People all need friends because nobody wants to be lonely and a friend can help you in good and bad times. You have made friends since childhood, but you still don’t know who your true friends are. Here are some signs to tell you if your friend is a true friend:
Always honest
Honesty is important to keep a relationship alive. A true friend always tells you the truth. It may be hard sometimes but lying can destroy a friendship. It is important that your friend speaks honestly and never makes up stories.
There are always periods in your life when you have problems or difficulties. A true friend will always have time to listen to your problems and give advice. It may not be able to offer a solution to your problems but the fact that your friend made time to listen is a sign he/she cares for you. Your friend is not a true friend if he/she can never make time for you when you are in trouble. You also need to be reasonable and accept that your friend also has other things to do so he/she can’t always listen immediately to your problems.
Always respectful (尊敬的)
A true friend will always respect your opinion no matter whether he/she agrees or not. Your true friend may disagree but never insists that he/she is correct.
Always understanding
It is possible that some problems will arise between you and your friend. A true friend will always be forgiving (体谅的) and understanding even if it isn’t his/her fault. We are all different people and we all make mistakes. A true friend is always forgiving and understanding because he/she doesn’t want to take the risk of losing his/her best friend.
1. What’s the best title for the third paragraph?| A．Always there for you | B．Keep your secrets |
| C．Always happy for you | D．Remember your important days |
| A．follow your advice |
| B．offer a solution for your problems |
| C．listen immediately to your problems |
| D．respect your opinion even if he/she disagrees with it |
| A．Never tell lies to friends. | B．Making time for friends. |
| C．Sharing fun with friends. | D．Paying attention to a friend’s opinions. |
| A．To teach us how to make true friends. |
| B．To find out how long a friendship can last. |
| C．To introduce his experience in making friends. |
| D．To tell us how to find out if a friend is a true friend. |
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【推荐1】Mildred Webinga Freeman was an English teacher at the new middle school I attended in the ninth grade. She wasn’t my teacher, she was the adviser to the safety patrol (巡逻队) on which I served. I loved being around her and enjoyed her sense of humor and kind personality. She was also a good listener.
At the end of the year, she announced that she was moving to Florida, and I was very shocked and sad. We exchanged addresses and became pen pals. I could tell her anything, and she treated me with respect even though I was a teenager.
In Florida, Mrs. Freeman became a businesswoman, but she managed to find time to write letters and amusing stories and always took my concerns seriously. She had given me an open invitation to visit, and I missed her so much. When I wrote to take her up on the offer, she answered, “Get your shoes on and your bags packed! You are welcome anytime!”
I spent three weeks with her in Miami, thrilled to do anything from washing dishes to touring houses with her. Her love of poetry, music, and creative writing encouraged me. One day while hanging sheets on the clothesline, she looked up and said, “You know, the sky is fuel for the soul.” I have never looked at the clouds since without hearing those words. Two years later when I visited her house I had hoped to talk to her about school, but instead she was in a hospital bed in the guest room. She had cancer on the liver, and her family members were caring for her. I was in shock.
To this day, more than 50 years later, I still see her smile and think about the advice she gave me. Now and then I reread her letters, and I remember the importance of her smile and her friendship.
1. Which of the following can best describe Mrs. Freeman.| A．Humorous and kind-hearted. |
| B．Respectful and amusing. |
| C．Serious but patient. |
| D．Creative but fun. |
| A．English teacher. | B．class adviser. | C．safety guard. | D．pen pal. |
| A．One day. | B．Three weeks. | C．One year. | D．Nine years. |
| A．She had a liver cancer. |
| B．She was doing housework. |
| C．She showed little interest in school. |
| D．She was not looked after by her family members. |
| A．She wrote stories for Mrs. Freeman. |
| B．She often visited Mrs. Freeman in Florida. |
| C．She once went mountain-climbing with Mrs. Freeman. |
| D．She kept Mrs. Freeman’s letters for more than 50 years. |
【推荐2】How to Choose Friends
The word “friend” as well as its meaning is the one that can be related to all generations, age groups, and all types of people.
Then how does a teenager choose his or her friends wisely? You can’t call every building in town your “home”.
Above all, choose friends you can trust.
| A．Friends influence you. |
| B．Friends mirror each other. |
| C．It’s the same with friendship. |
| D．Friends quarrel with each other. |
| E．Then your friends will make that happen to you. |
| F．Whether you’ re young or old, you need friends to survive. |
| G．If you are easy to get angry, choose a friend who has a cool head. |
【推荐3】It’s said that every person on the planet somewhere has a twin. Some years back, I met mine. His name is Allan Ripp. We met nearly 30 years ago through our respective jobs and hit it off right away. But we largely lost touch with each other until I was laid off from my job in the financial crisis of 2008 and he seriously considered hiring me.
