Too many people want others to be their friends，but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last very long. To have a friend，you must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules：be honest，be generous(宽宏大量的)，be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you don’t tell the truth，people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest，you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always count on one another to speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You don’t have to give your lunch money or your clothes，of course. Instead you have to learn how to share things you enjoy，like your hobbies and your interests. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them you help your friend know you better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships are ever exactly alike(相同的)．But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friendships, you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding.
1. Some friendships don’t last very long because______.| A．there are too many people who want to make friends |
| B．they know friendship is something serious |
| C．those who give others friendships receive friendships from others |
| D．those who never give others friendships receive no friendships from others |
| A．Ask your friend for everything. |
| B．Don’t tell the truth to your friend. |
| C．Share your ideas and feelings with your friend. |
| D．Give your lunch money or your clothes to your friend. |
| A．Honesty is the best habit |
| B．How to be a friend |
| C．A friend in need is a friend indeed |
| D．Three important points in life |
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【推荐1】Learning to look after our minds and our bodies can help keep us healthy and happy for much longer. But it isn't always easy, especially with jobs, school and responsibilities.
Fortunately, there are millions of little ways that are easy and effective.
Talk about your feelings.
Stepping out into nature can lower your stress levels. When you have a break from work or school, try going for a walk in the nearby parks. On the weekends, hit up a hiking route or a local swimming spot.
A little self-care can rally improve your mood. Pick out something that makes you happy. It could be art, reading, listening to music, or playing with a pet.
| A．Stay connected with friends and family members. |
| B．The more you can get outside, the happier you'll feel. |
| C．Try not to bottle up your emotions throughout the day. |
| D．While doing it, you'll find negative thoughts magically disappear. |
| E．People around you are always willing to share your happiness and sorrow. |
| F．Try to schedule 20 to 30 minutes every day to enjoy your favorite activity. |
【推荐2】Personal development is the ongoing act of assessing your life goals and building your skills and qualities to reach your potential. The path to personal development is a road with many challenges.
Set one goal. If you are ready to speed up your personal growth and start making the changes you’ve promised yourself, you must start with one goal.
Do one thing every day that moves you forward. One of the major obstacles people face in making changes in their lives is setting big goals and thinking too far ahead.
Celebrate your success! Jump-starting your personal development requires effort and courage.
| A．Learn from successful people. |
| B．Surround yourself with support. |
| C．Here are some challenges you have to face in reality. |
| D．But if you start now and start wisely, you can make it. |
| E．Be specific, be clear, and set a realistic time frame for completion. |
| F．Some even make the mistake of creating “to do” lists that are too long. |
| G．It’s important to take time to celebrate your success however big or small it is. |
【推荐3】If your books are piled up all over the place or you find yourself always digging through piles looking for that novel you’ve been meaning to read, it may be time to reorganize.
Organize your books by genre (体裁)
Organize your books by the author’s last name
Sorting by the author’s last name is a classic way to organize. If you have an especially large collection, sorting by author will make it a lot easier to locate a given book when you want it.
For a narrower collection, arranging the books by subject makes sense. If you’re a huge poetry buff, you could separate your Romantic collections, postmodern books, and objectivity poetry. If you’re super into historical nonfiction, give World War I its own shelf, the Civil Rights Movement another shelf, and books about the United Nations in another area.
Organize your books by how much you like them
Put your favorites up top and your least favorites at the bottom. This is going to be totally subjective, but it may be fun to spend an evening taking the books down and assessing how you feel about it.
| A．Organize them by subject |
| B．Display the books you use the most |
| C．Did a book completely change your life |
| D．Look for a book written by James Joyce |
| E．Want to read the book over and over again |
| F．Luckily, you have a ton of choices to organize and display them |
| G．Separating books by types will make you quickly find the book you want |
【推荐1】One of my close friends seems to be distancing himself from me now. I have tried facing him, who just pretends I’m not there, and I’ve asked for advice from other friends. I feel I’m not good enough. What am I doing wrong to make someone act in such a manner toward me?
If you also suffer from such a situation, you probably have come across a great principle of psychology: the tendency to see reality only through your own feelings and perspective. You will find a much smoother path through the social world if you recognize that not everything that happens to you is about you. In fact, many other possibilities exist. Perhaps your friend is busy with other matters or is dealing internally with problems of his own.
What’s troubling you is the double dose（剂量）of negativity about yourself—you assume you’ve done something wrong and, facing your friend’s disturbing behavior, you’re quick to call in bad feelings about yourself. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, “No one can make you feel bad without your permission.”
We humans are all imperfect creatures: if there is some aspect of your personality or behavioral style that you feel needs improvement, then you’re just like everyone else. Studies show that a large number of people at every age want to better some fundamental aspect of themselves.
