One of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have fr

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One of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have friends, you have to be a friend. But how can you be a good friend at school?
Listen—Listen when they are talking. Don’t say anything unless they ask you a question. Sometimes it’s not necessary for you to have anything to say; they just need someone to talk to about their feelings.
Help them

—If your friend is ever in need of something, be there to help them. You should try to put them first, but make sure you don’t do everything they want you to do. Try to take an extra pencil or pen with you to classes in case they forget one. Have a little extra money in your pocket in case they forget something they need.
Be there for them—Be there for your friends to help make them feel better in hard times. Marilyn Monroe, a famous U.S. actor, once said, “I often make mistakes. Sometimes I am out of control, but if you can’t stay with me at my worst, you are sure not to deserve to be with me at my best.” Always remember this! If you don’t want to stay with your friends when they’re in hard times, then you don’t deserve to be with th

em when they’re having a good time!
_________—Try to make plans with your friends. Go shopping, go for ice cream, have a party, go to a movie and so on. Take time to know each other even better by doing something you both enjoy. By planning things together, you both can have a good time. And you’ll remember these things when you’re all old!
小题1: While your friend is talking to you about his or her feelings, you should______________.

A．give him or her some advice

B．just listen unless asked

C．calm him or her down

D．share your feelings as well

小题2:When we provide help for our friends, we should ___________.

A．try to do everything for them

B．put them before ourselves

C．change their bad habits first

D．ignore their faults

小题3:What can we learn from Marilyn Monroe’s words?

A．Life without a fri

end is death.

B．A friend is easier lost than found.

C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D．A man is known by his friends.

小题4: Which of the following can be put in the blank of the last paragraph?

A．Make plans	B．Enjoy yourself
C．Understand your friends	D．Play with your friends

小题5:The passage is mainly about _______.

A．how to find a good friend	B．how to help friends in trouble
C．How to be a good friend	D．how to make more friends

答案

小题1:B
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:C

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Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized(把…归类) as "honor" help you create this life of good feelings.
Here"s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk"s mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky(卑鄙的) excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don"t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate(演示) that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk"s attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility(高尚).
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it"s easy to think and act honorably again when we"re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it"s started, it"s easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
小题1:According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our_______.

A．self-respect

B．financial rewards

C．advertising ability

D．friendly relationship

小题2:The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to_______.

A．lying

B．stealing

C．cheating

D．advertising

小题3:The underlined phrase "bringing the error to the clerk"s attention" means_______.

A．telling the truth to the clerk	B．offering advice to the clerk
C．asking the clerk to be more attentive	D．reminding the clerk of the charged item

小题4:How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?

A．We"ll be very excited.	B．We"ll feel unfortunate.
C．We"ll have a sense of honor.	D．We"ll feel sorry for the clerk.

小题5:Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A．How to Live Truthfully	B．Importance of Peacefulness
C．Ways of Gaining Self-respect	D．Happiness through Honorable Actions

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Anger is good for you, as long as you control it, according to new psychology research. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University shows anger may help people reduce the negative impacts of stress and help you become healthier.
“Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger,” said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon. “The more people display anger, the lower their stress responses.”
Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,200. They must say out loud every thirteenth number. Researchers disturbed them by asking them to count faster or ask them other questions. If they made any mistakes, they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry.
Lerner used a hidden video camera and recorded all their facial expressions during the test. The researchers describe their reactions as fear, anger and disgust.
Other researchers recorded the students’ blood pressure, pulse and production of a high-stress hormone（荷尔蒙）called cortisol. People whose faces showed more fear during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes（糖尿病）, heart disease, depression and extra weight gain.
When people feel fear, negative impacts increase, but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to the study.
“Having that sense of anger leads people to actually feel some power in what otherwise is a maddening（令人发狂的）situation,” Lerner said.
Lerner previously studied Americans’ emotional response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident. She found people who reacted with anger were more optimistic. These people are healthier compared with those who were frightened during the event. So in maddening situations, anger is not a bad thing to have. It’s a healthier response than fear.
小题1: What is the story mainly about?

A．The findings of new psychology research.

B．What you can do with anger in certain cases.

C．Different effects produced by anger and fear.

D．Healthier responses in maddening situations.

小题2:Which statement will Jennifer Lerner agree with?

A．It’s better to be angry than to be frightened.

B．Different reactions reflect different outlooks on life.

C．Don’t control your anger and it makes you powerful.

D．Pessimistic people are generally healthier than optimistic people.

小题3:What does the underlined word “both” refer to according to the passage?

A．Fear and anger.	B．Blood pressure and pulse.
C．Blood pressure and cortiso1.
D．Higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone.

小题4: In what ways can anger be beneficial to people?

A．By showing their optimistic side.	B．By reducing their stress.
C．By reducing high blood pressure.	D．By taking the place of fear.

小题5:The researchers irritated（激怒）the students by __________.

A．recording their performance secretly

B．asking them to count to 6, 200 again and again

C．disturbing them and making them start all over again

D．criticizing them when they made mistakes

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Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been __36__ a couple of times, but I could hardly __37__ to know my ways around the continent. __38__, my knowledge of foreign languages was __39__ to a little college French.
I __40__. How would I, unable to speak the language, __41__ familiar with local geography or transportation systems, conduct interviews and do __42__? It seemed impossible, and with considerable __43__ I sat down to write a letter rejecting the __44__. Halfway through, a __45__ ran through my mind: you can’t learn if you don’t try. So I __46__ the assignment.
There were some bad __47__. But by the time I had finished the trip, I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most __48__ places, without guides or __49__ advanced bookings, confident that somehow I will __50__.
The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition __51__. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning _52_, the world opens to you.
I’ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a (n) __53__. And I know I’ll go on doing such things. It’s not because I’m braver or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept worry as another name for _54_and I believe I can 55_ wonders.

