“I feel lonely and hopeless, ” said Lisa, a bright teenager from a loving home. “It seems that nobody wants to become my friend. What’s wrong with me?”
Like Lisa, many of us experience loneliness. The truth is that all people, no matter what their age or character-even the most outgoing, wealthy and popular-experience loneliness at least sometimes. It’s healthy and natural to want to be around people who care. After all, we’ve all heard “No man is an island.” That’s true. We all need others in our lives.
Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, explains that if we want friends, we must be friendly and reach out to others. But it has risk. Because we are often afraid of rejection, many of us are unwilling to reach out to others. We take a safer way and wait for others to make friends with us. But if we want friends, we’ve got to get beyond this.
If making friends is your goal as well, you need to consider taking some measures.
Be willing to take the initiative (主动). If you see someone whom you would like to know, don’t wait for her to make the first move. Get close to her and begin a conversation. Let her know in a non-aggressive (无攻击性的) way that you are interested in being friends with her.
Reach out to those who are lonely. When you see someone at school sitting alone, go over and talk to her. And don’t let popularity decide whom you reach out to. You’ll often be surprised at the beautiful qualities behind a shy appearance. Ask questions. Start your first conversation by asking this possible friend what she likes to do or asking about her family. Be sure to ask questions that cannot be replied with “yes” or “no”. For example, don’t ask “Do you have a dog?” Instead, say “So, tell me about your pets. ” Avoiding asking “yes” or “no” questions makes your possible friend not end your communication with a one-word answer.
1. Why does the author begin the text with Lisa’s worry?| A．To set a sad tone. |
| B．To share Lisa’s pain. |
| C．To teach readers a lesson. |
| D．To introduce the topic. |
| A．Putting ourselves in danger. |
| B．Being treated in a rude way. |
| C．Being refused by others. |
| D．Losing interest in communicating. |
| A．Popular people are often easy-going. |
| B．Just waiting for chances will help you make friends. |
| C．Shy people are hard to talk to. |
| D．A suitable way is important in making friends. |
| A．It is considered unfriendly. |
| B．It isn’t good for keeping a conversation going. |
| C．It will leave a bad first impression. |
| D．It shows the poor quality of the speaker. |
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【推荐1】Problem solving skills are increasingly valuable in the workplace and could help you achieve more in your personal life too. Here’s how to enhance your strategy.
Develop analytical thinkingThe key to effective problem solving is the ability to break down complex issues into smaller, more manageable components.
Clear and brief communication is the key to effective problem-solving, acting as the bridge that connects diverse perspectives and adjusts individuals toward a common goal. Good communication begins with the art of expression. This needs choosing the right words and structuring information logically. Active listening, on the other hand, is the skill of receiving information with focus.
Mistakes are not failures but a good way to success.
The journey to becoming an expert problem solver is an ongoing process of growth and improvement. Seeking continuous learning opportunities ensures that you stay ahead of changing challenges and acquire the necessary skills. Furthermore, networking with professionals in your field provides a good way of shared learning.
| A．Stay well informed |
| B．Seek continuous learning |
| C．Improving it requires a structured approach |
| D．Each mistake will give you a chance to think and learn |
| E．Out-of-the-box thinking is essential for problem solving |
| F．These will make sure your message is easy to understand |
| G．It involves not just hearing words but understanding the differences |
【推荐2】If you’re interested in staying healthy as you age — and living longer — you might want to add a different set of muscles to your workout routine; your creative ones.
Think—and travel—outside the box
“People who travel tend to be more creative,” said Darya Zabelina, a psychology professor at the University of Arkansas. Traveling encourages people to reexamine their models of reality. Some studies show that travelers have more creative success, and that people who enjoy unfamiliar experiences perform better on open-ended questions calling for many ideas.
Generating ideas is one part of the creativity, but knowledge is required to identify the ones that will work. Even if mental speed declines, a person’s base of knowledge is well-preserved as it expands over time.
“You have more to draw on,” said Nye, who thinks her creativity improved when she reached her 60s.
Mine adversity (逆境)
| A．Apply knowledge |
| B．Identify creativity |
| C．Facing up to challenges can inspire creativity. |
| D．Research suggests creativity may be the key to healthy aging |
| E．Travelers can reach different destinations to broaden their horizons |
| F．Performance on these tests may predict aspects of real-world creativity |
| G．An example in the book is a study of artists who had experienced illnesses |
【推荐3】If you dreamed of living an adventurous life when you were a little kid, the message you probably got as you were growing up was that such a dream should be limited to childhood.
