Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits. It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leaves us without a friend. Making new friends comes easy for some people. But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.
Associate with others
The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.
Start a conversation
Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends. Do not wait to be spoken to. You can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people.
Do things together
Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together. Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.
Let it grow
It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend. So you will need to give your friend time to react to you. The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.
Enjoy your friendship
The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves. Try not to find fault with your friends. Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.Is friendship very important for everyone?
How do you associate with others?
Why is choosing friends with common interests important?
What will you do to enjoy your friendship according to the passage?
What’s the passage mainly about?
Children's clubs
| English club |
Computer club |
| Time: Monday, Thursday & Friday 9:00 a.m. ～11:00a.m. Room: 201 Teacher: Miss Liu Tel: 023 8209643 13698371652 |
Time: Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9:00 a.m. ～11:00a.m. 3:00 p.m. ～5:00 p.m. Room: 503 Teacher: Mr.Hu Tel: 023 68206162 13708356472 |
| Drawing club |
Music club |
| Time: Monday, Thursday & Sunday 9:00 a.m.～11:00 a.m. Room: 307 Teacher: Miss Yang Tel: 023 68206569 13783147258 |
Time: Thursday, Saturday & Sunday 9:00 a.m. ～11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. ～5:00 p.m. Place: Music Classroom Teacher: Miss Wang & Mr. Zhang Tel: 023 68202280 13057382119 |
Xiao Ming wants to learn computer, so he can call the number________.
| A．023 68206162 or 13783147258 |
| B．023 68206162 or 13708356472 |
| C．023 68206569 or 13708356472 |
| D．023 68202280 or 13057382119 |
You want to learn drawing, so you can go to________.
| A．Room 201 | B．the Music Classroom |
| C．Room 503 | D．Room 307 |
You are not busy on Thursday afternoon, so you can go to learn________.
| A．English | B．drawing |
| C．music | D．computer |
What time are all the clubs open?
| A．9:00 a.m. ~ 11:00 a.m. |
| B．3:00 p.m. ~5:00 p.m. |
| C．9:00 a.m. ~ 6:00 p.m. |
| D．9:00 a.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. |
Which sentence (句子) is true?
| A．Miss Wang and Mr. Zhang can teach you music. |
| B．Miss Liu and Mr. Hu can teach you drawing. |
| C．Miss Yang and Mr. Zhang can teach you English. |
| D．Miss Wang and Miss Liu don't know music. |
One night, a little before nine o’clock, Dr Johnson answered a telephone call. He was asked to go and give an operation to a very sick boy at once. The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls, sixty miles away from Dr Johnson’s city – Albany. The boy had hurt himself in a traffic accident and he was in danger, but his family was so poor that they could not pay the doctor anything. After hearing all this, Dr Johnson decided to save the boy. Soon, he drove his car and he thought that he could get to the hospital before 12 o’clock. A few minutes later, the doctor’s car had to stop for a red light at a crossing. Suddenly a man in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in.
“Drive on”, he said. “I’ve got a gun..”
“I’m a doctor,” said Johnson, “I’m on my way to a hospital to operate on a very sick…”
“Don’t talk,” said the man in the old black coat, “Just drive.”
A mile out of the town, he ordered the doctor to stop the car and get out. Then the man drove on down the road. The doctor stood for a moment in the snow. After half an hour, Dr Johnson found a telephone and called a taxi. At the railway station he learned that the next train to Glens Falls would not leave until 12 o’clock.
It was after two o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Glens Falls. Miss Clarke, a nurse, was waiting for him.
“I did my best,” said Dr Johnson. Miss Clarke said, “The boy died an hour ago.”
They walked into the waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat, with his head in his hands.
“Mr. Shute,” said Miss Clarke to the man, “this is Dr Johnson. He had come all the way from Albany to try to save your boy.”From the story we know it took Dr Johnson _________ to get to the hospital.
| A．12 hours | B．7 hours |
| C．only 1 hour | D．about 5 hours |
Dr Johnson was late because __________.
| A．there was something wrong with his car |
| B．a strange man made it hard to drive |
| C．a strange man drove his car away |
| D．the train to Glens Falls was late |
From the story we know Dr Johnson _________.
| A．was a good man, he didn’t care for the money |
| B．hurt himself on the way to Glens Falls |
| C．did the operation and boy was saved |
| D．wouldn’t do the operation until the boy’s family paid the money |
The man in a black coat __________.
| A．hit the boy and ran away |
| B．took the boy to the hospital |
| C．was the boy’s father |
| D．was the real doctor |
The man in black would feel __________ in the end.
| A．happy and pleased | B．regretful and sad |
| C．worried and angry | D．tired and hungry |
The Internet has changed our habits, including our habit of sending greeting cards. There are many e-card websites that make it easy to find the right greeting cards. They have greatly changed the way we send greetings to each other.
