Friendships can be difficult — because often people aren't as honest and open as they should be. Sometimes, people finally get hurt.
Most problems with friendships come up because people are just too selfish to care about the things that their friends need. They care about their own needs much more, which makes it hard for friendships to work. However, being selfish is part of human nature. A person is put together in order to take care of themselves and their own needs, not necessarily those needs of other people. Even though being selfish is something that all humans are born with, it is something that everyone should be against.
The best thing to remember when you are a friend to anyone is that you need to treat your friends the same way that you'd like to be treated(对待). This is wonderful advice for a friendship, because it is really the only way to make sure that you are giving your friends everything you would want to be given in a friendship. Whenever you have a question about how you should treat a friend, it is easy to find an answer simply by asking yourself what you would like your friend to do for you, if he or she was in your shoes.
Even if you're always thinking about how you'd like to be treated, and your friends are too, there are problems that come up from time to time in each friendship, and it is important to understand how to deal with these problems so that you can build stronger and healthier friendships. Problems like friends getting boyfriends or girlfriends and not spending enough time with their friends, or even friends finding new friends and leaving old friends behind are problems that will probably come up with one or more of your friendships. It is important to know how to deal with these friend problems so that you can keep your friends and make new ones. No one wants to have a broken friendship.
1.This passage mainly talks about ________.
A. the importance of friendship
B. the advantages(益处) of friendship
C. the problems of friendship
D. the disadvantages(劣势) of friendship
2.According to the writer, problems with friendship may appear when ________.
A. one is honest B. one is selfish C. one is open D. one is kind
3.According to the passage, the first and most important thing to be other people's friend is ________.
A. to treat your friend as you like to be
B. to give your friends whatever you have
C. not to hurt your friends' feelings
D. not to think of your own need any more
4.What's the purpose of understanding how to deal with friendship problems?
A. To have a comfortable life.
B. To build stronger and healthier friendships.
C. To be treated the way you want.
D. To get a boyfriend or girlfriend more quickly.
One evening, long after most people had gone to bed, a friend of mine and I happily home through the street. We had been to a music-hall and about the people we had seen and heard in it.
“The show him a star overnight, ” said my friend about one of them. “He was completely before. And now thousands of people him gifts and letters. ” “I thought him quite good, ” I said , “ but not thousands of letters . As a matter of , one of his songs gave me a shock. It was too noisy. ” “What was that?” my friend asked me, “ it to me .” I began to sing. “Do be quiet. You will give everybody a shock and them up for miles , besides, there will be a policeman us. ” My friend gave me a surprised look.
“Never mind. I don’t care. What is the matter?” I said and went on singing the top of my voice .
Suddenly there came a policeman, in front of me , his notebook . “ , sir ,” he said , “You have a very good voice , if I say so . Who taught you singing? I’d very much to find someone who can give my daughter singing lessons. Would you be to tell me your name and address? Then my wife and I would you and we could discuss it .”
1.A. went B. was coming
C. was making our way D. had lost our way
2.A. calm B. crowded C. silence D. quiet
3.A. were thinking B. were talking
C. knew D. were discussing
4.A. called B. turned C. named D. made
5.A. famous B. forgotten C. stranger D. unknown
6.A. show B. write C. send D. brought
7.A. worthy B. worth C. received D. accepted
8.A. fact B. facts C. a fact D. the fact
9.A. Read B. Sing C. Say D. Tell
10.A. call B. pick C. wake D. join
11.A. long B. out C. around D. in
12.A. observing B. after C. besides D. in front of
13.A. with B. on C. in D. at
14.A. stood B. going C. standing D. walking
15.A. closing B. closed C. open D. gone
16.A. Wait a minute B. Stop singing C. I’m sorry D. Excuse me
17.A. may B. like C. must D. don’t
18.A. liked B. wanted C. like D. eager
19.A. brave B. kind enough C. willing D. honest
20.A. try B. drop in C. invite D. visit
—Whom would you rather have ____ with you, Mary or Jane?
—___.
A. to go; Either B. go; Either C. gone; Neither D. going; Anyone
Allen had to call a taxi because the box was ____ to carry all the way home.
A. much too heavy B. too much heavy C. heavy too much D. too heavy much
—Do you know the most ancient city in China—Xi’an well?
—No，this is the first time I ________ here.
A. came B. have come C. am coming D. come
Our teacher told us that there ______ no end to learning.
A. was B. is C. has D. had
