When it comes to relationship, we spend a lot of time discussing their joys, but rarely talk about the pain when they break down. Yet most people have a story about a broken relationship.
For Jane Black, a six-year friendship ended when her friend was rude to one of her children. “After quite a few drinks at a party in my house, she said something rude to my child. I ended the friendship face to face at the party,” she says. “I didn’t realize what I was doing at the time, I was simply standing up for my child, but in her eyes any challenge was a betrayal.”
When Angela Thompson noticed a seven-year friendship disappearing, she let it go. “I didn’t know how to deal with the issue. I didn’t sit down for a grown-up conversation; I just walked away quietly.” The decision caused a reaction among Thompson’s other friends. “The other friends in the circle are the worst people when you are trying to break up with a friend,” she says. “They don’t want you to stop being friends, because it puts them in a difficult position. You get told to just get it over.”
Though we have plenty of measures for handling conflict at work or family fight, we still don’t have good ways of ending friendships. Do we sit down and properly break up, or just walk away? Psychologist Serena Cauchy has the following advice.
Don’t blame. Talk about your needs and feeling rather than talking like a Dutch uncle.
Do talk about your needs. Talk about why the friendship is not working for you –about how your needs aren’t being met.
Don’t gossip. Negative talk hurts everyone involved and in some cases can make matters worse.
Don’t be so accessible. If there is a common wish to conclude the friendship then you can remove it.
1.How did Angela Thompson deal with her friendship when it went wrong?
A. She ended it face to face.
B. She left it as it was.
C. She turned to her friends for advice.
D. She made a direct challenge.
2.According to the third paragraph, we learn the other friends________.
A. will help you to fix a broken friendship
B. will choose either of the sides who broke up
C. will ask you to forgive each other
D. will be the worst people to break up with you at the same time
3.Which is NOT mentioned by Psychologist Serena Cauchy?
A. End the friendship if it can’t be renewed.
B. Don’t complain behind one’s back.
C. Express what you want and expect.
D. Sincerely talk about friends’ shortcomings.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A True Friendship B. When Friendships disappear
C. How Friendships Last D. Ways to Fix Friendships
(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.
Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year-old Julien Duret from France was the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.
He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.
“I didn’t think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”
Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头) when he saw something falling into the water. He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. Immediately, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.
When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.
Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers. Duret caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly after.
The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his story of heroism had greatly moved New York until he was leaving the city the next morning.
“I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same thing.”
1.Why was Duret in New York?
A. To meet his girlfriend.B. To spend his holiday.
C. To work as an engineer. D. To visit the Andersons.
2.What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?
A. He was interviewed by a newspaper.
B. He went to the hospital in the ambulance.
C. He disappeared from the spot quickly.
D. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Duret thought twice before he jumped into the cold water.
B. Duret dived into the water before the girl’s father.
C. The rescue happened on the day Duret left for France.
D. Duret didn’t think he was brave enough to be a hero.
4.What is probably the headline of this news report?
A. A Careless FatherB. A Poor Girl
C. Warm-hearted OnlookersD. Brave Frenchman Found
提示：
(1) 书是我们的朋友。（从书与知识的关系、知识与人生的关系来说明。）
(2) 历史上的伟人都爱书。（从读书与伟人所以能取得事业成功的关系来阐述）
(3) 结论：书能使我们了解过去、瞻望未来，是世上最宝贵的东西。
要求：
（1) 根据上面的提示，写一篇题为“Let Books Be Our Good Friends”的说理文。
（2） 字数：120个左右。
Let Books Be Our Good Friends
第一节：短文改错：（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（╲）划掉
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一次。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I happen to meet some American tourists at the gate of the Summer Palace last week. I greeted them with English and then we began to chat. I got to know that they were college student traveling in China. Most of us were fond of Chinese medicine. They were busy taking pictures and were surprising at the changes had taken place in the past few years. After that, we went boat and had a good time. We were exchanged our e-mail addresses so that we could write to each other in the future. They thanked me again and again. I was gladly to have a chance to practice my oral English. What wonderful experience !
One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw 1.__ elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked2.__ ( close ) at this girl, I found that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs , just a head, a neck and upper body, 3.__ ( dress ) in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back 4.___ the girl, who was giving me the most optimistic, largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, 5.___ smile just melted me 6.___ almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of 7.__ life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and 8.___ ( bring ) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and 9.___ ( warm ). I’m a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught10.__ .
Yesterday afternoon John and I were walking along the road when we heard someone shout. “ _!” He called out several more times __we could find him. He was in the lake, and there was a small boat nearby. At we knew he had fallen from the boat and couldn’t swim ___enough to reach it or to get to shore. As we ran toward the lake I saw him _ , and I was sure that he had drowned. But after a moment his head again.
Quickly John took off his shoes, into the water, and started swimming toward the man. He reached him just as the man was down again. He was enough to stretch out his hand and try to catch of the man’s clothing or his hair before he sank. But the man out his arms, caught John the neck and began to him down under the water. John fought to his head above the water, and at the same time
to swim toward the boat, pulling the man with him.
I also jumped into the water to help, the boat with one hand and swimming with the . The man looked dead, with his heart weakly. We did what we _ to save him. At last we succeeded.
1.A. Save B. DangerousC. God D. Help
2.A. before B. when C. since D. as
3.A. first B. last C. once D. well
4.A. quick B. fast C. far D. well
5.A. sink B. swim C. fall D. float
6.A. nodded B. missed C. dropped D. appeared
7.A. jumped B. rushed C. running D. setting
8.A. dangerous B. drowningC. danger D. drowned
9.A. falling B. going C. dropping D. getting
10.A. close B. brave C. strong D. clever
11.A. something B. out C. the hand D. hold
12.A. took B. set C. got D. reached
13.A. on B. with C. around D. by
14.A. drive B. push C. draw D. make
15.A. let B. remain C. keep D. have
16.A. managed B. failed C. tried D. continued
17.A. got B. swam C. going D. holding
18.A. side B. boat C. man D. other
19.A. jumping B. knockingC. beating D. setting
20.A. had B. could C. might D. would
