In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair-weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities(品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability(可靠).

Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.

At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults(过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.

Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.

There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experiences and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor, too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.

When I meet someone who is reliable, honest and understanding, I know I’ve found a friend!

1.Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosing a friend?

A. Understanding. B. Honesty.

C. Reliability. D. A sense of humor.

2.If you have fair-weather friends, __________.

A. you will become rich

B. you can be sure that you get real friends

C. you will be refused when you get into trouble

D. they will give you all that they have when you need help

3.This passage mainly discusses _________.

A. the qualities of a friend

B. how to get along with friends

C. the importance of having a friend

D. the importance of the qualities of a friend

Sharon has been a serious runner for six years. She has completed three marathons and several shorter races. Each week she runs about 20 miles.

Her favorite shoes? A $25 pair of Champion shoes she bought at Target. “I like running in simple shoes,” she said, “The more you pay, the more trouble you get.” She is right. Money often buys higher-quality goods, but not when it comes to running shoes.

Over the last forty years, running has been popular as a leisure (闲暇的) sport. In 2009, 476,000 runners took part in a marathon. In 1976, the number was just 25,000. Sales of running shoes reached a record $ 2.36 billion in 2009, 60 percent more than ten years earlier.

But some of those dollars may not have been well spent. In 2007, Scottish researchers tested running shoes at three price levels, ranging from $80 to $150, and found that low-cost and mid-cost shoes within the same brand protected runners’ feet just as well as high-cost ones, sometimes even better.

“The common idea is that if you pay more, you will get better shoes,” said Abboud, director of the Institute of Motion Analysis and Research at the University of Dundee in Scotland, “Our research did not show that.” Professor Abboud and his colleagues have just completed a similar study, as not yet published, with nearly the same results.

If you want to run well and run safely, consider fit first and price last. “You want a shoe that helps you keep a balanced position,” said Mark Montgomery, manager of the JackRabbit Sports store in Union Square in New York, “A more expensive shoe is not always the solution.”

“The less you think about a shoe, the better,” said Ms Bakoul, a marathoner.

1.According to Sharon, ________.

A. expensive shoes will give you more trouble

B. higher-quality shoes will protect your feet better

C. taking part in marathons is very important for runners

D. running about 20 miles a week is the best for your health

2.From the passage the reason why much money is not well spent is that ________.

A. it was spent on running

B. it was spent on high- cost shoes

C. running needs the cheapest shoes

D. money often buys higher-quality goods

3.From the passage we can infer __________.

A. running as a leisure sport will be no longer popular

B. Professor Abboud thinks the common idea is right

C. Ms Bakoul is against the research results

D. Mark Montgomery agrees with Sharon

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. The More, the Better B. Run Well and Run Safely

C. The Less, the Better D. Fit First and Price Last

阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Many people think self-confidence is the key to a happy, successful life. But where does self-confidence come from? 1. .

I’m Lucy. Self-confidence means that I can do something well. It’s even better if someone else tells you that you’re good at something, too. When people listen to me and pay attention to my ideas, I know they like me. When people don’t listen, I sometimes feel sad. 2. .

I’m Jeff. Respect from my family and friends makes me feel the best. I don’t care if I’m the best football player, or I don’t get the highest grade on a test, or don’t succeed at everything I do. 3. . If someone says something unkind about you, you don’t mind that much because you know they’re wrong—that means you have self-confidence.

I’m Sue. I really feel good when my mum gives me a hug and says,“Have a nice day!”before I leave the house. Also, one day in a store I asked a salesman where to find something, and to my surprise, he said,“You have a beautiful smile.” For the rest of the day I was happy. These kinds of things have to come naturally and from the heart, but they make a big difference in the way a person feels.

4. . Believe that no matter who you are, you can build your own self-confidence.

Have you ever complained(抱怨) why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.

While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?

One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better, so farmers will have a good harvest.

Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure(失败) can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”

Attitude decides everything. With an optimistic(乐观的) attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

1.What will you find if you see the world with your warm heart?

2.Why will farmers have a good harvest according to the passage?

3.What is the terrible thing when we face failure?

4.How do we make life easy and pleasant?

5.What’s the best title of this passage?

根据中文意思完成句子。

1. 来吧，汤姆，该做运动了。

Come on, Tom. ___________ do sports.

2.别担心，我一到上海就给你打电话。

Don’t worry. I’ll call you ____________ I get to Shanghai.

3.小明不但喜欢英语，而且喜欢数学。

Xiaoming likes ____________.

4.托尼非常友好，他和身边每个人相处得都很融洽。

Tony ___________ he gets on well with everybody around him.

5.请你把东西收拾起来好吗？我们应该使教室保持干净。

___________ your things? We should keep our classroom clean.

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提示词语：understand, same / different, tell, love, help

Kate’s questions:

Dear Kate,

I’m glad to hear from you.___________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Meimei

Kate and Alice are good friends. ________ often help each other.

A. They B. Them C. Their D. Theirs

We usually read English ________ the morning.

A. on B. in C. at D. of

Tom was ill yesterday, ________ he didn’t go to school. But he’s better now.

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

— ________ did you put my glasses just now, Bill?

—On the desk.

A. Where B. Why C. What D. When