"What! You, too? I thought I was the only one...

"What! You, too? I thought I was the only one." Have you ever said this to someone? If so, you may have ended up becoming friends with this person.

It seems that similarity often helps from friendships. The Greek philosopher (哲学家) Aristotle once said, "Some define (下定义) it (friendship) as a matter of similarity; they say that we love those who are like ourselves."

Now, there is some science behind this idea. Scientists from University of California said friends have similar brains, Scientific America reported.

The scientists invited 42 university students to take part in an experiment. Each student watched the same set of videos, which included a comedy, a debate (讨论) and a soccer match. At the same time, scientists scanned(扫描) their brains and recorded their brain activity.

Similar parts of their brains became active while watching the videos, especially parts that are connected with motivation (动力), learning and memory. According to their scans, friends who watched the same videos parts reacted in similar ways. However, people who weren't friends has different reactions to the same video parts.

Having close friends whose brain react like ours may be useful because it makes one's own value, opinions, and interests stronger, lead scientist Carolyn Parkinson told Business Insider.

But brain similarity is not the only thing that can result in friendship. Scientists from the University of Leipzig, Germany, found that friendship is also based on how physically close you are to someone. They did an experiment with first-year college students who met in class for the first time. Is this experiment, students who sat in neighboring seats were more likely to become friends.

1.What does "this idea " in Paragraph 3 refer to ?

A. Many friendships start with small chats B. Friends try to develop similarities between themselves.

C. People with similarities may become friends D. We like those who like us first.

2.What did the scans of the students' brain show?

A. They had watched the same video parts

B. Friends had similar reactions to the same video parts

C. Watching videos improves one's memory

D. It's good to have friends who react similarly

3.According to the story, what else may help build friendship?

A. Being fun and helpful B. Studying at the same college

C. Having similar appearance D. Being physically close

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A friend is someone ______ says, “What! You too? I thought I was the only one!”

A．who             B．which            C．what             D．whose

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I　　　　　 have one uncle. How about you?

A.just B.too C.only D.also

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— Have you heard of the character named Scrooge?

— Let me see. He ______ mean and only thought about himself. Later, he changed his life and spread love and joy wherever he went.

A.got used to being B.was used to be C.used to be

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Do you ever throw away food at home? Have you ever thought about what happens to the food that shops and supermarkets don’t sell? Well, you might be shocked (震惊) to find out that nearly one third of food produced for human gets lost or wasted. What’s more, around 800 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy life.

Many people in the UK and across the world are trying to do something about this imbalance and make use of thrown-out food that can be perfectly eaten. For example, there is a cafe in Leeds (UK) whose meals are all created using unsold food from supermarkets, including a lot of vegetables, fruit, fish and other things. This unwanted food is turned into delicious soups and all kinds of dishes that feed the hungry people of Leeds. Customers simply pay what they can afford, or help with the washing up. In just ten months, 10,000 people were fed at this cafe, using twenty tons of unwanted food!

Also, last year the UK’s first food waste supermarket opened. The supermarket is near Leeds and works on a “pay as you feel”; customers pay whatever they want for the produce. The stock (库存) changes daily but you can usually find things such as fresh vegetables, fruit and milk there. Some low-income families have said that it has changed their lives.

“Fuel for School” is another food waste project. Surplus (多余的) food from supermarkets such as vegetables, fruit and bread is used to feed hungry schoolchildren whose families may not be able to afford to buy them lunch.

I lived in Leeds for three years, and have had lunch at a food waste cafe, and it was delicious. I couldn’t believe that it was all food that supermarkets had thrown away! I have also taken part in projects such as “Foodcycle”, using supermarkets’ unwanted food to cook meals for poor people.　　

More cafes like this are being opened in other parts of the UK, and it is now becoming popular in the world. I think this is an amazing act as food waste is one of the world’s biggest problems. I also believe that the law should be changed, so that supermarkets don’t throw away so much perfectly good food!

1.800 million people in the world can’t live a healthy life because of ______.

A. unsold food　　 B. unwanted food

C. being unable to work　　 D. being short of food

2.According to the passage, the writer agrees that ______.

A. buying the waste food can protect the environment

B. all the people in the world make use of waste food

C. food waste in the world can be solved by the UK soon

D. the government should make the law to stop food waste

3.What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To encourage people to save food.

B. To introduce some supermarkets in the UK.

C. To share his personal experience in saving food.

D. To explain why he cooked meals for poor people.

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What a pity! I have only one ruler in my pencil case. ______ you ______ he can borrow it.

A. Neither; nor         B. Both; and　     　　 C. Either; or          D. Not only; but also

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What a pity! I have only one ruler in my pencil case．______ you ______ he can borrow it.

A．Neither; nor　　　　　 B．Both; and

C．Either; or　　　　　　 D．Not only; but also

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When we are reading, we often see one or two graphics(图表) in a text. Have you ever thought about these questions; Why are they there? What information do they give? Do they help with our reading and understanding?

Graphics are things like pictures, maps, charts and tables. They give information to readers, Very often, we can see different kinds of graphics in books, magazines and newspapers. Writers use graphics to get the readers’ attention and give them some particular(特别的) information. Graphics help to understand the given information in a text. and graphics put the information in a particular order so that it's easy to understand when we take a quick look.

It is not always true that a picture is worth a thousand words. But many things are easier to show than to tell and they may also be easier to understand. Graphics are just the right things that give a great deal of in information but it doesn’t take much time to read and understand.

So, the right way to read and understand a graphic is to look at the picture and the words together. In a graphic, only a few words are used to explain what the picture shows you. Sometimes, numbers and percentages(百分比) are also given to go with the words to explain.

1.Which of the following is mentioned as a graphic?

A. A letter. B. A poem.

C. A map. D. A name card

2.The writer thinks graphics are important because　　　　 .

A. less space is taken on a page B. a picture is worth a thousand words

C. a lot of time can be saved for writers D. many things are easier to show than to tell

3.When we read a graphic, we should　　　　 .

A. find out if there are any tables in it B. put the information in the right order

C. count how many words there are in it D. look at the picture and the words together

4.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?

A. ①,②③④ B. ①②,③④

C. ①,②③,④ D. ①,②,③④

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—May I go to the zoo with you next Sunday?

—No, you can’t,　　　 you have a ticket. I have only one ticket.

A. if　　 B. until　　 C. or　　 D. unless

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If you can only do one thing in the US, you should watch a Broadway show.

Have you seen The Lion King? In the movie, Simba, Zabu, Pumbaa and Timon tell a story about love, 1.[ˈhæpɪnɪs] and responsibility (责任) in Africa. Can you 2.(想象) this wild movie performed on stage? I didn’t believe it 3. I saw the show.

After w4. the three - hour show, we followed the actors backstage. I5.(notice) the orchestra (管弦乐队) when we got there. They had to look at TV to see what was h6. on stage!

“That’s Timon,” one of my friends shouted. “How can you play such a small animal while you are so tall?”

“All the actors wear animal - shaped clothes. But because of Timon’s small size, I have to wear a green one to 7. [mætʃ] the grass while holding the Timon pupper (木偶) in order to show how small he is,” the actors answer.

“Well done! You are a very good Timon!” I cried.

As we walked into the dressing room, we saw more than 1,000 sets of different clothes. “Because we have 8. (few) than 200 actors, we have to c9. our clothes many times during the show to play other animals,” the actor said.

Everyone must work very hard to make the show so touching and real. 10. the end, all of us left with respect for Broadway.

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