Students are leaving the junior high school．What are they taking with them? A lot of things for sure，but the most important thing is friends．

We asked some teachers to give us one last lesson．The lesson is proverbs（谚语、格言）about friends．Proverbs teach people about life．Older people often teach proverbs to younger people．Every culture has proverbs．They are short and easy to remember．

Mrs. Minnelli says，“It is important to remember this Sicilian proverb，‘Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty．’It means that only good friends tell you when you are making a mistake．”

Mr. Schmidt says，“I have a favorite proverb about friends，‘Friendship is a plant we must water．’It is German．It means that we need to take care of friends like we take care of a garden．”

Mr. Tulga says，“My grandfather in Turkey told me，‘Nobody is so rich that he can throw away a friend．’ It means that everyone needs friends．Be good to them．”

The good news is：there is no test for this lesson．The bad news is：we will miss you．

Goodbye，friends! Don’t forget us!

1．As the proverb says，               will tell you when you are making mistakes．

A．real friends           B．older people             C．some teachers               D．younger people

2．Which is the best proverb to the meaning “Take care of friends like we take care of a garden”?

A．A friend is easier lost than found．

B．Friendship is a plant we must water．

C．Nobody is so rich that he can throw away a friend．

D．Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty．

3．Which of the following is true from the passage?

A．Only some countries have their proverbs about friends．

B．After the last lesson，the students will have a test for it．

C．If you are rich enough，you can throw away your friends，

D．Proverbs are usually short，and they teach people about life．

4．The writer of the passage mainly wants us to know              ．

A．some proverbs about culture                        B．ways to take care of a friend

C．the importance of friendship                        D．students' feelings in the last lesson

　　Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock（存货）, the salesman produces（呈出）it, and the business of trying it on proceeds（继续进行）at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly chat and to everyone's satisfaction.

　　For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly（直率地）; he does so with skill. “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you want.” Few men have patience with this treatment. And the usual response（反应，回答）is:“This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.”

　　Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? She does so in a different way, Her shopping is not based on need, She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She will try on any number of things. In her mind there is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Faced with a roomful（一室所能容纳之量）of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour looking around before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

(1) If a man goes shopping, ________.

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A．he wants anything

B．he knows his purpose before shopping

C．he hardly decides in advance

D．he asks the assistant what he wants

(2) If a man doesn't get what he needs, ________.

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A．the salesman brings out a substitute and advises him to buy with skill

B．the salesman suggests him to buy something else

C．the salesman is angry

D．the salesman doesn't know what to do

(3) When a woman goes shopping, ________.

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A．she does know what she needs

B．she wants something

C．she's only walking around the shop

D．she hasn't decided what she wants

(4)The underlined word “provide” may mean ________.

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(5)Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．Husbands are willing to go shopping with their wives.

B．Husbands have to go shopping with their wives.

C．Husbands help their wives go shopping.

D．Wives must follow their husbands' advice.

Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865．What he wanted most in the world was to climb the   1  peak（山峰）in the Alps．Rudi's mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   2 and start working in a hotel．Rudi would not   3  his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber  4   was planning to climb the highest peak．

    Franz was very  5  when he found out what Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, 6  Franz also didn't want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top  7  him．

    Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,  8   as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and could go no farther． Franz   9  behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   10  to the top． Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to  11  him to the top．When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident．Saxo was helpless and hurt Rudi must 12  whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top．

He decided Saxo's life was more  13  than his dream and helped him down．During that time, the Englishman and Franz  14  the climb, and finally they reached the top．Later, when they returned to the village, they told people that   15  was the real conqueror（征服者） of the mountain．

1．A． deepest                  B． farthest            C． biggest                 D． highest

2．A． learning                  B． playing              C． talking               D． climbing

3．A． try out                   B． work out            C． go over                D． give up

4．A． what                      B． which              C． whom                  D． who

5．A． tired                      B． glad                C． quiet                 D． angry

6．A． again                     B． once                C． too                  D． instead

7．A． after                      B． behind               C． before                  D． over

8．A．or                 B． so                  C． but                   D． for

9．A． walked                B． rested              C． stayed                  D． watched

10．A．  third                B． second              C．first                   D． last

11．A． take                      B． beat                C． push                D． help

12．A． wonder          B． decide             C． ask                 D． remember

13．A． successful       B．important           C． popular            D． interesting

14．A． stopped                B． continued          C． enjoyed             D． finished

15．A． Franz                   B．Rudi                C． the Englishman     D． Saxo

Early rising is helpful in more than one way．We all need fresh air．But air is never so fresh as early in the morning．Besides，it is useful to do morning exercises．

Secondly，early rising can give a plan to our work for the day．We can not work well without a good plan．

Thirdly，early rising gives US enough time to get ready for our work，such as to wash our hands and faces and eat our breakfast．

Late risers may find it very difficult to form（形成）the habit of early rising．They have to make an effort（努力）to do so．As the English proverb says，“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy，wealthy and wise．”

1．Air is fresh               ．

A．early in the morning                                 B．at the time when you get up

C．when you are sleeping                                D．1ate at night

2．Doing morning exercises                 ．

A．helps us to remember what we learn          B．is good for our health

C．gives us enough time to study                     D．makes us tired and sleepy

3．We can't work well                 ．

A．if the weather is bad                                 B．If we get up early

C．if we don't have a good plan                        D．if we do morning exercises

4．Early rising gives us enough time            ．

A．to get ready for our work                                B．to wash our faces

C．to brush our teeth                                      D．to eat breakfast

5．Late risers should try their best               ．

A．to sleep as many hours as possible             B．to remember the English proverbs

       C．to form the good habit of early rising           D．to get up earlier than everyone else