Work brought us back together again about five years ago. And we’ve since become friends. Thanks only to our current go-round, I discovered our many similarities. Our most striking similarities are physical. Allan is five-foot-eleven; I’m five-ten. He weighs 150 lbs, and I155 lbs. A million men around the globe might fit this description. But our similarity extends to our professions as well. Allan started his career as a journalist, and so did I. He has practised full-time public relations for 36 years, I for 31. We are both writers.
But now, the probability of having such a double narrows considerably as other coincidences (巧合) emerge. We both grew up in Northeastern communities, played basketball since childhood and lived most of our lives in New York. Once we talk about family, this whole mirror image business gets strange. Allan and his wife have a son and a daughter, and so do my family. Moreover, both his daughter and my daughter married a man born and raised in Italy. So my double and I both have an Italian son-in-law.
As it turns out, my carbon copy and I have almost identical priorities. We advise each other on career moves and share industry information. We cheer for each other’s achievements. He treats me like he cares about my success more than his own.
The universe might be sending me a message that my double is a model worth following. Maybe he is who I could be if only I could do just a little better.
1. What do the underlined words “hit it off” mean?| A．Liked each other. | B．Had an argument. |
| C．Found similarities. | D．Became old friends. |
| A．Work. | B．Hobby. | C．Family. | D．Appearance. |
| A．Profession and family. | B．Background and family. |
| C．Profession and marriage. | D．Background and marriage. |
| A．Regretful. | B．Grateful. | C．Astonished. | D．Embarrassed. |
【推荐1】Many friendships go through tough times, but a difficult fight may leave your relationship beyond repair. However, if you really care about this person, it will be worth the effort to fix a broken friendship.
Be the first one to reach out. If you aren’t talking to each other, someone will have to make the first move. Let it be you this time!
Apologize (道歉) to them and accept their apology. Even if you didn’t do anything and you believe the situation is their fault, opening with an apology sets the tone. You could say, “I’m really sorry that things have gotten to this point.
Take things slowly. If you and your best friend had a major falling out, hanging out every day after school as you used to do probably isn’t the healthiest way to rebuild things.
This will give you both time to heal and rebuild your friendship together.
| A．Communicate about the problem honestly and openly. |
| B．It shows that you’re serious about settling things. |
| C．Examine the way you treat each other. |
| D．The following tips will help you know how to make it. |
| E．I want things to be better between us. |
| F．Instead, you should start slowly with occasional hangouts or phone calls. |
| G．Thus, you should stop making an argument and trust your friend. |
【推荐2】When I first met George, I was in my early 30s. My children were just entering school life, enabling me to escape from endless housework. At 65, George had recently retired and was seeking a rewarding hobby for his golden years. We met at a local painting class. Thus began a friendship that was to last for 25 years — until the day he died.
George was an energetic man who lived life to the full. He loved his family and his friends. As the only male in a painting class full of women, George looked after every woman with the same attention. George took to painting with an inspiring level of passion, even changing the spare bedroom of his home into a studio. George housed many of painting items in a tool box — a red metal tool box. For about six years George and I studied together until the completion of the course.
One day, he rang me and I went to visit him. He was very ill. “Betty!” he said, “I’ve always been hoping to leave my box to you. I’m afraid I can’t paint anymore, and you have the best talent and are most likely to use it.” With tears in my eyes, I accepted the gift with the proviso (附带条件) that he could take it back at any time. He never did. He died two days later.
I still use much of his equipment today. As I paint, I often remember George, his big personality, generosity and unfailing encouragement. The most treasured item is the red tool box, still in good shape. The original shop sticker is still firmly in place although the price has worn off. But that’s all right because to my mind some things, like friendship, are beyond price.
1. Why did George go to the painting class?| A．He wanted to please his children. | B．He wanted to enjoy school life again. |
| C．He wanted to make new friends there. | D．He wanted to develop a worthwhile hobby. |
| A．Humorous. | B．Brave. |
| C．Caring. | D．Anxious. |
| A．To admit his own failure. | B．To present his painting tools. |
| C．To ask the author a favor. | D．To make an explanation. |
| A．A Lesson from My Old Friend |
| B．Inspiration for Art from My Partner |
| C．Nice George: An Artist with Great Passion |
| D．A Red Tool Box: A Bond Between Two Friends |
【推荐3】“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1】Have you ever someone say "It's the real McCoy"? This means something is the best and not a fake. It is thought that this saying came from customers of Elijah McCoy. The tool he had invented for oiling (给……加润滑油) trains was so good that others tried to copy it. The railroads (铁路公司) wanted McCoy's tool but not a low-quality imitation. They wanted "the real McCoy".
