True friends are rare to make these days. Even if you believe you’ve connected with someone, how do you really know he is a true friend? And often you will find that someone who you thought you could trust may disappoint you. There are ways you can know if a friendship is true and how you can hold onto that friend.
A true friend is someone who will be there for you no matter what happens. Through good times and bad times, they will stand by you. They will accept you for who you are without trying to change you, and they will be there to help you grow in new ways.
Trust is another important aspect. A true friend will keep your secrets. You can depend on them. They will listen and be someone you know you can talk things over with, even if they may not have advice to share with you.
Friendship is a two-way street. To find true friends and keep them, you must in turn be the same as well. Be there for them in their hard times and share the good times with them. Be someone your friends can depend on and offer them the same things they give to you. A friendship will fall apart fast if only one person is giving and putting all the effort in. To keep a true friendship, you must be honest.
There will be barriers in the road but that is the test of true friendship. If it can survive those barriers, it will be stronger and last forever. St Thomas Aquinas said, “There is nothing on this earth more prized than friendship” and it holds true.
Title: Ways to find a true friend | |
Passage outline | Supporting details |
Opinions on friends | ●True friends are rare to make these days. ●Those who you regarded as your friends may make you 1. . |
Characteristics of true friendship | A true friend will: ●support you 2. happens. ●keep your secrets and be a good listener. |
Tips on how to keep friendship | ●Stay with your friends when they are in trouble. ●Be someone your friends can depend on and offer them the same things3. to you. ●Be 4. and you can keep a true friendship. |
5. | ●True friendship can bear various tests and last forever. |
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1. 你应该尽力学习来弥补你上星期的缺课。
You must try your best to ______ ______ for the classes you missed last week.
2.在网上聊天时，我们应该当心各种陷阱。
While chatting on line, we should take care not to _______ _______ all kinds of tricks.
3.作为地方领导，焦裕禄坚持为提高当地人民的生活水平做贡献。
As a local leader, Jiao Yulu ________ ________ making contributions to improving the living standards of the local people.
4. 班主任经常建议我们应该诚实、自信、乐于助人。
Our head teacher often ________ that we ________ honest, confident and ready to help others.
5.听到有人喊救命，那位士兵毫不犹豫地跳进冰冷的河里去救落水儿童。
On hearing someone shouting for help, the soldier jumped into the cold river to save the child __________ ___________.
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1.Breathing fresh air and exercising in the morning are _________ to your health.
2._________ developing countries, China still has a long way to go in realizing ‘Chinese Dream’.
3.While sailing in the East China Sea, a Chinese captain noticed two Japanese F22 planes _________ in the sky last month.
4.Kindness and honesty are both _________ Chinese virtues, which we younger generation should follow.
5.Only by working hard and never giving up can we make our dream a _________.
6.Compared with H5N1, H7N9 is difficult to control and _________ people’s health.
7.Nowadays we can see many advertisements _________ books or magazines.
8.You shouldn’t touch anything in the lab without the teacher’s _________.
9.____________ to go to Beijing University, my sister is occupied in her study every day.
10.Early this year, the members of the 18th National People's Congress ____________ a lot of good suggestions.
Scientists added a record of 715 more planets to the list known to the world beyond the solar system, astronomers said on Wednesday, in February 2014. The additions include four planets about 0.5-2 times as big as Earth that are the right distance from their parent stars for liquid surface water, which is believed to be fit for life.
The discoveries were made with the NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope. The telescope, launched in 2009, spent four productive years observing 160,000 target stars for signs of planets passing by, within the telescope’s sight.
The numbers of planets announced at a NASA press conference on Wednesday increased Kepler’s confirmed planets from 246 to 961. Combined with other telescopes’ results, the total number of planets beyond the solar system now is nearly 1,700. “We almost doubled, just today, the number of planets known to humans,” astronomer Douglas Hudgins, head of planet exploration at NASA Headquarters in Washington, told reporters on a conference call.
Many planets’ discovery is due to a new technique that analyzes potential planets in batches rather than one at a time. The method was developed after scientists realized that most planets, like those in the solar system, have similar worlds orbiting a common parent star.
The newly found planets strengthen the evidence that small planets, two to three times the size of Earth, are common throughout the galaxy(银河系).
“Generally, wherever (Kepler) can see them, it finds them,” said astronomer Sara Seager, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “That's why we have confidence that there will be planets like Earth in outer space.”
Like the solar system, which has eight planets plus Pluto and other so-called “dwarf planets,” the newly found planets belong to families. But unlike the solar system’s planets, which are about 150 times farther from the sun than Earth. Most of the planets fly nearer to their parent stars than Venus（金星） orbits the sun, a distance of about 67 million miles (108 million km.)
