You speak, write a letter, make a telephone call. Your words can carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you me saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes". Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people mid their ideas. Books, magazines, TV, radios and films all help us to communicate with each other. They all help us to know what is going on in the world mad what other people are thinking about.

1．Can we communicate with each other without words?

A．Yes, sometimes we can.                       B．No, we can' t.

    C．No. It's impossible.                   D．Yes, we can do so all the time.

2．When we see somebody smile, then we know he must be feeling_______．

    A．angry              B．happy         C．surprised      D．sad

3．We can learn news from ________．

    A．newspapers         B．radios         C．TV             D．A, B and C

4．A sign at the bus stop tells you ________．

    A．how many buses there are

    B. what kind d bus it is

    C. where the bus comes from and goes to

    D．how much money you'll pay for the ticket

5．What do you think is the quickest way to communicate with your friend in another city?

    A．Writing a letter.                      B．Making a telephone call.

    C．Drawing a picture.                  D．Asking someone else to take a message.

When you cut your skin, you bleed(流血). If a person loses a lot of blood, he will become ill and may die. Blood is very important. People have always known that. At one time, some people even drank blood to make them strong!

When doctors understand how blood goes around inside the body, they try ways of giving blood to people who need it. They take blood from the healthy people and give it to people who need it. This is called " blood transfusion（输血）". The blood goes from the arm of the healthy person into the arm of the sick person.

But there are two problems. First, it does not always work. Sometimes people die when they have blood transfusion. Later, doctors find that we do not all have the same kind of blood. There are four groups—O, A, B and AB. We all have blood of one of these groups. They also find that they can give any kind of blood to people of group AB. But they find that they must give A-group blood to A-group people and B-group blood to B-group people. I have O-group blood and the doctor told me that I could give blood to anyone else safely.

There is another problem. To give blood of the right kind, doctors have to find a person of the right blood group. Often they can not find a person in time. If they have a way to keep the blood until someone needs it, they can always have the right kind of blood. At first they find they can keep it in bottles for fifteen to twenty days. They do this by making it very cold. Then they find how to keep it longer. In the end they find a way of keeping blood for a very long time.

We call a place where we keep money a "bank". We call a place where we keep blood a "blood bank". One day, when you grow up, you may decide to give blood to a "blood bank". In this way you may stop someone from dying. Or perhaps one day you may become ill. You may need blood. The "blood bank" will give it to you.

1.From the passage, we learn that sometimes people die when they have blood transfusions because they __________ .

A. are given the cold blood???????????? B. lose too much blood

C. are given the wrong kind of blood????? D. are O-group people

2.Which of the following is true? ________

A. We can drink blood to make us strong.

B. Blood transfusion is always safe.

C. The writer has O-group blood and can give blood to anyone.

D. The blood can only be kept for 15to 20 days.

3.People set up the "blood bank" so that they can _____________ .

A. give the right kind of blood to the people who need it in time

B. keep different groups of blood as much as possible

C. make it easier to sell or buy blood

D. keep blood for more than twenty hundred years

4.From the last paragraph (段落) of the passage, we learn that _____________ .

A. the writer thinks it's good to give blood to a "blood bank"

B. we may become ill if we give blood to a "blood bank"

C. there are many blood banks in the world today.

D. blood is more important than money

5.The writer doesn't talk about ____________ in the passage.

A. how important blood is to us ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. the four groups of blood

C. where the blood bank is ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. what "blood transfusion" is

If you think you are too shy and want to be a little outgoing, try the following. You can make it.

    Tell people you are shy. Just let people know that you are a shy kid. When they know that, they’ll understand you better. This also helps you feel more at home when talking with others.

    Try to smile more. People think you are friendly and easy to talk to. Remember that most of us would like to talk to friendly people and we will stay away from an angry-looking face.

    Talk to others first. If you find it hard to do, say something nice about people around you. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to those people?

    Turn your attention to somewhere else. Think more about ways to enjoy the party or the game. Don’t worry about your looks or care if people like you.

    Reward(奖励) yourself. Each time after you say “hi” or smile at someone for the first time , say to yourself “You did it!” or buy yourself an ice cream.

    Keep trying and one day you won’t be shy any more when you talk to others.

1.How many suggestions does the writer give us in the passage?

A. Three        B. Four.          C. Five         D. Six.

2.How can you make people think you are friendly and easy to talk to?

A. By telling them you are shy.                B. By trying to smile more.

C. By talking to them first.                   D. By rewarding yourself.

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People can understand you better when they know you are shy.

B. Most people don’t like to talk to those people with angry faces.

C. Don’t care what you look like at the party or the game.

D. Each time after you smile at someone for the first time, you should buy yourself an ice cream.

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. How to be outgoing?          

B. When to be friendly?

C. Why to be shy?        

D. Where to say something nice about people around you?

Have you ever received a gift that was so clearly not your taste? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? 1.__________? And what do your choices tell about your personal qualities（品质）?

2.__________. It calls for empathy—the ability to put yourself into someone else’s head and heart. We’re all able to do this; in fact, we’re born with a kind of natural empathy. 3.__________. When it isn’t, we’re not able to understand other people’s feelings sharply.

Think back to the presents you’ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, your thoughts while you were shopping, and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose shows your inner world.

 We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Passing over the tradition won’t make it go away. 4.__________, tell your friends ahead of time.

A. When do you send a right gift

B. However, it needs to be developed

C. If you really dislike such a tradition

D. Why do presents sometimes go wrong

E. Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe

If you think you are too shy and want to be a little outgoing, try the following. You can make it.
Tell people you are shy. Just let people know that you are a shy kid. When they know that, they’ll understand you better. This also helps you feel more at home when talking with others.
Try to smile more. People think you are friendly and easy to talk to. Remember that most of us would like to talk to friendly people and we will stay away from an angry-looking face.
Talk to others first. If you find it hard to do, say something nice about people around you. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to those people?
Turn your attention to somewhere else. Think more about ways to enjoy the party or the game. Don’t worry about your looks or care if people like you.
Reward(奖励) yourself. Each time after you say “hi” or smile at someone for the first time , say to yourself “You did it!” or buy yourself an ice cream.
Keep trying and one day you won’t be shy any more when you talk to others.
【小题1】How many suggestions does the writer give us in the passage?