Get a degree. Many of the most adventurous jobs require college degrees.
Have the right attitude. A key to living an adventurous life is having the right attitude. If you go around saying no to most suggestions and keeping yourself closed off to people, it’s going to be a lot more difficult to find adventures. That doesn’t mean that you must say yes to everything.
Start today. A big mistake that people often make is putting off the things they really want until the time is right. This is how you can spend your entire life getting ready to pursue your dreams without ever actually taking adventures. But there are so many ambitions in your life.
| A．Make a career choice. |
| B．Find a highly-paid job nearby. |
| C．You can’t realize all of them in a day. |
| D．You may say no to all in your life and work. |
| E．The cost of education can seem like a big problem. |
| F．However, you do need to be open to trying new things and new ideas. |
| G．And now you may think being a successful adult is about living in a stable way. |
【推荐1】“All right, class, settle down! Today, I’m requiring you to use new words to write about your best friend. I don’t want to hear that your best friend is nice. I want to know how,” my Spanish teacher, Senora Morales, shouted at the class.
I slowly began to write. My best friend is Hayley. She’s a soccer winner who colored her hair red to support her team. She plays the guitar as I do, and we go to perform in school every Saturday. She uses funny English words like “shenanigans”. We’ve been best friends since fourth grade.
This is my standard answer to the “best friend” question. The problem is, Hayley isn’t real. I had to come up with an imagined best friend because there have been too many writing tasks asking me to describe this person, too many moments when I’ve replied, “I don’t have one,” and too many times I’ve heard, “Why not? Are you just not the type of person who wants a best friend?”
Of course, I have plenty of acquaintances (熟人). But the friend who I can depend on when I am upset doesn’t exist. Not having a best friend means I have no one to text late at night when I can’t fall asleep and no shoulder to cry on when I fail my performance. As I look through my phone, I ask myself, “What would Hayley say to me right now?” As an imagined character, Hayley can say what my mind tells her to. So Hayley sits down and puts her arm around me. She tells me, “When you fail, remember that failure is not the end. It’s an opportunity to learn and grow. Don’t be too hard on yourself.”
When Senora Morales handed back my paper, she told me, “She seems like a great friend!”
“Yeah,” I grinned (咧嘴笑). “she’s the best friend I’ve ever had.”
1. What can we learn about the author at school?| A．She avoided the society of others. | B．She performed well in her studies. |
| C．She joined a soccer team. | D．She played music regularly. |
| A．How she got along with Hayley. | B．Why she made up an imagined character. |
| C．Her imagined best friend. | D．The troubles she met at school. |
| A．Sharing the same interest with her. | B．Having good communication skills. |
| C．Keeping her company all the time. | D．Giving her emotional support. |
| A．A friendship trouble | B．The “best friend” question |
| C．My school life | D．A Spanish lesson |
【推荐2】There are three different kinds of friends in our life. I classify (分类) them according to how well I know them and how well they know me.
The first type of friend is just an acquaintance (熟人). This means that you only know their name. You might not even remember what they look like if you go away for a short vacation. You don't miss them when they are elsewhere. It is also this type of friend who gives you the most amount of anger. Since most of the time you are placed in a position where you have to act friendly. You would not normally tell an acquaintance when he or she is doing something that makes you feel angry, such as tapping the fingers on a table or shouting loudly. I call them “pest friends”.
The second kind of friend is a “guest friend”. They are just social partners. You meet them at a certain location and at the end of the meeting you go your separate way and they go theirs. You don't talk too often with this sort of friend, and you don't share each other 's secrets.
Lastly, we have “best friends”. This sort of friend is there when you need them. They know you as a person and they are there through thick and thin. Best friends are the ones that you can depend on no matter what happens. If you need a listening ear, they will be the one to lend support.
Friends come in all different shapes and sizes. Every friend has an impact on our life….