NASA and other space agencies are designing new telescopes to discover planets in so-called “habitable zones” around their parent stars where temperatures would be suitable for liquid surface water. Two papers on the new Kepler research will appear in an upcoming issue of ‘The Astrophysical Journal’.
1.The underlined word ‘batches’ in the fourth paragraph probably means _____ here.
A. continent B. program
C. group D. association
2.Through Kepler, Scientists have found more planets ________ throughout the galaxy.
A. the same size as Earth
B. about 0.5—2 times as big as Earth
C. twice the size of Earth
D. two to three times the size of Earth
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All the planets known to the world are believed to be fit for life.
B. There may be liquid surface water on some of the newly found planets.
C. Kepler space telescope spent four years observing 160,000 target planets.
D. The orbits of the newly found planets are just like those of the solar system
4.Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?
A. US space telescope discovers more planets
B. Kepler observes many new target stars
C. Scientists believe 715 planets fit for life
D. NASA finds liquid surface water on the planets
Microsoft Windows XP support ends: How to update? If you’re still running Windows XP — what do you do now? This doesn’t mean that computers running the operating system will stop working, but it is likely that the computer will be attacked by hackers as the company stops providing security-updates and technical support for Windows XP.
Generally speaking, you have two new choices: Buy a new computer or update to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. If you’re not ready to make a change, there are things you should do if you’ll still be on XP over the next couple of months.
Firstly, make sure the software you have is as up-to-date as possible. That means having any security fixes you can’t get from Microsoft’s website and make sure that you’ve got some (non-Microsoft) antivirus software installed(安装) from other websites. Of course, if you want to keep really safe then you’d better stay off the web altogether, though for many users this won’t even be a choice. Another choice is to change from using an administrator account to a limited account for tasks, like checking your e-mail. This means that if a hacker attacks your computer, at least they won’t have administrator-level access.
However, we have to stress that these steps are just temporary(临时的) measures and aren’t enough to protect your computer in the long run. Whether you’re buying a new computer or simply updating your present operating system depends on yourself. You’ll have to choose between Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Whichever you go for, you’ll need to check that your computer meets the minimum system requirements for either system. For either Windows 7 or 8.1, you’ll need at least a computer with 1GB of RAM, 1GHz processor and 160GB of hard disk space. However, to run a better operating system, you’ll need a computer with over 4GB of RAM, a 2GHZ processor and 500GB of hard disk space. Buying a new computer with these functions, you may pay more than＄500.
If you’re still planning on updating, Microsoft offers some great guides on their own website, meaning that you can download your new operating system and copy all your old files without leaving your computer. Windows 7 is certainly better than Windows XP, but you should be aware that it is also an ‘old’ operating system. Microsoft Company will add more updates to Windows 8.1 over time, while Windows 7 will also come to an end before long — just like XP.
1.‘Microsoft Windows XP support ends’ means that _________.
A. the operating system of Windows XP will stop working
B. Microsoft stops providing technical support for Windows XP
C. people must install other websites’ antivirus software for Windows 7.
D. people must buy a new computer and update to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1
2.To prevent a hacker from attacking your computer, you’d better NOT_________.
A. update your computer
B. stay off the web altogether
C. use an administrator account
D. install some antivirus soft wares
3.From the fourth paragraph, ___________ is a better choice in the long run.
A. buying a new computer as Windows XP support ends
B. updating your present operating system to protect your computer
C. having a new computer with at least 1GB of RAM, 1GHz of hard disk space
D. choosing a new computer with over 4GB of RAM and 500GB of hard disk space
4.From the passage we can conclude that __________.
A. hacker attacks will happen more often in the future
B. an operating system develops quickly as time goes by
C. a new computer will be more expensive than it used to be
D. people tend to use security fixes except Microsoft Company’s
Classified Ads SEEK is the trademark of Classless.com, a site registered in Singapore. You can buy, sell, trade, rent, deal, find and advertise almost anything here. Common categories(种类) include house, parking, camera, computer, mobile phones, bags, shoes, clothing, jewelry, car, private teacher, car rental, hotels, business, pets, food, restaurants, sports, music and others. The site is also available in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Philippines plus a global site which is open to all countries worldwide. Here, you can advertise your things for free. Ads may contain video for better product presentation.
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1.The reason for Dr. Johnson’s giving the puppies out is that he _______.
A. dislikes little puppies
B. wants to make more money
C. is busy and going abroad
D. finds loving homes for the puppies
2.If you want to hire the bus for half a year, you will have to pay _______.
A. 2,520US＄ B. 4,200 US＄
C. 25,200 CN￥ D. 33,000CN￥
3.In the Ads we can learn that ______.
A. classified Ads SEEK is a site registered in Malaysia
B. you should pay some money for advertising your products.
C. you can add video to your ads to present your products better.
D. Dr. Johnson was too busy and poor to raise the three little dogs.
