Be Your Own Best Friend

Why would you want to become your own best friend? There are a number of benefits of creating your own support system from within rather than relying on your partner, friends or family to be there for you when you’re suffering. We all have it in us to give ourselves what we need, without seeking it from outside. 1. Here’s how to become your own best friend.

1.Be nice to yourself

The first step in becoming a friend to yourself is to treat yourself like you would treat a friend. 2. Start by accepting your good qualities, talents and abilities and begin to appreciate yourself.

2. Imagine how you would support a friend in the same situation

Think about a loved one, a friend, a family member, or someone dear to you and imagine that they are in the same situation you are facing. 3. Then consider how to best offer help and advice to them. Allow yourself to feel supported, and give yourself what you need.

Write down the words that you would say to your greatest friend and then say them gently to yourself.

3. 4.

Following the theme of considering how you would help a dear friend, you need to start taking your own advice and putting your own needs first. Do you need a day off from work? 5. Whatever it is that you need, allow yourself to put it at the top of the list rather than the bottom.

Use these methods to become your own best friend and start being there for yourself!

A. Honor your needs

B. Believe in yourself.

C. A long hot bath?

D. Help them first and then they will help you.

E. That means that you need to stop being doubtful of yourself.

F. Think about how they’re struggling, suffering with this problem.

G. Isn’t it far better to know how to support yourself in times of need?

After my doctor’s appointment, I took a seat in the lobby (大厅), waiting for my mom to pick me up. Sitting beside me was a gray-haired woman. I thought she might be a English teacher because she impressed(给…留下印象)me as a person with knowledge and confidence. And as I my library book to read, I could feel her eyes carefully looking in my direction(方向). My thoughts kept moving from the beautiful woman to thoughts of . My classmates had been presents to buy for each other upon graduation. It had never me that kids bought presents for graduation. I had no money. And I couldn’t ask my parents: they had no money either.

My mind was still in thought when I heard some noise at the entrance doors. There was an elderly woman in a wheelchair and another older woman trying to her along. People coming into the lobby were too busy to help them, them to struggle alone. I jumped to help them. I eased them both sets of doors and rode with them on the . Then I made sure they found the right office. They thanked me. I told them it was my . I was on my way down in the elevator I realized that I had left my backpack on the lobby chair. My backpack had of value in it. But then I remembered that my library book was also on the chair.

Luckily they were both safely on the chair, just as I had left them. As I sat down, I could feel the beautiful gray-haired woman’s eyes on me. She seemed proud for some . Then her taxi arrived, and, without a word, she was . I opened my backpack. To my surprise, inside my backpack was a fifty-dollar bill!

The beautiful woman with the look in her eyes suddenly came into my . I had been kind to a stranger, and , a stranger had been kind to me.

1.A. friendly B. beautiful C. powerful D. generous

2.A. boring B. strict C. native D. former

3.A. received B. borrowed C. removed D. lifted

4.A. school B. hospital C. library D. family

5.A. discussing B. packing C. ordering D. designing

6.A. persuaded B. told C. hit D. beaten

7.A. slowly B. suddenly C. finally D. secretly

8.A. roll B. carry C. pull D. push

9.A. helping B. suggesting C. leaving D. hoping

10.A. wheelchair B. elevator C. taxi D. floor

11.A. duty B. responsibility C. pleasure D. relief

12.A. when B. until C. once D. since

13.A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything

14.A. grateful B. sad C. amazing D. smiling

15.A. reason B. excuse C. thought D. idea

16.A. lost B. gone C. missing D. moved

17.A. sitting B. hiding C. lying D. living

18.A. funny B. confident C. proud D. foolish

19.A. mind B. brain C. head D. life

20.A. in the end B. in a way C. in short D. in turn

阅读下面句子，在空白处填入适当的内容（每空一词）。

1.It will take several months for Simon to__________ (痊愈) from the knee injuries.

2.Miller is __________ (可以信赖的) and won’t let you down.

3.The kids watched as the coin ___________(下沉) to the bottom of the pool.

4.The old man was living alone, ___________(乞讨)food from neighbours.

5.Christmas trees were __________ (装饰)with colorful lights.

6.Our parents give us food and clothing and ask for nothing __________ __________ (作为回报).

7.Mother treats me __________ __________ (好像)I were a baby.

8.Finally , Bob__________ __________ with(想出)a good idea to solve the problem .

A young American woman worked in a school in Shanghai． 1. she came to China，she knew little about the Chinese culture of language． One day on her way to school，she went to a bank 2. (draw) some money．To 3. surprise，the bank clerk(职员) asked her if she had had her lunch．She was surprised at such 4. question because in the American culture it would mean that the bank clerk is inviting her to lunch．Between unmarried young people it can also mean the young man’s interest in dating the girl．Since this bank clerk 5. (be) a stranger to the American woman，she was very puzzled(困惑的)，and quickly answered that she had 6. (eat) already．After this she went on to school and was even 7. surprised when one of the teachers asked her the same question．

By now she understood that it could not be an 8. (invite) but was puzzled as to why they asked it．In the following days she was asked the same question again and again and she spent many hours 9. (try) to work out why so many people kept asking her this．At last she thought that these people must be 10. (concern) about her health．She was rather thin at the time，and she thought they must be worrying that she was not eating well!

In fact the question like that has no real meaning at all — it is only a greeting．

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Mr Johnson,

I’m writing to tell you that I had a safety journey back to Beijing. Thanks to your kindness, I had a wonderfully time in Australia. It is my first time to go abroad and I was naturally a bit nervous when I was arrived. When I saw you at an airport, I knew from your warm smile that something would be all right. With your help, I visited so many places of interests in Australia, where impressed me a lot. I hope some day you will go to visit Beijing and I will act like a guide to show you around the city.

