根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to Make Friends

Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits. It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes (促进) good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leave us without a friend. 1.. But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.

● Associate with (与……交往) others.

The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.

● Start a conversation.

Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends. 2. You can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people.

●3.

Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together. Hanging out (闲逛) will always be a pleasant experience.

● Let it grow.

It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend. 4.. The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

● Enjoy your friendship.

The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves. 5. Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.

A. Do things together.

B. Be cheerful.

C. Making new friends comes easy for some people.

D. So you will need to give your friend time to respond to you.

E. Do not wait to be spoken to.

F. For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.

G. Try not to find fault with your friends.

Have you ever considered why you begin yawning too when you see someone yawn? Or how hard it is to be among people laughing and not laugh yourself? Well, apparently it's because we have mirror neurons (神经元)in our brains.

Put simply, the existence of mirror neurons suggests that every time we see someone else do something, our brains imitate it whether or not we actually perform the same action. This explains a great deal about how, we learn to smile, talk, walk, dance or play sports. But the idea goes further: mirror neurons not only appear to explain physical actions, they also tell us that there is a biological basis for the way we understand other people.

Mirror neurons can undoubtedly be found all over our brains, but especially in the areas which relate to our ability to use languages, and to understand how other people feel. Researchers have found that mirror neurons relate strongly to language. A group of researchers discovered that if they gave people sentences to listen to ( for example: “The hand took hold of the ball” ) , the same mirror neurons were triggered as when the action was actually performed (in this example, actually taking hold of a ball).

Any problems with mirror neurons may well result in problems with behavior. Much research suggests that people with social and behavioral problems have mirror neurons which are not fully functioning. However, it is not yet known exactly how these discoveries might help find treatments for social disorders.

Research into mirror neurons seems to provide us with even more information regarding how humans behave and interact. Indeed, it may turn out to be the equivalent (相等物)for neuroscience of what Einstein's theory of relativity was for physics. And the next time you feel the urge to cough in the cinema when someone else does — well, perhaps you'll understand why.

1.Mirror neurons can explain _____

A. why we smile when we see someone else smile

B. why we yawn when we see someone else stay up late

C. why we cry when we are hurt

D. why we cough when we suffer from a cold

2.The underlined word "triggered" in the third paragraph probably means “_____’’.

A. built up B. broken up

C. set off D. cut off

3.We can learn from the passage that mirror neurons _____.

A. determine our knowledge and language abilities

B. control human physical actions and feelings

C. result in bad behavior and social disorders

D. relate to human behavior and interaction

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Ways to find mirror neurons.

B. Problems of mirror neurons.

C. Functions of mirror neurons.

D. Existence of mirror neurons.

Lisa: My best teacher is my geography teacher in 10th grade. Why? Because we did school projects! Back then I wrote about India and never forgot what I had learned. He brought the culture to life by letting me become part of it. He also listened to us and was always ready with a kind word.

David: My best teacher is my high school social studies and history teacher, Thomas Ladenburg. He respected us, though we were just teenagers. His class was never boring because he often asked us to discuss in class. He used his own materials which made the class very interesting.

Henry: My best ever teacher is my biology teacher in high school. I really liked her class. She explained everything very clearly. She also checked our notebooks to make sure we had written down what she said. Now, many years later, I can still remember a large part of the things she taught!

Susan: The best teacher I have ever had is my 10th grade social studies teacher. She was always in a good mood and kept us laughing. She was really young, so she acted like us teenagers, which made learning fun. If we needed to talk to an adult about a problem, we would always come to her because we knew she could help us.

Tom: My favourite teacher is Mr. Yelle. He taught us math, science and music. He spoke to us “at eye level”, and was very patient and kind. We did great projects for the science fairs. Forty years later, I still remember his lessons very well. By the way, though he was called Mr Yelle, he didn’t yell(喊叫).

1.We learn that when she was in 10th grade, Lisa ________.

A. was always ready with a kind word

B. often forgot what she had learned very easily

C. liked doing school projects in the geography class

D. was interested in India the most in the geography class

2.How did David most probably find Thomas Ladenburg’s class?

A. Difficult. B. Lively. C. Useless. D. Long.

3.We can learn that Susan’s 10th grade social studies teacher _______.

A. was good at listening to her students’ problems

B. liked laughing at her students’ problems

C. was not happy when she had a problem

D. didn’t like taking her students as friends

Children all round the world are familiar with fairy tales such as “The Little Mermaid”(美人鱼), “The Princess and the Pea” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. The colourful ______ from the stories made us laugh and cry throughout our ______.

The stories are the creation(创作) of Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson. He was born into a ______ family in Odense, Denmark, on April 2, 1805. His ______ life was not easy. His father was a shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman. He ______ very little education. As a child he was very______ and was laughed at for being feminine (女性化的) and tall.

