Friendship continues to remain central to our lives. Friends often affect our he
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Friendship continues to remain central to our lives. Friends often affect our health and energy. More and more people are increasingly turning towards their friends for support and sharing rather than just communicating with their relatives. We may have a very unclear understanding of what makes a friend but we all want to have a good number of friends around us. There are certain things you do to help you make friends or at least help you get close to people whom you want to make friends with.
The first step to make friends with people is to make them like you. If they don’t like you in the first place, it is unlikely that they’ll be eager to become your friends. To let someone know that you are interested in him, simple gestures like a little smile and calling him by his name can help. To make the other person feel important, you need to be a good listener and to encourage him to talk. Give your honest and sincere opinion, but do not make fun of him.
The second step is to develop trust in each other. You need to share opinions with this person and it is necessary for you to develop a habit of seeing things from his point of view. To become the best of friends, you must show concern and consideration for your friends’ desires and opinions.
The third and final step is to show your support and encouragement towards your friend. Moreover, you also need to be very clear about your expectations from your friend. If what you expect from the person you want to be a friend matches with what that person can and wants to do in friendship, the developing friendship between you and your friend is sure to be easy and successful.
小题1:What can we learn about friends and friendship?| A．Friendship is not important in our life. | | B．Friends have nothing to do with our health and energy. | | C．Friends can provide us with support. | | D．Relatives can not become friends. |
小题2:Which is the right order of making friends according to the writer?
① When you meet some problems, you ask him for help.
② When he is in trouble, you tell him your ideas.
③ You smile at him to let him know you like him.小题3:We can infer from the passage that _____.| A．you can’t call your friend by his name | | B．friends should understand each other | | C．there should be no secret between friends | | D．friends don’t need support and encouragement |
小题4:What is the main purpose of the writer?| A．To tell us about the importance of making friends. | | B．To tell us about the advantages and disadvantages of friendship. | | C．To introduce the steps for making friends. | | D．To tell us that friends are hard to make. |
小题5:What’s the meaning of the underlined word gestures? |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A |
解析
文章主要向我们讲述了友谊的重要性，以及如何与别人交朋友。
小题1:C 细节题。根据文章第二句. More and more people are increasingly turning towards their friends for support说明朋友可以给你支持，所以很多人才向朋友求助。故C正确。
小题2:D 排序题。根据文章2,3,4三段知道顺序：首先让别人知道你喜欢他。然后培养相互信任，最后取得支持。说明D的顺序是正确的。
小题3:B 推断题。根据文章倒数第二段you must show concern and consideration for your friends’ desires and opinions.说明朋友之间要相互理解，相互支持，故B正确。
小题4:C 主旨大意题。从2,3,4三段说明文章主要讲述的是交朋友的步骤。
小题5:A 猜测词义题。根据横线后的like a little smile and calling him by his name can help微笑之类的都属于身势和姿势语，故A正确。 |
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You might be reading this article and saying, "Hey, that sounds just like me!" If so, we"re glad you recognize that this happens to you．Now you can start taking steps to lessen your test anxiety．Here are some ways to do that:
Ask for help．Talk to your mom or dad, your teacher, or your school guidance counselor．Just talking to someone about test anxiety can make you feel better．Describe what happens to you when you"re taking a test and these people can help you figure out some solutions．For instance, learning study skills can boost your test-day confidence．
Be prepared．Pay attention in class．Do your homework．Study for the test．On test day, you"re more likely to feel like you know the material．
Block bad thoughts．Watch out for any negative messages you might be sending yourself about the test．These thoughts can make anxiety worse and make it harder for you to do well in the test.
________．Everyone makes mistakes．Be more forgiving of your own mistakes, especially if you prepared for the test and are set to do your best．
Breathe better．OK, so you already know how to breathe．But did you know that breathing exercises can help calm you down?（Just try not to take in too much air because it might make you feel dizzy．） Here"s how to do it; Inhale （breathe in） slowly and deeply through your nose, and then exhale （breathe out） slowly through your mouth．Do this two to four times and you just might breathe more easily the next time you"re taking a test!