Yours,

Li Hua

假定你是中学生李华,你的美国朋友Sam来信询问有关压岁钱的事情，请你给他写一封回信，内容要点如下:

1. 在中国春节期间长辈会给孩子压岁钱以期望他们平安度过新的一年。

2. 今年春节你收到1000元压岁钱，你打算如何使用这笔钱（买书，给祖父母购买礼物……）。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节使行文连贯；

3. 开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：春节 the Spring Festival 压岁钱 lucky money

Dear Sam,

I’m so glad to receive your letter. _____________________________________________________________

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Yours,

Li Hua

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table, destroying your half prepared meal. You hang up（挂断电话） hurriedly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

Things can go wrong on a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly go into a panic (恐慌) and stopped her car. This made the driver following her stop suddenly. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a truck-driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up（排成长龙） behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meanwhile, the truck-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident, for they were happily having what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days!

1.According to the author’s opinion, ____.

A. troubles always come in groups

B. accidents may happen anytime

C. a small matter may cause great trouble

D. anyone may have trouble any day

2.When the telephone rings,____.

A. you should never go to answer it in a hurry

B. your trouble is sure to come

C. you’d better just let it ring all the way

D. you’d better have your baby a little distant from your table before answering it

3.What did the police do after the accident?

A. They helped the driver clean up the road.

B. They tried to stop the people from arguing.

C. They helped the drivers to go on with their journey.

D. They would find out who should be responsible

Mr. Briggs got a job with an insurance company(保险公司) after he left school and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance. One day, after he had been working for the company for about a year, the insurance manager sent for him and said, “Mr. Briggs, I have been looking at your record as a salesman with our company, and there is one thing that surprises me about it. Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95 years old, and why have you been giving them such generous（宽厚的）conditions? You’ll ruin our company if you go on like that.”

“Oh, no, sir,” answered Mr. Briggs at once, “Before I started work, I looked at the figures(数字) for deaths in this country during the past ten years, and I can tell you that few people die at the age of 95.”

1.Before he worked in an insurance company, what was Mr. Briggs?

A. He was a student. B. He was an official.

C.He was a worker. D. He was a businessman.

2.As a salesman with the company, Mr. Brigs .

A.visited people to ask them to work with him

B. called on people to make them join the company

C.saw old people in order to help them

D.visited many people so as to offer insurance

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Mr. Briggs had studied the figures for deaths for several years.

B. Mr. Briggs began to look at the figures after he started work.

C. The number of the very old people who died every year is small.

D. A great number of very old people die every year.

At the time, I would go out in the evening with my parents. But this time I had borrowed a bicycle from a friend of mine. I didn’t know why, but once I was on my own bicycle, a kind of free feeling flooded through me. The faster I rode, the faster I wanted to go! Far ahead, I rode as if my life depended on it, head down, hands grasping the handbars（车把手）. I meant to get to Jinghai Bar as fast as I could...

Oh! My hands! Don’t come any closer... Don’t touch me! That poor doctor just couldn’t get my gloves off. Each time he took a step towards me, I broke into painful shouting. Much later, I discovered that I had crashed(碰撞) heavily with another bicycle, and I hadn’t spoken one word of sense for at least three hours! After some time, my mother arrived at the hospital, her face as white as a sheet（纸张）, and gave me a hug(拥抱), only then did the doctor begin to stitch(缝合) my head wound, not only did he merrily（愉快地） cut off a long lock of my hair, but used no anaesthetic(麻药) either! Later. I seemed to hear faraway voices saying that my right hand was broken. I almost burst into tears. How would I ever play the piano again?

1.On her way to Jinghai, the writer felt _______.

A.nervous B．comfortable

C．light-hearted D．Upset

2.Why did the writer ride a bicycle to Jinghai Bar that evening?

A．Because she wanted to attend a party on time.

B．Because she wanted to meet her friend who was waiting for her there.

C．Because she just wanted, to join some of her friends and drink some wine.

D．We are not quite sure about what she was really going there for.

3.What did the writer think of the doctor?

A．Friendly. B．Cruel.

C．Hardworking. D．Kind.

4.One thing is sure, that is, before she was wounded she _______.

A．often went to Jinghai Bar with her friends

B．liked playing the piano

C．didn’t like any doctors at all

D．would burst into tears when she was in trouble

We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.（书柜）

It stood outside a furniture（家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.”

What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack. It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.

As it was getting darker, I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.

After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake（超车）?”

Just at that time a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.

“Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help now?”

I didn’t quite understand. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.”

He was looking at our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said and laughed. “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was——er, something else.”

My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood why the police drove here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.

1.From the story we know that .

A．the writer was poor and didn’t buy the bookshelf for his wife

B．the writer’s wife didn’t like the bookshelf at all

C．the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife

D．the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife

2.What made the writer think that carrying furniture was “a good idea”?

A．Other drivers would let him go first.

B．He could drive slowly and it was safe.

C．His wife could use a new bookshelf.

D．He could save a lot of money and time.

3.Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer?

A. Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf.

B. Because they didn’t think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it.

C. Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car.

D. Because they thought somebody in the writer’s family had died and he needed help.

4.Why did the writer’s wife begin to laugh?

A．Because the police had helped them a lot.

B．Because at last the police had driven to the church.

C．Because the officer was always looking at the flowers and the bookshelf.

D．Because now she knew what mistake the police had made.

5.When did the officers begin to realize they had made a mistake?

A．After they arrived at the church.

B．Before they overtook the writer’s car.

C．Before they arrived at the church.

D．After the writer’s family left the church.