Elijah McCoy was an inventor. His parents had been slaves in Kentucky, America. They ran away to Canada so that they could be free. McCoy was born in the province of Ontario in 1844. He went to school there until he was 15 years old. He was very interested in how mechanical things worked. His parents sent him to a school in Scotland where he learned to be a mechanical engineer.
After graduation, McCoy went back to Canada. Soon he moved to Michigan, America, and got a job on a railroad. The manager of the railroad thought that an African American could not be a good engineer and only offered him less important jobs.
He oiled the moving parts of the train. This had to be done while the train was stopped, which was dangerous, because when trains were stopped for oiling, other trains sometimes ran into them. What's more, it took a long time to oil the trains. McCoy invented a tool that could oil a train while it was moving. In 1872, he got a patent from the government to make and sell his automatic oil cup. In less than ten years, the automatic oil cup was being used in trains, ships, and many other kinds of steam engines.
McCoy moved to Detroit, Michigan years later. There he thought up ways to improve steam engines. McCoy kept on inventing for the rest of his life. At the age of 80, he got a patent for a tire. In all, McCoy had 57 patents for his inventions.
1. What is the text mainly about?| A．The origin of an American saying. |
| B．An African-American inventor. |
| C．Patents for steam engines. |
| D．The automatic oil cup. |
| A．A customer of McCoy's. |
| B．A train oiled by McCoy. |
| C．One of McCoy's inventions. |
| D．One imitation of a McCoy's patent. |
| A．doubted McCoy's abilities |
| B．refused to offer McCoy a job |
| C．reminded McCoy that the job was very dangerous |
| D．asked McCoy to invent a tool to oil a moving train |
| A．He was mainly self-taught. |
| B．He had been a slave in the US. |
| C．He was still inventing at an old age. |
| D．He spent most of his life in Canada. |
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1. Wix.com is meant to________.| A．sell products on the Internet |
| B．attract more customers online |
| C．build a company’s website cheap |
| D．collect any possible information |
| A．Ways of finding free service. |
| B．Advantages of Wix.com. |
| C．Skills of creating websites. |
| D．Tricks of running a company. |
| A．have to be a good web designer |
| B．won’t do it easily and quickly |
| C．can share ideas with customers |
| D．must upgrade to the adless version |
| A．To teach a budget lesson. |
| B．To make an advertisement. |
| C．To present a website design. |
| D．To introduce a new business. |
【推荐3】Need to get rid of old clothes? You’re not alone: With fast fashion, it’s easier than ever to follow trends. But cheap clothes aren’t made to last, most of which often end up in a landfill (垃圾填埋场). Take US as an example: per person generates an average of 82 pounds of such waste every year, with 85 per cent of it going to landfills even though 95 per cent can be reused.
Donating is a popular alternative — but know that only about 10 to 20 per cent of donated clothing gets sold at thrift shops (廉价旧货店). While all but five per cent of donated clothes are resold for reuse or recycling, it’s impossible to know exactly how much ultimately becomes trash.
The best way to ensure good, usable clothing doesn’t become waste is to increase the chances it ends up with someone who wants it. First, don’t wait too long if you choose to donate clothing to an organization, big or small. The sooner you donate your unwanted items, the more demand there is for them. Wherever you donate, ensure clothes are clean and dry. If it’s damaged or stained, don’t send it to thrift shops. They don’t have the capacity to do repairs and it just creates a financial burden in addition to the eco-burden, and defeats the purpose of the charitable action.
Clothes that are stained or damaged beyond repair will likely never be re-worn but can still be diverted (使转向) from landfills. You can send your clothes directly to recycling companies, like through Retold Recycling or municipal programmes. Old clothes can be downcycled into other items like wipers for car washes, and even generated into new textiles (织品).
Recycling is better than landfilling. It might take time to do a little research to find the right organization that can actually use the items you’re looking to give away. But it’s more rewarding than throwing everything in a big garbage bag, dumping it into a bin, and hoping for the best.
1. What can be learnt about fast fashion?| A．It has reduced the eco-burden. |
| B．It has caused clothing waste. |
| C．It has lost its appeal in the US. |
| D．It has led to a rise in landfills. |
| A．To show the seriousness of the clothing waste. |
| B．To criticize the spending habits of Americans. |
| C．To push for tougher laws against fast fashion. |
| D．To offer practical advice on managing landfills. |
| A．Make them into new textiles. |
| B．Put as many into landfills as possible. |
| C．Downcycle them into wipers. |
| D．Donate them to where they are needed. |
| A．Critical. | B．Indifferent. | C．Supportive. | D．Unclear. |