The situation you’re in calls for inquiry, which is especially helpful in repairing social relationships. If you want to know what’s going on, you might approach your friend directly by saying how much you’re feeling shut out from your friendship, that you miss it, and that you’d like to know what seems to have gone off the track. You’ll get an honest response only by asking straight. And if it turns out that you did do something that wasn’t well received, you can decide whether it’s something about you that needs fixing.
1. How does the author introduce the topic of the text?| A．By making a comparison. | B．By raising a question. |
| C．By providing a definition. | D．By describing an experience. |
| A．The improper manners. | B．The negative thinking. |
| C．The ignorance of friends. | D．The lack of psychology. |
| A．People like to follow others’ steps. |
| B．It’s important to have a good personality. |
| C．People desire to improve themselves at all ages. |
| D．It takes time and effort to become a perfect person. |
| A．Putting yourself in your friend’s shoes. | B．Caring nothing but your personal affairs. |
| C．Coming straight to the point with friends. | D．Fixing the problems by your own efforts. |
【推荐2】When you choose a friend, you should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠).
Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.
At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, good friends will be honest to each other and accept each other.
Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.
There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor , too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I've found a friend!
1. If you have fair weather friends, ______ .| A．you will become rich |
| B．you can be sure that you get real friends |
| C．they will give you all that they have when you need help |
| D．you will be refused when you get into trouble |
| A．honesty | B．reliability |
| C．understanding | D．a sense of humor |
| A．understand each other's feelings |
| B．be helped with money |
| C．always point out each other's mistakes |
| D．have money or luck |
| A．the qualities of a friend |
| B．where to choose friends |
| C．how to get along with friends |
| D．the importance of having a friend |
1. Be an honest person with them. Don’t hide things from them, and don’t lie. Don’t be afraid to say things that aren’t flattering about yourself. Getting them to trust you is the most important thing in any relationship. If there is no trust, there’s nothing there.
2. Make sure you give them respect. Now, respect isn’t just simply treating them nicely.
3. Make sure you are encouraging to your partners. Always be willing to help them and give them honesty and positive things at the time
4. Make sure you have a good sense of humor with them. Laughter is the key to happiness. Laugh a lot with them, and joke with them
5. Make sure the communication is good. This usually goes along with trust, so always communicate how you feel even if it’s something that upsets you.
| A．There is a lot more to it. |
| B．Show them your personality. |
| C．Instead of screaming, talk to them. |
| D．Laughter keeps the relationship strong and lasting. |
| E．So please be honest and they’ll learn to open up to you. |
| F．Don’t expect too much in a relationship. |
| G．Your partners should be able to count on you when necessary. |
【推荐1】In the past, video conference technology was mainly used for just a few elements of business meetings or hangouts with friends and family. Now, video conference tools are essential for our productivity, learning and social interaction. We use them not only for fun, but mainly as a meaningful part of our work.
However, once we start to join endless video calls for a few hours each day, we become very tired. This term is called “zoom fatigue”, and it’s related to overusing virtual communication platforms.
There are some advantages of using video conferencing tools. Without them, it might be impossible for us to work from home. But what we haven’t expected is a price that we need to pay for that sort of convenience.
When we are having a face-to-face conversation with others, everything seems pretty natural. While speaking, you look into the eyes, sometimes slightly moving your stare onto something else. You know when to stop talking and when to speak up. Even if you’re in a conference room with 10 people, you don’t have a terrible feeling of being observed all the time. You notice that people mostly look at the person who is speaking, and then they move their attention onto someone else. But when you use a teleconferencing tool, things are different. Being physically on camera makes you very aware of being watched all the time, because you don’t know who is looking at you. You just see many faces on your screen.
Marissa Shuffler from Clemson University once said, “When you’re on a video conference, you know everybody’s looking at you; you are on stage, so there comes the social pressure—a feeling like you need to perform. Being performative is stressful.”
Moreover, there is another interesting tendency as far as video calls are concerned. Who are you looking at most of the time? The answer is yourself. For most people, it’s hard not to look at their own face if they can see it on the screen. We are likely to make sure that our head is at the right angle and that our shirt isn’t creased.
1. What is the so-called “zoom fatigue”?| A．The fast pace of our modern life. |
| B．Boredom caused by too many video calls. |
| C．The wide spread of video technology |
| D．Burnout associated with overusing online platforms |
| A．Higher cost. |
| B．More stress. |
| C．More free time. |
| D．Better performance. |
| A．To be well-behaved. | B．To get some comfort. |
| C．To grow self-confidence. | D．To attract others’ attention. |
| A．The popularity of video calls. |
| B．People’s attitude towards video calls. |
| C．Some unforeseen effects of video calls. |
| D．Changes in people’s way of communication。 |
【推荐2】China is a large country and has a population of about 1. 3 billion. But most people live in the east and the living standard is much higher than in the west. Recently, the Chinese government has decided to promote development in central and western China. The part includes 11 provinces and autonomous regions (自治区) with a population of 285 million and an area of 5. 4 million square-kilometers.
