I remember growing up, my mom always said, “Half the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.” It is so true. Friends and mates allow us to enjoy our success and our joys, comfort us in our challenging moments, and provide a mirror for us to learn more about ourselves. I’ve always looked at friends as the family we choose. They enrich our lives. As Robert Louis Steven once said, “A friend is a present which you give yourself.”
To be a good friend or partner, it’s importable be a good listener. Hear what your friend or mate has to say first rather than jumping to conclusions or getting defensive. Sometimes it is useful to be their mirror, for when they hear their words repeated back to them; it can help them to realize that what they said was not exactly what they meant to say.
Patience, compassion and empathy are also important traits in being a good friend or partner. You know the old golden rule, “Care for others the way you would like them to care for you.” The support of a friend during a tough time could make the difference between success and failure. Encouragement and confidence are priceless gifts that can help change a person’s life.
Take care, though, with whom you choose to have close relationship, for they can have a tremendous impact on your self-esteem and life path. As someone once told me, “the attitude of your friends is like the buttons on an elevator. They will either take you up or down.”
1.In order to make good friends, you should do the following except ______.
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A．Be a good listener |
B．Be patient, compassionate |
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C．Be careful |
D．Be generous to your friends |
2.What will you do to your friends according to the passage?
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A．Buy your friend a mirror. |
B．Point out their mistakes if there is any |
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C．Give them encouragement and confidence. |
D．Pay attention what they do |
3.What does the underlined sentence in the passage mean?
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A．It is different whether you have friends or not. |
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B．The support of friends counts when you have difficulties. |
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C．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
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D．You are certain to succeed if you get the support of friends. |
4.Which of the following statements is not right according to the passage?
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A．It is good to share your fun with other. |
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B．The friend is a mirror for us to learn more about others. |
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C．You’d better be a good listener if you want to be a good friend. |
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D．Be careful to choose your friend. |
—Jane, Peter has got a well-paid job in a foreign company.
—You mean he is much _____ now.
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A．badly off |
B．well off |
C．worse off |
D．better off |
Passenger: Look out! There’s a kangaroo wandering on the road!
Driver: ____ it! That was lucky. It can damage my car really badly.
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A．Missing |
B．Missed |
C．To miss |
D．Miss |
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认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式、使对话通顺。
(J=Joyce; T=Tom)
J: Tom, I am going to the UK for my further study. Could you give me some a about living there?
T: Yes, of course. I will tell you all that I know to help you【小题２】 a to the new life easily. Is your English good?
J: I think it’s not bad. I can speak it 【小题３】 f .
T: OK. Then you shouldn’t have a problem finding a 【小题４】p job.
J: What kind of job?
T: I used to work in a bar in the evening when I was at university but the pay is 【小题５】
u not very high.
J: But it can improve your English, right?
T: Yes. You’re expected to talk to the 【小题６】c all night because they may ask you a lot of questions or ask you to give them different kinds of wines. But there are also some problems in a bar. It’s a bit noisy and quite smoky.
J: Er. I don’t think I would like such a job.
T: Well, in that case, you can work in a restaurant as a waitress, taking people’s 【小题７】o . That’s another way to use your English to 【小题８】c with different people.
J: OK, that sounds good. I will 【小题９】 c it.
T: And if you’re struggling a bit, you can work in the back of a restaurant.
J: Yeah, I used to wash dishes, and I remembered my legs were hurt after 【小题1０】s up all day. It was a terrible job.
T: I wouldn’t refuse that one. It is not suitable for a girl.
Recently, a study was carried out to determine who was the greatest American president．Sixty-five presidential historians took part in it, and they judged the past forty-two American leaders based on ten leadership qualities, including public persuasiveness (信服), crisis leadership, management of the economy, moral leadership, and conduct of international relations．The historians also looked at administrative (管理) ability, relations with Congress, ability to set goals, and the pursuit of equal justice for all．Finally, the experts took into consideration the historical period in which the president lived．
The historians chose Abraham Lincoln as American’s greatest president．He had also been named best president in a similar study in 2000．Abraham Lincoln was the president who led the nation through the Civil War in the 1860s, and was able to unite it in the end．He also took the first steps to abolish slavery in America．
Edna Medford, a professor of history at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was an adviser on this study and the earlier one．She says Abraham Lincoln is seen to represent the values the nation most honors, such as truthfulness, moderation, and respect for human rights．
The historians put American’s first president, George Washington, second on the list, while Franklin D．Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Truman follow in that order．John F．Kennedy, the country’s first Roman Catholic president, is sixth on the list．Like Lincoln, Kennedy was murdered while in office．
Among recent presidents, Ronald Reagan was named the tenth best and Bill Clinton rated fifteenth, while the historians put former president George W．Bush at number thirty-six．His father, George H.W．Bush, did much better, being placed at number eighteen．
We learn from the text that ___________．
A．this is the second time that Abraham Lincoln has been chosen as America’s greatest president
B．Edna Medford didn’t take part in the study conducted in 2000．
C．George H.W．Bush was thought to have done worse in office than George W．Bush
D．Harry Truman was rated the fourth-best president by the study
【小题２】Which of the following belong to the ten leadership qualities considered?
a．Being able to persuade the public
b．Taking effective measures during a financial crisis．
c．Balancing home life and career．
d．Pursuing equal justice for all．
A．a,b,c B．b,c,d C．a,b,d D．a,c,d
【小题３】Who is rated worst among the following four presidents?
A．John F．Kennedy B．George Washington
C．Bill Clinton D．George W．Bush
【小题４】The text is mainly about ________．
A．the ten qualities a great president needs
B．a study of American presidents
C．the values the American nation honors most
D．how Abraham Lincoln improved the country
