Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying, "Friends are God's way of taking care of us." But how do you find real friendship and keep it?
The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.
First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his or her best to help. To make a friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives.
But things cannot always be happy. Even the best friends have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn't want to talk, you could write a letter.
There are three steps to being friends again: Tell him or her how you are feeling; say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that. Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.
1.Sally wants to tell students the ways to ________.
A. find friends B. plant trees
C. get happy D. keep fit
2.What makes good friends?
A. A good friend should be lovely and cool.
B. A good friend should be kind and patient.
C. A good friend should have lots of money.
D. A good friend should have good looks.
3.According to the text, you can ________ your friend after a fight.
A. buy a present for B. never say a word to
C. have dinner with D. write a letter to
4.What is the best title of the text?
A. The development and maintenance of friendship
B. The good friends around you
C. The trouble of growing up
D. The keeping of friendship
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Candy comes in many flavors. Some taste like fruit. Some taste like flowers. Some are chewy, like taffy (太妃糖) and gum. Hard candies are, well. hard! So, they last a long time.
But, in spoken English, there are some types of candy that you cannot eat. For example, you can’t eat eye candy. Eye candy is a person-man or woman-who is very good-looking. So, looking at this person is a treat for the eye, just like candy is a treat for the taste buds.
Do you hear of candy coat? Of course it is not a coat made of candy. But you can say I don’t candy coat the truth. What does candy-coating something mean? Well, some pills are covered with a coat of thin, sweet candy. The coating makes swallowing the pill easier, and it may hide a bad taste. So, candy coating a difficult truth or situation means you don’t directly discuss its bad parts.
After talking about candy you may want to eat some candies. However, some people dislike things that are very sweet, especially adults. But even if you do not like candy, you can still be called a kid in a candy store. This expression means a person is very happy to do something or to simply be somewhere. Imagine a child going from one candy display to the next, not knowing which candy to choose!
Talking about children brings us to another expression: as easy as taking candy from a baby. Think about a small, helpless baby holding a piece of candy. Taking it would be very easy—mean, but easy. So, use this expression when you are talking about something that may be simple to do, but probably not right.
1.What kind of girl can be described as “eye candy”?
A.Beautiful B.Optimistic
C.Hardworking D.Warmhearted
2.What does the underlined word “swallowing” mean in English?
A.Making. B.Taking.
C.Selling. D.Testing.
3.Which of the following expressions means you are doing something with wrong intention?
A.Hard candies. B.Candy coat.
C.A kid in a candy store. D.As easy as taking candy from a baby.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A.Candy. Enjoy It or Avoid It B.Various Candies in English
C.The Best Candy in the World D.Candies’ Different Flavors
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Retired judge Davison hated all the quiet. Evy, his wife of 66 ears, had passed away, and he was lonely and sad in the months after her death. But he knew how to beat those feelings; he decided to build a pool.
Davison contacted a family-run company in Hopkins, Minnesota, that had built a pool for his previous house 40 years ago. “They did such a great job before and were still in business, so they came out and planned it,” Davison said.
Kevin, who works on new pools for the company, helped Davison with everything, from initial planning and completing contracts back in March to teaching him how to filter the water once the pool was finish in July.
“If You build it, they will come,” he thought. He invited all the neighborhood kids over to swim. Now it’s not so quiet anymore.
He hears the sounds of laughter and splashing as he sits on a chair in the shade, watching happy children play in his backyard.
“I knew they’d come.” 94-yvear-old Davison told KARE-TV.
Neighbor Jessica thought the judge was joking when he talked about putting in a pool until she saw the work starting. Now she and her four kids have been regulars since the pool was finished in July.
“It’s him spreading joy throughout our neighborhood for these kids.” Jessica said.
Davison’s pool includes a diving board and reaches nine feet in the deep end under the board. It’s especially welcome in a town that doesn’t have a public outdoor pool.
Although Davison has three adult children, he doesn’t have any grandchildren.
Jessica says she’s told him, “You kind of adopted our whole neighborhood of kids. These are your grandkids.”
The judge’s rules require that a parent or grandparent stay while the children are swimming. Once the kids leave. he likes to swim, too.
Davison tells KARE-TV that he realizes that putting in the pool didn’t make a lot of financial (经济的) sense for an old man. But that didn’t matter to him.
