— have you been like this?
—For a week.
A. How long B. How often
C. How many times D. How soon
I don't do well in English, I still work hard on it.
A. or B. so
C. but D. and
I don't like cheese, because it too strong.
A. sounds B. looks
C. feels D. smells
My brother is a fan of basketball. also plays basketball for his school team.
A. She B. He C. I D. You
One day a young girl was driving with her father and it started to rain. “What should I do?” the girl asked. “Keep driving,” her father said. Cars began to pull over (靠 …. 停车) to the side of the road. “What should I do?” the young girl asked. “1.____” her father said. “But don’t stop.”
A few feet up the road, she noticed that even more drivers were also pulling over. “2._____ Everyone else is pulling over!” she told her father. “Don’t give up, just keep driving!” her father told her.
The rain continued, but she never stopped driving and soon she could see a little more clearly. After a few miles she was again on dry land and the sun came out.
“3.____” her father said.
“But why now?” the girl asked.
“When you get out, look back at all the people that gave up and are still in the rain.
4. ” said her father.
“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely isolated life. Without other people, life became empty and sad. We all need friends.
For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.
There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best-seller. It was later put into 28 languages.
Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book.
1. Be friendly and polite.
Always greet with a smile. Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please”, when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.
2. Go out of your way to be nice.
Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbour feel a lot better.
3. Remember names.
They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.
4. Be open-minded.
Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.
5. Listen patiently.
When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.
1.The first sentence “No man is an island” means__________.
A. no one can live on an island B. everyone needs friends
C. man enjoys living alone D. we all should be friendly
2.We can learn from this passage that ________.
A. John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie
B. the writer mainly tells people to behave politely
C. Carnegie’s book was read by a small number of people
D. the writer agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie
3. Dale Carnegie advises you _________.
A. not to visit your neighbour too often
B. not to say anything when someone talks to you
C. not to forget other people’s names
D. not to spend time doing something for others
4. The best possible title for this passage should be “________”.
A. A Famous Book B. How To Make Friends
C. Friendship First D. John Donne and Dale Carnegie
