do the job, you couldn’t,” Burnstein says.

Same goes for surgeons, who are using robotic systems to perform an ever-growing list of operations—not because the machines save money but because, thanks to the greater precision of robots, the patients recover in less time and have fewer complications, says Dr. Myriam Curet.

Surgeons may survive the robot invasion, but others at the hospital might not be so lucky, as iRobot, maker of the Roomba, a robot vacuum cleaner, has been showing off Ava, a three-foot-tall droid on wheels that carries a tablet computer. iRobot reckons Ava could be used as a courier in a hospital. And once you’re home, recovering, Ava could let you talk to your doctor, so there’s no need to send someone to your house. That “mobile telepresence” could be useful at the office. If you’re away on a trip, you can still attend a meeting. Just connect via videoconferencing software, so your face appears on Ava’s screen.

Is any job safe? I was hoping to say “journalist,” but researchers are already developing algorithms that can gather facts and write a news story. Which means that a few years from now, a robot could be writing this column. And who will read it? Well, there might be a lot of us hanging around with lots of free time on our hands.

52. What do we learn from the first few paragraphs?

答案：The robotic industry has benefited from the economic recession.

53. What caused the greatest loss of jobs in America?

答案：Moving production to other countries.

54. What does Jeff Burnstein say about robots?

答案：They compete with human workers.

55. What are robotic systems replacing surgeons in more and more operations according to Dr. Myriam Curet?

答案：They beat humans in precision.

56. What does the author imply about robotics?

答案：It will be applied in any field imaginable.

【解析】這是一篇討論機(jī)器人取代人類的科技說明文，話題是考生比較熟悉的科技類文章。文中指出在大蕭條時(shí)期眾多失業(yè)的情況下，有一類工人卻受益于經(jīng)濟(jì)混亂：機(jī)器人。機(jī)器人和業(yè)務(wù)外包比自動(dòng)化分流了更多的崗位。但是專家指出，并不是因?yàn)闄C(jī)器人比人廉價(jià)，而是它們比人類更優(yōu)秀。在很多具體工作上，人類無法做到像機(jī)器人那樣精確。文章最后一段探討還有那些崗位能免于機(jī)器人取代的危機(jī)，作者本以為記者行業(yè)可以，但是結(jié)果卻不是這樣，幾乎所有崗位都面臨這種趨勢(shì)，從而緊扣文章原文題目和主題：Who Needs Humans?人類還有何用?

本文選材雖然是科技相關(guān)，但是詞匯都比較簡單，沒有太偏的詞匯。而這幾道題相比而言，難度又低了不少，很多選項(xiàng)直接可以通過對(duì)比原文排除，如54題談到對(duì)機(jī)器人的看法，其中B選項(xiàng)說機(jī)器人比人類工作更省錢更便宜，而文中已經(jīng)特別清晰的表明立場(chǎng)，It’s not that …此外，詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)也能幫助大家準(zhǔn)備做對(duì)題目，如第52題的答案中benefit from就對(duì)應(yīng)了原文中的be good for，所以很快很輕松的就選出來了。因此考生只要明確文中幾個(gè)人物各自的觀點(diǎn)，勾畫好關(guān)鍵詞，整體上來講，5道題都做對(duì)基本可以做到的。

深度閱讀SB_2

You've now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to spend more; they need to consume more; they need — believe it or not — to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.

And it's all true. But the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.

In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy reasons. As we've seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but also their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the flimsiest(脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence(謹(jǐn)慎)for centuries. There is no chance that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending.

Why does the U.S. need to learn a little frugality(節(jié)儉)? Because healthy savings rates are one of the surest indicators of a country's long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, innovation and job growth. In short, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.

The U.S. government thus needs to act as well. By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obama's Budget Director, recently called the U.S. budget deficits unsustainable and he's right. To date, the U.S. has seemed unable to have what Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has called an "adult conversation" about the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change. And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership aren't inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar — which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that America's debt load is becoming unmanageable.

That's what happens when you're the world's biggest creditor: you get to drop hints like that, which would be enough by themselves to create international economic chaos if they were ever leaked. (Every time any official in Beijing deliberately publicly about seeking an alternative to the U.S. dollar for the $2.1 trillion China holds in reserve, currency traders have a heart attack.) If Americans saved more and spent less, consistently over time, they wouldn't have to worry about all that.

