It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. Get out of the house and do things that will put you in touch with（接触） other people. It’s easier to make friends when you have similar interests.

Don’t be afraid to show people what you’re really good at. Talk about the things you like and do best. People will be interested in you if there is something interesting about you.

Look at people in the eye when you talk to them. That way, they’ll find it easier to talk to you, or people may think you’re not interested in them and may stop being in­terested in you.

Be a good listener. Let people talk about themselves before talking about “me, me, me”. Ask lots of questions. Show an interest in their answers.

Try to make friends with the kind of people you really like, respect （尊敬）, and admire （羡慕）—not just with those who are easy to meet. Be friendly with a lot of peo­ple. That way, you’ll have a bigger group of people to choose from and have more chances for making friends.

1．How can we have more friends, get in touch with other people or stay at home?

2．When Jim talks to people, he always looks right, left, or at the floor. Do you think it’s right? Why or why not?

3．Cindy always talks about herself when she talks to other people. What advice do you think she needs to follow?

4．What should you do if you want to have more chances for making friends?

5．What’s the main idea of the passage?

These days computer games have become more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy 26 have changed into computer game houses in order to get more 27 . These places are always crowded with people.

In the computer game houses, people 　28 a lot of money matching on the machines, It's 　 29　 for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. Peo?ple want to 　30　 when they play computer games. The more they 　31 , the more they want to win, and at last they even can't 　 32 　　 without it.

The result is that some people don' t want to 33 and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are 　34 . They don't want to have 35 . When school is over, they rush to the computer game houses near their 　 36 .

Some of them can get enough money from their 37 . Some of them are not　　 38 enough to get the money. So they have to steal or rob others' and become 　39 .

Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a 　40 problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.

(　 )26. A. streets　 　 B. schools　　 　 C. towns　　　 D. cities

(　 )27. A. boys　　　 B. money　　　 C. computers　　 　　　 D. houses

(　 )28. A. take　　　 B. spend　　　 C. cost　　　　 　　　 D. pay

(　 )29. A. possible　 B. easy　　　　 　　　 C. good　　　　 D. hard

(　 )30. A. read　　　 B. learn　　　　 C. win　　　　 D. download

(　 )31. A. lose　　　 　　　 B. try　　　　 　 C. waste　　　 D. watch

(　 )32. A. come 　　　　　　 B. eat　　　　 　 C. study　　　 D. live

(　 )33. A. watch TV　 　　　 B. go out　　　 C. stay there　　 D. work

(　 )34. A. better　　 B. exciting　　　 C. even worse　 D. interesting

(　 )35.A. lessons　　 B. games　　　 C. families　　 　 D. sports

(　 )36.A. classes　　 　　　 B. rooms　　　 C. schools　　　 D. shops

(　 )37. A. classmates B. teachers　　　 　　　 C. sisters　　　 　 D. parents

(　 )38. A. lucky　　 B. unlucky　　　 C. careful　　　 D. polite

(　 )39. A. good　　 　　　 B. bad　　　　 　 C. rich　　　　 　 D. poor

(　 )40. A. important　 B. serious　 　　 C. unusual　　 　 D. wonderful

Computers become very important  6   they can work faster than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can   7   people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to study and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put     8  them. Computers are very   9   and helpful. They are our good friends.

Do you want to   10   a computer?

1. (　)

A. as　　　　　　　　　　    B. like

C. for　　　　　　　　　　    D. with

2. (　)

A. many of　　　　　　　　　　    B. very much

C. a lot　　　　　　　　　　    D. all kinds of

3. (　)

A. scientists　　　　　　　　　　    B. teachers

C. students　　　　　　　　　　    D. computers

4. (　)

A. sell　　　　　　　　　　    B. use

C. look　　　　　　　　　　    D. put

5. (　)

A. other　　　　　　　　　　    B. several

C. a lot of　　　　　　　　　　    D. many

6. (　)

A. or　　　　　　　　　　    B. but

C. and　　　　　　　　　　    D. because

7. (　)

A. he
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lp　　　　　　　　　　    B. make

C. use　　　　　　　　　　    D. stop

8. (　)

A. for　　　　　　　　　　    B. into

C. on　　　　　　　　　　    D. up

9. (　)

A. beautiful　　　　　　　　　　    B. careful

C. useful　　　　　　　　　　    D. heavy

10. (　)

A. pay　　　　　　　　　　    B. sell

C. lend　　　　　　　　　　    D. have

Mr. Smith lived in a village. He had ___36__ farms and about twenty people working for him. He often told them _37_ hard and be honest. (诚实的).
One day he went to a farm and worked with the workers there. Soon it was time __38___ lunch. He put ___39___ nice bread on the table and ___40___. A few minutes later he came back again but he ___41____ find the bread.
‘Who ate ___42__ on the table?’ he shouted.
Some of the workers answered, ‘We ___43___.’
The others said, ‘We saw nothing.’
‘Well,’ said Mr. Smith, ‘__44___ are a lot of mice in the rooms, you know. So I ___45___ some poison in the bread. ___46___ they eat, they must die. Then I can kill them.’
As soon as he finished, four workers began to cry. ‘Oh, dear!’
‘___47___?’ asked Mr. Smith.
‘We ate the bread when you were out. We are going to die.’ One of them cried.
‘___48___,’ Mr. Smith said _49___ a smile, ‘I only ____50_____ you. Use your head.’

Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy, well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.
So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.
Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的)interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself. He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.
When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their own rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim.
【小题1】Jean spends a lot of time on QQ because she is ____________.