Too many people want others to be their friends,but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last long. To have a friend,you must learn to be one. You must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules:be honest;be generous;be understanding.

    Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you do not tell the truth,people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest,you may lose the friend’s trust. Good friends always count_ on one another to speak and act honestly.

    Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You do not have to give your lunch money or your clothes .Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them,you help your friend know better.

    Sooner or later every one needs understanding and helping with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be the first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better.

    No two friendships are ever exactly alike .But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friends,you must practice honesty,generosity and understanding.

Some friendships don’t last very long because ________.

  A. there are too many people who want to make friends

  B. some people receive friendship but don’t give friendship back

  C. those who give others friendship receive friendship from others

  D. they don’t know friendship is something serious

According to the passage,honesty is________.

  A.something countable

  B. the base of friendship

  C. as important as money

  D. more important than anything else

The best title of this passage is ________.

  A. Honesty Is the Best Policy

  B. A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed

  C. How to Be Friends

  D. Three Important Points in Life

What’s the meaning of “count on” in this passage?

  A. 数,点(数)                              B. 认为,看作

  C. 重视                                      D. 期待

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Sitting on the peaceful coast of Galapagos Islands. Ecuador, watching the sun move quietly into the sea, you shouldn’t forget that Charles Darwin (1809-1882) arrived here in 1835. He stayed on the islands for five weeks, observing various animals. This finally inspired (启发) his famous work, On the Origin of Species. You can certainly follow Darwin’s footsteps and enjoy a trip from four to seven days to the islands.

The islands are certainly a paradise (天堂) for wildlife, as there are no natural killers on the islands and the number of boats and visitors is under government control. Though you cannot walk freely as Darwin did about 200 years ago, each day is as impressive as it could be.

The most well-known animals of the Galapagos is the giant tortoise(巨型海龟), which can be seen moving slowly around the highlands of Sanra Cruz, the second largest island in the archipelago(群岛). Some of these creatures are so old that they might have been seen in their youth by Darwin himself.

Despite strict control over activities and timing, your stay on the Galapagos will be remembered as a chain of incomparable pictures: diving with sea lions that swim and play within inches of you; feeling small sharks touch your feet as you swim; and, most magically, seeing a whale and her baby surface with a great breath of air.

Travelling between the islands and observing the wildlife that so inspired Darwin, you will feel as though you are getting a special view of an untouched world. At night you will sleep on board the ship, leaving the wildlife in complete occupation of the islands, which are as undisturbed now as they have been since the beginning of time.

68. What do we know about Darwin’s visit to the islands?

A. He studied different creatures on the islands

B. He completed his famous book on the islands

C. He was touched by the geography of the islands

D. He was attracted by well-known animals of the islands

69. Which of the following plays a role in making the islands “a paradise for wildlife”?

A. Animals on the islands feed on grass.

B. Local government forbids killing wildlife.

C. People cannot visit the islands as they wish.

D. Tourists are not allowed to touch the animals.

70. Your stay on the islands will be most impressive mainly because of         .

A. The beautiful sea views                  B. Darwin’s inspiring trip

C. a closer view of animals                  D. various daring activities

71. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Unique Attraction for wildlife Lovers

B. Calapagos as a Paradise for Adventures

C. Charles Darwin as a symbol of Galapagos

D. A successful Example of wildlife protection

We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects(缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things   1 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe    ___2  .

These comments may come from stories about us that have been  3  for many years—often from  4  childhood. These stories may have no  5  in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作机械的) skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations  6  my development? I was never  7  to work on cars or be around  8  . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!

Six years later,  9  , I was at California University, working on my doctors degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I  10  down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the  11  side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life  12 and told him about my  13  performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “  14  is it that you can solve   15  mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t  16  from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to  17  . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been  18  my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true.  19  , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost  20  we choose.

1. A. away       B. off         C. up           D. down

2. A. them      B. myself       C. yourself      D. others

3. A. said       B. spoken       C. spread       D. repeated

4. A. as long as   B. as far back as   C. as well as     D. as much as

5. A. basis      B. plot         C. cause            D. meaning

6. A. lead       B. improve       C. affect       D. change

7. A. encouraged B. demanded    C. hoped       D. agreed

8. A. means     B. tools        C. facilities      D. hammers

9. A. therefore   B. somehow     C. instead       D. however

10. A. settled    B. turned       C. took            D. got

11. A. passive     B. active       C. negative       D. subjective

12. A. experiences     B. trips            C. roads        D. paths

13. A. unexpected B. poor        C. excellent     D. average

14. A. When     B. What        C. How         D. Why

15. A. complex   B. advanced      C. common      D. primary

16. A. arise      B. separate       C. suffer       D. come

17. A. believe    B. suspect      C. adopt        D. receive

18. A. weakening B. strengthening   C. abandoning   D. accepting

19. A. As a result     B. At the same time C. In addition    D. On the contrary

20. A. anything    B. something    C. nothing      D. all

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