“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne's Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago．Even now people still agree with him．No one can live a completely isolated life．Without other people, life became empty and sad．We all need friends．
For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move．It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have．
There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous．This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best-seller．It was later put into 28 languages．
Dale Carnegie's advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book．
1．Be friendly and polite．Always greet with a smile．Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please”, when you want to ask somebody．Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can．
2．Go out of your way to be nice．Find some time to do special things for other people．Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbour feel a lot better．
3．Remember names．They say that the sweetest music to a person's ears is the sound of his or her own name．
4．Be open-minded．Try to understand other people's ways and ideas and learn something from them．
5．Listen patiently．When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary．
(1)
The underlined sentence “No one can live a completely isolated life” means “________” in this
passage．
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A．
No one can live a hard life
B．
No one can live without difficulty
C．
No one can live alone
D．
No one can live on an island
(2)
Some of us feel it not easy to make friends because ________．
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A．
we are afraid to make bad friends
B．
we are too shy to take the first action
C．
we feel worried that we won't be able to keep our friends
D．
we feel sure that we already have enough friends
(3)
We can learn from this passage that ________．
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A．
John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie
B．
friends are always friends
C．
few people bought Carnegie's book
D．
the writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie
(4)
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Carnegie's book?
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A．
Say “excuse me” before you ask．
B．
Don't visit your neighbour too often．
C．
Think more about others．
D．
People enjoy hearing their own names．
(5)
The best possible title for this passage should be “________”．
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
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