【點(diǎn)評(píng)】

本文講述了在全球經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)的背景下，美國人要向中國人學(xué)習(xí)勤儉，學(xué)會(huì)儲(chǔ)蓄。為什么這樣做呢?文章中指出良好的儲(chǔ)蓄率能夠推動(dòng)經(jīng)濟(jì)的繁榮。但即使美國家庭開始儲(chǔ)蓄更多，如果政府常年赤字的話，對(duì)美國來說還是“反儲(chǔ)蓄”的。所以文章的目的是敦促美國政府降低赤字，并在文末再一次強(qiáng)調(diào)要堅(jiān)持向中國學(xué)習(xí)存多花少，

57. How did the economic crisis affect Americans?

They had to tighten their belts.

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。從原文第二段最后一句話“the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets”可見，經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)使得美國民眾關(guān)緊錢包，即少花錢，也就是答案中tighten their belts(勒緊腰帶，節(jié)省開支)的意思。所以正確答案為A。

58. What should be done to encourage Chinese people to consume?

Improving China’s social security system.

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。從原文中的“even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending”可見，如要鼓勵(lì)中國人消費(fèi)更多，這需要提高社會(huì)安全系統(tǒng)。

59. What does the author mean by saying “savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest” (Line 4, Para. 4)?

A healthy savings rate promotes economic prosperity.

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干提示，定位至第四段最后一句，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)這句話是前面幾句話的概括，那根據(jù)前面“High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, innovation and job growth.”可知，高儲(chǔ)蓄率能夠促進(jìn)投資，進(jìn)而促進(jìn)生產(chǎn)率、創(chuàng)新和崗位增長，即促進(jìn)經(jīng)濟(jì)的繁榮。所以正確答案為D。

60. In what circumstances do currency traders become scared?

When Beijing mentions in public the huge debts America owes China.

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。從原文中的“Every time any official in Beijing deliberately publicly about seeking an alternative to the U.S. dollar for the $2.1 trillion China holds in reserve, currency traders have a heart attack.”可知，每當(dāng)中國政府公開提到美國欠我國的大量債務(wù)，貨幣交易員們就擔(dān)驚受怕。因?yàn)楸径我婚_始提到作為最大的債權(quán)國，財(cái)政上的漏洞會(huì)造成經(jīng)濟(jì)的混亂。所以正確答案為D。

61. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

To urge the American government to cut defictis.

【解析】主旨題�？v觀全文，作者一直在強(qiáng)調(diào)美國應(yīng)該向中國學(xué)習(xí)勤儉，文中第五段的第一句話“By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more.”也給到我們提示，既然長期運(yùn)行赤字是不利于儲(chǔ)蓄的，那美國政府應(yīng)該做的是降低赤字。所以正確答案是A。

完形填空：

The shorter growing seasons expected with climate change over the next 40 years will endanger hundreds of millions of already poor people in the global tropics, say researchers working 62 the world's leading agricultural organisations.

The effects of climate change are likely to be seen across the entire tropical 63 but many areas previously considered to be 64 food secure are likely to become highly 65 to droughts, extreme weather and higher temperatures, say the 66 with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.

Intensively farmed areas 67 northeast Brazil and Mexico are likely to see their 68 growing seasons fall below 120 days, which is 69 for crops such as corn to mature. Many other places in Latin America are likely to 70 temperatures that are too hot for bean 71 , a staple in the region.

The impact could be 72 most in India and southeast Asia. More than 300 million people in south Asia are likely to be affected even with a 5% decrease in the 73 of the growing season.

Higher peak temperatures are also expected to take a heavy 74 on food producers. Today there are 56 million crop-dependent people in parts of west Africa and India who live in areas where, in 40 years, maximum daily temperatures could be higher than 30C. This is 75 to the maximum temperature that beans can tolerate, 76 corn and rice yields suffer when temperatures 77 this level.

