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 "No man is an island" is a well-known line from John Donne's Devotions Upon Etnergent Occasions , written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. Without other people, life became empty and sad.  1 For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, 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. _____2____ It was later put into 28 languages.

Here is the list of advice from his book;

__3___

Always greet with a smile. Begin with " excuse me" or "would you please", when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say u thank y^uw and try to be as helpful as you can.

• Go out oi your way to be nice.

_4_ Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like-a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbour feel a ]ot better.

• Remember names.

They say that the sweetest music to a person's ears is. the sound of his or
her own name.                                                        

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Try to understand other people's ways and  learn somethin from them.

• Listen patiently.

When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.

A.    Be open-minded.

B.    Be friendly and polite.

C.    So we all need to have friends.

D.    Save some time to help others.

E.     This "How to" book became a best seller.

F.     Try to help your friends out of danger.

G.    It's also important to keep close friends in our daily life.

Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wan?ted to do. My degree, with honours, in English litera?ture had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world some?how, but I had no idea how to do that. That's when I learned about the Lighthouse Project.

I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volun?teer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Nei?ther did my family.

Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for appli?cation. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call asking me to report for duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja,Nigeria. Where? What? Ni?geria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.

After completing my training, I was sent to the vil?lage that was small and desperately in need of proper ac?commodation. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes? hearts, and food as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of lo?cal people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I taught in that same schoolhouse. But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.

Sometime during that period , I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language, and I returned to the United States a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.

1.    What do we know about the author?

A.    His dream at university was to become a volun?teer.

B.    His university education focused on theoretical knowledge.

C.    He took pride in having contributed to the world.

D.    He felt honoured to study English literature.


2.    According to Paragraph 2, it is most likely that the author ,

A.    discussed his decision with his family

B.    asked previous volunteers about voluntary work

C.    attended special training to perform difficult tasks

D.    felt sad about having to leave his family and friends


3.    In his application for the volunteer job, the author

A.    participated in many discussions

B.    went through challenging survival tests

C.    wrote quite a few papers on voluntary work

D.    faced strong competition from other candidates


4.    What can we infer from the author's experiences inNigeria?

A.    He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture.

B.    He had learned to communicate in the local lan?guage.

C.    He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home.

D.    He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students.

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