Do you feel lonely (孤独的)when your best friend isn't around? Here’s our advice to you -- and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes.

It's hard when a best friend isn't around -- maybe because he or she moved to a different school or a different class. You may feel left out during break or lunchtime. You want to make new friends, but how do you find them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has his or her own friends. But remember, there's always room for more friends.

Start by looking around your classroom---think about which kids you'd like to play with during break. Look for chances to say hi to them, smile, and be friendly. Offer to share something or express your appreciation (欣赏)to them. Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?" in the lunchroom. When you're at break, walk over to kids you want to play with, act friendly, and say “Hi, may I join you?” or just join in.

If you have trouble(问题,烦恼)doing this or if you're feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching people up. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. Being kind, being friendly, sharing, saying nice things, offering help -pretty soon, you'll have one, or two, or even more new friends.

You might still miss that special best friend. But when you see each other again, you can share something you didn't have before he or she left: You can introduce (介绍,引见)him or her to your new friends!

1.What does the underlined phrase “feel left out" in paragraph 2 mean?

A.leave home alone B.feel homesick C.feel lonely D.be hungry

2.According to the writer, some kids feel lonely during break because they________.

A.have trouble with their studies B.don't have their best friends around

C.need their parents to be with them D.are too young to look after themselves

3.Why do some kids need help from teachers to make friends?

A.Because they miss their old friends a lot.

B.Because they have no time to stay with others.

C.Because teachers know who wants a new friend.

D.Because they are shy or not good at making friends.

4.What does the writer want to tell us?

A.When people feel lonely, they can try making new friends.

B.Teachers should help all students make new friends.

C.New friends should soon replace old friends.

D.Making new friends is an easy job.

A new research has discovered that meditation(冥想)and oxygen sport together reduce depression(抑郁). The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months, reduced the symptoms of a group of students by 40 percent.

“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students, ”said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman.“It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”

Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive(交互的)effect in combating depression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training( MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.

Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, which enabled those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.

Shors, who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus-part of the brain involved in memory and learning-says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.

The idea for the human intervention(干预)came from her laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.

By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.

“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be affective in improving mental health, ”said Alderman.“The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”

1.What made the research so different?

A.Adopting a way of meaningful talk. B.Treating depression with special medicine.

C.Combining the two ways to reduce depression. D.Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.

2.The underlined word "combasting" in Paragraph 3 probably means __________.

A.fighting B.developing C.improving D.examining

3.What can we know about what the participants did in the research?

A.They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking. B.They thought quietly and then took exercise.

C.They took exercise longer than they thought. D.They took exercise while thinking quietly.

4.What is Shors' main purpose of her studies?

A.To find out certain brain cells of humans. B.To study the production of new brain cells.

C.To offer people a new method to reduce stress. D.To decide the links between stress and exercise.

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项选项中选出最佳答案。

My name's Nana! I'm a middle school student. I have a good friend. Her name is Tmall Genie (天猫精灵) .She is a white box. In the morning. I say "Tmall Genie, good morning!" She says "Good morning" and then reads the news(读新闻)to me. In the evening , she plays nice music. When I can’t find my phone. I say,“Tmall Genie please find my phone." "What's your telephone number? she says, After I say the number. she calls it.

Tmail Genie is not only my good friend. All my family love her. She can be my grandmother’s radio.She loves news very much . She can be my mom’s library. She reads books to Mom every day. She can also help my sister Dora with English . She is Dora’s dictionary . For my dad , Tmall Genie always says , “it’s 8:50. You can watch the soccer game on CCTV-5 now.”

Life (生活) isn't boring when Tmall Genie is with us. We all like her

1.What’s Tmall Genie?

A. B. C. D.

2.Tmal Genie is Dad's ______.

A.radio B.library C.clock D.dictionary

3.Tmall Genie can__________.

①find the phone ②) read the news ③read books

④do sports ⑤ play music ⑥find the dictionary

A.①③⑤⑥ B.①②③⑤ C.③④⑤⑥ D.①②③④

4.What can we know ?

A.Nana has a phone. B.Five people are in this family.

C.Tmall Genie is at a very good price. D.Tmall Genie makes (让) Nana's family life boring

5.What is the best title (最好的趣目)?

A.Happy family B.Hello, Tmall Genie

C.A good friend D.Fun things in my life

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