Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be alone. We don’t always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are just the same. Sometimes friends don’t get along well. That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up and go on being friends. Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much. But we call them and write to them. It could be that we would even see them again. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them. Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and women who have been friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named this way. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places. There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.The first paragraph tells us ________.
A.none needs friends | B.we always need friends around us |
C.making friends is the need in people’s life | D.we need to be alone. |
Which of the following is what the writer doesn’t say in the passage?
A.People are not happy when their friends have them |
B.People will never see their friends after their friends move away. |
C.People can know their friends in different ways. |
D.People like their friends very much if they get to know them. |
People who have friends live longer than people who don’t because ________
A.they feel happier and are healthy | B.they get a lot of help from their friends |
C.they take better care of themselves | D.both A and C |
The main idea of this passage is ________.
A.that people are all friends | B.that people need friends |
C.how to get to know friends | D.how to name a place |
You may feel curious (好奇的) about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their spare time? On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.
Who studies hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off (打瞌睡) in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China. South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).
Who is the most distracted (分心的)?
American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated (无关的) books in class.
What do they do after school?
In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV.
Who spent the most time studying according to the passage?
A.Chinese students | B.American students |
C.Japanese students | D.Korean students |
American students fall asleep in class most often, don’t they?
A.No, they aren’t. | B.Yes, they are. | C.Yes, they do | D.No, they don’t. |
Who like taking notes most according to the passage?
A.Chinese students | B.American students |
C.Japanese students | D.Korean students |
Which of the following sentences is wrong?
A.In their spare time , most Chinese students surf or study the Internet. |
B.American students sometimes chat with friends in class. |
C.A few Japanese students do physical exercises. |
D.It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. |
These days it is found that school students hardly have any sports. Is it because they have noin sports? It may not be true. They often say they have more important things to do.
What are these important things? Exams! They have to__ themselves ready for all kinds of exams and tests in school. So many of them almost become bookworms(书呆子). In the past in the summer holidays, they could dothey liked, but now they have to spend all their time preparing for exams. Sohave kept them away from going in for sports.
Because of the pressure from parents and teachers, they have to work harder and spend most of their time__ books. As for the students themselves, they don’t want tothe lessons because they want to further their studies. So it is necessary to give all of their spare time to their studies and up their school sports.
It’s true a good education cannot go without physical training, the same is true, a quick mind hardly goes along with abody. Without a strong body, you can never do anything well, how can you make great success in life?
A.interests | B.interested | C.interesting | D.interest |
A.another | B.other | C.much | D.some |
A.make | B.have | C.get | D.let |
A.anything | B.something | C.everything | D.nothing |
A.teachers | B.parents | C.studies | D.holidays |
A.his | B.one’s | C.their | D.other’s |
A.in | B.at | C.to | D.on |
A.miss | B.lose | C.leave | D.fail |
A.give | B.take | C.put | D.send |
A.strong | B.heavy | C.weak | D.ill |
Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’t know them as well as their friends do. When they are happy, they’d like to tell their friends. And they also like to talk to their friends when they feel sad.
It’s very important for teenagers to have a good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking with them on the phone. The communication is very important to children’s growth, because friends can discuss something. These things are difficult to their family members.
But some parents often choose friends for their children. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. It’s a trouble to many children.
根据材料内容判断下列各句正(T)误(F).Many teenagers think that parents can understand them better.
Communication with friends is very important to teenagers.
When teenagers have something difficult to say, they usually go to their brothers and sisters for help.
Some parents like to choose friends for their children.
Children don’t want parents to stop them meeting friends.
On a cold winter afternoon, Susan was walking home from a supermarket. She was feeling a little tired, as she was carrying her shopping bags. They were so heavy that she decided to have a rest in the park. She walked towards the gate of the park. She noticed a poor man walking out of a restaurant in front of her. The man was holding a paper bag. He walked to a rubbish bin(垃圾箱) and started looking through it.
Susan suddenly felt sad. She knew this man would take all that he could get, so she went up to him and gave him some fruit. The man looked up in surprise and took what she gave him.
A big smile appeared on his face and she felt very happy. Then he said, “Wow! First someone gave me this sandwich, then the orange juice and now some delicious fruit. This is my daughter’s lucky day. Thank you, girl.” Then he went away, singing a song.
Just then, Susan understood what the saying “Giving is getting” really meant. Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can offer help and everyone will be helped by showing kindness.
Giving sometimes doesn’t cost much, but it means a lot to the people who you help. The man’s happiness at that moment comes into Susan’s mind every time she has the chance to help others.Susan felt a little tired because she _____.
A.walked so fast | B.looked through a rubbish bin |
C.felt cold | D.carried heavy shopping bags |
The poor man felt _____ when Susan gave him some fruit.
A.sad | B.surprised | C.interested | D.kind |
The poor man’s daughter couldn’t get _____ that day.
A.orange juice | B.some fruit | C.a new coat | D.a sandwich |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The poor man had no money to buy food for his daughter. |
B.It was the poor man’s daughter’s birthday. |
C.The poor man asked Susan for some fruit. |
D.The poor man’s daughter was ill. |
The passage mainly tells us that _____.
A.giving means taking |
B.giving is getting |
C.we shouldn’t look through rubbish bin |
D.we should give others fruit |
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Mrs King can send her daughter Lucy to Little Sun except _____.
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Little Sun will be open for _____in a week.
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Little Sun is _____
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C.on Xinhua Road ,Moon City |
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Who can have fun and learn in Little Sun?
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B.Mary,a seven-year-old girl |
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