题目内容
After we meet people it is up to us to make them our friends.Let us stop a moment and consider what really makes a friend.The major qualities like faithfulness, devotion, friendly company, flash through our minds.But it is the large number of very small particular qualities that make up one’s whole character, such as cheerfulness, friendliness, and punctuality (守时).After all, “ to make a friend, be a friend” is not such a big and difficult order.There are particular favorable qualities, which attract others to us, and some elements which do have an effect on people in fundamental psychology(基础心理学) or not.
If you are in the presence of a shy person, talking and asking casual (随意的) questions may bring him out of his shell.Think of what would be most acceptable to the other person, for you to talk, or to listen.Either way the goal is to make yourself pleasant.
Always remember to listen, but listen intelligently.To have anyone “ hang on our words” is the most unnoticeably clever way in the world to please somebody.For a few extremely happy seconds we are the centre of attraction, but when it is our turn to be audience, let us remember how we felt as the actor, and let’s be genuinely (真正地) interested in what the other fellow is saying.
Other people will like us, if we like them.If you want friends, keep your mind and heart open to friendship.Be alive to the other person’s world.
- 1.
This passage is mainly about_________________.
- A.the ways of talking to a shy person
- B.some favorable qualities to be a psychologist
- C.how to make yourself attractive to your listeners
- D.how to make a friend and be a friend
- A.
- 2.
The words “ bring him out of his shell” in this passage most probably means ____.
- A.make him become active
- B.make him feel more nervous
- C.help him understand the question better
- D.help him listen intelligently
- A.
- 3.
According to the passage, an important way in making friends is to ________.
- A.attract them
- B.be attracted
- C.listen attentively
- D.talk widely
- A.
- 4.
The words “ Be alive to” in the last sentence of this passage most probably means________.
- A.be aware of
- B.keep with
- C.deal with
- D.be ignorant of
- A.
My mother loves flowers. As soon as warm weather comes around, you will find her planting, watering, and weeding over everything. For a number of years we lived next door to each other, and she spent as much time in my garden as she did her own. After the flowers became plentiful each summer, she would cut colorful bouquets(花束) to enjoy inside the house -- both hers and mine. I would often come home from work and find a beautiful arrangement of fresh flowers on my coffee table.
Shortly before Christmas one year, a local flower shop offered a bouquet-a-month special. It seemed to be a made-to-order gift for Mom, a great way to thank her for all of the flowers she had given me through the years.
After the holidays, in early January, I drove her to the flower shop to pick up her first month's bouquet. The small fresh colorful bouquet would hardly fill a small vase.
I was so embarrassed. However, after we returned home, she began to arrange the flowers she had received. "Mom, I'm sorry," I told her. "I can't believe how skimpy that bouquet is." She looked at me and smiled. "It's okay," she said. "It allows me to better enjoy the beauty of each one."
Mom's words helped me to realize something bigger and more important --when we have too many good things, we often fail to enjoy the beauty of each one.
Thanks, Mom, for helping me understand that less is sometimes more.
【小题1】The author bought her mother flowers to ____.
A.celebrate the coming Christmas |
B.express thanks for all her mother has done |
C.bring more flowers to her mother's garden |
D.arrange her mother's new house |
A.The author couldn't afford a big bouquet. |
B.The mother was not happy when receiving the bouquet. |
C.The author would pick up another bouquet the next month. |
D.The mother would send back the bouquet to the flower shop. |
A.beautiful | B.colorful | C.cheap | D.small |
A.How to grow flowers. | B.How to arrange flowers. |
C.Enjoying life if possible. | D.Considering things in other ways. |
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