【推荐2】If you really want to get to know someone, travel with them. The following are some suggestions given by some people who have successfully traveled with friends.

Talk money ahead of time.

When you’re traveling with friends, the topic of money will certainly come up.     1     Talking about expenses early on will help your friends understand what can be done and what can’t be done.

Create a group itinerary (行程表).

When traveling in a group, a lot of time can be wasted trying to figure out what to do once you get there—if this hasn’t been discussed ahead of time. Have everyone write down what they’d like to accomplish on the trip before departure.     2    

Choose a trip leader.

If you’ll be traveling in a group with many friends, it can be hard to keep everyone motivated.     3     He or she can set departure times and let everyone know the basic plan.

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Once you’ve nominated (任命) a leader, using a travel folder to collect all tickets, maps and other important documents can help streamline the process of group travel, as well.

Power down.

Nothing is more likely to cause unhappiness than when one person is trying to have a conversation with someone who’s busy showing off the trip on social media.     5     If you spend the time with your face buried in your phone, your companions will rightly think your phone is more interesting than their company.

A．Set specific free time.

B．Gather your important documents.

C．Be open about expenses before even booking the tickets.

D．A leader can be the key decision maker of the group for the trip.

E．This wish list will let everyone feel their desires have been heard.

F．If you do decide to split up, use a communication app to stay in touch.

G．Put all social media activity on hold, and live in the moment with your friends.

【推荐1】A few years ago, I moved to Aurora, Ontario. I was a radio broadcaster, but I didn’t have the company of colleagues. That was because I worked not in the office, but at home, and I owed it to the power of technology. Shortly after the move, I found myself feeling lonelier than ever before, I was desperate to make a friend.

Then I saw her. From the window of my flat, I caught sight of a beautiful and tall girl taking her recyclables and walking confidently, and I was attracted. I thought, “I recycle too! We have something in common!”

The question was how we would meet, “Should I knock on her door and say’hi’, or what if I just happened to be running by?” But after jogging a few times around the block, I still didn’t see her. Finally, I decided to seize on the one thing I already knew about her----recycling.

The following Tuesday, I got up a bit earlier. Around 8 am, she turned up again, with the same confidence. “Just act naturally”, I said to myself. Then I walked outside, grasping a trash can fast. “Nice to meet you, I’m Megan,” I said, trying to hold nervousness back and appear calm. “Good morning. Michelle,” she replied.

Wearing a big smile, I walked back inside. After our “chance” recycling meetups continued for a few weeks, I gathered my courage to invite her to my home. Then at my home we settled down, sharing stories about our own life.We also found more similarities between us-two young women: putting ourselves out for what we’ve been looking for--a new friend to fall in love with.

1. How did the author feel while working at home?

A．Lonely.

B．Hopeless.

C．Tired.

D．Calm.

2. Why did the author go out with a trash can?

A．To pick up rubbish.	B．To make a recyclable piece of work.
C．To meet the girl more naturally.	D．To show her difference from others.

3. What does the last sentence mean?

A．They have fallen in love.	B．Both women like recycling.
C．Michelle is also looking for a friend.	D．Shopping out is their common habit.

4. What can we infer from the author’s experience?

A．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

B．Small kind acts bring limitless warmth.

C．Take time while time is, for time will be away.

D．It is important to create opportunities to make friends.

【推荐2】Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they’re still sitting on the sofa? Talking?
What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about?
Betty shrugs, Talk? We’re friends.
Researching this result called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable”.
More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed would not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, and almost always it was a woman. More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress (感情危机). “Most women,” says Rubin, “identified at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a trouble moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.”
“In general,” writes Rubin in her new book, “women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.” For the most part, Rubin says, interactions (交往) between men are emotionally controlled—a good fit with the social requirements of “manly behavior”.
“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,” Rubin writes, “the two share little about their innermost feelings. However, a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage; it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on a sofa.”
1. What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that __________.

A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband

B．women have so much to share

C．women show little interest in ballgames

D．he finds his wife difficult to talk to

2. Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to __________.

A．a male friend	B．a female friend
C．her parents	D．her husband

3. According to the text, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

A．Ending his marriage without good reason.

B．Spending too much time with his friends.

C．Complaining about his marriage trouble.

D．Going out to ballgames too often.

4. Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?

A．Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.

B．Women are more serious than men about marriage.

C．Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.

D．Women depend on others in making decisions.

【推荐3】Have you ever heard the saying “If you want a friend, be one”? Here is how anew teacher made friends with the girls and boys in her class on the first day of school. As the bell rang, the teacher smiled at each girl and boy. Then she said in a quiet voice, “Good morning. How nice it is to have all of you in my class this year. I’d like to know each of you. I am sure we will enjoy working together.” Everyone felt that she meant what she said because of her sweet voice and her friendly look.

She told the girls and boys her name and wrote it on the black- board. Then she told them some of the things she liked to do and she was hoping to do with them during the year.

Then she said to the class, “Now you know my name and the things I like and I want to know your names and the things you like. Then I will feel that I know you.”

Could you make friends by doing the same as this teacher did? One way of getting to know girls and boys in your class is to find out more about them. It is often easy to be friends with those people who have the same hobbies with you. You play the same games and go on journeys together.

You may find that some newcomers in your class miss their old friends and feel strange and lonely. You can invite them to take a walk or to ride bikes with you. You will find many things in common to talk about. Just talking together in a friendly manner is one good way to make friends.

1. The teacher’s sweet voice and her friendly look ________.

A．made every girl and boy happy

B．told the girls and boys everything about herself

C．showed that she would like to be a friend of the girls and boys

D．meant she wanted to tell the boys and girls something interesting

2. A new comer will be your friend if ________.

A．he always feels lonely	B．you ask him to do something
C．he always thinks of his old friends	D．you talk with him in a friendly way

3. If you want to make friends with others, which of the following shouldn’t you do?

A．Learn more about them.	B．Go on journeys together.
C．Find out your differences.	D．Try to talk together.

4. What is the best title for this text?

A．How to make friends	B．A friend in need is a friend indeed
C．How to befriends with newcomers	D．Teachers can make friends with students