1. The author thinks that when a friend of the first type acts in an annoying way, you may________.| A．leave him/her alone |
| B．stay away from him/her |
| C．advise him/her to correct his/her behavior |
| D．find it hard to tell him/her not to do so |
| A．They are called “pest friends” by the writer. |
| B．You don't talk very often with them. |
| C．You don't share your secrets with them. |
| D．They are only social partners. |
| A．he/she has an impact on your daily life |
| B．he/she is with you even when there are difficulties |
| C．you spend most of your time together |
| D．he/she agrees with whatever you say |
| A．What a true friend is like. |
| B．Why there are different kinds of friends. |
| C．The role that friends play in our life. |
| D．Three kinds of friends in our life. |
【推荐3】How to Make New Friends
When you start high school，you need to make some new friends because your old friends may be away from you now. It’s not easy to make new friends，but it’s important to make new friends. Good friends help you to be happier.
Be confident after you enter high school. People like making friends with those who are confident.
Enjoy your new friends. Do something small but nice for them.
Be a good friend. Being good friends is about trusting each other and caring for each other. It’s about give-and-take.
| A．For example，you can save a seat for your friend. |
| B．Be there for your friends when you’re needed. |
| C．Be yourself when you’re talking with others. |
| D．Pick up your courage and talk to someone. |
| E．They can help you do better at school. |
| F．Everyone needs new friends. |
| G．Don’t be afraid of others. |
【推荐1】One of the problems damaging our planet is the number of things we throw away. Rubbish of all kinds is piling up in landfill and polluting our rivers and oceans. A more recent addition to the list of things we chuck away is e-waste — electronic items that are broken and not recycled. Now solutions are being found to give this stuff a new life.
Many millions of tonnes of televisions, phones, and other electronic equipment are discarded each year, partly because it’s cheaper to replace them than fix them, but also because we lack the skills to repair them. A UN report claims the 50 million tonnes of e-waste generated every year will more than double to 110 million tonnes by 2050, making it the fastest growing waste stream in the world.
However, there’s a growing trend for repair events and clubs which could be part of a solution to the growing amount of electrical and electronic junk. The BBC visited a Restart Project in London, which is one of many founded around the world. One of its volunteers, Francesco Calo, said that “this project allows you to reduce waste, extend the life of objects, and it helps people who cannot afford to get rid of items that have developed a fault.”
As many electrical items contain valuable metals, another idea is e-waste mining. An experiment at the University of New South Wales involves extracting (提取) these materials from electronic gadgets. It’s thought that doing this could be more profitable than traditional mining. With phones typically containing as many as 60 element, this could be part of the solution to our appetite for new technology.
These projects make total sense — collections of e-waste for recycling are “stagnating (停滞不前) or even decreasing” according to Ruediger Kuehr, of the United Nations University And in countries where there is no legislation, much of it just gets dumped. However, the European Union, for example, is trying to tackle the problem by insisting manufacturers have to make appliances longer-lasting and will have to supply spare parts for machines for up to 10 years.
1. According to the passage, electronic items are thrown away because ________.| A．they are totally useless |
| B．we have to recycle them |
| C．they will pollute our rivers and oceans |
| D．it’s cheaper to replace them than fix them |
| A．Growing trend for repair events. |
| B．E-waste generating cleaner energy. |
| C．Our being hungry for new technology. |
| D．Mining valuable metals in electrical items. |
| A．E-waste used to be the fastest growing waste stream in the world. |
| B．Tremendous amounts of e-waste are thrown away each year. |
| C．We can’t find the solution to the problem of c-waste. |
| D．Land-filling allows us to reduce e-waste. |
| A．Solving the Problem of E-waste |
| B．How to Stop Damaging Our Planet |
| C．Saying No to Throwing Away Things |
| D．How to Collect E-waste for Recycling |
【推荐2】Each day, 10-year-old Seth asked his mom for more and more lunch money. Yet he seemed skinnier than ever and came home from school hungry. It turned out that Seth was handing his lunch money to fifth-grader, who was threatening to beat him up if he didn’t pay.
Most kids have been teased by a brother or a friend at some point. And it’s not usually harmful when done in a playful and friendly way, and both kids find it funny. But when teasing becomes hurtful, unkind, and constant, it crosses the line into bullying and needs to stop.
Bullying is intentional tormenting（折磨）in physical or psychological ways. It can range from hitting, name-calling, threats, and mocking (嘲弄) to blackmailing money and possessions. Some kids bully others by deliberately separating them and spreading rumors about them. Others use social media or electronic messaging to tease others or hurt their feelings.
