【推荐1】Having friends may well keep you healthier and help you deal with stress better. Some studies show that people with close friends have a greater ability to fight disease than people who are alone.

Make friendship a priority. Find the time to be with friends even if it means letting the lawn go unmoved or the dishes unwashed for a while. When you can’t get together, use the phone to keep in touch.

Open up to close friends. Maintaining a deep friendship requires a level of “heartfelt” intimacy. Don’t be afraid to express your inner fears and disappointments. Listen to your friends when they have problems, but offer advice only when it’s wanted. Help raise friends’ self-esteem when they are shaken by a job loss, or other such events.

Have different friends for different activities, such as going to the movies, singing in a choir, and joining in a bowling league.

Don’t wait for a friend to ask a favor. When a friend has the flu, offer to go to the store or drive his or her children to their after-school activities.

Never take a friendship for granted. Like a good marriage, friendship needs care and patience. Become a joiner. Find a group that matches your interests.

Talk to strangers. Conversations started in museums, laundry rooms, or bookstores can lead to firm friendship.

Enroll in an adult－education course. A classroom is an ideal place to meet others with similar interests.

1. People with close friends have a________ ability to fight disease than people who are alone.

A．less

B．greater

C．poorer

D．little

2. According to the passage, you’d better offer advice to your friends________.

A．at any moment	B．only when they are happy
C．only when they want it	D．only when you are glad

3. What we should do to have friends according to the author?

A．Make friendship a priority.	B．Open up to close friends.
C．Never take a friendship for granted.	D．All the above.

4. Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．You should have different friends for the same activities.

B．You should wait for a friend to ask a favor.

C．You should avoid talking with strangers in museums, laundry rooms, or bookstores.

D．You should never take a friendship for granted.

【推荐3】Sixteen years ago, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.

It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely and afraid to speak to anyone. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart broken. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems.

Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends, I was sitting at my desk unhappily. At that moment a boy came into the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me with a smile. Suddenly, I felt something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and make friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember doing so! It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is cloudy, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

1. When did the writer get the gift?

A．At the age of 16.

B．After making friends with the boy.

C．In the first year at a middle school.

D．After becoming closer to everyone in the class.

2. How did the writer feel when he first came to the new school?

A．Excited.

B．Lonely.

C．Happy.

D．Worried.

3. What did the writer get from a boy one day?

A．A book.

B．A smile.

C．A letter.

D．A card.

4. How did the writer change after getting the special gift?

A．He started to make friends.

B．He became the best student in class.

C．He started to fight with his classmates.

D．He was more interested in his lessons.

【推荐1】In six months, I will be 50 but I already know what I’ll regret. This is the answer. “if anything had been different, I wouldn’t be who I am today.” Being like what I am today is so great that I’d never want to change it. But…    1    

KIDS. I wish I had spent more time with my kids.     2     But I worked really hard and, I admit, I probably avoided them when they were really young and difficult to wake up and get ready for school when they were younger.

MONEY. I wish for 15 years or so I wasn’t so focused on money.

CREATIVITY. I began my career in my 20s doing things that were really creative that I loved. I was trying to write a novel. I was trying to do a TV show. I was always around people I loved so much. And I spent time with them because I loved them and not because I wanted anything else. I wish I had stuck with that. Now, in my 40s, I’m trying to catch up.     3    

HUMILITY. When I first made some money, I became a bit too proud. I started investing in all of these horrible companies and having horrible friends.     4     If I were humble and just went back to what I loved, I bet I’d be happier.

DISAGREEMENT.     5     I still have a hard time with that. I wish when someone does something that I don’t like or agree with I would say “no” a bit more often. I’ve gotten into a lot of bad situations because I didn’t say “no”. Here are two cases where I should have said “no” more often: when someone treats me badly and when I don’t want to do something but I feel bad about hurting someone.

Anyway, if I had a time machine, would I go back in time? I’m not sure. It’s OK to feel regretful some times.

A．It's never too late, of course.

B．I couldn't say “no" to people.

C．Sure, I spend quality time with them now.

D．It's the double-horrible that finally kills you.

E．I used to disagree with others' unreasonable requests.

F．I wish I could have done something differently in the past.

G．I would have held my daughter's hand when she came home from school.

【推荐3】Active listening is a structured form of listening and responding that focuses the attention on the speaker.The listener should listen to the speaker fully,and then repeat in the listener's own words what he or she thinks the speaker has said.    1    However,he or she must simply state what he or she thinks the speaker said.This enables the speaker to find out whether the listener really understood.If the listener did not,the speaker would explain some more.

    2    Thus,instead of just repeating what happened,the active listener might add that the speaker felt angry or confused when a particular event happened.Then the speaker can go beyond confirming that the listener understood what happened.It can also indicate that the listener understood the speaker's psychological response to it.

Active listening has several benefits.    3    Second,it avoids misunderstandings,as people have to confirm that they really understand what another person has said.    4    When people are in conflict,they often contradict each other, denying each other's description of a situation.    5    However,if they feel that the listener is listening to their concerns they are likely to explain in detail what they feel and why.if both parties in a conflict do this,the chances of being able to develop a solution to their mutual problem become much greater.

A．The listener does not have to agree with the speaker.

B．For example,it forces people to listen attentively to others.

C．What's more,it tends to open people up,to get them to say more.

D．Often when people talk to each other,they don't listen attentively.

E．Often,the listener needs to interpret the speaker's words in terms of feelings

F．They realize that they should focus on how they can respond to win the argument

G．This makes people defensive,and they will either make verbal attacks,or say nothing more.

【推荐2】As a student at a medical school, Sam thinks poetry is a big part of his life, thanks to his new teacher, Rafael Campo, who believes poetry can benefit every doctor’s education and work. Rafael is a physician, professor and a highly respected poet.

