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 Seamans tells 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(抱怨) and do their best to help. To make a friend, you cannot 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 them. 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 to 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 had 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.

1.The writer of the text really wants to tell us________.

A. life is great if we have friends

B. an old saying

C. Sally Seamans is an American writer

D. God’s way of taking care of us

2.“The Care and Keeping of Friends” is_______.

A. the word of the God

B. a way of making good friends

C. the name of a book by Sally

D. a story from a newspaper

3.A good friend should_______.

A. have a lot of money B. have good looks

C. be kind and patient D. listen to you

4.Good friends will_______.

A. always be happy B. do their best to help you

C. never do wrong D. not have a fight

5.What can’t you do if your good friend has done wrong?

A. Write a letter to him or her.

B. Have an honest talk with him or her.

C. Tell him or her your feeling.

D. Have a fight with him or her.

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A Thanksgiving Day article printed in a newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were ________ for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods really had to be thankful for. ________ she knew that most of them would draw pictures of turkeys(火鸡) or tables with food. The teacher was ________ to see the picture Douglas handed in… a ________hildishly(幼稚地) drawn hand.

But whose hand? The class was greatly interested in the abstract(抽象的) image. “I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A farmer,” said another, “because he ________ the turkeys.” ________ when the others were at work, the teacher came over to Douglas’s desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher.” he ________ .

She remembered that very often at break time she had taken Douglas, a short ________ child by the hand. She often did that with the children. But it ________ so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone’s Thanksgiving, not for the material things given to us but for the ________ , in whatever small way, to give to others.

1.A. helpful B. thankful C. useful D. careful

2.A. So B. Because C. But D. Though

3.A. angry B. worried C. sorry D. amazed

4.A. simple B. difficult C. beautiful D. wild

5.A. plants B. makes C. raises D. produces

6.A. Sadly B. Luckily C. Carelessly D. Finally

7.A. whispered B. shouted C. cried D. laughed

8.A. cheerful B. lonely C. funny D. silly

9.A. meant B. said C. needed D. asked

10.A. change B. decision C. chance D. reply

Look at the center circles of Diagram(图)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?

Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they are exactly the same size.

Then look at the picture on the left. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces?Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.

“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:

When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret(解读)the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “Visual illusion(视觉错误).

Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.

1. Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?

A. something is wrong with our eyes

B. the two circles are not the same size

C. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way

D. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other

2. What’s the right order according to the passage?

a. We look at things with our eyes.

b. Our brains interpret the messages.

c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.

d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.

A. a-c-d-b B. c-a-b-d C. a-d-b-c D. b-c-a-d

3.What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?

A. To help the actors look better.

B. To make the actors much braver.

C. To help the actors become stronger.

D. To make the actors seem different in size.

4.In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?

A. The second one. B. The third one.

C. The fifth one. D. The sixth one.

5.Which magazine is the text probably taken from?

A. Art world B. Amazing Science

C. Health and Medicine D. Daily news

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