Not long ago, I opened an interesting e-mail from Jennifer, a friend of mine. “I’ve realized I want to be around people who make me happy,” she wrote, “I’ve been seeing how I feel after communicating with different people and making a mental list of who I feel good about. And you’re on my list.”
Then she invited me — and 11 other women— to a “Movie Night” to be held every six weeks at her house. We’d chat, eat, and watch feel-good movies. She made it clear in her invitation that there was no stress to show up to all or any movie nights. Wonderful! I e-mailed her back immediately. I was in.
Later, Jennifer told me she had some puzzled reactions to her invitation. Though all the women were willing to join, some said they didn’t see themselves as cheerful people. “I’ve told them they didn’t have to be cheerful around me all the time. I invited them because they made me feel happy,” she says.
Research shows that gatherings such as Jennifer’s make sense. In a US study, researchers measured(测量) the happiness of 4739 people at regular intervals (间隔) over 20 years. The study found that a person’s happiness depends on(取决于) the happiness of people they connect with. Amazingly, it also found that happiness spreads not only between direct friends, but also among friends of your friends’ friends! And those good feelings seem to be the most contagious (传染性的) among friends of the same sex.
“People with more supportive friends are less likely to develop sadness,” says Dr Toupey Luft, a psychologist in Penticyon, British Columbia. “Though you can’t choose your family or workmates, you do have control over friendships.” With a little effort, you can add more positive(乐观的) relationships to your social circle. Here’s how…
【小题1】How many people did Jennifer invite?

A．1

B．11

C．12

D．13

【小题2】What kind of things can you do on Jennifer’s movie night?

A．Gathering and measuring happiness among friends.

B．Chatting, eating and watching feel-good movies.

C．Being cheerful all the time.

D．Showing up stress.

【小题3】What do the underlined words mean?

A．有意义

B．有鉴赏力

C．有感觉

D．制造气氛

【小题4】Which of the following is right?

A．Jennifer was puzzled with her invitation.

B．All the women who were invited are cheerful people.

C．Jennifer invited people who are cheerful around her all the time.

D．People with more supportive friends seem to be more positive than people who don’t.

【小题5】Can you guess what will be talked about in the following passage?

A．Why it is important to pick friends who make you feel good.

B．How to make friends who make you feel good.

C．What kinds of friends you should not make.

D．How you can find your social circle.

Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.
The most important reasons of stress are: death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on.
How do you know whether you have stress or not? Could you give your answers to the following questions?
Stress Test

Do you...	Yes	No
Easily get angry?
Often sleep badly?
Get headaches a lot?
Take medicine to help sleep?
Find it difficult to relax?
Usually hide your feeling?
Smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet?
Find it difficult to put your heart into something?

If your answer "Yes" to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing relaxing exercises, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways of relieving (减轻) stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways-people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should   X  more often, because crying is a natural way of relieving stress.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT the reason of the stress?

A．Taking exams.	B．Changing jobs.
C．Taking medicine to help sleep.	D．Making money.

【小题2】According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．Women and young people never have stress.

B．Stress is everywhere in our everyday life.

C．People who answer "No" to all of the questions have great stress.

D．People who answer "Yes "to more than two of the questions have no stress.

【小题3】"X" in the passage should be the word "     ".

A．cry

B．laugh

C．smile

D．smoke

【小题4】The main idea of the passage is      .

A．about stress and how to relieve your stress

B．that there are many reasons for having stress.

C．that laughing and smiling more can help relieve your stress.

D．that doing the Stress Test is a good way to help you live a better life.

 

The London Home A centre for people with AIDS The London Home gives them love and care, but money is always needed. 111/117Bute Road, London Tel:0171-792 1200

Do you want to join our group at our weekly meetings and help to make our world safer and cleaner? Can you spare a few hours a week to hand out information brochures(小册子)?   WORLDWATCHERS       Needs you! Write to: The Information Office PO BOX 379 GD30 6QA

At Solutions we teach people how to help themselves. In parts of Africa and India we’ve helped the poor a lot. Now they have hope for a better life.      Solutions  Finding solutions to help the poor. Call 0044-173 654 2427

1.Worldwatchers is a centre for ________. 

A. finding solutions              B. protecting the environment

C. searching information          D. helping people with themselves

2. With the help of________, people can learn how to help themselves.

1. Solutions                   B. The London Home   

C. Worldwatchers               D. The Information Office

3.If a person with AIDS wants to get help, he can________.

A. go to the Information Office             

B. call 0040-173 654 2427

C. post to PO BOX 379 GD30 6QA 

D. write to 111/117Bute Road ,London

4.What can you do if you want to help the people with AIDS?

A. Donate money to the London Home.

B. Hand out information brochures.

C. Teach them how to help themselves.

D. Write to the Information Office.

5.Where can you find this passage?

A. In some newspapers.    B. In some magazines. 

C. On the Internet.        D. All of the above.

 

阅读短文, 用完整的句子回答问题.
The first Earth Day was in 1970.People were beginning to worry about what we were doing to our environment. So they set up Earth Day to tell everyone about their worries. In 2007 organizers in over 150 countries planned over 4,000 big events. But Earth Day is not just about marches(游行) and big events. In the week around Earth Day (22 April) there were many thousands of smaller, local events. These events dealt with environmental problems in the neighborhood. The world Wide Fund for Nature made a list of 5 things that each person could do to save the environment.
l Don’t leave the tap running.
l Turn off lights when you leave a room.
l Turn off your computer every night.
l Wash your clothes, and yourself, in warm or cold water, not hot water.
l Dishwashers use as little water as possible.
If we all do at least 2 of these all the time, we can make a big difference.
【小题1】Was the first Earth Day set up in 1970 ?                       
【小题2】When is Earth Day?                             
【小题3】How many countries planned big events in 2007 ?                     
【小题4】What should people do when the water keeps running from a tap?      
【小题5】What else can you do to save our environment ?                       

从所给的7个选项中选出5个完成下列对话 (5分)
　A: Good morning!  1 ?         B: Yes, I want to join the chess club.
　A: Good morning!,   2  ?       B: David.
　A:    3 ?                    B: I’m twelve.
　A:    4 ?                     B: My telephone number is 435—201.
　A:    5 ?                     B: Yes, a little.
　A: Here is a card, please fill it out.  B: Thank you.
　A: You’re welcome.

A．What’s your name B．What’s your phone number? C．Can you play chess D．I can play chess E．How old are you F．What can you do G．Can I help you

　1.________ 2_______  3________  4________  5________