Our lives have become so busy that we have limited personal time. These e-card websites have allowed everyone to easily share their feelings with each other. They include plenty of greeting cards that can be used immediately. The users can choose any card they like, from festival greetings to birthday wishes. In fact, e-cards are perfect for any event. That’s why more and more people like to send e-cards. If the users are interested in making their own greeting cards on the Internet, they can create a card within only a few minutes.
They allow you to send your greetings on a special date. So you can plan for the occasion(场合)when you want to send the card. For example, you can send your e-card on a certain day and then visit the person with some flowers the next day. This will surely create a good impression on the persons you love and give them a great surprise.
We have never forgotten the importance of saying sorry to our beloved ones. But sometimes we fail to do so, because we are not brave enough to face those we hurt. Some e-cards allow us to express our feelings in a more thoughtful way.
Although some people still would rather buy traditional cards in the shops for the persons they love, especially when they want the cards to last a long time, more and more people are choosing to send greetings on the Internet.More and more people like sending _____ to each other.
| A．traditional cards | B．e-cards |
| C．flowers | D．computers |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The way we sending greetings to each other has never been changed. |
| B．People can’t make their own greeting cards on the Internet. |
| C．E-cards can help you to say sorry to those you hurt in a thoughtful way. |
| D．Few people would rather send traditional cards to the persons they love. |
What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Different cards for different people. |
| B．The writer tries to persuade people not to use traditional cards any more. |
| C．The difference between e-cards and traditional cards. |
| D．Why do more and more people like using e-cards. |
Molly Daniels opened the door so hard that the door nearly broke it. Then she looked through the window at her neighbor across the yard. “She is in my garden again. Those are my strawberries, not hers. Maybe I should call the police.”
Her friend, Doris, was sitting at the table with a cup of coffee in her hands. “ You want to call the police because she picks your strawberries?” she asked.
“Of course,” Molly answered angrily. “ What would you do if your neighbor walked into your yard without your permission and picked your strawberries?”
“ I would say, better her than the bees.”
“ The bees don’t take my strawberries.”
“But the birds do,” Doris continued. “ That old lady only picks a few strawberries every year, and the only ones she picks are those you leave to the birds. Why don’t you pick some of your good strawberries and give them to her?”
“ Are you crazy? What are you thinking?’
“ Don’t you remember what happened when you were in hospital last year? She went to see you and gave you a pot full of chicken soup. When you give her the strawberries you can tell her that you still remember that.”
Molly was shocked. She had almost forgotten that little kindness because she was too angry. Then she picked a basket of good strawberries and went out. Through the window, Doris could see that the anger on Molly’s face changed into a bright smile.Molly opened the door very hard because _____
| A．she was very angry |
| B．she was very happy |
| C．she didn’t like eating strawberries |
| D．Doris wasn’t friendly |
The underline word “permission” in the passage means “_____” in Chinese.
| A．感谢 | B．许可 | C．命令 | D．警告 |
Which sentence is similar to the sentence “I would say, better her than the bees.”?
| A．It’s better to let the neighbor pick the strawberries than to give them to the bees. |
| B．The bees are better than the neighbor. |
| C．The bees like strawberries more than the neighbor does. |
| D．The neighbor is good at picking strawberries. |
From the last paragraph, we can infer(推断)what Molly did at last with a basket of good strawberries.
| A．She called the police to drive the neighbor away. |
| B．She happily gave a basket of good strawberries to the neighbor. |
| C．She ate up the strawberries herself. |
| D．She let the birds take her strawberries. |
About ten men in every hundred suffer from colour blindness in some way. Women are luckier. Only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. So some people say it is safer to be driven by women.
There are different forms of colour blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades（色调）of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green—a strange world indeed.
Colour blindness in humans is a strange thing to explain. In our eyes there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell differences between colours. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shapes but no colour.
Some insects have favourite colours. Mosquitoes（蚊子）like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way humans also have favourite colours. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colours by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible（看不见得）colours around us.With the help of the cones, we can .
| A．see in a weak light |
| B．tell different shapes |
| C．kill mosquitoes |
| D．tell orange from yellow |
Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?
| A．Women are more careful. |
| B．There are fewer colour-blind women. |
| C．All of them see everything in shades of green. |
| D．None of them has trouble in recognizing colours. |
This passage is mainly about .
| A．colour and its surprising effects |
| B．danger caused by colour blindness |
| C．colour blindness |
| D．the invisible colours around us |