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Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, to laugh, and to do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be alone. We don't always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.

No two people are the same. Sometimes friends don't get along well. That doesn't mean they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will go on being friends. Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much. But we can call them and write to them. It could be that we would never see them again. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.

Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and women who have been friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named this way. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places. When we have friends, we will be very happy. Being happy helps us stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about us, we take better care of ourselves.

1.If we have no friends we feel _____.

A．alone　　　　　　　　　 B．lonely　　　　　　 C．happy　　　　　　 D．well

2.We 　　　　　 need to be alone, with no others around us.

A．sometimes　　　　　 B．always　　　　　　 C．never　　　　　　　 D．no longer

3.Sometimes friends don't get along well, that means　　　　 ．

A．they don’t miss each other

B．they don’t call each other

C．they no longer like each other

D．they have differences at times

4.Some places, libraries, or schools are 　　　　　 men or women, because they were friendly or did good deed to people or the places．

A．friendly to　　　　　　 B．close to

C．named after　　　　　　 D．thinking of

5.The main idea of this passage is _____．

A．that people are all friends

B．that people need friends

C．how to get to know friends

D．how to name a place

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Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. Sure, there are times when we need to be alone. We don’t always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.

No two people are the same. Sometimes friends don’t get along well. That doesn’t mean they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will go on being friends. Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much. But we can call them and write to them. Maybe we wound never see them again. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them. Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and women, if they are friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named in this way. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places.

There is more good news for people, if they have friends. These people live longer than those people who don’t have friends. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.

1.According to the author, why sometimes friends don’t get along well? Because________

A．friends move away                      B．we don’t call them and write to them

C．we have made new friends                D．no two people are the same

2.Which of the following places people name after their friendly people is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A． A town                              B． A room

C． A school                             D． A library

3.Why do people who have friends live longer?

A．They feel happier and healthier.

B．They know more about friendship.

C．They take less care of themselves.

D．They care more about their friends.

4.This passage mainly tells us ______

A．that people are all friends                 B．that people need friends

C．how to get to know friends                D．how to name a place

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Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be alone. We don't always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.

No two people are the same. Sometimes friends don't get along well, which doesn't mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will go on being friends. Sometimes friends move away, then we feel very sad. We miss them much, but we can call them and write to them. Maybe we would never see them again, and we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them. Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and women, if they are friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named this way. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places.

There's more good news for people, if they have friends. These people live longer than those people if those don't have friends. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares, if someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.

1.The first paragraph tells us __________.

A. none needs friends

B. we always need friends around us

C. making friends is the need in people's life

D. we need to be alone

2.Which of the following is what the writer doesn't say in the passage?

A. People are happy when their friends leave them.

B. People may never see their friends after their friends move away.

C. People can know their friends in different ways.

D. People like their friends very much if they get to know them.

3.Which of the following is the most probable place people name after friendly people?

A. A house.　　 B. A room.

C. A library.　　 D. A village.

4.If people have friends, they would live longer, because __________.

A. they feel happier and healthier　　 B. they get a lot of help from their friends

C. they take better care of themselves　　 D. both A and C

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Friends are very important in our everyday life. Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with.   ________, sometimes we need to be alone. We don’t always want people ________. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.

No two people are ________. Friends sometimes don’t get on well. That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will ________ and become friends again.

Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very ________. We miss them very much, but we can call them and write to them. And we can ________ new friends. It is encouraging to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.

There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? Friends can make us feel happy. Being happy helps you ________well. If someone cares about you, you take ________ care of yourself.

1.A. Hardly      B. Nearly               C. Suddenly    D. Certainly

2.A. alone       B. away         C. all over        D. around

3.A. friendly     B. kind             C. just the same       D. quite different

4.A. make up    B. run away    C. get around         D. set off

5.A. angry      B. sad           C. happy            D. alone

6.A. search       B. contact         C. make           D. know

7.A. stay       B. match          C. think             D. organize

8.A. less          B. better         C. little             D. lot

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My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn’t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking.

Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn’t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.

We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.

For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability无能无力 to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.

We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly( 笨拙地) from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.

Over dinner; we learned the situation of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately不顾一切地, she explained.

“I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.”

The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.

1.Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?

2.All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.

3.The underlined word “establish” in the fourth passage probably has the same meaning as _____.

4.The woman had the same problem with her son in the way that ______.