It’s important to take bullying seriously and not just brush it off as something that kids have to tolerate. The effects can be serious and affect kids’ sense of safety and self-worth. In severe cases, bullying has contributed to tragedies, such as suicides and school shootings.
Kids bully for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they pick on kids because they need a victim—someone who seems emotionally or physically weaker, or just acts or appears different in some way—to feel more important, popular, or in control. Although some bullies are bigger or stronger than their victims, that’s not always the case.
Sometimes kids torment others because that’s the way they’ve been treated. They may think their behavior is normal because they come from families or other settings where everyone regularly gets angry and shouts or calls each other names. Some popular TV shows even seem to promote meanness—people are “voted off”, ignored, or ridiculed for their appearance or lack of talent.
Unless your child tells you about bullying—or has visible injuries—it can be difficult to figure out if it’s happening.
1. What is the author’s purpose of telling Seth’s story?| A．To introduce the topic. | B．To raise public concern. |
| C．To analyse the cause. | D．To display harmful effects. |
| A．removing bullying | B．ignoring bullying |
| C．avoiding bullying | D．stressing bullying |
| A．Bullies consider school bullying interesting and rewarding. |
| B．Bullies want to dominate everyone physically and mentally. |
| C．Bullies have taken the behavior from their original families. |
| D．Bullies are intentionally taught by some popular TV shows. |
| A．Signs of bullying. | B．Love for kids. |
| C．Problems of bullying. | D．Advice for kids. |
【推荐3】Many animal and plant species have become extinct and many more are in critical danger. Finding ways to protect the earth's wildlife and conserve the natural world they inhabit (居住) is now more important than ever.
Dodo
The Dodo is a classic example of how human caused damage to the earth's biology. The flightless Dodo was native to the Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It lived off fruit fallen from the island's trees and lived unthreatened until humans arrived in 1505. The easily controlled bird became a source of food for sailors and was attacked by animals introduced to the island by humans such as pigs, monkeys and rats. The population of Dodos rapidly decreased and the last one was killed in 1681.
Rhinos
The Rhino (犀牛) horn is a highly prized item for Asian medicine. This has led to the animal being hunted in its natural habitat. Once widespread in Africa and Eurasia, most Rhinos now live in protected natural parks and reserves (保护区). Their numbers have rapidly decreased in the last 50 years, and the animals remain under constant threat from poachers(偷猎者).
The Giant Panda
The future of the World Wildlife Fund's symbol is far from certain. As few as 1,000 remain in the wild. The Chinese government has set up 33 panda reserves to protect these beautiful animals and made poaching them punishable with 20 years in prison. However, the panda's distinct black and white patched coat fetches a high price on the black market and determined poachers still pose (造成) one of the most serious threats to the animals continued existence.
Whales
The International Whaling Commission is fighting to ensure the survival of the whale species. Despite the fact that one-third the world's oceans have been declared whale sanctuaries (保护区),7 out of 13 whale species remain endangered. Hunted for their rich supply of oil, their numbers have decreased to just 300. Collisions with ships, poisonous pollution and being caught in fishing nets are other major causes of whale deaths.
Tigers
The last 100 years has seen a 95% reduction in the numbers of remaining tigers to between 5,000 and 7,000 and the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers are already extinct. The South China tiger is precariously close to disappearing, with only 20 to 30 still alive. Like the Rhino horn, tigers' bones and organs are sought after for traditional Chinese medicines. These items are traded illegally along with tiger skins.
1. Which group of the following animals has already died out according to the text?| A．The Dodo and the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers. |
| B．The Rhino, Whale and the South China tiger. |
| C．The Rhino, Panda, Whale and Tiger. |
| D．The Dodo, Rhino and Giant Panda. |
| A．The Dodo's delicious meat |
| B．The panda's black and white patched coat |
| C．The whale's rich oil |
| D．The Rhino horn and tigers' bones and organs |
| A．The number of South China tigers has reached crisis point. |
| B．The whale is the representing mark for the World Wildlife Fund. |
| C．People hunt for the endangered animals for high profit. |
| D．Many animals are threatened with extinction as a result of human activity. |
| A．The way of their life. |
| B．Why they are hunted. |
| C．The reason for their extinction or being in danger. |
| D．Punishment for hunting wild animals. |
