When we were very small, we realized that having friends was important. The need for friends continued as we grew into our teens. Friends played a big part in the development of our personalities. As adults, it is still important for us to have friends.
True friends are people who like us though we make mistakes and who listen to us and tell us the truth. Friends support our decisions and tell us when we’re wrong. They laugh with us and share our sadness. They are our partners and share interests with us. They stimulate us when we are feeling down. They are people with whom we aren’t afraid of sharing our secret wishes or what is really on our minds.
Friends, you fell safe and warm. At times, they also help with our everyday life, cooking a meal, helping with chores, or giving us a lift when we need.
Friends also are there to offer advice, an ear to listen, or a shoulder to cry on..
Friends also help us reduce stress. They not only listen to us when we fell stressed, but also discuss with us how to friends help us forget about problems at work or at home. For a short time, we can lose ourselves in a pleasant activity and perhaps laugh and breathe more easily.

1. 1.

   What is the best title for the passage?

   1. A.
      How to Reduce Stress
   2. B.
      How to Make New Friends
   3. C.
      The Importance of Friends
   4. D.
      The Qualities of Good Friends
2. 2.

   The underlined word “stimulate”in Paragraph 2 probably means ­­­­­­­­­­­­_________.

   1. A.
      educate
   2. B.
      encourage
   3. C.
      remember
   4. D.
      dislike
3. 3.

   We can learn from the third paragraph that friends always _________.

   1. A.
      laugh at us when we’re foolish
   2. B.
      tell us other people’s secrets
   3. C.
      share our sadness and interests
   4. D.
      support us when we need help
4. 4.

   According to the passage, we can reduce stress by _____.
   ① making more new friends             ② discussing our stress with friends
   ③ ignoring our problems for a while       ④ sharing interests with friends

   1. A.
      ①②③
   2. B.
      ②③④
   3. C.
      ①②④
   4. D.
      ①③④

When we were very small, we realized that having friends was important. The need for friends continued as we grew into our teens. Friends played a big part in the development of our personalities. As adults, it is still important for us to have friends.

True friends are people who like us though we make mistakes and who listen to us and tell us the truth. Friends support our decisions and tell us when we’re wrong. They laugh with us and share our sadness. They are our partners and share interests with us. They stimulate us when we are feeling down. They are people with whom we aren’t afraid of sharing our secret wishes or what is really on our minds.

Friends, you fell safe and warm. At times, they also help with our everyday life, cooking a meal, helping with chores, or giving us a lift when we need.

Friends also are there to offer advice, an ear to listen, or a shoulder to cry on..

Friends also help us reduce stress. They not only listen to us when we fell stressed, but also discuss with us how to friends help us forget about problems at work or at home. For a short time, we can lose ourselves in a pleasant activity and perhaps laugh and breathe more easily.

1.What is the best title for the passage?

2.The underlined word “stimulate”in Paragraph 2 probably means ­­­­­­­­­­­­_________.

3.We can learn from the third paragraph that friends always _________.

4.According to the passage, we can reduce stress by _____.

① making more new friends             ② discussing our stress with friends

③ ignoring our problems for a while       ④ sharing interests with friends

When we were very small, we realized that having friends was important. The need for friends continued as we grew into our teens. Friends played a big part in the development of our personalities. As adults, it is still important for us to have friends.
True friends are people who like us though we make mistakes and who listen to us and tell us the truth. Friends support our decisions and tell us when we’re wrong. They laugh with us and share our sadness. They are our partners and share interests with us. They stimulate us when we are feeling down. They are people with whom we aren’t afraid of sharing our secret wishes or what is really on our minds.
Friends, you fell safe and warm. At times, they also help with our everyday life, cooking a meal, helping with chores, or giving us a lift when we need.
Friends also are there to offer advice, an ear to listen, or a shoulder to cry on..
Friends also help us reduce stress. They not only listen to us when we fell stressed, but also discuss with us how to friends help us forget about problems at work or at home. For a short time, we can lose ourselves in a pleasant activity and perhaps laugh and breathe more easily.
【小题1】What is the best title for the passage?

Babies are born yogis. Once we were all able to pull our toes up by our ears and laugh about it. Then we aged, got injured, and began carrying stress in our shoulders and back. In short, we lost our balance.

Yoga（瑜伽） is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union in body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance. I was seriously out of balance when I started practicing yoga in 1999. I had plantar fascitis in both feet, and my doctor had warned me against all the things I loved to do: walking, hiking, and playing tennis. I was desperate for exercise. Yoga became my salvation and even enhanced my other fitness activities. I practice yoga at least twice a week, but I consider yoga to be part of my daily life because after a while you no longer just practice yoga—you love it.

Yoga becomes part of your physical life. Your body grows stronger, more toned, and more flexible as you move from one pose to the other. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first vacation on which I lost weight. “Rather than building muscle, yoga builds muscle tone,” says Shakta Kaur Khalsa, author of the K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga. “Because yoga helps maintain a balanced metabolism (新陈代谢), it also helps to regulate weight. Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwise, causing fat to be removed around the cells.” I do yoga poses throughout the day. After hours at my computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms. When I need a boost of energy, I do energizing poses. When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative poses.

Yoga becomes part of your mental life. Yoga teaches you to focus on breathing while you hold the poses. This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves stress and anxiety. I use yogic breathing on the tennis courts, in the dentist’s chair, and in traffic jams. You should always leave a yoga practice feeling energized, not tired. If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time “fighting” yourself, trying to force yourself into poses. In yoga, you “surrender” to the pose by letting go of the tension.

Yoga becomes part of your spiritual life. Yoga is practiced by people from all religions; it is not restricted to any religious group. Yoga teaches “right” living in how we deal with ourselves and others. As I work on a difficult pose, I learn patience, forgiveness, and the value of gentleness. Yoga advocates proper eating, but you don’t have to be a vegetarian to practice yoga.

45.          What would be the best title for this passage?

A. What’s Yoga?                          B. How I Do Yoga Poses 

C. The Benefits of Yoga                    D. The Varieties of Yoga

46. According to the third paragraph, yoga can help people __________.

A. grow taller                                    B. lose weight       

C. become flexible in thinking             D. make more friends

47. People feel tired after yoga because __________.

A. they consume energy in practicing yoga 

B. they respond well to yoga poses

C. they spend too much time on yoga         

D. they force themselves into yoga poses

48.   If this passage continues, what will the writer most probably write about in the next paragraph?

A. Yoga as a means to keep fit.                       B. Different yoga poses.

C. Popularity of yoga all over the world.            D. Encouraging people to do yoga.