“I’m not sitting by myself looking at the walls.” he says. “What else would you think of doing where you could have a whole bunch of kids over every afternoon?” The 94-year-old judge now hears laughter all day as he watches children splash in his backyard pool.
1.Why did Davison build a swimming pool?
A.To remember his dead wife. B.To earn some money for a living.
C.To fight against his loneliness. D.To please the kids in the neighborhood.
2.What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A.The neighborhood children. B.His three adult children.
C.Reporters from KARE-TV. D.The workers who built the pool.
3.What rules do children have to follow while swimming in the judge’s pool?
A.They shall wear life jackets. B.They shall be in company with the adults.
C.They shall receive some training. D.They shall get their parents’ permission.
4.What can we learn from the story?
A.Action speaks louder than words.
B.True success comes from spiritual riches.
C.The value of life lies in respect and love.
D.One’s search for happiness brings others great joy.
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Saturday, March 24th
We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This our first trip to Thailand. All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North.
Tuesday, March 27th
Bangkok is wonderful and surprising. The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on the water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.
Friday, March 30th
Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life ---no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say " hello “. Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.
1.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand.
B.The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus.
C.The writer is traveling alone in Thailand.
D.The writer will take a bus to Chiang Mai.
2.The people in the village of Chiang Rai______
A.are friendly to others
B.like speaking English
C.hope to live in the cities
D.live a very busy life
3.What is the best title for the whole diary?
A.My First Travel B.The Outside World
C.Traveling in Thailand D.My Trip to Chiang Mai
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When I was in my first year of high school, I had a terrible time when every area of my life was a disaster. I felt so hopeless and alone that I thought everything was impossible.
On one such day, I was walking from class across the school to catch the school bus home, with my head down, fighting tears of total hopelessness, when a young man came down the sidewalk toward me. Though I had never seen him before, I did not want him to see that I was in such low spirits, so I turned my head away and hoped to hurry past. I thought he'd walk on by, but he moved until he was directly in front of me, waited until I looked up, and then smiled.
Looking into my eyes, this stranger spoke in a quiet voice:"Whatever is wrong will pass. You're going to be OK, just hang on." He then smiled again and walked away.
I can't explain the effect of that man's unexpected kindness and caring! He gave me the one thing that I'd lost completely—hope. I looked for him in our school to thank him, but never saw him again.
That was thirty years ago. And I've never forgotten that moment. Over the years, whenever I see someone who is in trouble, I will always think of that young man and try to give a flash of hope in the dark wherever I can. I carry things for people when they are too heavy for them, sit with naughty babies in the waiting room while their mothers are busy, or talk to tired couples at the checkout line or it could be anything.
If you keep your head up, your heart will show you the place that needs hope.
1.Where did the writer meet with the young man?
A.In the school. B.In the school bus. C.In the classroom. D.In the library.
2.From the passage we may infer that the author ________.
A.had known the young man for a long time
B.made friends with the young man afterwards
C.was grateful to that young man very much
D.avoided meeting the young man since then
3.The author has given a lot of help to others in order to ________.
A.show his sympathy to those who are badly ill
B.give others hope of life when they are in trouble
C.realize his promise made to the young man
D.get respect from those who were helped by him
4.It can be known from the passage that ________.
A.the young man always tried his best to help those who were in trouble
B.it was the young man's smile and words that made the author feel hopeful
C.the author had never been praised by others before he met with the young man
D.the author traveled to a lot of places to look for the young man but failed
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The 22nd Winter Olympic Games Duration : February 7 to February 23, 2014. Host city: Sochi, Russia Number of athletes: over 3000 athletes from 88 countries Total number of events: 98 |
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The Beijing-Guilin High Speed Railway Open time: December 28, 2013 Number of stations: 19 (including Beijing and Guilin) Departure time: 7:46 a.m. Arrival time: 6:18 p.m. |
1.The 22nd Winter Olympic Games was held in _______.
A.Beijing B.Sochi C.Rome D.London
2.If five students want to watch the football match, the tickets will cost______ yuan.
A.500 B.450 C.350 D.250
3.It takes you about _________ hours to travel from Beijing to Guilin on the high speed train.
A.19 B.11 C.22 D.6
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Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate — refined white rice(精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins. The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.
