Making friend is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing(乐意) to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone.
Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity. Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are giving an opinion about us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same away. Try to accept(接受)yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束). You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to keep self-confident(自信)even when you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall(趾高气扬)and straight, look directly at other people and smile. If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on each other’s liking and “give and take”. They take time and efforts to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.
【小题1】If you want to meet people and make friends, what should you do?

A.Join a club or group.B.Talk with those who like the same things.
C.Join someone in some activity.D.All of the above(上面)
【小题2】In the sentence “After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown.”, the word “unknown” means _____.
A.without somebody knowingB.without somebody liking
C.unfriendlyD.unpleasant
【小题3】How do you feel more comfortable when you are with new people?
A.Shake hands with others
B.Accept yourself as you are, and put the other as ease
C.Don’t talk with those who don’t like.
D.Walk tall and straight.
【小题4】If you’d like to speak to someone, what should you do?
A.You should wait until the person says something.
B.You should stay home alone.
C.You should cough until the person notices you.
D.You should say something at first.
【小题5】Friendship is based on______
A.meeting for the first timeB.each other’s liking and “give and take”
C.keeping self-confidentD.facing the unknown

Are you ____ about how to study and make your study more effective(有效率的)? We all know that some students usually study very hard for a long ___. This is very good, but it doesn’t ___a lot, for an effective student must have enough sleep, enough food and enough rest and exercise. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s ____ for your study.

When you return ____ your studies, your mind will be refreshed and you’ll learn more ____ study better. Psychologists(心理学家)__ __ that learning takes place this way. Here take English learning as an example. First you make a lot of progress and you will feel happy. Then your language seems to stay the same. So you will think you are learning ____ and you may give up. This can last for days or even weeks , yet you can’t give up. Later your language study will again take another big ____. You will see that you really have been learning all along. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and ____. Don’t give up along the way. Learn slowly and you’re sure to get a good result.

1.A. nervous                B. worried             C. worry                       D. unhappy

2.A. days                       B. time                     C. hours                        D. weeks days

3.A. give                    B. make                C. help                            D. take

4.A. good                    B. bad                 C. well                          D. worse

5.A. after            B. at          C. to                           D. for

6.A. and                        B. yet                 C. or                              D. but

7.A. told          B. have found          C. said                D. have taught

8.A. something                 B. anything             C. everything                  D. nothing

9.A. work                       B. walk                  C. wait                          D. jump

10.A. interesting           B. hard               C. possible           D.boring

 

John was a bookseller. He didn’t like paying for anything. One day he let a big box of books fall on his foot. “Go to the doctor,” said his wife. “No,” he said, “I’ll wait until the doctor comes into the shop next time. Then I’ll ask about my foot. If I go to see him, I’ll have to pay him.”

The next day the doctor came into the shop and bought some books. When John was getting them ready, he told the doctor about his bad foot . The doctor looked at it. “Yes,” said the doctor, “you must put that foot in hot water every night.” “Thank you,” said the bookseller, “and now sir, here are your books.” “How much?” said the doctor. “Two pounds,” answered John. “Good,” said the doctor. “I shall not have to pay you anything.” “Why?” asked John in surprise. “I told you about your foot . I want two pounds for that . Good-bye.”

(   ) 1. What was John? He was ______.

A. a doctor        B. a shop assistant        C. a bookseller        D. a farmer

(   ) 2. John hurt his foot because ______.

A. he didn’t like paying anything               B. a big box of books fell on his foot

C. he wanted to ask the doctor about his foot      D. a box of food fell on his foot

(   ) 3. ______ told him to go to the doctor.

A. His wife        B. A man              C. Nobody         D. His friend

(   ) 4. When the doctor came the next day, he ______.

A. bought nothing                    B. didn’t give John any advice on his foot  

C. bought some books                 D. told John to go to hospital

(   ) 5. At last the doctor paid ______ for his books.

A. two pounds      B. nothing      C. less than two pounds     D. a little money

 

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