One day, a boy had a fight with one of his classmates. He didn’t wait until school was over, and hurried home to his grandfather. He told him his story angrily. “He is really bad,” the boy said, “and I hate him.”
The grandfather said, “Let me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I, too, sometimes hated others for what they did…”
As the boy listened carefully, the grandfather went on, “There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is good and kind. He gets on well with everything around him. But the other is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He can’t think carefully because he always hates others. It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control me.”
The boy looked into his grandfather’s eyes and asked, “Which tiger always controls you, Grandfather?”
The old man said slowly and seriously, “The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and seldom get angry now.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.The boy went to his grandfather ____.
A. before he went to schoolB. when he went to school
C. after school was overD. after he had a fight
2.The good tiger ____ everything around him.
A.doesn’t likeB. gets along well with C. isn’t interested inD. wants to eat
3.The bad tiger fights with everyone all the time ____.
A. because others wants to kill him
B. because he wants to eat others
C. for no reason
D. because others aren’t friendly to him
4.The good tiger can control the grandfather because ____.
A. the good tiger is much stronger
B. the good tiger can get along well with others
C. the grandfather treats the tiger very well
D. the grandfather hates the bad
tiger
5.The writer wants to tell us ____ in the passage.
A. how to feed tigers wellB. how to control our feelings
C. how to get along with othersD. how to fight with others
Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
If you do, you need to control(控制) your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry easily can make you lose friends.
Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, wrote My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can not make them better. “Getting angry is not a natural way to act”, the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. The book says you can control your anger easily, and all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.
When a baby falls over, it cries only when people are watching it. Like a baby, you can only get angry if you are sure it is the
right thing to do.
The book gives many suggestions to help you if you get angry easily. Here are the top three.
①Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you w
ill see you get angry too easily.
②Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
③Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh!
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.The writer wants to tell us ____.
A. not to get angry easily B. to work hard at school
C. to do more exercisesD. to help each other
2.The writer thinks that if you get angry easily you will ____.
A. get ill very easilyB. lose your friendsC. put on weight easilyD. eat less
3.My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals is a ____.
A. storyB. bookC. pictureD. film
4.My Feelings are Just Like Wild Animals mainly tells us ____.
A. what to read B. how to read C. how to stay cool D. how to learn English well
5.In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “it” refers to(指的是)____.
A. the bookB. angerC. habitD. the baby
Do you want to make friends with others? Please remember to keep your words all the time. In this way, people around you will get along well with you.
To make friends and keep them, you have to keep your words. If you agree to meet someone at a certain time, you should arrive at the place on time or a little earlier. If you agree to help others, you must do it. Of course if there is something unexpected(没有预料到的) happening and you can’t do what you have agreed to do, your friends will understand this.
He is always lying or making excuses for breaking his words. Would you like to have him as one of your best friends? You wouldn’t. And your own friends feel the same way.
So, be more careful when you have to agree to do something for your friends. Don’t have “Maybe”in your mind when you say 
something about what you are going to do.
1.The underlined phrase keep one’s words means ____ in Chinese.
A. 记住单词B. 记录语言 C. 保存语言 D. 信守诺言
2.If you want to make friends, it is very important to ____.
A. keep your wordsB. be funny C. be kind to them D. be helpful for them
3.You wouldn’t mind if ____.
A. your friends agree to help you
B. they are helpful
C. there is something unexpected happening
D. they are late
4.Who can be your best friend?
A. He is always being late.B. He is always lying.
C. He is always breaking his words.D. He is always keeping.
5.We can know that ____ from the passage.
A. we shouldn’t agree to help others
B. we should be ready to help others
C. it’s difficult to make friends
D. we should keep our words when we make friends
Everyone needs friends. We all like to close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. , sometimes we need to be alone. We don’t always want people . But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are . Friends sometimes don’t get on well. That doesn’t mean they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make peace with each other，and become again.
Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very . We miss them very much, but we can them and write to them. It could be possible that we could even see them again. And we can also new friends.
There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t have. Why? It could be that they are . Being happy helps you stay well and it could be good just knowing that someone cares about you.
1.A. look B. watch C. feel D. see
2.A. HardlyB. NearlyC. SuddenlyD. Certainly
3.A. aloneB. awayC. all overD. around
4.A. friendlyB. kindC. just the sameD. quite different
5.A. thatB. whetherC. howD. why
6.A. enemiesB. strangersC. studentsD. friends
7.A. angryB. sadC. happyD. alone
8.A. callB. askC. tellD. talk with
9.A. look forB. findC. makeD. know
10.A. happierB. strongerC. kinderD. richer
—Mom, I’ll go to my friend’s party, but I don’t know what to wear. Could you make a ____ for me?
—OK. Let me see.
A. adviceB. senseC. suggestionD. decision
—I’m always afraid of giving a speech in front of the class. —____ You can do it well.
A. I’m sorry to hear that. B. Take it easy. C. You are too nervous. D. Good luck.