1.The underlined word “cure” in Paragragh 1 probably means ______.
A.a medical treatment B.a kind of vitamin
C.a kind of germ D.a kind of rice
2.Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?
A.To eat them. B.To carry out his experiments.
C.To give the Javanese a surprise. D.To make money by selling them.
3.We can learn from the passage that ______.
A.beri-beri was caused by chickens
B.the Javanese didn’t like vitamins
C.Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful
D.the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ
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Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke emptied out her piggy bank (存钱罐)onto the living room floor and immediately started counting. Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up the coins, but then she saw the girl put the coins into a plastic bag and place it in her backpack.
"That aroused my curiosity," Jackie told CBS News. "Nobody messes with the piggy bank." After observing Sunshine at work a few minutes longer, Jackie decided to find out why the little girl broke into her savings.
"What are you doing with that money?" Jackie asked her granddaughter.
"I'm taking it to school," Sunshine replied. The little girl finally stated the real reason why she needed the money. "I'm going to take it for milk money. My friend Layla doesn't get milk—her mom doesn't have milk money and I do."
Jackie's heart melted at Sunshine's words. Choked with strong feelings, Jackie held her sweet granddaughter tightly in her arms.
Last week, Jackie and Sunshine met with her teacher, Rita Hausher, and handed her the﹩30 the kindergartner had saved. There are 20 kids in Sunshine's class and about half don't get milk. It costs ﹩0.45 a carton(纸盒).The total adds up to about ﹩180 a month for every child in the class to have milk every day.
After dropping Sunshine off at school, Jackie posted a tearful video on Facebook to explain her granddaughter's plan. To her surprise, dozens of people offered to donate toward the cause. Within a week, Jackie raised more than ﹩1,000. Now every student in Sunshine's class can get free milk for the rest of the year.
Jackie said Sunshine doesn't see her kind act as a big deal. She was just trying to look out for her friends. "She doesn't understand the effect she's brought about," Jackie said. "But now she knows she can do whatever she puts her mind to."
1.Why did Sunshine empty her piggy bank?
A. She wanted to play with the coins.
B. She needed to train her counting skills.
C. She intended to pay for her friend's milk.
D. She hoped to show off her savings in class.
2.How did Jackie feel upon hearing Sunshine's words?
A. Touched. B. Curious.
C. Proud. D. Relieved.
3.In Jackie's eyes, what did Sunshine learn from the experience?
A. Many hands make light work.
B. Two heads are better than one.
C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A. Jackie's Piggy Bank. B. Small Coins, Big Deeds.
C. A Moved Grandmother. D. Piggy Bank and Carton Milk.
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According to some researchers, you should not praise children for everything that they do. It does not help them build self-confidence.
Most parents and teachers agree that praise can help increase children’s self-confidence — the more, the better. However, according to some researchers, only proper praise is good for children. If adults praise everything children do, it makes children look for praise all the time, not trying to do their best. "Teachers should not say things like ʽgood job’ or ʽnice work’ whenever a child does anything. They should encourage them to continue to improve," some researchers advise.
Another idea is that children with high self-confidence are happier, and do better at school. About this, Marshall Duke, a researcher in children, says, "High self-confidence brought in by too much praise does not make children happier, get more, or become able to do more. Finding a child’s advantages and developing them can help build confidence more than too much praise can." Praise also loses its effect if it is given equally to all students.
“It’s important to tell children the truth about what they’ve done. Honest feedback is far better than empty praise," Duke adds. "People have got into the habit of not telling children when they’re wrong. That makes it hard for them to deal with difficulties when they grow up. That’s just how the world is."
1.According to some researchers, if parents praise their children too much, their children will______.
A.become strong B.increase self-confidence
C.do better in their studies D.always look for praise
2.In order to help children build self-confidence, some researchers advise teachers to ______.
A.make them live more happily B.let them do more difficult work
C.encourage them to improve D.help them do better in school
3.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A.Praise makes children become successful.
B.The same praise for all children has no meaning.
C.Children don’t know what they’re really good at.
D.Duke thinks praise is more important than finding children’s strengths.
4.What is the last paragraph about?
A.What children with high self-confidence are like.
B.It’s important to have the habit of praising children.
C.Children should know their mistakes as soon as possible.
D.We should praise children honestly and tell them their mistakes.
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