Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying: Friends are God’s way of taking care of us. But how do you find real friendship and keep it?

The Care and Keeping of Friends by American author Sally Seaman’s tell young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.

First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his best to help you. To make a friend, you can not be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives. But things cannot always be happy. Even the best friends have fights.

What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn’t want to talk, you could write a letter. Sally says there are three steps of being friends again: Tell him or her how you are feeling; say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that.

The book also has advice on some small but important things like celebrating your friends’ success.

Even if you haven’t have a real friend before you will start to think of having one if you read this book, because the book tells that friendship is the most important thing in your life.

51. The best title for this article is ________

   A. Life is great if we have friends.     B. What is a friend?

    C. Everyone must have a friend.      D. How to make friends.

52. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

   A. This article was written by Sally Seamans.

   B. The Care and Keeping of friends gives good advice to young students.

   C. If you want to get friendship, it’s OK for you to plant a tree.

   D. It’s certain that best friends don’t fight against one another any time.

 53. According to Sally, ________.

   A. friendship comes to you naturally.

   B. friendship is given by God.

   C. friendship lives and lasts among good friends.

   D. if you have no friend, you’ll die.

 54. If you have a good friend, you will both ________.

   A. live together     B. live and die together     C. eat together 

   D. have the same interest in some things, enjoy yourselves together in some activities, and share troubles as well as joys with each other.

55. The word “complaints” in the third paragraph probably means________.

   A. what you say doesn’t satisfy you       B. happy or satisfied feeling

   B. deepest thoughts                    D. troubles or secrets

My husband hasn’t stopped laughing about a funny thing that happened to me. It is funny now but it wasn’t at that time.
     Last Friday, after doing all family shopping in town, I wanted a rest___36__catching the train, so I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop—that cheap, self-service place with long tables to__37___. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to keep__38___, and went to get a cup of coffee.
     When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in the next seat was one of those wild-looking youngsters,___39__ dark glasses and torn  40_,and hair colored bright red at the front. Not so unusual these days. What _41___surprise me was that he had started to eat my chocolate.
     Naturally, I was annoyed.__42 to avoid trouble---and really I was rather__43___ about him, I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee, and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took___44___piece of my chocolate. I could __45__believe it. Still I didn’t dare to get an argument. When he took a third piece, I felt more__46_ than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.
     The boy__47___me a strange look, then stood up. As he left he shout out, “This_48__ is crazy.” Everyone stared. That was embarrassing(令人难堪的)enough, but it was worse when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face went red—as red as_49____---when I realized I’d made a mistake. It wasn’t my chocolate that he had been taking. There was mine, unopened, just___50_ my newspaper.
36. A. after             B. on                C. before                    D. while
37. A. sit on            B. seat at            C. sit at                   D. seat by
38. A. a place          B. an eye           C. a space                 D. a family
39. A. having          B. wearing          C. with                    D. putting on
40. A. clothes          B. cloths            C. clothing                D. cloth
41. A. could            B. would            C. did                    D. should
42. A. Whenever       B. Whatever        C. However             D. In order that
43. A. difficult        B. uneasy          C. anxious                    D. worried
44. A. a big             B. a second          C. a half                D. a full
45. A. seldom          B. nearly             C .almost               D. hardly
46. A. satisfied         B. happy             C. glad                   D. angry
47. A. took              B. had                C. gave                  D. past
48. A. woman           B. man               C. boy                   D. youngster
49. A. his hair           B. my bag            C. his clothes          D. his glasses
50. A. in                 B. on                  C. under                  D. by

 The girl ___ is standing under the tree is my little sister.

   A. who            B. whom       C. whose           D. which

 She insisted that we ____ the source of the river and begin our journey there.

    A. found         B. finding         C. founded         D. should find

 There was_______ time______ Iraq was one of the strongest countries in the world.

  A. a; when       B. a; that         C. the; that     D. the; when

 I hadn’t seen her for 10 years, but I ______ her at once.

    A. realized        B. recognized          C. knew                 D. found

 They didn’t climb the mountain ______ the rain.

A. since            B. instead of         C. because         D. because of  

 “I’m not a student. I’m a doctor here, ______,” he said to me.

A. yet            B. really               C. actually        D. still

 There is ______ thing as a free lunch.

A. no such          B. not such         C. no a               D. no such a

 Would you give me some______ on how to prepare the exam?

A. feeling         B. habit         C. thought         D. advice