The rich nature resources in western China is one of the advantages for development. According to the plan, the government will focus on improving transportation. Highways and railways will be built. To protect nature, farmers will turn farmland back into forest. Since the western part is developing fast, all kinds of talents are badly needed. In June, 2003, several thousand college students chose to start their career in the west. They worked as volunteers. Some people even give up the chance of working in big companies in China' coastal cities. For example, Wang Fei was a student from Qinghua University. Before June, he had received a job offer in Shanghai. However, he turned down the offer. Instead, he became one of the "Go West" volunteers.
Since 2003, tens of thousands of college students have gone to the west. They are trying their best to make the west become more and more beautiful. We are sure that the development will be a great success. China will be richer and stronger.
1. According to this passage, we know that ________.| A．eastern China is developing faster than western China |
| B．China is the richest in the world |
| C．eastern China has a population of 285 million |
| D．There are more people in the west than in the east |
| A．Forest | B．Highways and railways |
| C．skilled talents | D．Resources |
| A．They want to make contributions to the development of western China |
| B．Western China is more beautiful than eastern China |
| C．They want to get more money |
| D．They hate working in coastal cities |
| A．Return |
| B．Refuse to accept |
| C．Make something less |
| D．Review |
| A．Volunteers |
| B．China's development |
| C．The bright future in western China |
| D．Western China needs help |
【推荐3】If you ever visit an English village, make sure to look out for morris dancing. Undoubtedly one of the strangest traditions of English culture, morris dancing is a form of folk dancing that dates back to the 15th century. If you ever get the opportunity, you really have to see it.
Men and women wearing old-fashioned, shabby（破烂的）clothing dance in the streets of towns and villages across the country during the holiday periods. Women wear long skirts and men wear short trousers with bells attached to them. They dance to traditional folk music which is often played on traditional musical instruments.
Some groups carry heavy black sticks with which they beat against each other while they dance. Other groups wave handkerchiefs in the air while they perform. The dances are usually performed near a pub so that when they’re over, the dancers and audience can sing some traditional folk songs over beer. The celebrations will often continue long into the night.
Morris dancing is a great English tradition but it’s facing a big crisis. As the years go by, fewer and fewer young people are joining morris dancing groups. The dancers are getting older and older and eventually, if not protected, the tradition will die out within the next few decades.
If you’ve ever had the fortune to see morris dancing, you may understand why teenagers aren’t rushing to sign up. Frankly, it’s not exactly the coolest thing for an 18-year-old to do. Why dress up in bells and funny costumes when you could be going camping, playing sports or doing anything else?
However, it would be a great shame to lose such a fun and lively part of England’s history and culture. So here’s a toast to the next generation of would-be morris dancers! Let’s hope they don’t leave it too late.
1. What is the passage mainly about?| A．The origins of moris dancing. |
| B．The popularity of morris dancing. |
| C．The protection of morris dancing. |
| D．The introduction of morris dancing. |
| A．They dance in pubs late into the night. |
| B．They perform with sticks or handkerchiefs. |
| C．They wear long dresses with bells attached. |
| D．They sing folk music while they dance. |
| A．It is losing appeal among young people. |
| B．It is keeping pace with people's demand. |
| C．It is witnessing great changes in history. |
| D．It is being criticized by modern people. |
| A．It helps stay healthy. |
| B．It is fun for teenagers. |
| C．It deserves more attention. |
| D．It is too old-fashioned. |
【推荐1】I have always been creative since I was a little girl. My childhood was filled with arts, crafts and music, and every day was an exciting adventure of creation.
Somewhere along the way, however, I lost touch with my creative self. At 21, I landed a job at a big insurance firm out of my business degree. I would go to the office, sit at my desk and repeat the same work five days a week, 9 to 5. The days were long and tedious. Working this way for one year was painful enough, let alone a lifetime. Before long I decided to make a change.
One thing I had developed an interest in was sewing, so I took a sewing course at a community college. It was only a five-week course but it awakened my interest and got my confidence up.
As I dreamed bigger, I began looking into college courses for Fashion Design and three months later I signed up for a part-time design course. I attended classes two nights a week. Although exhausting, it gave me energy, enthusiasm and happiness.
As it became more evident that fashion was what I wanted to do full time, the reality of my day-to-day work at the insurance firm became harder. I felt bored. No energy, no motivation and zero fulfillment.
I knew I needed to make a big change. After struggling for quite a while, I made a tough decision— leaving my job and studying my design course full time. Two years later I got my diploma.
The last few years have been exciting because I have been following my heart to do what I love. Today I'm living a creative life as the designer of my own fashion brand.
1. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．Flexible. | B．Boring. | C．Pleasant. | D．Endless. |
| A．She quit her job and took the fashion design course full time. |
| B．She got a job and attended a part-time sewing course. |
| C．She successfully built up her own fashion brand. |
| D．She took sewing and fashion design courses full time. |
| A．To share her great achievement with us. |
| B．To appeal to us to live a creative life and make changes. |
| C．To inspire us to follow our heart and do what we really like. |
| D．To convince us of the vital importance of creativity and enthusiasm. |
【推荐2】Experts are warning about the risks of extreme picky eating after a teenager developed permanent sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps.
Since leaving primary school, the teen had been eating only French fries, white bread, as well as an occasional slice of ham or a sausage.
The adolescent, who cannot be named, had seen his doctor at the age of 14 because he had been feeling tired and unwell. At that time he was diagnosed with lack of vitamin B12 and put on supplements, but he did not stick with the treatment or improve his poor diet.
Three years later, he was taken to the Bristol Eye Hospital because of progressive sight loss. Dr Denize Atan, who treated him at the hospital, said: "His diet was only a portion of chips from the local fish and chip shop every day. He also used to snack on chips, white bread and sometimes slices of ham or sausage, and not really any fruit and vegetables."
The teen explained this as a dislike to certain kinds of food that he really could not tolerate, and so chips and crisps were really the only types of food that he wanted and felt that he could eat.
Dr Aan rechecked the young man's vitamin levels and said "he was low in B12 as well as some other important vitamins and minerals - copper, selenium and vitamin D. He was not over or underweight, but was severely malnutritional from his eating disorder. He had lost minerals from his bone, which was really quite shocking for a boy of his age.”
"He had blind spots right in the middle of his vision," said Dr Atari's assistant. "That means he can't drive and would find it really difficult to read, watch TV or recognize faces, but he can walk around on his own because he has got peripheral(周边的）vision.
The condition the young man has is treatable if diagnosed early. Left too long, however, the nerve fibres in the optic nerve（视神经）die and the damage becomes permanent.
Now he has been put on vitamin supplements and sent to a dietitian and a specialist mental health team.
1. What can we know about the boy?| A．He didn't see a doctor. | B．He can not see anything now. |
| C．He has a normal body shape. | D．He insisted on taking supplements. |
| A．Crisps and chips. | B．white bread |
| C．Ham and sausage. | D．fruit and vegetables |
| A．Vegetables and fruit are the only source of vitamins. |
| B．Lack of vitamins and minerals may lead to the loss of sigh. |
| C．The more vitamins we take, the betterr. |
| D．Loss of minerals from bone causes blindness. |
| A．Medicine | B．Education |
| C．Economy | D．culture |
【推荐3】If documentary A Bite of China presented a feast for the eyes with its appetizing images of cuisines from around the country, Aerial China, a new series that was put on CCTV on Jan. 28, offers another visual treat with its footage (镜头) of the breathtaking beauty of the country's natural landscapes.
The series has 34 episodes, each featuring a different place. The first season's episodes feature scenery from Heilongjiang, Hainan, Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Shanghai and Jiangxi. According to Beijing Daily , it took one year to film the first season, with crew using 16 helicopters and 57 drones. The total distance they covered was about 150,000 kilometers - enough to circle the earth four times.
Their efforts have paid off, however. Aerial China currently has a score of 9.4 points out of 10 on douban. com, an influential rating and review website. The majority of viewers are impressed by the amazing view of nature the show presents. From the gleaming blue of the South China Sea to the vast grassland in Xinjiang, from centuries-old city walls in Shaanxi to busy ski resorts in Heilongjiang, "every frame of this show would make a desktop wall paper," commented Beijing Daily.
But amazing views are not the only thing Aerial China wants to show to the audience. " Every footage conveys the love of our motherland," chief director Yu Le said in an interview with CCTV. “The more you know about the place where we live, the more you feel obliged to protect it. " Yu also hopes that it can bring viewers some food for thought. "It allows audiences to see the world from above with brand new perspectives. It may occur to the audience that human beings are very tiny creatures in the universe and our life is very fleeting (短暂),so we should not dwell on the worries and losses. Just think outside the routine - you'll find an enriched life."
1. What subject does Aerial China deal with?| A．Chinese cuisine. | B．Natural scenery. |
| C．Chinese festivals. | D．Geographic features. |
| A．Reviews on Aerial China from media were critical. |
| B．The crew circled the earth four times to film Aerial China. |
| C．It took a lot of money and efforts to produce Aerial China. |
| D．Most audiences were impressed by an enriched life in the show. |
| A．Lifestyle. | B．National News. | C．Culture. | D．Natural Heritage. |
| A．To present views of China from above. |
| B．To reveal audience's love of our country. |
| C．To advise readers to live an enriched life. |
| D．To attract readers to a TV documentary. |