In 1816 his father died and Anderson was ______ to go out to work, first in a tailor’s shop and ______ at a tobacco factory. _____ the age of 14 Anderson moved to Copenhagen to start a career as a singer and actor. He struggled for three years ______ he had to leave the theatre when his voice ______ in 1822.

______, Anderson went to a grammar school. Having done well, he was admitted to Copenhagen University in 1828. He began to publish his fairy tales in 1835. They _____ in small volumes (量) until his death.

______ Anderson lived a ______ life, he tried to make people ______ in all his stories. He wrote because he didn’t want children to have a ______ childhood as he did. The works ______ Anderson world fame(声誉), but he remained a ______ man. He never married and his friends were the people who paid for his work. Anderson ______ on August 4, 1875. His home in Odense is now a museum and thousands of people visit it every year.

1.A. partsB. picturesC. heroesD. characters

2.A. daysB. timeC. childhoodD. years

3.A. poorB. musicalC. bigD. happy

4.A. earlyB. writingC. laterD. school

5.A. acceptedB. foundC. receivedD. gained

6.A. emotional(情绪化的)B. upset

C. popularD. naughty (调皮的)

7.A. allowedB. forcedC. willingD. used

8.A. thenB. latelyC. secondD. finally

9.A. ByB. FromC. AtD. Since

10.A. sinceB. afterC. untilD. still

11.A. lostB. changedC. brokeD. worsened

12.A. Even soB. AfterwardsC. From then onD. Otherwise

13.A. turned outB. sold outC. came outD. went out

14.A. SinceB. BecauseC. AlthoughD. As

15.A. hardB. interestingC. happyD. successful

16.A. cryB. laughC. appreciateD. learn

17.A. sadB. happyC. busyD. strange

18.A. gotB. broughtC. madeD. cost

19.A. poorB. unhappyC. moodyD. lonely

20.A. passed awayB. passed byC. leftD. went

I loved my aunt Suzy. She was such a kind old lady. I loved going to her house on holiday. She had been sick for the last few years and, though my job had taken me away across the town, I tried to visit her as much as possible. I helped with the shopping, the cooking and the cleaning and taking her pet cat Mazy to the vet.

Sad as her passing away was, what happened to Mazy was even more worrying. Because aunt Suzy had no children, there wasn’t anyone who seemed to care for her beloved cat friend. I would have taken her in a short time, but my apartment doesn’t allow pets. First, we talked with her neighbors. Mr. Jenkins, who was alone and lived across the street, wasn’t interested. Joe and Sally who lived next door had a small child with serious skin allergies(过敏症). My aunt’s best friend Molly who had lived just down the road was unable to take care of herself as she had serious health problems.

Second, we thought about our family members. My brother Bobby and his wife Jill were eliminated at once as they aren’t cat people. My cousin in California was a bit interested, but we weren’t sure about the trip as Mazy was nearly as old as my aunt (in cat years!). Finally, we came to the local humane society to see whether they would be able to help her find a new home. The problem was that most people and families only welcomed a smart little cat into their home, not a dull old one.

In the end, we had to put Mazy to sleep. I had spoken with the vet and realized it was possible for the best. It was so hard to lose aunt Suzy and then have nowhere for Mazy to live. A few months went by and I had gone to my aunt’s house to clear out some of her belongings. I happened to see her mailman. Jerry and we started to talk about my aunt when he asked about Mazy. I told him that we had to put Mazy to sleep because we couldn’t find a home for her. Jerry got really quiet. “I promised Suzy that if anything ever happened to her, I’d take care of Mazy”, he said sadly. “Suzy always said she’d told her lawyer the arrangement.”

Hearing this, my heart sank to my feet and I almost cried. The saddest part, I realized, was this all could have been avoided. I guess we were just so busy in those final months that we didn’t think about it. We could have called my aunt’s lawyer to take care of it in less than 10 minutes. I’ll never forgive myself for not thinking of it sooner. And I’ll never forgive myself for losing Mazy.

1.To care for her aunt’s cat the writer first thought of ________.

A. her aunt’s neighbors

B. her own neighbors

C. her own relatives

D. her family members

2.What does the underlined word “eliminate” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Think over for a while.

B. Remove or get rid of.

C. Call somebody for something.

D. Give somebody a surprise.

3.Why didn’t the writer think her cousin was suitable for taking care of the cat?

A. Her cousin had skin allergies.

B. Her cousin disliked animals.

C. Her cousin lived too far away.

D. Her cousin was in poor health.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. the writer let the cat take medicine to sleep

B. most families there didn’t want to raise a cat

C. the cat was killed without pain

D. the writer’s aunt was very forgetful

5.What the writer regretted was that she didn’t ________.

A. try her best to care for her aunt’s cat

B. ask her aunt who would take care of the cat

C. talk with her aunt’s mailman months earlier

D. manage to find out her aunt’s arrangement for Mazy

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网