Making friend is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing（乐意） to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone.
Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity. Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are giving an opinion about us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same away. Try to accept(接受)yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束). You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to keep self-confident(自信)even when you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall(趾高气扬)and straight, look directly at other people and smile. If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on each other’s liking and “give and take”. They take time and efforts to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.
【小题1】If you want to meet people and make friends, what should you do?

A．Join a club or group.	B．Talk with those who like the same things.
C．Join someone in some activity.	D．All of the above(上面)

【小题2】In the sentence “After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown.”, the word “unknown” means _____.

A．without somebody knowing	B．without somebody liking
C．unfriendly	D．unpleasant

【小题3】How do you feel more comfortable when you are with new people?

A．Shake hands with others

B．Accept yourself as you are, and put the other as ease

C．Don’t talk with those who don’t like.

D．Walk tall and straight.

【小题4】If you’d like to speak to someone, what should you do?

A．You should wait until the person says something.

B．You should stay home alone.

C．You should cough until the person notices you.

D．You should say something at first.

【小题5】Friendship is based on______

A．meeting for the first time	B．each other’s liking and “give and take”
C．keeping self-confident	D．facing the unknown

Many people like to travel by plane, but I don’t like it because an airport(飞机场) is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for the plane to take off and it is often late. You can’t open the windows. You can’t choose the food. Planes are fast, but you have to take hours to go out of the airport and into the city.
I like traveling by train. I think trains are safe(安全的)?Railway stations are usually in cities. When you are late for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows .You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time.
I also like cars. You can start your journey when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a railway station or bus stop. It’s very convenient(方便的) for you to carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.
【小题1】Why do many people like to travel by plane?

A．Because it is fast.

B．Because it is safe.

C．Because you can walk around in the plane.

D．Because it is cheap.

【小题2】Which is not the good point about the train?

A．It is safe.

B．It takes a little more time.

C．You can open the windows.

D．You can walk around in the train.

【小题3】If you want to take a lot of things with you, which one do you choose to go out?

A．A bus.

B．A car.

C．A train.

D．A bike

【小题4】What is the bad thing about the car?

A．You needn’t go to a station.

B．You can start your journey when you want to.

C．There are too many cars on the road.

D．You needn’t go to a bus stop.

【小题5】Which is Not True according to the passage?

A．Few people like to travel by plane .

B．The writer thinks traveling by train is safe.

C．If you travel by plane, you can’t open the windows.

D．Traveling by car is very convenient to carry many things.

Dear sir ,
I have travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along the routes: the(路线): the number 49 and the number 16. But by the time the number 16 bus reaches Souk Road, it is always full, so I can’t get on it, I have to wait for the number 49 because sometimes there are empty seats on it.
The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes. If this is true, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day?
The rules say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting Why do the half-empty buses go straight(一直)past me when I am standing at bus stop?
The rules say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers. Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. I counted the other passengers as they got off. There were 129 people.
It is clear that our bus companies break the rules and think little of their passengers. Can nothing be done to make your service(服务) better?
Yours
Tired passenger
【小题1】This passage is __________.

A．a message

B．a talk

C．a story

D．a letter

【小题2】The writer has to take Bus No. 49 because______.

A．it arrives on time	B．it is not always full
C．it travels faster	D．it has fewer seats on it

【小题3】How long does the writer usually have to wait for a bus?

A．Ten minutes

B．One hour

C．Half an hour

D．Nearly a day

【小题4】The rules say that each bus may carry ________ passengers at most.

A．twenty

B．forty

C．sixty

D．one hundred and twenty-nine

【小题5】From the passage we can see that__________.

A．the bus service was poor

B．no passengers took their buses

C．no buses except the No. 49 bus passed Souk Road

D．the writer was always the first to get on bus

The Guidance Department （教导处）at Berryville High School has a staff of eleven teachers. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too.
“Parents meetings make clear monthly diagram（图表）.”says Mildred Freman, head of the Guidance. “This diagram stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May. ”
September, the beginning of a new school year, starts rather slowly. Few parents come in. Most of these want to talk about the schedules. October brings many problems caused by some students. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November. December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday. ”Ms Foreman says, “People want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day.”
Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents in as school opens again. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents begin to think that their children may be asked to stay in the same grade again. They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.
【小题1】The teachers in the Guidance Department usually ______.

A．do most of their work for the students

B．answer all the questions from parents

C．help other teachers get along with students and parents

D．only bring report cards to students and parents

【小题2】In December parents usually ______.

A．stay at home with their children for their holidays

B．wait for the teachers to bring report cards to their children

C．wouldn’t like to visit the teachers in the Guidance Department

D．let teachers have a good rest during their holidays

【小题3】Why do some parents come to school in March? Because ______.

A．they want to see their children’s teachers after Christmas holidays

B．they are called by the teachers of Guidance Department

C．bad marks have them do it

D．it’s the beginning of a new school year

【小题4】Which of the following is Right?

A．In June the school decides who will stay in the same grade again.

B．Almost all the parents come to meet Mildred Foreman every month.

C．April is also the second busiest month for the staff.

D．The parents help to do most of the work for the staff.

用所给动词的适当形式填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

1. Millie often _________ (fly) a kite with her brother.

2. We are looking forward to_________ (have) a Christmas party.

3. Lucy! _________ (be) your twin sister often late for school?

4._________ he _________ (wait) for the bus now?

5. They finished _________ (celebrate) his 14th birthday yesterday.

6.1t's great for you _________ (tell) me about Thanksgiving Day.

7. Look! There is a baby _________ (lie) on the couch.

8.1 need you _________ (help) me with my Maths and English.

9.. Can you tell me how _________ (start) the computer?

10. Lucy goes shopping alone without _________ (ask) her mother for help.