For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.
There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence  People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best-seller. It was later put into 28 languages.
Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book.
1. Be friendly and polite. Always greet with a smile. Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please”, when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.
2. Go out of your way to be nice. Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.
3. Remember names. They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.
4. Be open-minded. Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.
5. Listen patiently. When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.

1. 1.

   The underlined sentence “No one can live a completely isolated life” means “______” in this passage.

   1. A.
      No one can live a hard life
   2. B.
      No one can live without difficulty
   3. C.
      No one can live alone
   4. D.
      No one can live on an island
2. 2.

   Some of us feel it not easy to make friends because ________.

   1. A.
      we are afraid to make bad friends
   2. B.
      we are too shy to take the first action
   3. C.
      we feel worried that we won’t be able to keep our friends
   4. D.
      we feel sure that we already have enough friends
3. 3.

   We can learn from this passage that ________.

   1. A.
      John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie
   2. B.
      friends are always friends
   3. C.
      few people bought Carnegie’s book
   4. D.
      the writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie
4. 4.

   Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Carnegie’s book?

   1. A.
      Say “excuse me” before you ask.
   2. B.
      Don’t visit your neighbor too often.
   3. C.
      Think more about others.
   4. D.
      People enjoy hearing their own names.
5. 5.

   The best possible title for this passage should be “________”.

   1. A.
      How to Make Friends
   2. B.
      A Famous Book
   3. C.
      About Friendship
   4. D.
      John Donne and Dale Carnegie

“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely isolated life. Without other people, life became empty and sad. We all need friends.

For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.

There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence  People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best-seller. It was later put into 28 languages.

Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book.

1. Be friendly and polite. Always greet with a smile. Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please”, when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.

2. Go out of your way to be nice. Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.

3. Remember names. They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.

4. Be open-minded. Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.

5. Listen patiently. When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.

1.The underlined sentence “No one can live a completely isolated life” means “______” in this passage.

2.Some of us feel it not easy to make friends because ________.

3.We can learn from this passage that ________.

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Carnegie’s book?

5.The best possible title for this passage should be “________”.

Look at the center circles of Diagram (图) A and Diagram B.  Which of the centre circles looks larger? 
Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact , they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase ? Or two faces? Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time. 
"What's happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?" You may wonder at what you see. Don't worry. Here is how it goes:
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret (解读) the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it "Visual illusion" (视觉错误). 
Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions

1. 1.

   The centre circle in Diagram A looks smaller than that in Diagram B. That's because           

   1. A.
      something is wrong with our eyes
   2. B.
      the two circles are not the same size
   3. C.
      our brains interpret the information in a wrong way
   4. D.
      the two pictures change quickly from one to the other
2. 2.

   What's the right order according to the passage?
   a. We look at things with our eyes.              b. Our brains interpret the messages.
   c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.      d. Our eyes send messages to our brains

   1. A.
      adbc
   2. B.
      cabd
   3. C.
      acdb
   4. D.
      bcad
3. 3.

   Movie makers make use of visual illusions to            

   1. A.
      help the actors look better
   2. B.
      make the actors much braver
   3. C.
      help the actors become stronger
   4. D.
      make the actors seem different in size
4. 4.

   In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?___________
   

   1. A.
      The second one
   2. B.
      The third one
   3. C.
      The fifth one
   4. D.
      The sixth one
5. 5.

   The text is probably taken from            

   1. A.
      an advertisement
   2. B.
      a science book
   3. C.
      a movie magazine
   4. D.
      a story book