Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult. 

Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get along with others.

If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.

★Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents that others will like.

★Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.

★Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile to others.

★Respect the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas without trying to make them accept yours.

★Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.

★Don’t complain(抱怨). Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaining all the time.

★Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.

1.Why do we need friends according to the passage?

A．Friends can do everything for us.

B．Friends can bring us happiness.

C．Friends accept our ideas all the time.

D．Without friends we could not live.

2.What’s the first thing we should learn in order to make friends?

A．To help others.                         B．To smile to others.

C．To get along with others.                  D．To listen to others’ complaints.

3.Which of the following shows a sense of humor? 

A．Opening the door for someone.

B．Complaining to others all the time.

C．Laughing at ourselves and our weakness.

D．Finding someone who will understand us.

 

A father was sitting at his desk and looking at his bills when his young son rushed in and said, “Dad, because today is your birthday and you’re 40 years old, I’m going to give you 40 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started kissing, the father shouted, “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now. I’m too busy!”

The boy soon became silent as tears fell down from his big blue eyes. Feeling sorry, the father said, “You can finish the kisses later .”

The boy said nothing but quietly walked away. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t.

Unfortunately, a few days later, the boy had an accident and died. His sad father wrote,“If only I could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words, and how much my heart is hurting.”

Love is a two-way street. We must warmly accept any loving act, or others will take it as a “No” and it may leave a scar(伤痕). If we don’t receive love, our life will lose its true meaning.

Any loving act must be warmly accepted, or it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar. If we are too busy to give and receive love, we are too silly! Nothing is more important than accepting love from those who are and dear to us.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

1.On his father’s birthday, the boy wanted to      .

A. help his father write the bills.

B. give kisses to his father.

C. buy a gift for his father.

D. talk with his father.

2.The boy felt      when his father refused him.

A. sad                B. puzzled                   C. excited                    D. happy

3.A few days later, the boy      .

A. went back to school.

B. was hurt in an accident

C. was killed in an accident

D. was angry with his father

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Andrew’s father was busy looking at his bills on his birthday.

B. Andrew was killed in an accident on his father’s birthday.

C. Andrew’s father asked him to give him the kisses later.

D. Andrew’s father felt sorry after the accident happened.

5.We can know from the passage that       .

A. love keeps one busy all the time.

B. love can make people happy and unhappy.

C. it is important to love people around us

D. we should learn to give and receive love

 

每空限填空一词，有些词需要做相应的变化。其中有两个多余的选项。

	Choose  father   she   happy  care  lucky  move  give  he  but  eight  be

 

There were many stories in 2011 that showed our love in the beauty of mankind. Today I want to tell you a 1.____ story about Meng Peijie. She is still a student in a college now, but she was 2.___ as one of 10 recipients of its “Moving China” award by CCTV in 2011.

Meng Peijie was born in Sha’anxi Province in 1991. After her 3.___ death in a car accident in 1996, her mother decided to send her to Liu Fangying. Liu Fangying’s family lived more 4. than before. But it only lasted three years of happiness, then Liu didn’t walk anymore and had to stay in bed.  5., her husband left the home and never returned. Liu was so sad that she wanted to kill  6. by taking pills. But Meng Peijie found the pills, destroyed them and cried “Don’t die, mum. You’re the only one who  7. for me. You and I make a home.” It was only her  8. birthday at that time. Meng began  cooking, doing housework and taking care of her mother. But Meng  9. so short that she had to stand on the chair to reach the cooker. She fell off it for many times. Meng said, “I’d rather go hungry as long as my mother can eat properly. I think my mother would do the same for me if I couldn’t walk.” Liu Fangying said, “I wish to thank her natural mother for  10. me such a good daughter.”

What a kind-hearted girl she is! We should learn from her ----learn to be grateful: care for everyone and thank everyone.

 

Swimming and English Learning

Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I’m afraid you’ll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It’s the same with the English study. We must practice, practice and practice.

Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn’t matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word.

Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He’s afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don’t be afraid. We must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone so long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important when there’s nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It’s interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.

Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we’re interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.

Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.

Easier said than done. Well, let’s do more practice from now on. I’m sure you’ll learn English well in this way.

1.You can learn to swim by_______.

A．reading books about it

B．looking at others swimming

C．having lessons on it

D．going into the river and learning

2.We should learn English by _______.

A．listening and speaking	B．reading and writing
C．A and B	D．swimming

3. What will you do with mistakes when you speak?

A．Don’t make mistakes.	B．Study hard
C．Try not to speak English	D．Don’t be afraid.

4. What’s more important for senior school students?

A．listening

B．speaking

C．reading and writing

D．learning

5. We can listen to English ______, according to the passage.

A．by train

B．on the radio

C．every minute

D．now and then

 

Alan is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects .He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Alan wanted a computer last week. He asked his parents     _ the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He    _ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not     _ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens      _he had no tools to do the work with.

     Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送)  newspaper. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer      __ away. I could pay for it a little each week. He ran to      __ up with Dick. Alan asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was     _ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took about three hours each night. Dick     him the phone number of the newspaper manager Alan almost flew home. After he had told his mother      _he thought, she smiled “I think it is a  great idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”

         “Wait, Mum,” Alan said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”

        Alan’s mother smiled     _ . We should learn from him.

1.A. in            B. at              C. with         D. for 

2.A. said           B. told          C. thought      D. spoke

3.A. spring       B. summer      C. autumn      D. winter

4.A. when         B. because      C. while        D. after

5.A. now           B. right           C. just          D. only

6.A. take           B. catch          C. carry        D. put

7.A. friendly     B. kind            C. wrong      D. possible   

8.A. taught        B. gave           C. made         D. asked

9.A. that            B. when          C. what        D. where

10.A. sadly        B. happily      C. politely     D. happy