"We are starting to see much more clearly 78 the effects of climate change on agriculture could 79 hunger and poverty," said research leader Patti Kristjanson. "Farmers already adapt 80 variable weather by changing their planting schedules. What this study suggests is that the speed of climate 81 and the magnitude of the changes required to adapt could be much greater. "

【答案】

62. with

63. zone

64. relatively

65. vulnerable

66. researchers

67. like

68. prime

69. critical

70. experience

71. production

72. felt

73. length

74. toll

75. close

76. while

77. exceed

78. where

79. intensify

80. to

81. shifts

【總評(píng)】

完形填空原文選自英國的《衛(wèi)報(bào)》(Guardian)，原文題目為Climate change in tropics poses food threat to poor。本文主要講述的是全球氣候變化給貧窮地區(qū)帶來的食物緊缺問題，本文采用的是新聞典型的倒金字塔結(jié)構(gòu)，開頭點(diǎn)出整篇文章的核心點(diǎn)，即成長季節(jié)縮短會(huì)導(dǎo)致食物緊缺。第二段講述影響范圍，三、四兩段舉例說明，第五段指出對(duì)食物生產(chǎn)者的影響，而第六段則采用直接引用方式給出評(píng)論。

翻譯A

82. The new movie we are going to see this evening____________(據(jù)說是基于一次真實(shí)的事件).

83.Sometimes the coupon attached to a product may______________(分散顧客對(duì)其質(zhì)量的注意力).

84.If we had left half an hour earlier, we______________________(或許就不會(huì)為交通阻塞所耽擱).

85.Nancy refused the assistance provided, for she objected________________(被當(dāng)成殘疾人看待).

86.Hard_______________(他們雖然盡了力)，their first attempt at a solution was unsuccessful.

翻譯答案

82. was said to be based on a true event

83. disperse customers’ attention to its quality

84. could not have been delayed by the traffic jam

85. to be treated as the disabled

86. as they had tried

翻譯解析

82. was said to be based on a true event

【解析】本題考查固定句型及短語用法。”It is (was)said to be…”,表示“據(jù)說……”。該句子的主語是”The new movie”, “we are going to see this evening”這個(gè)句子是定語從句用來修飾主語，因此翻譯的時(shí)候可以先不看它，抓住句子的主干。“基于”的表達(dá)有許多種：sth.be based on sth. ; sth. be on the base of sth.等等。

83. disperse customers’ attention to its quality

【解析】本題考查短語固定用法。“分散某人的注意力”表達(dá)方式也有許多種：disperse / distract one’s attention to sth.

84. could not have been delayed by the traffic jam

【解析】本題考查過去時(shí)態(tài)的虛擬語氣;而且根據(jù)句意可知為被動(dòng)態(tài)，因此主句的結(jié)構(gòu)為”could not have been done”，表示本不可能發(fā)生的情況卻發(fā)生了。另外注意“交通阻塞”、“耽擱”這些日常生活中常用詞的英語表達(dá)。

85. to be treated as the disabled

【解析】本題考查動(dòng)詞短語固定表達(dá)。”treat sb. as”表示“把某人看作”，而此句用被動(dòng)態(tài)”sb. was treated as”即“某人被當(dāng)作(對(duì)待)……”。另外注意表示一類人的方法，通常用”the+adj.”所以“殘疾人”為”the disabled”，又如，”the old”“老年人”等等。

86. as they had tried

【解析】本題考查讓步主語從句及句子倒裝。因?yàn)樵搹木湟愿痹~”Hard”開頭表示強(qiáng)調(diào)，因此用連詞”as”來引導(dǎo)該從句要整句倒裝，”as”的意思為“雖然，盡管”。同時(shí)因主句是過去時(shí)可判斷，從句的時(shí)態(tài)應(yīng)為過去完成時(shí)。本句的正常語序?yàn)?rdquo;As they had tried hard, their…”

2012 年 12 月英語六級(jí)真題及答案解析匯總

B 卷

Part I Writing

B【標(biāo)準(zhǔn)版】

On Maintaining Trust

Trust is the most frequently used word when we are talking about interpersonal relationships. However, it is hard to build trust but easy to destroy it. Therefore, how to build and maintain trust is very important for us. In my opinion, some factors play a primary role in it.

First comes honesty. There’s an old saying in Chinese: once bitten, twice shy. Thus, never lie to your partners. If they find out you’re lying or cheating, the existing trust will be broken. Once broken, it’s always hard to rebuild it. Promise-keeping is the second one. If you always break your promise, you will not be trusted by others any more. Another important aspect is attitude. People with good attitude are always welcome. They show their good manners, patience, modesty, willingness to communicate and, most important of all, sincerity to others, which contributes greatly to eliminating apathy and coldness.

There are, still, other influential factors. However, from my perspective, honesty, promise-keeping and good attitude stand out among them.