阅读理解

　　Sometimes we make friends with unexpected people．For example, who would have thought that a spider would make friends with a pig? But in E．B．White’s classic novel “Charlotte Web”, this is exactly what happens．

　　The pair will appear in a movie at the end of this year．

　　In the story, Wilbur is an ill-fated(倒霉的)pig．When he is born, he is so small that the farmer decides to end the pig’s life．Fortunately, the farmer’s daughter stops him from killing Wilbur and volunteers to raise the pig in a barnyard．

　　Wilbur grows day by day and makes many friends in the barnyard, including the spider, Charlotte．However, one day a sheep tells Wilbur that he will be served up as dinner．But Charlotte is determined to save her friend from this danger．By making words such as “famous pig” in her web, she persuades the farmer that Wilbur is some sort of supernatural animal, too important to kill．After Wilbur is saved, Charlotte is so tired that she finally dies．

　　Unusually, the author makes a spider the heroine of the book．Spiders are normally creatures many people regard with fear．Charlotte does everything in her power to keep Wilbur alive．It shows how a strong friendship can last through the worst possible times．

　　Who would you like to make friends with if you could?

阅读理解

　　Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed．When a person does a certain thing again, he is impelled(推进，敦促)by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly; thus a habit is formed．Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of．It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation(形成)of habits．Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live．Older persons also form bad habits as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them．

　　There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help．Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and thoroughness(周详)．

　　Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on．These are all easily formed habits．Unfortunately older persons form habits which ought to have been avoided．

　　We ought to keep from all these old habits, and try to form such habits as will prove good for ourselves and others．