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Good afternoon, everyone,

I’d like to introduce my friend Christy to you all. Christy is a great example of how one person with___can make her dream a reality, so she should win the Student of the Year Award. Christy loves to ride bikes. She does not just ride along city streets,___. She is interested in____ trail (小路) rides. __ Christy knew that people who love riding had to travel____the city to find good bike trails, so she___ to do something.

Christy knew that Roosevelt Park had a clean, lively creek(小溪）__ through it. 12 miles of land around the creek was____used. Christy decided to get together with other trail___ to ask the city council to__ a bike path along the unused land. Christy ___a petition (请愿书). She and other riders asked all of their biking friends if they would___ the list, and they gathered 300 signatures. The city council evaluated the___ and, more___, agreed to build the bike trail.

The____took two months of work, and now Roosevelt Park has a___bike trail. It has many ups and downs; it is a great ride. This trail is becoming one of the community’s important___ spots. I can’t __ with Christy when we ride together, but I am glad that she decided to work hard to begin the__ of the Roosevelt Park bike path. Christy____this award because she acted on her dream, causing a community to come together.

Thank you!

1.A. patience　　 B. satisfaction　　 C. determination　　 D. permission

2.A. still　　 B. instead　　 C. either　　 D. though

3.A. tough　　 B. vacant　　 C. convenient　　 D. remote

4.A. However　　 B. As　　 C. But　　 D. Since

5.A. around　　 B. beyond　　 C. along　　 D. outside

6.A. expected　　 B. decided　　 C. offered　　 D. walking[

7.A. running　　 B. going　　 C. coming　　 D. walking

8.A. often　　 B. ever　　 C. seldom　　 D. even

9.A. runners　　 B. players　　 C. passengers　　 D. riders

10.A. approve　　 B. create　　 C. prove　　 D. accuse

11.A. formed　　 B. wrote　　 C. drew　　 D. described

12.A. glance　　 B. view　　 C. call　　 D. sign

13.A. demand　　 B. request　　 C. invitation　　 D. scheme

14.A. importantly　　 B. naturally　　 C. obviously　　 D. necessarily

15.A. destruction　　 B. organization　　 C. construction　　 D. protection

16.A. interesting　　 B. competing　　 C. parking　　 D. satisfying

17.A. match　　 B. exercise　　 C. play　　 D. game

18.A. put up　　 B. keep up　　 C. end up　　 D. turn up

19.A. discovery　　 B. invention　　 C. creation　　 D. collection

20.A. deserves　　 B. preserves　　 C. reserves　　 D. serves

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Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit—and that can be a very annoying thing.　　　 1.Read on for some techniques worth trying.

1.　　　 2.

People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent

reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study.

　　 　 3.

Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.

2. Go for a walk.

Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact,exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain.　　 4.

3. Learn something new.

Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time.　　 　　 5. Or go dancing with your friends.

A. Focus on the future.

B. This can be espocially harmful to the aged.

C. It should be something like learning gardening.

D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.

E. But don't worry if your schedule isn't filled with life-changing events.

F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.

G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.

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We all need to feel understood, recognized and affirmed by our friends, family and romantic partners. We all need to find our tribe.

Research has shown that among the benefits that come with being in a relationship or group, feeling accepted is regarded as the most important driver of meaning. When other people think you matter and treat you as if you matter, you believe you matter, too.

Though we all share a need to belong, in the first decades of the 20th century, many influential psychologists and physicians did not acknowledge this fundamental aspect of human nature. The idea that children needed parental love and care to live a full and meaningful life was not only considered medically dangerous, but also dismissed as immoral and disgusting.

As behavioral psychology came into fashion and academic psychologists turned their attention to child- raising, this view shifted and they began to examine and affirm the vital importance of attachment in early life. They discovered that people, whatever their age, needed more than food and shelter to live full and healthy lives.

But, sadly, many of us lack close ties. At a time when we are more connected digitally than ever before, rates of social isolation are rising. The results of an Age UK poll published recently suggest that half a million people over the age of 60 usually spend each day alone, and it's not unusual for another half a million people to go without someone to speak to for five or six days. All these figures reveal more than a rise in loneliness — they reveal a lack of meaning in people's lives. In surveys, we list our close relationships as our most important sources of meaning. Research shows that people who are lonely and isolated feel their lives are less meaningful.

While close relationships are critical for living a meaningful life, they are not the only important social bonds we need to cultivate. Psychologists have also discovered the value of small moments of intimacy. “High-quality connections”, as one researcher calls them, are positive, short-term interactions between two people when a couple holds hands on a walk or when two strangers have an empathetic(移情作用的) conversation on a plane. High-quality connections have the potential to unlock meaning in our interactions with acquaintances, colleagues and strangers. We can't control whether someone will make a high-quality connection with us, but we can all choose to start one. We can say hello to a stranger on the street rather than look away. We can choose to value people rather than devalue them. We can invite people to belong.

