I remember growing up, my mom always said, “Half the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.” It is so true. Friends and mates allow us to enjoy our success and our joys, comfort us in our challenging moments, and provide a mirror for us to learn more about ourselves. I’ve always looked at friends as the family we choose. They enrich our lives. As Robert Louis Steven once said, “A friend is a present which you give yourself.”
To be a good friend or partner, it’s importable be a good listener. Hear what your friend or mate has to say first rather than jumping to conclusions or getting defensive. Sometimes it is useful to be their mirror, for when they hear their words repeated back to them; it can help them to realize that what they said was not exactly what they meant to say.
Patience, compassion and empathy are also important traits in being a good friend or partner. You know the old golden rule, “Care for others the way you would like them to care for you.” The support of a friend during a tough time could make the difference between success and failure. Encouragement and confidence are priceless gifts that can help change a person’s life.
Take care, though, with whom you choose to have close relationship, for they can have a tremendous impact on your self-esteem and life path. As someone once told me, “the attitude of your friends is like the buttons on an elevator. They will either take you up or down.”
【小题1】In order to make good friends, you should do the following except ______.

A．Be a good listener	B．Be patient, compassionate
C．Be careful	D．Be generous to your friends

【小题2】What will you do to your friends according to the passage?

A．Buy your friend a mirror.	B．Point out their mistakes if there is any
C．Give them encouragement and confidence.	D．Pay attention what they do

【小题3】What does the underlined sentence in the passage mean?

A．It is different whether you have friends or not.

B．The support of friends counts when you have difficulties.

C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D．You are certain to succeed if you get the support of friends.

【小题4】Which of the following statements is not right according to the passage?

A．It is good to share your fun with other.

B．The friend is a mirror for us to learn more about others.

C．You’d better be a good listener if you want to be a good friend.

D．Be careful to choose your friend.

I remember growing up, my mom always said, “Half the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.” It is so true. Friends and mates allow us to enjoy our success and our joys, comfort us in our challenging moments, and provide a mirror for us to learn more about ourselves. I’ve always looked at friends as the family we choose. They enrich our lives. As Robert Louis Steven once said, “A friend is a present which you give yourself.”

To be a good friend or partner, it’s importable be a good listener. Hear what your friend or mate has to say first rather than jumping to conclusions or getting defensive. Sometimes it is useful to be their mirror, for when they hear their words repeated back to them; it can help them to realize that what they said was not exactly what they meant to say.

Patience, compassion and empathy are also important traits in being a good friend or partner. You know the old golden rule, “Care for others the way you would like them to care for you.” The support of a friend during a tough time could make the difference between success and failure. Encouragement and confidence are priceless gifts that can help change a person’s life.

Take care, though, with whom you choose to have close relationship, for they can have a tremendous impact on your self-esteem and life path. As someone once told me, “the attitude of your friends is like the buttons on an elevator. They will either take you up or down.”

1.In order to make good friends, you should do the following except ______.

A．Be a good listener	B．Be patient, compassionate
C．Be careful	D．Be generous to your friends

2.What will you do to your friends according to the passage?

A．Buy your friend a mirror.	B．Point out their mistakes if there is any
C．Give them encouragement and confidence.	D．Pay attention what they do

3.What does the underlined sentence in the passage mean?

A．It is different whether you have friends or not.

B．The support of friends counts when you have difficulties.

C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D．You are certain to succeed if you get the support of friends.

4.Which of the following statements is not right according to the passage?

A．It is good to share your fun with other.

B．The friend is a mirror for us to learn more about others.

C．You’d better be a good listener if you want to be a good friend.

D．Be careful to choose your friend.

 

Friendship continues to remain central to our lives. Friends often affect our health and energy. More and more people are increasingly turning towards their friends for support and sharing rather than just communicating with their relatives. We may have a very unclear understanding of what makes a friend but we all want to have a good number of friends around us. There are certain things you do to help you make friends or at least help you get close to people whom you want to make friends with.
The first step to make friends with people is to make them like you. If they don’t like you in the first place, it is unlikely that they’ll be eager to become your friends. To let someone know that you are interested in him, simple gestures like a little smile and calling him by his name can help. To make the other person feel important, you need to be a good listener and to encourage him to talk. Give your honest and sincere opinion, but do not make fun of him.
The second step is to develop trust in each other. You need to share opinions with this person and it is necessary for you to develop a habit of seeing things from his point of view. To become the best of friends, you must show concern and consideration for your friends’ desires and opinions.
The third and final step is to show your support and encouragement towards your friend. Moreover, you also need to be very clear about your expectations from your friend. If what you expect from the person you want to be a friend matches with what that person can and wants to do in friendship, the developing friendship between you and your friend is sure to be easy and successful.
【小题1】What can we learn about friends and friendship?

