Every one of us, rich or poor, should at least have one or two good friends. Your friends will listen to you when you speak, will take care of you when you are sick, and will be together with you in your journey through life.

Everyone needs friends. Friendship can make us happier. How can we find a good friend and get on well with each other? Here is some advice.

Make friends with a person who is easy to get along with.

You should make friends with a person who has somethig in common with you.

Give your friend a hand when he or she is in trouble. Friends should always be ready to help each other.

Believe in each other. This is the most important thing in a friendship.

Even the best friends may quarrel sometimes. If this happens, don’t let your quarrel last too long. Try to make peace with your friends soon.

Friendship is a kind of treasure in our life. It is like a bottle of wine, the longer it is kept, the better it will be.

任务一：根据短文内容，用简洁的句子或短语完成下列表格。

Suggestions	How to find a good friend and get on well with each other
Suggestion 1	◆ Make a friend who is easy to get along with.
Suggestion 2	◆ 56. ______________________________________
Suggestion 3	◆ 57. _____________________________________
Suggestion 4	◆ 58. _____________________________________
Suggestion 5	◆ 59. _____________________________________

任务二：文中提到了友谊像一瓶酒，那你觉得它像什么？请写一条与大家分享。

◆ 60. _______________________________________________________________________

阅读理解．根据短文内容，判断对错．

　　Ted arrives at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris will not leave until five to twelve. He sees a lot of people waiting in the station. Some are standing in line(排队), others are walking around. There is a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher is trying to keep them in line. Ted looks around but there is no place for him to sit.

　　He walks into the station cafe(咖啡馆). He looks up at the clock there. It is only twenty to twelve. He finds a seat and sits down before a large mirror(镜子) on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Ted's workmates comes in and sits with Ted.

　　“What time is your bus?” asks Mike.

　　“There's plenty of time yet,” answers Ted.

　　“Well, I'll get you some more tea then,” says Mike.

　　They talk while drinking. Then Ted looks at the clock again. “Oh! It's going backward(倒行)!” He cries. “A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven.”

　　“You're looking at the clock in the mirror.” says Mike. Ted is so sad(难过). The next bus is not to leave for another hour. Since then(自从那以后) Ted has never liked mirrors.

1．The bus for Paris will leave at eleven fifty-five.

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2．Ted goes into the station cafe because Mike asks him to have a cup of tea.

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3．In fact, when Ted looks at the clock in the mirror, it's half past twelve.

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4．Ted looks at the clock in the mirror only once.

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5．Ted will arrive in Paris on time.

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I remember a time l went shopping on my first visit to Hung Kong．Coming from cold and cloudy England，I was prepared for the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a short skirt．Not having much chance to enjoy the sun in the UK and having naturally fair skin(白皙皮肤)，my legs were very white．In the UK this is not a fashionable look at all．Most women spend every sunny day out in the suit trying to get darker skin．The darker the shin，the better the look．I have tried to get darker but nothing works for me!

    As I walked around one shop，two shop girls didn’t take their eyes off me the whole time，talking quietly to each other in Chinese．I began to feel uncomfortable and asked my friend if we could leave．After we left the shop, she asked me what was wrong．I complained(抱怨)about the shop girls being very rude and always looking at my legs．I was embarrassed(尴尬) that they were talking about my white skin．My friend laughed，“They weren’t laughing at you．They were saying how nice your legs are．Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours．In fact，there are many beauty products in the shops to make skin whiter and a lot of money is spent on them．”

    It just goes to show that we are never happy with what we have．The grass is always greener on the other side．If the women of the West and East thought the same way，western women wouldn’t spend so much money on cream that makes skin darker and women from the East wouldn’t need to use cream that makes skin whiter．

    根据短文内容，选择最佳答案

1．The writer is telling about her first shopping ___________．

    A．in the East    B．in England    C．in Hong Kong D．in the West

2．What did the writer prepare to do during her visit?

  A．She prepared to buy a T-shirt．

  B．She prepared to enjoy the sun and get darker skin．

  C．She prepared to show some beauty products．

  D．She prepared to make her skin whiter．

3．The writer had white legs because __________．

  A．she lived in a cold and cloudy country

  B．she wanted them to be that way

  C．she didn’t like dark skin

  D．she spent so much money on her legs

4．Why did the writer think the shop girls were laughing at her?

  A．Because the writer was talking with her friend loudly．

  B．Because the writer had no money with her．

  C．Because they talked and laughed at her friend．

  D．Because they didn’t take their eyes off her the whole time．

5．In Chinese．the sentence“The grass is always greener on the other side．”implies(深层含义为)“__________”．

  A．另一边的草地要比这边的绿．

  B．那座山上的草总是绿的。

  C．这山望着那山高。

  D．这山比那山高。