Everyone needs friends. As the old saying goes, “ No man is an island” . In other words, no one can survive without the help and friendship of others. One can hardly live without a friend. Society is made up of people , and making friends is a very important part in our life. Friends can give you a lot. Firstly, if you have trouble with some problems, you can talk to your good friends and exchanged opinions . Thus you will feel comfortable and encouraged.Secondly, if you wish to do some physical exercises, such as playing table tennis, you can play with friends and have a good time, In short, we need friends.

But what is true friendship ? Some people think friends are people whom they can play with, others believe true friendship lies in similar interests . However, in my opinion, “A friend in need is a friend indeed”. True friendship can encourage you when you are in difficulties . True friends can give you warnings against danger. True friends not only share with you your joy and happiness but also your trouble and anxiety.When you need him he will give you a hand and spare no efforts. Of course, these principles are the same to you when you treat your friends.

1．What does the author want to tell us by saying, “No man is an island”?

A．To form an island, we need more than one man.

B．Without friendship , people can not live on an island.

C．Friends can make you feel comfortable and encouraged.

D．Everyone needs friends’ help and friendship.

2．What kind of friends are true friends ?

A．People whom you can play with.　　

B．A friend in need.

C．Friends with similar interests.

D．Friends who treat you the same as you treat them.

2．What does the underlined phrase “spare no efforts ”mean ?

A．Try one’s best.　　 B．Make no efforts. C．Ask for payback. D．Go away.

4．What is the purpose of the author to write this passage ?

A．To explain why it is important to make friends.

B．To explain how to tell who are true friends.

C．To explain how to keep friends-ship. 　　　　

D．Both A and B.

 

Everyone needs friends. As the old saying goes, “ No man is an island” . In other words, no one can survive（生存）without the help and friendship of others. One can hardly live without a friend. Society is made up of people , and making friends is a very important part in our life. Friends can give you a lot. Firstly, if you have trouble with some problems, you can talk to your good friends and exchanged opinions . Thus you will feel comfortable and encouraged, Secondly, if you wish to do some physical exercises, such as playing table tennis, you can play with friends and have a good time, In short, we need friends.

But what is true friendship ? Some people think friends are people whom they can play with, others believe true friendship lies in similar（相似的） interests . However, in my opinion, “a friends in need is a friends indeed”. True friendship can encourage you when you are in difficulties . True friends can give you warnings against danger. True friends not only share with you your joy and happiness but also your trouble and anxiety, When you need him he will give you a hand and spare no efforts. Of course, these principles are the same to you when you treat your friends.

36．What kind of friends are true friends ?

A．People whom you can play with　　　　　

B．A friend in need

C．Friends who can encourage you when you are in difficulties

D．Friends who treat you the same as you treat them

37．What does the author want to tell us by saying, “No man is an island”?

A．To form an island, we need more than one man

B．Without friendship , people can not live on an island

C．Friends can make you feel comfortable and encouraged

D．Everyone needs friends’ help and friendship

38．What does the underlined phrase “spare no efforts ”mean ?

A．Try one’s best 　　　 B．Make no efforts　　

C．Ask for payback 　 D．Go away

39．What is the purpose of the author to write this passage ?

A．To explain why it is important to make friends

B．To explain how to tell who are true friends

C．To explain how to keep friends ship

D．To explain how to keep happy

40.According to the passage ,which is true？

A.Not everyone needs friends.　

B. One can easily live without a friend.

C. True friends can share your happiness and your worries

D. A true friend can’t play basketball with you .

　

HOW TO QUIT SMOKING

When thinking about quitting…

List all the reasons why you want to quit. Every night before going to bed, repeat one of the reasons 10 times. Decide surely that you want to quit. Try to avoid negative（消极的）thoughts about how difficult it might be. Develop strong personal reasons in addition to your health and duties to others. For example, think all the time you waste taking cigarette breaks, rushing out to buy a pack, hunting a light, etc. Set a date for quitting—perhaps a special day like your birthday, or a holiday. If you smoke heavily at work, quit during your vacation. Make the date seriously, and don’t let anything change it. Begin to prepare yourself physically: start a modest（适度的）exercise, drink more water, get plenty of rest.

Immediately after quitting…

The first few days after you quit, spend as much free time as possible in places where smoking is forbidden, e.g. libraries, museums, theatres, department stores, etc. Drink large quantities of water and fruit juice. Try to avoid wine, coffee, and other drinks, which remind you of cigarette smoking. Start a conversation with someone instead of asking for a match for a cigarette. If you miss the sensation（感觉）of having a cigarette in your hand, play with something else—a pencil, a pen, or a ruler. If you miss having something in your mouth, try toothpicks or a fake（假的）cigarette.

1.Which of the following statements is best supported by the author?

   A．When you want a cigarette, try to forget it by starting a conversation with someone.

B．Try to drink wine, coffee, and other drinks instead of a cigarette.

C．If you miss the sensation of having a cigarette in your mouth, play with a pen.

D．Every night before going to bed, repeat the reasons 10 times.

2.From the passage, we know smokers _______.

   A．spend a lot of time breaking the habit of smoking

B．have to stop to smoke from time to time

C．had better quit smoking during their holiday

D．start a modest exercise every day

3.The author suggests _______ immediately after quitting.

   A．all kinds of drinks be avoided

B．drinking water and fruit juice

C．trying low-tar（低焦油）cigarettes

D．spending as much free time as possible in public places

4.If the article is in a newspaper, which section is it in?

   A．Sports.                            B．News.                           C．Health.                         D．Culture.

 

阅读下面短文,并按照题目要求用英语回答问题.

Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（购物手推车）. They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.

Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging（吃力地携带） groceries around in baskets they had to carry.

One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.

On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.

But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.

After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.

But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony（假冒的） customers.

As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.

Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.

1.The underlined words “chrome-plate contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to ______.

（No more than 3 words）

2.What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention? （No more than 10 words）

3.Why was Goldman disappointed at first? （No more than 10 words）

4.Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? （No more than 10 words）

5.What do you think of Goldman? Please give your reasons. （No more than 20 words）

 

“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”  That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better. Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too.

All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things as we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it.

There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!

Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. There you can feel everything on show. If we want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see.

1. By touching things,________.

A．you will have a strange feeling

B．you will learn how to reach out your hand

C．you can tell the difference of the things

D．you can tell what colors they are

2. When people buy things in shops, they often_________.

A．try them on first	B．keep their right hands on them
C．ask about them	D．feel and touch them

3.Why does it say “At first, it is not easy to feel these things?” Because__________.

A．the things are used by people, too	B．people feel the things too often
C．people know how to use the things	D．the things are hard to feel

4.Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A．Touching by Feeling	B．To See or to Feel?
C．To See Better---Feel	D．Ways of Feeling