小题1:Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
Having too many negative messages in mind leads to worse test anxiety, which may stop you from doing well in the test．
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小题2:Please fill in the blank in the last but one paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence, （not more than 10 words）
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小题3:Which of the tips do you think is the most useful? （not more than 30 words）
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小题4:What"s the best title of the passage? （not more than 10 words）
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小题5:Translate the underlined sentence in the 6th paragraph into Chinese.
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Nowadays, millions of lonely singles are now going online instead. The World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker（媒人）.
Singles are flocking（涌向）to the Internet mainly because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant other. Using dating sites（约会网址）is quick and convenient. Many singles say the regular dating scene has just led them from one bad experience to another and are ready to try something else. Dating sites also make it easy to avoid someone you are not interested in. In the real world, however, ignoring someone you don’t like can be difficult.
Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren’t always those who they declare to be in their online description. Safety is another concern. You are just likely to find a criminal online as you are Mr. or Miss Right.
Online dating experts recommend following a few safety tips:
Guard your personal information. Never give out your personal information online. This includes your last name, phone number, home address and place of work.
Watch for red flags. Do any of the people you are chatting with make disrespectful comments? Do they try to control you? Do they give false information about themselves? If so, forget them!
Meet in a safe place. When meeting someone in person, choose a public location with other people around.
Following these tips and you might be able to find the person of your dreams.
小题1:According to the passage, many lonely singles don’t appreciate the regular dating scene because it is _____________.| A．unpopular | | B．troublesome | | C．convenient | | D．forgettable |
小题2:The underlined words in the second paragraph “a significant other” means _______”.| A．a true friend | | B．a matchmaker | | C．a marriage partner | | D．a happy family |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT a suitable place for meeting someone you get to know through the Internet for the first time?| A．At his / her house. | | B．At the museum. | | C．At McDonald’s. | | D．At the bookstore. |
小题4:From this passage, we can infer that ____________.| A．there are mostly homely and unemployed people online | | B．the police had better find criminals online | | C．we can find love only through the dating sites | | D．following safety tips ensures a safe online dating experience |
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Supermarket Morrisons today announced to launch an online shopping operation within two years in a move to catch up with its web-savvy rivals. The UK"s fourth biggest supermarket said Morrisons.com would offer grocery and non-food products but would take time to build from zero.
As part of its online development, Morrisons - the only one of the "Big Four" grocers to have a significant internet business - revealed it had invested £32 million in a 10% stake of a New York-based online grocer. The announcement came as Morrisons posted a 13% increase in underlying pre-tax profits of £869 million in the year to January 30.
Morrisons is implementing a growth strategy which is focused on expanding its e-commerce business and moving into the convenience store market. It has earmarked £3 billion in investment over the next three years. The supermarket floated the idea of launching its own website last year and today is the first firm commitment to realising that goal.
Last month, the company took its first major step to launching an online operation with the acquisition of internet retailer Kiddicare for £70 million. The company said this move, along with the 10% "strategic" stake in American online grocer FreshDirect announced today, would help it launch its own website in the future. FreshDirect was launched in 2002 and serves 600,000 customers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The deal will see Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips join the company"s board.
Morrisons also revealed it would open three convenience stores, around 3,000 sq ft in size, in July under the name M Local. The shops will be located in Morrisons" heartland in the north of England, in neighbourhoods around the M62 motorway. The company said the convenience business was the second-fastest growing part of the market. Rival models include Tesco Metro and Sainsburys Local.