小题1:

A．aboard

B．abroad

C．away

D．out

小题2:

A．claim

B．declare

C．hope

D．deny

小题3:

A．Somehow

B．However

C．Instead

D．Moreover

小题4:

A．accustomed

B．added

C．limited

D．suited

小题5:

A．resigned

B．hesitated

C．trembled

D．suspected

小题6:

A．only too

B．more than

C．apart from

D．far from

小题7:

A．operations

B．experiments

C．research

D．business

小题8:

A．regret

B．doubt

C．terror

D．disappointment

小题9:

A．request

B．job

C．trust

D．assignment

小题10:

A．reaction

B．thought

C．meaning

D．conflict

小题11:

A．accomplished

B．received

C．accepted

D．resisted

小题12:

A．exchanges

B．conditions

C．trips

D．experiences

小题13:

A．remote

B．accessible

C．interesting

D．crowded

小题14:

A．still

B．ever

C．even

D．yet

小题15:

A．do

B．manage

C．make

D．fit

小题16:

A．astonishing

B．frightening

C．fascinating

D．exciting

小题17:

A．comes up

B．shows up

C．piles up

D．steps up

小题18:

A．airplane

B．motorboat

C．surfboard

D．balloon

小题19:

A．goal

B．opportunity

C．struggle

D．challenge

小题20:

A．work

B．own

C．win

D．achieve

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One of the most common social fears is that we are not good enough. Perhaps you feel you won’t 21 others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you. Such thinking is misguided. The 22 of doing well is accepting yourself as you are.
When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with 23 memories. S

ome were painful memories from   24  when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure. I   25  pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and hatred,   26  things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers.
Then a terrible thing happened.   27  dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom（衣帽间）outside the campus dining hall.   28  that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I   29  back, but it was gone.
Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it   30 . A month later, I was 31  up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown   32  diary, just where I’d left it.
33  I read through the pages and found that a   34  had wr

itten the following, “God bless you. I’m   35  like you, only I   36  keep a diary, and I’m   37  to know there are others like me. I hope things turn out well for you.”
Tears came to my eyes. It had never dawned（开始为人所明白）on me that any one could know my inner feelings and also   38  things just like the way I did.
No matter what you are like, whether you’re rich or poor, brilliant or average, attractive or 39 , there are people like you. Discard（抛弃）your fears of not measuring up（符合期望）, and 40  yourself as you are.

小题1:

A．like

B．impress

C．consult

D．admire

小题2:

A．idea

B．success

C．secret

D．purpose

小题3:

A．private

B．painful

C．wonderful

D．simple

小题4:

A．works

B．friends

C．neighbors

D．childhood

小题5:

A．described

B．hid

C．showed

D．noticed

小题6:

A．instead of

B．as well as

C．in case of

D．because of

小题7:

A．Until

B．When

C．After

D．Since

小题8:

A．Excited

B．Puzzled

C．Surprised

D．Frightene

小题9:

A．walked

B．searched

C．turned

D．ran

小题10:

A．hardly

B．soon

C．again

D．seldom

小题11:

A．hanging

B．looking

C．turning

D．breaking

小题12:

A．new

B．worn

C．broken

D．simila

小题13:

A．Nervously

B．Happily

C．Sadly

D．Excitedly

小题14:

A．friend

B．policeman

C．stranger

D．classmate

小题15:

A．a lot

B．a little

C．nearly

D．slightly

小题16:

A．mustn’t

B．don’t

C．won’t

D．can’t

小题17:

A．sorry

B．thankful

C．curious

D．anxious

小题18:

A．feel

B．enjoy

C．remember

D．hate

小题19:

A．strong

B．pretty

C．clear

D．plain

小题20:

A．insist

B．accept

C．help

D．balance

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We have all heard the old phrase “attitude is everything”, and that phrase is certainly true．Your attitude can have a great impact on your personal motivation, so it is important to keep a positive attitude no matter what challenges you face．
As a matter of fact, keeping your attitude positive in the face of difficulties is the motivation tip that most successful business owners will tell you．The most successful business owners, from Sam Walton to Bill Gates, have all been able to triumph in the face of unpleasant situations．It is those successful business owners who tell you that attitude is everything．But how you deal with that knowledge will determine your level of success．
One of the most important ways to carry out “attitude is everything” is to observe who you associate with and who you surround yourself with．That is because when you surround yourself with negative people, their negative attitudes will infect you．So keeping your associates, colleagues, co-workers and friends as positive as possible is a great way to put the phrase “attitude is everything” into practice．
Whatever you decide to do in life, your attitude will have a great effe

ct on the success you achieve．Success , whether in the world of business or in your personal life, is directly related to your attitude, and the attitude you bring to your work．A

positive attitude will help you achieve greater success in your job, no

matter what your current level of employment．
小题1:According to the text, Sam Walton __________．

A．is more successful than Bill Gates

B．has given readers some tips about success

C．has never dealt with unpleasant situations

D．is one of the most successful businessmen

小题2:One useful way of carrying out “attitude is everything” is__________．

A．not letting others affect your decisions

B．not making friends with people who are unsuccessful

C．keeping the people who surround you positive

D．getting some advice from successful business owners

小题3:What’s the best title for the text ?

A．Attitude Determines Your Success

B．Motivation Tips From Successful People

C．Ways To Deal With Unpleasant Situations

D．Making Friends With Positive People

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