Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability (能力)to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult.
Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get along with others.
If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.
★Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents that others will like.
★Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.
★Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile to others.
★Respect the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas without trying to make them accept yours.
★Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.
★Don’t complain. Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaining all the time.
★Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.
1. Why do we need friends according to the passage?
A. Friends can do everything for us.
B. Friends can bring us happiness.
C. Friends accept our ideas all the time.
D. Without friends we could not live.
2. What’s the first thing we should learn in order to make friends?
A. To help others.
B. To smile to others.
C. To get along with others.
D. To listen to others’ complaints.
3.. Which of the following shows a sense of humour?
A. Opening the door for someone.
B. Complaining to others all the time.
C. Laughing at ourselves and our weakness.
D. Finding someone who will understand us.
4. How many pieces of advice does the writer offer when we have trouble in making friends?
A. Five. B. Seven. C. Nine. D. Eleven.
5. I you don’t want to complain, you are supposed to according to the passage.
A. Learn to help your parents
B. Learn to make lots of friends
C. Learn to change yourself
D. Learn to accept what you can’t change
One day, a fisherman caught a golden fish(金鱼). “People let me go,” the golden fish said. “I will give you whatever you want.”
“Thank you, but I don’t want anything,” the fisherman said. He put the golden fish back into the sea.
But the fisherman’s wife was angry. “You should ask for a bigger wooden basin!” she shouted. The fisherman went to the seaside and told the golden fish.
“Don’t worry, she has a new basin now,” the golden fish said.
The fisherman went home. But the wife was even angrier. “I want a large house!” The fisherman went to tell the golden fish again.
But the old woman was never satisfied. “I want to be the queen of the sea! And I want the golden fish to serve me!”
The fisherman went to tell the golden fish. The golden fish swam away without saying anything. The fisherman walked back. His wife was in her cold clothes. Her old and broken wooden basin was next to her.
根据短文内容，判断下列各句正误。正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
1. The fisherman caught the golden fish three times.
2. The fisherman freed the golden fish after he caught it.
3. The fisherman’s wife was really happy every time when her husband came back.
4. The fisherman’s wife got a new basin, a large house and became the queen of the sea at last.
5.The golden fish didn’t say a word but to swim away.
Mary: Excuse me, madam. Could you please tell me the way to the People’s Park?
Woman: Sorry, 1. I’m new here. 2.
Mary: Excuse me, sir. How can I get to the People’s Park?
Man: Go on and take the third turning on the left. Go across a bridge. And you’ll be in front of the gate of the People’s Park.
Mary: 3.
Man: Yes, you can.
Mary: 4.
Man: You can take a No.4 bus.
Mary: Thank you very much.
Man: 5.
A. You’re welcome. B. Which bus shall I take? C. I don’t know. D. Is it far from here? E. Can I take a bus to get there? F. Please ask that man over there. G. Don’t thank me! |
Billy is a boy of fifteen. His parents died three years ago. One day when he was walking in the street, he a wallet. He returned it to the owner, Mr Baker. He gave his to the boy. As the boy had no job, Mr Baker made him work for him in his . Billy worked so hard that Mr and Mrs Baker were with him.
Mr Baker loved planting . The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the himself and watered them every day. Several days , he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, "Take good care of these trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them. ""Don't about them, sir. "answered Billy, "I'll try my best to watch them. "Six days passed and Mr Baker came back. He asked, anyone ever come to steal the trees?""No, sir. "said Billy. "To stop someone from stealing the trees, I them up six days ago. I have hidden ( 藏) them for almost a week!"
1.A. bought B. found C. carried D. wanted
2.A. wallet B. pity C. thanks D. excuses
3.A. office B. factory C. town D. home
4.A. pleased B. angry C. bored D. sad
5.A. grass B. flowers C. vegetables D. trees
6.A. garden B. office C. city D. room
7.A. ago B. later C. before D. after
8.A. think B. talk C. learn D. worry
9.A. Did B. Does C. Has D. Will
10.A. sent B. pulled C. put D. picked
Would you please tell me _______ next, Mr Zhang?
A. what should we do B. we should do what
C. what we should do D. should we do what
How long can I keep it? Who wrote it? Let’s go into that room. You should be quiet. No shouting in the library. E. Oh, here, it says the book is on the second shelf. |
---What a nice MP3! How long ______ you ______ it? ---Only two days.
A. have, bought B. did, buy
C. have, had D. are, having