小题1:FreshDirect severs 600,000 customers in .| A．Connecticut | B．New Jersey | C．New York | D．certain states |
小题2:Which would help Morrisons launch its own wesbsite in the future?| A．Taking measures to beat its rivals as quickly as it could | | B．Offering enough grocery and non-food products from zero | | C．Building more convenience stores and market in the United States | | D．Launching an online operation with the acquisition of interest retailer |
小题3:Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?| A．Morrisons Has Many Business Rvials | | B．Morrisons Will Launch an Online Operation | | C．Morrisons Switches to Run Online Shopping | | D．Morrisons Wants to Establish Branches |
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The word “death” is a word many Chinese friends tell me I should not say aloud. They advise me to avoid the word because only speaking of it may bring ill fortune. I deeply believe, however, that to know how to live, we must also know how to die. The problem is how we talk about death.
Like everyone in Taiwan this week, I have had “Tomb Sweeping Day”. I am proud to be part of a people whose culture sends millions of families to cemeteries on this special day to share memories and endless love.
Today, eight days after the death of Pope John Paul II, millions of people of all backgrounds still grieve(悲痛) his passing away. He was a deeply human person who knew how to laugh and show emotions, a writer with a gift for words a leader who appealed to us by the sheer light of his love for life.
On the same day and only hours before the Holy Father left us, a friend of mine named Veronica McBride died of cancer in a small Wisconsin city. My friend Veronica was 52 years old. She was an attractive, humorous young woman who, as the saying goes, “never married”. She published several humor books with her mother, Mary McBride. She enjoyed traveling, and for years sent Christmas card photos of herself standing beside monuments or odd animals. She fought cancer for five years. She joked about her treatment keeping her pretty because it kept her thin, and told me she didn’t mind losing her hair because of chemo therapy. “I get to wear nice wigs!”
The last time I saw Veronica was when I visited her family on a sunny day in August in 2003. When she burst into the front door later and saw me in the living room, she ignored me completely in her hurry to hug her newest baby nephew, leaving me shaking my head in laughter at her.
As we look to the significance of the Holy Father and his life, surely we must also keep our eyes open to see the wonder and goodness in ordinary people who show us how to live and how to die.
小题1:The purpose of the article is ___________.| A．to memorize his friend Veronica | | B．to talk about the significance of life and death | | C．to teach us how to face life and death | | D．to compare his friend and the Holy Father Pope John Paul II |
小题2:The underlined phrase “chemo therapy” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.| A．a medical treatment | B．a kind of cancer | | C．a kind of medicine | D．the newest machine |
小题3:Why does the writer compare the Holly Father with his friend?| A．Because they are both the persons he admires. | | B．Because they have a lot in common. | | C．Because he wants to show that ordinary people can be great as well. | | D．Because he wants to memorize them both. |
小题4:From the phrase “burst into”, we can see that Veronica is ____________.| A．brave | B．sportive | C．humorous | D．energetic |
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As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows，there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist(社会心理学家)Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.
Lewis and his co－workers carried out their study by videotaping(录像) the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger，conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control(控制)the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question－asking the parents do，the higher the children’s IQ scores.”
Lewis says，“And the more children there are，the less question－asking there is.”
The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings(兄弟姐妹)．Lewis found that in families with three or four children，dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child，who has the most to talk about，and the youngest，who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible(看不见的)，”says Lewis.“ When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner，chances are it’s the middle child.” There is，however，one thing that stops all conversations and prevents anyone from having attention：“When the TV is on，” Lewis says，“ dinner is a non－event.”
小题1:The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to ________.| A．show the relationship between parents and children | | B．teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table | | C．report on the findings of a study | | D．give information about family problems |
小题2:Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because ________.| A．they are busy serving food to their children | | B．they are busy keeping order at the dinner table | | C．they have to pay more attention to younger children | | D．they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family |
小题3:By saying “Middle children are invisible” in Paragraph 3，Lewis means that middle children ________.| A．have to help their parents to serve dinner | | B．get the least attention from the family | | C．are often kept away from the dinner table | | D．find it hard to keep up with other children |
小题4:Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?| A．It is important to have the right food for children. | | B．It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner. | | C．Parents should talk to each of their children often. | | D．Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner. |
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