Being outgoing is good for your life．Those people who are more outgoing like to meet lots of

people and have more fun in life．In fact, being outgoing is not as hard as you think．Even shy

people can be outgoing．

   You can start becoming outgoing with your best friend or a group of friends．But the real

challenge（挑战）comes when you meet strange people or new friends．Smile more, and usually

they will return your smile．In this way, you may have some talks．

   Start a talk．Just a simple greeting like“Hello”or “How is it going”is a good start．If you

want to make interesting talks, you should read news in newspapers and prepare（准备）your

views, or surf the Internet for new information and then keep that in mind．

   The easiest way to become more outgoing is to go out．This is also the most important step．Go

to a park, beach, club, party or any place that you think can be fun, and you may make new friends

there．

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（   ）1．You should start to be outgoing with _________．

A．Your parents         B．Your teachers       C．your best friends   D．your new friends

（   ）2．When you start a talk with a stranger, you should say “ _______”

A．What’s the matter?               B．What’s your name?

B．How is it going?                 C．Are you healthy?

（   ）3．The easiest way to be outgoing is __________．

A．talking               B．smiling             C．playing          D．going out

（   ）4．Making new friends can make us ________．

A．more outgoing       B．healthier             C．more athletic      D．wilder

（   ）5．Which is NOT the writer’s view?

A．Being outgoing is good for our lives．

B．Being outgoing is really difficult．

C．Being outgoing helps people have more fun．

D．Being outgoing with strangers is not easy．

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The quickest way to make friends with others is to smile (微笑). When you smile, people think you are friendly and easy to talk to. It may not be easy to smile at first, but you can practice it in front of a mirror (镜子). When you look at yourself in the mirror, think about the difference between a smiling face and a sad or an angry face. Most people will stay away from(躲避) a sad or an angry face.

The easiest way to start a conversation with someone is to say something nice about him or her. For example, you can comment on someone’s great answer to a teacher’s question, a great prize, a nice shirt, etc. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking with that person? Also, ask your new friends questions about themselves. For example, who are their favorite singers and what do they do after school are all good questions to start a conversation.

1.__________ is the quickest way to make friends with others.

A．Smiling                               B．Practicing

C．Asking questions                        D．Saying nice words

2.When you start a conversation with a new friend, you’d better NOT talk about his or her __________.

A．nice shoes         B．great answer       C．good prize         D．bad grade

3.The underlined words “comment on” mean “__________” according to the passage.

A．信赖             B．推测             C．评论             D．批评

4.The following questions are good to start a conversation EXCEPT (除……之外)        “__________”.

A．How do you go to school?                 B．What do you think of my new hat?

C．What is your favorite instrument?           D．How do you spend your holiday?

5.According to the passage, we can learn that __________.

A．it is always easy to smile with others

B．a smiling face helps people to be more healthy

C．a smiling face and a sad or an angry face aren’t different

D．people usually feel great when hearing nice words about them

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A Friendship Day present plays an important part in developing friendships. We must choose it with love and care. It doesn’t need to be expensive, but it must be able to show your love to your friend. If you find it hard to choose a good Friendship Day present for your best friend, here are some good ideas for you.

1._______

Friendship bands are one of the most popular present on that day. Many colorful friendship bands hit stores much ahead of the Friendship Day. They come in special designs for both boys and girls.

2._______

Flowers are presents which are popular among girls. Sending flowers is the best and the easiest way to show your love to your friend. If possible, you’d better choose your friend’s favorite flower. If your friend doesn’t have a specific choice, you can buy yellow roses. Yellow roses are thought to be Friendship Day flowers.

3._______

Photo albums are good Friendship Day presents. You can place a picture of you along with your friend into a photo album. This reminds both of you of the good time you spent together.

4._______

2Books are suitable for friends who like reading. Keep your friend in mind while choosing the book. Usually, you can choose an inspirational.

5._______

If you don’t know which present to choose, why not invite your friend to have dinner? That will be a good chance to chat with your friend. I am sure you can have a good meal and a great time.

A. Choosing Good Books

B. Inviting Your Friend to Dinner

C. Buying Photo Albums

D. Sending Flowers

E. Buying Friendship Bands

Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.

More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi( 马拉维 ).Bikes are the most popular in this African country.

Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “ bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.

If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on . You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.

Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.

28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job.“I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.

1.In Malawi ________ are the most popular way for people to get somewhere.

A．cars              B．bikes             C．trains             D．buses

2.The passage tells us that Alice enjoys the bike taxi because it’s________.

A．on the side of the road                   B．popular and heavy

C．all over the country                      D．cheap and easy

3.From the passage we can learn Panjira Khombe thinks that________.

A．going shopping is easy                    B．making boats is difficult

C．riding a bike taxi is cheap                 D．carrying heavy people is interesting

4.The best title of the passage may be “________ ” .

A．Bike Riders        B．A Special Country   C．Bike Taxis          D．A Cheap Journey

We kids have different ways to get in touch with each other now. And for the old, they’d like to go to the market or     26      each other’s houses, but for the young, we kids needn’t follow the     27     of doing so.
The easiest way for us to get in touch and make    28     is to use the Internet services, like QQ. A lot of websites such as www.qq.com have     29    in the last few years and offered such kinds of     30     for free. So we can make friends    31     through the Internet. Maybe we do not    32    all these “friend” well. We add friends only    33    we seem cooler with more friends online.
Then how do we kids keep in touch with friends online? We make it by posting our     34      to each other. At times , “friends”     35     “be missing” for months without a message. Is this the friendship in the 21^st century?
Of course, using these Internet services is not     36    for saying “ Hi, what’s up?” Some of us have found long-lost classmates and friends     37    these websites. And at times we     38  a time to go to a movie or get together. What’s more, we kids can      39     our friends’ favourite music when we are on the Internet.
Believe it or not, these Internet services will be    40     for a while, and it is really a convenient way for us to keep in touch.