Everyone needs friends. We can share _________ with our friends and _________ them for help when we are in trouble. In a word, it is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. Certainly, sometimes we need to be ___________ so we don’t always want people around. But we would feel worse if we never had a friend.

To make friends, you need to be a _________ person who often wears smiles. A smile always makes the others like you. Smile at someone and you are sure to get a smile back from him. Try to _________ names. It makes your new friends feel happy when you call them by their names, _________ you don’t forget them.

No two people are just the same. If you don’t agree with other people, you should still be friendly. Do not argue, but discuss. You always _________ friends if you argue too much. And you should think more of others than of yourself. It’s good for _________ to have one or a group of good friends. This is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss things which are too difficult to say to their family members.

There’s more _________ news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t have. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well and it could be good just knowing that someone ____________ about you.

1.A.risks B.secrets C.wealth D.skills

2.A.turn down B.turn to C.call back D.call off

3.A.afraid B.active C.angry D.alone

4.A.cheerful B.careful C.powerful D.useful

5.A.forget B.remember C.change D.use

6.A.if B.so C.until D.because

7.A.meet B.make C.lose D.help

8.A.teenagers B.adults C.strangers D.visitors

9.A.good B.awful C.hard D.easy

10.A.talks B.thinks C.cares D.worries

Your brain controls everything you do. It makes it possible for you to think, learn, create and feel; to blink(眨眼) and breathe and for your heart to heat –this fantastic control center is your brain. It is so amazing that a famous scientist once called it “the most complex(复杂) thing we have yet discovered in our universe”.

Can this small grey organ(器官), which weighs less than one and a half kilos, really do so much? Amazingly, your brain contains about 100 billion neurons(神经元) -it would take you over 3 ,000 years to count them all. Believe it or not, the activity in your brain never stops. Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the world. And although one neuron creates only a little electricity, all your neurons together can produce enough electricity to power a light bulb (灯泡).

So exactly how fast does your brain work? Well, imagine this: a bee lands on your foot. Neurons in your skin send this information to your brain at a speed of more than 240 kilometers per hour. Your brain then uses other neurons to send the message back to your foot to shake the bee off quickly. These neurons can send this information at more than 320 kilometers per hour. No computer has your brain's unbelievable ability to deal with the amount of information coming from your eyes, ears and other sensory organs.

But how does your brain allow you to learn things that you will use in the future? The structure (结构) of your brain changes every time you have a new thought, remember or learn something. For example, riding a bike seems impossible at first, but soon you are able to do it. How? As you practice, your brain sends "bike riding" messages again and again Soon, the actions are learnt and you are able to ride a bike easily from then on.

1.From the passage we know that neurons___________.

A. receive messages very slowly B. are only found in your skin

C. send messages to your brain D. need electricity to work

2.In Paragraph 3, the writer mentions computers to ___________ .

A. compare them with the human brain

B. show how fast they have become

C. say that computers have no abilities

D. ask people to use computers more

3.When you have a new thought, ___________ .

A. your brain will power a light bulb B. your heart beats faster

C. you remember something D. the structure of your brain changes

4.Which of the statements about the brain is TRUE?

A. The speed of the neurons in the brain can be up to 320 kilometers per minute.

B. The electricity produced by the neurons can hardly power a light bulb.

C. We learn a new skill by sending the messages again and again through the brain.

D. After receiving the information, the brain send the same neurons back to your foot.

5.The article is mainly about ___________.

A. all the steps when your brain learns things

B. what an unbelievable organ the human brain is

C. how the brain makes people smarter than computers

D. the things you can do to make your brain work faster

Clothes are important and necessary to us, but do you know how to choose suitable clothes in a correct way? Here are some ideas for you.

When you go shopping and want to buy some clothes, you should think about which kind of clothes you really need and decide how much money you can spend on them. Then look at thelabelsthat are inside the new clothes. They tell you how to take care of the clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash it in cold water. The label on a coat may say “dry clean only” and cleaning in water may ruin this coat. If you do as the directions say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best.

Many clothes today must be dry-cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, you had better check if they need to be dry-cleaned. You can save money if you buy clothes that can be washed or that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times.

Clothes that cost more money don’t always mean they are better made. They may not fit you, either. On the other hand, less expensive clothes may sometimes look better and fit you well.

1.The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is ____.

A.to know how to wash them

B.to look for well-made clothes

C.to read the directions inside them

D.to see which kind of clothes you need

2.According to the passage, a sweater may be _____.

A.washed in cold water B.washed once a week

C.washed in hot water D.dry-cleaned only

3.What does the underlined word “label” mean?

A.尺寸 B.品牌 C.价格 D.标签

4._____ look good even after they have been washed a lot of times.

A.Cheap clothes

B.Expensive clothes

C.Dry-cleaned clothes

D.Well-made clothes

5.The main idea for the passage is _______.

A.buying less expensive clothes

B.washing clothes in a right way

C.being a clever clothes shopper

D.choosing the well-made clothes

As we walked down the shore, Ben Gunn told his story.“I was alone here for years,” he said. “One day, I found the skeleton(骷髅). I saw it was pointing to a tree. I dug around that tree and found the treasure. I was living in a cave, so I took the treasure to the cave. This morning, when Long John Silver and his men came to look for the treasure, I showed myself to one of them. He thought I was a ghost.” Ben laughed. “He ran off, and this gave me time to get back to the squire(乡绅) and the doctor. They were waiting at the cave.”

“Now I know,” I said to the doctor, “why you gave the map to Silver.”

“It was useless by then,” the doctor said. “There was no buried treasure. Ben Gunn had it. My plan was to get Long John Silver and his men away from the stockade(木寨). We could then get some stores from it.”

When we got back to the cave, the squire was waiting for us.

“Three of the mutineers(反叛者) got away,” the doctor told him. “But if we hurry, we can get to the boat before them. They ran back to the stockade on the other side of the island. We are nearer to the boat than they are.”

I went into the cave. The captain was lying inside it next to the treasure—a pile of gold coins.

“Hello, Jim,” he said. “I am pleased to see you. But I don’t think you or I will be going to see again.”

That night, the captain died. We carried the treasure down to the boat. We lit a fire on the shore and had a fine meal together. We were not afraid of the three mutineers. We had pistols(手枪). They had none. There were more of us than of them.

The next morning, we went in the boat towards the Hispaniola. We didn’t care about the three men. We left them on the island.

I will not tell you about the journey home. Nothing important happened.But as soon as we got to Bristol, Long John Silver ran away. He took some of the gold with him. None of us cared. We were pleased to see the back of him. We each shared the treasure and used it in a different way.

(Adapted from Treasure Island)

1.Who found the treasure?

A.Jim. B.Ben Gunn. C.Long John Silver. D.Three mutineers.

2.Why did the doctor give the map to Long John Silver?

A.He wanted to help Long John Silver find the treasure.

B.Ben Gunn had taken the treasure away and the map was useless by then.

C.His plan was to get Long John Silver and his men to come to the stockade.

D.He wanted Long John Silver to get some stores for him.

3.Where was the squire waiting?

A.At the cave. B.In the stockade. C.In the boat. D.Behind the tree.

4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A.Ben Gunn explained the treasure and the cave.

B.The three mutineers were afraid to fight with the doctor and his men because the doctor had pistols and more men.

C.Jim, the doctor, the squire, Long John Silver and Ben Gunn left the three mutineers on the island and went back to Bristol with the treasure.

D.Long John Silver took all the treasure away as soon as they got to Bristol.

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