Everyone has many different relationships. Some relationships are with family members, some are with friends and some are love relationships. Each relationship is different, and all relationships change over time as the people within them grow and develop. Most relationships contain a combination of healthy and unhealthy characteristics.
Healthy relationships have certain characteristics. Each partner feels whole without the other even though the two people enjoy being together. They communicate effectively and honestly. In a healthy relationship, both partners accept the other as he or she is. There are no unrealistic expectations or attempts to control the other person. In healthy relationships, changes on both sides are recognized and appreciated. Both partners have established healthy, comfortable limits based on their own standards. There is a balance between togetherness and separate lives of each partner.
Some relationships may contain unhealthy characteristics. One person may expect his or her partner to fulfill all their needs. One or both partners may be jealous and demand complete devotion. The desire to control others is another unhealthy characteristic. There may be a tendency to dominate the other person and the relationship. Selfishness may be a part of an unhealthy relationship. Those who are selfish only take care of their own comfort, pleasure and interest excessively but without regard for others. The last characteristic that may exist in unhealthy relationships is abuse, which involves emotional and physical mistreatment.
When unhealthy characteristics exist within a relationship, partners may choose to work toward making the relationship healthier. However, both partners must be willing to make efforts to overcome the negative characteristics of the relationship. Counseling services within schools and communities help families and couples strengthen their relationships. When problems within a relationship are not surmounted, one or both partners may decide to end the relationship.
1.From the first paragraph we can conclude that ______.
A. people live among many kinds of relationships
B. some relationships remain the same over time
C. there are various definitions of relationships
D. there are some similarities and differences between different relationships
2.All of the following are the characteristics of healthy relationships EXCEPT _________.
A. a balance between togetherness and separate lives of each partner
B. proper limits based on standards of both partners
C. attempts to control the other person if possible
D. a kind of honest and effective communication
3.The underlined word “surmounted” in the last paragraph probably means “________”.
A. discovered B. caused
C. valued D. overcome
4.From the passage, which of the followings is most likely to make the relationships end?
A Being jealous and selfish
B Demanding complete devotion
C The existence of the unhealthy and unbalanced relationships
D Unwilling to make efforts to overcome the unhealthy relationships
5.The best title for this passage is “________”.
A. How Unhealthy Characteristics Influence Relationships
B. What Healthy Relationships and Unhealthy Relationships Are
C. How People Benefit from Healthy Relationships
D. What Makes a Relationship Healthy
Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.
New studies show how food and its production affect the globe and its climate. The process of making a hamburger, for example, requires loss of energy. A cow has to be fed and raised on farmland. And cow waste is a major source of methane（沼氣）— 1.powerful greenhouse gas. The cow has to be killed. The meat has to be processed and shipped, 2.takes fuel. Most of the cow won’t even be used 3.meat people eat. By the time a hamburger finally lands onto a dinner plate, It has made bad effect 4.the environment.
We can reduce the production of global warming gases by eating less beef. Other kinds of meat like pork and chicken do 5.harm to the environment ---at least in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases released(釋放).However, all kinds of meat are harder on the planet 6.vegetables. 7.we’d change our diet to less meat and more vegetables, in fact it’s an environmentally friendly lifestyle and it’s beneficial 8.the environment.
I tried to grow a gardenia （梔子花）．I had tried everything my mother taught me about caring for houseplants—more light, less water, spraying, even replanting, but _1_ seemed to work．
I _2_ Mom were here now．Mother’s Day was coming up, the second one since her death, and the pain of losing her was still so fresh．There is a Mother’s Day _3_ I follow．One wears a red flower if one’s mother is _4_ and a white one if she is not．I had hoped that planting a white gardenia, Mom’s favorite flower, would help me through the sorrow of her _5．
Mom had a way with all things _6_．My sister and I always joked, “Mom could _7_ a telephone pole grow leaves and bear fruit．”
Why can’t I? I thought．Still, I couldn’t stand throwing the dead plant away．Instead, I placed it into a dark corner of our bathroom．I didn’t even water it．I just left it there _8_ I could deal with it．
My husband asked me if I was going to wear a white flower to church that Mother’s Day．“Yes,” I told him, “but I need a _9_ gardenia．” I added silently．
Sunday morning I woke up early to get dressed and made for the _10_．Still _11_, I walked to the bathroom．Suddenly I was woken up by a pleasant scent （香味）．I pushed the door open and stepped into the bathroom．That morning I knew I would be ready to wear a small white flower for Mom．In that dark corner, _12_ as if it had a light of its own, bloomed a perfect white gardenia!
1.A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．something
2.A．feel B．believe C．wish D．think
3.A．way B．method C．habit D．tradition
4.A．alive B．healthy C．dead D．ill
5.A．passing B．getting C．giving D．dying
6.A．white B．blue C．green D．yellow
7.A．cause B．make C．use D．allow
8.A．when B．until C．while D．if
9.A．red B．plastic C．paper D．fresh
10.A．market B．school C．church D．office
11.A．excited B．angry C．happy D．sleepy
12.A．bright B．dark C．large D．small
— You couldn’t have chosen a better gift for me.
— _________.
A. Oh, that’s all right
B. I’m glad you like it so much
C. Sorry. I’ll give you a better one next time
D. You are joking
I ____ him to stop drinking,but he just turned a deaf ear to my words.
A. persuaded B. tried to persuade
C. have persuaded D. persuade
She let the children ______ to play instead of staying at home all the time.
A. going out B. went out
C. to go out D. go out
