True friends are hard to find. You often think you can believe in someone, but later he or she may let you down. However, always be a good friend yourself and you may change the situations.
Part of being a friend is being prepared to devote your time and energy to helping out your friend. If your friend needs a shoulder to cry on, just be there for him or her. You will attract those who value your loyalty.
When you say you will do something, do it. When your friend tells you a secret, keep it secret from others. Be someone that people know that they can rely on. If you show this quality to your friend, he or she will appreciate it and will be reliable in return.
Be a good listener.
Many people think they have to appear very interesting. Far more than that, however, is your ability to show that you’re interested in others. Listen carefully to what people say, remember important details about them, ask questions about their interests, and take time to learn more about them.
Show others what makes you stand apart from the crowd. Talk about interests and hobbies. Everyone has interesting stories to tell—don’t be afraid to share yours. Besides, a little humour always keeps a conversation light and happy. People love to be around someone who makes them laugh.
A. Be a reliable friend.
B. Be loyal to a friend.
C. Stress your good qualities.
D. Tell your secret to your friend.
How to Be Able to Study Well
If you have an exam coming up but are faced with so many distractions, and you just don’t know how to carry out your revision, the following tips can help you.
Choose a place with enough space where you can organize your books and papers and spread them out as much as you need to. Make sure you have everything you need—books, notes, paper and pencils. If you are in your room, consider hanging a sign on the door such as “No interruption please.”
There are varieties of ways you can use to commit the information to memory. For example, create flashcards. Writing flashcards will help you remember, and ask another person to quiz you about the information with your flashcards or notes. Or offer to teach someone about the subject matter.
You can break a snack into several mini-rewards. For example, “For each paragraph I translate, I’ll eat one apple slice.” Thus, if your stomach tells you to get that food again, you’ll have to finish something small first. Parents may be willing to offer rewards as well. If you love your dad’s milkshakes(奶昔), you can strike a deal to get one if you memorize your English expressions by the target time.
A. Create reading cards to teach young children.
B. Find a quiet, comfortable place to study.
C. Consider choosing a reward to motivate (激励) yourself.
D. Use different study techniques to learn the information.
① I like reading books of all kinds.
② I have a top 10 reading list and I try to keep it updated.
③ It always makes me excited to work hard and achieve a team goal together.
④ Meanwhile, I’m an active member of my school’s long-distance running team and volunteering club.
| A．③②①④ | B．①②④③ | C．①②③④ | D．②①④③ |
Principles of Running
·Do the right amount.
·Keep running.
·Cool down properly.
① A warm-up gets your blood flowing and prepares your body before you exercise.
② Draw up a training plan that suits you. Make sure you are not running too much so that your heart, muscles and bones don’t get hurt.
③ A thirty-minute run will provide relief from aches or tension that you may be suffering due to stress.
④ Jog slowly for ten minutes after a long run, then walk for five minutes. Such kind of exercise relaxes your body.
⑤ There will be times when you want to give up. But hang in there and tell yourself that it will get easier with time.
| A．①④⑤ | B．②④⑤ | C．②⑤④ | D．③⑤④ |
1. /ˈmʌŋki/
2. /təˈdeɪ/
3. /ˈregjʊləli/
4. /ekspekˈteɪʃən/
| A. Be a critical reader. B. Choose the parts you like. C. Go directly to the part you like. D. Find out different types of articles. |
What do you do when you begin to read an English newspaper? Why not try the following?
1.You’d better know how many parts there are. Usually, there is international news, business, science and technology, or sports. You can choose your favourite parts to read carefully.
Then, you come to the article itself. If you don’t have time to read the whole article, the headline and the photo give you a general idea of the story.
2.A news article includes the body text and a photo with a short piece of text under it. It usually puts the most important information in the very beginning. If you don’t have much time to read the story, just have a look at the first paragraph. A feature article is usually a report which covers details about an event or a person. It usually has an interesting start. You get to know the idea of the article as you read. Another kind of article is an opinion article.
Usually, people who are well known all over the world share their own opinions in a fun way about important events. Opinion articles are different from news stories that are all facts.
3.There are advertisements in newspapers. They can provide useful information about products, places, food or jobs. Remember that people make some advertisements to sell you things. You don’t have to do everything advertisements tell you to do. You should be critical enough to decide which advertisements are useful and which are not.
①Students can do this by choosing their friends wisely: It’s a good idea for teens to surround themselves with positive role models.
②It’s also important for young people to think about the consequences of their actions.
③If they give in to peer pressure and perhaps do something that they know deep down is wrong, what could be the result?
④The most important thing for students to avoid peer pressure is to build up self-confidence so that it’s easy to say “no” to the peer group.
⑤If they stop and think about the consequences, they might make a different decision.
| A．④②①③⑤ | B．④①②③⑤ | C．③④②①⑤ | D．⑤①④②③ |
①Today he lives in a small dormitory room with only second-hand furniture and he gets his clothes and a lot of other things from charity shops.
②He made the choice to give all his money away. And this, he said, brought him happiness and a sense of success in life.
③Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars.
④He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, as a person who had everything while many people had nothing.
⑤But Jason appreciates this change. He is pleased to give up the lifestyle of a rich man.
| A．①④③②⑤ | B．①⑤③④② | C．③②④①⑤ | D．③①⑤④② |
9 . I live in a university dorm with a couple of great roommates. I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I associate with online. Yet the truth of the matter is: I feel lonely.
I’m barely the only person who feels this way. According to research, over two-thirds of young people find it easier to make friends online than it is “in real life”. I’m way beyond a shy or reserved person, but I’m wired up every day, like most of my friends. On the surface, I have an active social life. I attend parties and play sports but I’m always distracted. They say that phones bring people closer together but in reality, my mind is always a million miles away. I obsess over exactly how many followers I have on my account, but I can’t remember the birthdays of some of my oldest mates.
From the passage, we know that the writer________.
| A．is a shy and reserved person |
| B．doesn’t have many friends in real life |
| C．cares too much about how many followers he has online |
| D．believes that attending parties and playing sports make him distracted |
1. /ˈpaʊə/
2. /ˈhæpən/
3. /ˈmɑːkɪt/
4. /ˈleɪtə/
5. /kəʊld/
6. /ˈprɒbləm/
