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 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 leaves us without a friend.   71But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.

  1. Associate with 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.

2.Start a conversation

Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends. 72   You can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people. 

3.73    

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

4. 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.    74   .  The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

5. Enjoy your friendship

The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves.     75    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.  Be cheerful.         

B.  Do things together.        

C.  Do not wait to be spoken to.         

D.  Try not to find fault with your friends.

E.  Making new friends comes easy for some people.

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

G.  So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.

                          

Inside the pleasingly fragrant cafe, So All May Eat(SAME) in downtown Denver ,the spirit of generosity is instantly noticeable :

A donation box stands in place of a cash register. Customers here pay only what they can afford, no questions asked. 

A risky business plan, perhaps, but SAME Café has done one unchangeable thing in the Mile High City for six years: Open only at midday, the restaurant provides poor local people with healthy, delicious lunches six days a week. Those unable to pay for their meals can instead volunteer lunches can instead volunteer as waiters and waitresses, and dishwashers, or look after the buildings and equip--ment for the cafe.

It’s based on trust, and it’s working all right”. says co-owner Brad Birky , who started the café in 

2006. With his wife Libby. Previously volunteering at soup kitchens, the Birkys were dissatisfied with the often unhealthy meals they served there. 

“We wanted to offer quality food in a restaurant where everyone felt comfortable ,regardless of 

their circumstances,” Birky says. SAME’s special lunch menu changes daily and most food materials 

are natural and grown by local farmers.

The café now averages 65 to 70 customers (and eight volunteers) a day. And the spirit of generosi--ty behind the project appears to be spreading. In early 2007,one volunteer who had cleared snow for his meals during the long winter said goodbye to the Birkys,” He said he was going to New Orleans to help with the hurricane cleanup,” says Birky. 

68. What can we learn about the soup kitchens the Birkys previously worked for?

A. They refused to have volunteers. B. They offered low quality food.

C. They provided customers with a good environment.

D. They closed down because of poor management.

69. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. The customers who cannot pay can work as volunteers instead.

B. More volunteers will go to new Orleans for the hurricane cleanup.

C. Many new cafes will be opened to offer free lunches in the town.

D. The lunch menu has remained the same since the café was started.

70. The author’s attitude towards running such a café is_______

A. unfavorable B. approving C.doubtful D. cautious

 If Confucius(孔子)were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.

While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.

      But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.

      In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture.  The main courses of Chinese culture usually include Chinese art, history and philosophy(哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese.  So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States.  Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers. 

  So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well.

  Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

  As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.

64. The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________

A. provide some key facts about Confucius   B. attract the readers’ interest in the subject

C. show great respect for the ancient thinker  D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations

65. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students______

A. have a great interest in studying Chinese   B. take an active part in Chinese competitions

C. try to get high scores in Chinese exams    D. fight for a chance to learn Chinese

66. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Forgotten Wisdom in America   B. Huge Fans of the Chinese Language

C. Chinese Culture for Westerners  D. Old Thinker with a Big Future

67. The passage is likely to appear in ___________.

A. a biography   B. a history paper  C. a newspaper   D. a philosophy textbook

    Astronauts on shorter shuttle missions(使命)often work very long days. Tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the day’s work. This type of schedule is far too demanding for long missions on the International Space Station(ISS). ISS crewmembers usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year. They work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on Earth as much as possible. Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework. They can communicate with family and friends by email , Internet phone and through Private video conferences.

    While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit, there are many familiar activities that they can still enjoy. Before a mission. the family and friends of each ISS crewmember put together a collection of family photos, messages, videos and reading material for The astronauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometers above the Earth. During their mission, the crew also receives care packages with CDs, books, magazines, photos and letters . And as from early 2010, the internet became available on the ISS , giving astronauts the chance to do some “web surfing (冲浪)”in their personal time. Besides relaxing with these more common entertainments, astronauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in space.

    Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the Earth. Both the shuttle and the ISS circle the planet several times each time each day, and every moment offers a new view of the Earth’s vast land mass and oceans.

60. What does the word “minic” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A.  Find      B.  Copy       C. Change      D. Lose

61. Which of the following best describes the families of the astronauts on the ISS ?

A. The are caring and thoughtful   B. The are worried and upset

C. The are impatient and annoyed.  D. The are excited and curious.

62. In the final paragraph, the author shows that astronauts          .

A. get more pleasure in space than on the Earth  B. find living in space a bit boring and tiring

C. regard space life as common               D. love to see the Earth from space

63. The passage mainly discusses how astronauts          .

A. work for longer missions in space   B. connect with people on the Earth

C. observe the Earth from space       D. spend their free time in space

                         Mini  Book  Excerpts(节选)

 Biography

    When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it… The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.

                           J. D. SalingerA Life by Kenneth Slawenski(Random House,$27)Mystery(疑案小说)

     “You’re a smart boy. Benny’s death was no accident, and you’re the only one who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it ? ”The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again.

     A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”

     The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “Maybe,” he said quietly.

                                   Red Wolf  by Liza Marklund(Atria Books, $25. 99)

Short Stories

     She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class: Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they don’t want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won’t. Some mothers love so their daughters won’t.

                              You Are Free by Danzy Senna(Riverhead Books,$15)

Humor

    Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times!’s “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half of that within a day’s drive of most cities?

                         Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle(Ecco,$14. 99)

56. If the readers want to know about the life of Salinger , they should buy the book published by

                    .

A. Ecco      B. Atria Books        C. Riverhead Books       D. Random House

57. The book Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts is intended for                 .

A. young children        B. Disney World workers

C. middle school teachers  D. parents with young children

58. Which book describes women with characters of their own?

A. Happy And Other Bad Thoughts      B. J. D. Salinger: A Life

C. You Are Free                     D. Red Wolf

59. After finishing the book Red Wolf, the readers would learn that               .

A. the boy helped arrest the murderer      B. Benny died of an accident

C. the murderer got away with the crime    D. Annika carried out the crime

That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother   36   me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, __37___,I felt like getting up early.

I stood by my window overlooking the ___38___, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ___39___ in life.

As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I ___40___ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ___41___ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ___42___ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ___43___ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.

Several thoughts ___44___my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ___45___ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ___46___would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed___47___ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ___48___ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ___49___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.

There was a noticeable touch of___50___ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ___51___the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and ___52___, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.

It was a ___53___ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a ___54___if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ___55__ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.

36.A.forces                   B.allows                  C.causes                  D.forbids

37.A.otherwise              B.therefore               C.however                D.besides

38.A.parking lot            B.bus stop               C.school                  D.market

39.A.interesting             B.surprising             C.awful                     D.useful

40.A.noticed                B.recognized             C.called                    D.assisted

41.A.back                    B.handle                  C.wheel                    D.seat

42.A.searched               B.left                       C.moved                  D.wandered

43.A.stopped                B.started                  C.intended                 D.finished

44.A.crossed                B.slipped                  C.disturbed               D.inspired

45.A.attractive             B.shiny                   C.simple                  D.expensive

46.A.repairmen             B.businessmen          C.drivers                  D.cyclists

47.A.busy                     B.content                  C.careful                  D.bored

48.A.waving                B.looking                 C.laughing                D.pointing

49.A.about                   B.for                      C.with                      D.like

50.A.worry                  B.respect                 C.sympathy              D.pride

51.A.cleaning                B.fixing                   C.replacing               D.covering

52.A.still                      B.yet                      C.again                     D.soon

53.A.lesson                   B.subject                  C.skill                       D.fact

54.A.business              B.living                    C.success                 D.right

55.A.tired                     B.doubtful                C.fearful                   D.ashamed

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