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We all love our parents and turn to them when we’re in need, but would you like them to hear the conversations you have with your friends in the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites, such as micro-blog, blog and the Facebook, have actually become extensions of the school hallways（走廊）, so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to view your online activities and conversations with friends?

In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were up to date with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day to day lives as they always had because they had no need to be good at new technology. However, more and more parents are beginning to realize just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the motivation (动机) to educate themselves about social networking sites.

These days many people are attracted to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there’s also a certain amount of control over privacy that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is invaded when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.

It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our online lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “refuse” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to hide. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a sense of being watched and no longer feel free to comment or communicate the way you did before.

A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their child ignores their request: “When a teen ignores a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be truly independent.”

Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the blow if you do choose not to add them to your friends list.

1.The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 means that _______________.

A. students begin to communicate on some websites

B. students may log in micro-blog on school hallways

C. students can find pictures of hallways on micro-blog

D. schools begin to build their hallways on the Internet

2.According to paragraph 2, parents nowadays __________________.

A. are not content with their life any more

B. are all very good at new technology

C. go to school to learn new technology

D. begin to know their children through network

3.What can we infer from paragraph 3, 4 and 5？

A. People like network because they can choose friends as they like.

B. People cannot keep all their privacy on social networking sites.

C. Children refuse their parents’ “friend” request to hide something

D. Refusing parents “friend” request on the internet will hurt their feelings.

4.According to the passage, if Jack, a 17-year-old high school student refuses a “friend” request from his mother on micro-blog, ____________.

A. it means he will feel being watched and unsafe then

B. it is because Jack wants to own his independence

C. his mother will know that Jack wants to keep privacy

D. a quarrel will break out between Jack and his mother

5.What is the passage mainly taking about?

A. Children are more likely to turn to parents when they need help.

B. Children should be “friends” with their parents in order not to hurt parents.

C. It is a question to children whether to be “friends” with their parents.

D. There are some ways preventing children from hurting parents’ feelings.

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We all love our parents and turn to them when we’re in need, but would you like them to hear the ______ you have with your friends in the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites, such as micro-blog, blog and the Facebook, have actually become ______ of the school hallways(走廊), so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to ______ your online ______ and conversations with friends?

In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were ______ with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day-to-day lives as they always had because they had no ______ to be good at new technology. ______, more and more parents are beginning to ______ just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the ____ to educate themselves about social networking sites.

These days many people are ______ to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there’s also a certain amount of control over ______ that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is ______ when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.

It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our ______ lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “refuse” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to ______. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a(n) ______ of being watched and no longer feel ______ to comment or communicate the way you did before.

A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their child ignores their request: “When a teen ignores a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t ______ mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be truly _______.” Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the ______ if you do choose not to ______ them to your friends list.

1.A. quarrels　　 B. conversations　　 C. debates　　 D. bargains

2.A. explosions　　 B. focuses　　 C. extensions　　 D. definitions

3.A. spread　　 B. decide　　 C. repeat　　 D. view

4.A. habits　　 B. activities　　 C. images　　 D. shows

5.A. in association　　 B. in conflict　　 C. side by side　　 D. up to date

6.A. need　　 B. choice　　 C. money　　 D. time

7.A. However　　 B. Indeed　　 C. Thus　　 D. Otherwise

8.A. advocate　　 B. realize　　 C. deny　　 D. doubt

9.A. excuse　　 B. ability　　 C. motivation　　 D. chance

10.A. exposed　　 B. attracted　　 C. adapted　　 D. committed

11.A. privacy　　 B. privilege　　 C. personality　　 D. process

12.A. interpreted　　 B. interacted　　 C. insulted　　 D. invaded

13.A. school　　 B. online　　 C. family　　 D. social

14.A. avoid　　 B. dislike　　 C. hide　　 D. refuse

15.A. guilt　　 B. memory　　 C. sense　　 D. obligation

16.A. worried　　 B. satisfied　　 C. real　　 D. free

17.A. nevertheless　　 B. necessarily　　 C. possibly　　 D. entirely

18.A. independent　　 B. available　　 C. popular　　 D. responsible

19.A. voice　　 B. hatred　　 C. result　　 D. blow

20.A. show　　 B. apply　　 C. add　　 D. force

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