“Poetry is in every encounter with my patients. If we do anything when we’ re with our patients, we’re really immersed in their stories, really hearing their voices. And, certainly, that’s what a poem does, ” he said.

Rafael worries that something important has been lost in medicine and medical education today: humanity, which he finds in poetry. To end that, he leads a weekly reading and writing workshop for medical students and residents. He thinks medical training focuses too much on distancing the doctor from his or her patients, and poems can help close that gap.

Third-year resident Andrea Schwartz was one of the workshop regulars. She said, “I think there’s no other profession other than medicine that produces as many writers as it does. And I think that is because there’s just so much power in doctors and patients interacting when patients are at their saddest moments. ” Not everyone believes that’s what doctors should do, though.

Rafael said, “I was afraid of how people might judge me, actually. In the medical profession, as many people know, we must always put the emergency first. But, you know, that kind of treatment, if it’s happening in the hospital, very regrettably, sadly, results in a bad outcome. The family is sitting by the bedside. The patient hasn’t survived the cancer. Don’t wve still have a role as healers there?”

In a poem titled “Health”, Rafael writes of the wish to live forever in a world made painless by our incurable joy. He says he will continue teaching students, helping patients and writing poems, his own brand of medicine.

1. What does the underlined word “immersed” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Committed.

B．Forced.

C．Persuaded.

D．Absorbed.

2. What does Andrea Schwartz think of poetry?

A．It has nothing to do with doctors.

B．It is mostly produced by doctors.

C．It contributes to medical work.

D．It keeps doctors away from patients.

3. Which words can best describe Rafael Campo?

A．Capable and responsible.

B．Gifted but overconfident.

C．Honest and modest.

D．Cold but respected.

【推荐3】Scientists say only enlarging the world’s nature reserve to help protect plants and animals may be useless. The main reason is that levels of human activity are rising in and around the nature reserves. In fact, recognizing spaces as protected areas is not reducing human activity there.

The researchers found that a lack of money to pay for land conservation（保护）is affecting conservation efforts. And it is a lack of communication between people who live in protected natural areas and outsiders. About 17 percent of the world is within protected areas, including the national parks, nature reserves and wilderness areas. Protected areas are important for supporting environments with many different kinds of plants and animals.

The researchers again found increasing human activity in most protected areas in every country. However, they said that human activity appeared to be more of a problem in nations with fewer roads and lower life standards on the Human Development Index（指数）. The index uses information about life length, education and earnings to grade countries on human development.

Across the northern Australia, protected areas often proved effective at slowing human activity when compared with unprotected areas. But in South America, Southeast Asia and African countries, pressure from human activity inside protected areas was higher.

Experts say governments need to provide fund support to help protected areas. Simply recognizing a place as a protected area can’t be the beginning and the end of a conservation effort. Working with local people to take efforts is also important. If they’re not partners in the protected areas, then wildlife conservation is much more difficult.

1. What are protected areas mainly affected by according to the text?

A．Human activity.	B．Climate change.
C．Population growth.	D．Environmental pollution.

2. What’s the Human Development Index used to do?

A．Record more roads in the world.

B．Improve education in all countries.

C．Grade countries on human development.

D．Lead more people to make more money.

3. What can be the best title for the text?

A．People May Cause Harm to Plants and Animals

B．Nature Reserves May Not Protect Wildlife Safely

C．Nature Reserves in the World Should Be Increased

D．Local People Should Focus on the Natural Environment

【推荐1】“Do not tell anyone”. We often hear these words when someone tells us a secret. But keeping a secret is hard. We’re often tempted to “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.

According to the professor, Asim Shah, keeping a secret may well “become a burden”. This is because people often have an “eager and anxious urge to share it with someone”. An earlier study, led by Anita, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail.

Secrets are so often getting out. Why do people share them at all? Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. “Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone, ”according to Shah.

He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out. But this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people. A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside. To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.

Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you’d better put yourself in their position. Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn’t give the information away. Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should come clean about it. Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret any more.

1. What does the underlined phrase “spill the beans” mean?

A．Keep silent.

B．Tell the truth.

C．Let out a secret.

D．Eat our words.

2. How many reasons are mentioned in Para.3 why people tend to share secrets?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

D．5.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Quiet people are more likely to keep the secrets to themselves.

B．Sharing secrets helps establish friendship or get over the sense of guilt.

C．A person asked to keep a secret will suffer from psychological problems only.

D．Putting yourself in others’ shoes helps realize the difficulty of keeping secrets.

【推荐3】The booking notes of the play “the Age of Innocence ”:

Price: $10.

BOOKING

There are four easy ways to book seats for performance”

——in person

The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday, 10am-- 8 pm.

——by telephone

Ring 01324976 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card( Visa, MasterCard and Amex accepted) ——by post Simply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office.

——on line

Complete the on-line booking form at www.Satanfiedtheatre.com

DISCOUNTS:

Saver: $2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday. Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students.

Supersaver : half price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheel chair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show.

Standby : best available seats are on sale for $ 6 from one hour before the performance for people suitable for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers.

Group bookings: there is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more.

School : school parties of ten or more can book $6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free.

Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

1. According to the passage, you can’t go to the Box Office to book tickets on _______.

A．Wednesdays

B．Thursdays

C．Fridays

D．Sundays

2. From the passage we know that_______.

A．there are only 8 wheelchair spaces in the theatre.

B．you can’t book a ticket at www. Satanfiedtheatre.com

C．a group of ten persons can get 10 percent discount.

D．you can refund money if the performance is on show.

3. If you make a group booking for a group of 20 workers, how much should you pay?

A．$120

B．$150

C．$180

D．$200