We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Five．Before we moved，we took him to spend half a day at his new school．There he saw his new classmates and teachers．He enjoyed the visit．During the almost l50-kilometer drive home，he told US that he had told some of the students the date when we would move there．And he had also invited them to visit us.

The moving day，a Saturday，was a busy day．But we arrived at our new house at noon．About an hour later，kids began to come and soon one of them invited our son to his house to play for the afternoon．

By the time he returned，he knew where most of the kids lived and all of their family histories．

On Monday morning，the door bell rang just before the time he would leave for schoo1．Then it rang again and again．

By the time he was ready，we had eight young boys waiting to walk to school with him on his first day．They all lived near us．

I asked them if their parents had sent them．The answers surprised and pleased me，“No，we just came so that he would have people to walk with．”and “It is the right thing to do．”

The starting of lasting（持续的）friendships were formed（形成）that day．We have lived here nearly six years and the same group of kids still plays together，goes to parties on weekends together，and surfs together．

I still get thinking how welcoming and kind those kids were．And how lucky my son is to have them as friends！

1．Before the family moved to the new area，the son was taken to his new schoo1　 ．

　 A．to invite the teachers to visit them　 B．to play with his classmates　

　 C．to see if the school was far　　 　　 D．to get to know it

2．What did the son know about other kids after they played for the afternoon?　

　 A．Their living places and family histories．

　 B．Their family stories and their life．

　 C．Their school life and family histories．

D．Their living places and family members．

3．In the story，the son went to school on his first day　

　 A．in his father’s car　 　　　　　　　　 B．on a school bus

　 C．on foot with other kids 　　　　　　　 D．in another kid’s car

4．Which of the following is Right according to the story?　

　 A．The family moved to the new house on Saturday afternoon．

　 B．The kids visited the house before the family arrived．

　 C．The son knew the kids well before he got there．

　 D．The son was invited to play in a kid’s house later that afternoon．

5．The passage shows us that　 ．　

　 A．it’s easy to move to a new place

　 B．it’s kind of people to help a new comer

　 C．it’s difficult to make new friends

　 D．it’s better to live in the same place

Jan Hargrave is a body language expert in America. I was very pleased to hear Jan Hargrave speak the other day. She explained that although our mouths may lie, our bodies do not. For the most part, we all have the ability to tell when people are lying to us by reading their tone of voice and body signals.

It was Professor Albert Mehrabian who discovered that we express our feelings and attitudes with 55 percent body language, 38 percent tone of voice and only 7 percent actual words. In other words, if I asked you how you were doing and you said “fine”, that word wouldn’t mean anything by itself. It would be your body signals and how you said it that would let me know how you were really doing.

    So, can you tell when people are lying to you? Jan Hargrave says we lie with the right side of your brains, so it is our left hand that tips us off.  A person touching his nose, pulling at his ear or rubbing his eye with his left hand might be lying to you. Also, a person who, in a way crosses fingers might just be lying.

    Here are some things we do to shut people out. We continually look at our watch. We fail to make eye contact. We fail to look up from the paper or away from the TV. Our body is leaning away from them.

    By paying attention, we can open these important lines of communication and see the truth more clearly. I think it would be a mistake to use these tools to control or lie to people, but we need to realize the signals we are giving so we can show people that they really do matter to us.

1 What does the underlined sentence “it is our left hand that tips us off” in the third paragraph mean?

A. Our left hand is more faithful than our right hand.

B. Our left hand is connected with the right side of our brains.

C. Our left hand can tell people that we are lying.

D. Our left hand shows our feelings in a negative way.

2 Which of the following do we do to shut people out, according to the fourth paragraph?

a. look at our watch continually

b. fail to look up from the TV

c. stare at people for a long time

d. lean away from people

A. abc.      B. abd.        C. acd.           D. bcd.

3 What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A. To advise people to act more than they speak.

B. To compare different body signals.

C. To explain how people express their feelings.

D. To make people realize the importance of body language.