Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult. 

Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get along with others.

If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.

★Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents that others will like.

★Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.

★Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile to others.

★Respect others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas without trying to make them accept yours.

★Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.

★Don’t complain. Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaining all the time.

★Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.

1.Why do we need friends according to the passage?

A. Friends can do everything for us.                 B. Friends can bring us happiness.

C. Friends accept our ideas all the time.              D. Without friends we could not live.

2.What’s the first thing we should learn in order to make friends?

   A. To help others.                                         B. To smile to others.

   C. To get along with others.                              D. To listen to others’ complaints.

3.Which of the following shows a sense of humour? 

A. Opening the door for someone.                         B. Complaining to others all the time.

   C. Laughing at ourselves and our weakness.      D. Finding someone who will understand us.

4.Which is the best title?

   A. What makes good friends.                     B. How to make friends.        

C. What happiness means.                     D. How to be friendly.

 

When you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an example. If you looked up each word in the dictionary, once at a time, what is your translation （翻译）? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language.
Languages do not just have different sounds; they are different in many ways. Its important to master（掌握）the rules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speaker puts words in a wrong order, the listener can’t understand his sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes. But sometimes the order is changed, but the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the different between the two parts of sentences.
“She only likes apples.”“Only she likes apples.”
“I have seen the film already.”“I have already seen the film.”
When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit（精神实质） of the language and use it as the English speaker does.
【小题1】From the passage we know that __________when we are learning English.

A．we shouldn’t put every word into our own language

B．we should look up every word in the dictionary

C．we need to put every word into our own language

D．we must read word by word

【小题2】The writer thinks it is ________ in learning English.

A．difficult to understand different sounds

B．possible to remember the word order

C．important to master the rules in different ways

D．easy to master the rules for word order

【小题3】We can learn from the passage that _________ .

A．the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of words

B．the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence

C．sometimes a different order of words has a different meaning

D．if the order of words is different, the meaning of the sentence must be different

【小题4】“She only likes apples.”____________.

A．is the same as “Only she likes apples.”

B．is different from “Only she likes apples.”

C．means “She likes fruit except apples.”

D．means “She doesn’t like apples.”

【小题5】Which is the best title（题目）for this passage?

A．Different orders, different meanings.

B．How to speak English.

C．How to put English into our own language.

D．How to learn English.

Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different.

     People have a lot of reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary, or that have special sound. They chose the “new name” for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born.

     Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country.

     In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband’s after she gets married（结婚）. But today, many women are keeping their own family name and not using their husband’s. Sometimes, women use their own name in some situations(情况) and their husband’s in other situations. And some use both their own name and their husband’s.

1.Hanna changes her name to Anne because “Anne” is __________ for     

people to remember.

         A. louder  B. easier     C. prettier      D. harder

2.Famous people want their new names to ________________.

         A. have special sound              B. be ordinary

         C. have no meaning                 D. be unknown

3.Mr Li uses his new name when he___________________.

         A. stays with his family               B. is at his job

         C. is among Chinese friends            D. comes back to China

4.What is the best title(标题) of this passage?

         A. Family Names                    B. Women’s Names

         C. Changing Names                  D. Special Names

5.Which of the following is NOT true ?

A. Some women don’t change their own family name after they get married today.

B. Some women use their husband’s family name after they get married.

C. Some women don’t have family name after they get married.

D. Some women use both their own name and their husband’s

 

 

今年是建党90周年，90年来，在党的领导下，我们的家乡发生了翻天覆地的变化。请你根据下列表格中的汉语提示，写一篇题为“The changes to our hometown”的英语短文，介绍家乡巨变，并谈谈你的感受。内容要点如下：                                                    

过去	1、环境 、住房情况 3、交通方式 4、……
现在	1、生活条件的变化 、环境的变化
感受	1、人们过上了幸福的生活 、……

要求：1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下连贯；）必须包括所有相关信息，并作适当发挥；

      3）词数：100词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）；4）不使用真实姓名和校名等。

The changes to our hometown

Our hometown has changed a lot over the past 90 years..                            

_______________________________________________________________________________ 

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【小题1】Listen! The radio says something bad________(happen) last night.
【小题2】He spent as much time as he could_______(study) different subjects.
【小题3】The teacher told us that light ___________ (travel ) much faster than sound.
【小题4】I won’t be able to take part in the party if I ________(not be) free.
【小题5】There ____________(not be) a lot of changes in the next 24 hours, are there?
【小题6】They are good friends They often sit on the playground,________(talk) about their future plans.
【小题7】Luckily, he ____________( catch) the first bus and wasn’t late for school.    
【小题8】The elderly like to keep pets _____ (make) their life better.        
【小题9】Dad said to Mike,"I hope you_________(not forget) to write to me soon.”
【小题10】The plane ______ ( arrive). You can see your mother at once.