A．Friendship is not important in our life.

B．Friends have nothing to do with our health and energy.

C．Friends can provide us with support.

D．Relatives can not become friends.

【小题2】Which is the right order of making friends according to the writer?
① When you meet some problems, you ask him for help.
② When he is in trouble, you tell him your ideas.
③ You smile at him to let him know you like him.

A．②①③

B．①②③

C．③①②

D．③②①

【小题3】We can infer from the passage that _____.

A．you can’t call your friend by his name

B．friends should understand each other

C．there should be no secret between friends

D．friends don’t need support and encouragement

【小题4】What is the main purpose of the writer?

A．To tell us about the importance of making friends.

B．To tell us about the advantages and disadvantages of friendship.

C．To introduce the steps for making friends.

D．To tell us that friends are hard to make.

【小题5】What’s the meaning of the underlined word gestures?

A．身势语

B．客人

C．猜测

D．表演

Put a little love in your life

I remember growing up, my mom always said，“Half the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.” It is so true. Friends and mates allow us to enjoy our success and our joys, comfort us in our challenging moments, and provide a mirror for us to learn more about ourselves. I’ve always looked at friends as the family we choose. They enrich our lives. As Robert Louis Steven once said, “A friend is a present which you give yourself.”

   To be a good friend or partner, it’s importable be a good listener. Hear what your friend or mate has to say first rather than jumping to conclusions or getting defensive. Sometimes it is useful to be their mirror, for when they hear their words repeated back to them，it can help them to realize that what they said was not exactly what they meant to say.

Patience, compassion and empathy are also important traits in being a good friend or partner. You know the old golden rule, “Care for others the way you would like them to care for you.” The support of a friend during a tough time could make the difference between success and failure. Encouragement and confidence are priceless gifts that can help change a person’s life.

Take care, though, with whom you choose to have close relationship, for they can have a tremendous impact on your self-esteem and life path. As someone once told me, “the attitude of your friends are like the buttons on an elevator. They will either take you up or down.”

1. In order to make good friends, you should do the following except

     A．Be a good listener

     B．Be patient, compassionate

     C．Be careful

     D．Be generous to your friends

2. What will you do to your friends according to the passage?

     A．Buy your friend a mirror.

     B．Point out their mistakes if there is any

     C．Give them encouragement and confidence.

     D．Pay attention what they do

3. What does the underlined sentence in the passage mean?

     A．It is different whether you have friends or not.

     B．The support of friends counts when you have difficulties.

     C．A friend in need is a friend indeed．

     D．You are certain to succeed if you get the support of friends.

4. Which of the following statements is not right according to the passage?

     A．It is good to share your fun with other.

B．The friend is a mirror for us to learn more about others.

C．You’d better be a good listener if you want to be a good friend．

D．Be careful to choose your friend．

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

       根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

       Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice．

       71    These selections provide practice on employing different reading skills to get the message of the writer．They also give students practice in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for thorough comprehension, and critical reading．

       Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents．This kind of rapid reading is suitable when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or        

    72   

       Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading．However, in this case the search is more    concentrated．   73    When you read to find a particular date, or number you are scanning．

       Reading for thorough comprehension is carefully reading in order to understand the total   meaning of the passage．At this level of comprehension the reader is able to summarize the author’s ideas    74   ．

       Critical reading demands that a reader makes judgments about what he or she reads．This kind of reedit requires posting and answering questions such as “    75   ”, “Do I share the author’s point of view?” and “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?

       A．Does my own experience support that of the author?

       B．Reader’s Choice is one of the most popular magazines in the world．

       C．but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas．

       D．The book contains many types of selections on a wide variety of topics．

       E ．To scan is to read quickly in order to find out specific information．

       F．Do I know about the author?

       G．when there is no time to read something carefully．