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Four types of friends you need in your life
Do you know that people will die early if they have no friends during their lifetime? The surveyshows if you want to live longer and more happily, you need to have some friends who can share your sadness and happiness or can be helpful when you are in trouble.
The following four types of friends are just what you need to keep the doctor away.
1. A Loyal Best Friend
Everyone needs a friend who will support you in different situations. This kind of friend knowsall of your deepest and darkest secrets, but still loves you all the same.
2. A Friendly Neighbor
These days, a lot of people don’t know their own neighbors. It’s a shame, because some neighbors can be the most helpful people. If you forget to lock the front door when you are on holiday,you can call your neighbors to lock it for you. So it’s wonderful to have nice and helpful neighbors.
3. A Workmate
You’ll find it much easier to chat with someone than eating lunch alone every day. Your workmate doesn’t have to be your best friend. If you two get along well with each other, you can always start going out with them outside of the office.
4. A Friend From a Different Culture
If everyone had a friend from a different culture, the world would be a much better place. Remember that don’t make friends with someone just because they’re from a different culture. Instead, keep your mind open, and if you meet someone from other places, try to learn about their customs, values, and traditions.
If you have such kinds of friends, you will surely live longer and more happily.
Friends you need in your life | ||
Introduction | If you want to live a longer and 1.life, you need tohave some friends who can share your sadness and happiness and can 2.you when you are in trouble. | |
Four 3.of friends | A Loyal Best Friend | ◆This kind of friend knows all of your darkest and 4.secrets, but still loves you all the same. |
A 5. Neighbor | ◆If you don’t 6.to lock the front door when you are on holiday, you can call your neighbors to lock itfor you. So it’s wonderful to have nice and helpfulneighbors. |
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A Workmate | ◆Your workmate 7. be your best friend, but you can chat with him while eating lunch.. |
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A FriendFrom a Different Culture
| ◆If everyone had a friend from a different culture,the world would be a much 8.place. ◆If you meet someone from other places, try to learnabout their customs, values, and traditions instead of 9. friends with them just because they are from other countries. |
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Conclusion | You will surely live longer and more happily 10.suchkinds of friends. |
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When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?
In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so ifyou make a wish, it will come true.
Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit!”
People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck.
1.Which thing is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition?
A. A falling leaf
B. A rabbit’s foot
C. A shooting star
D. A cheerful wish from friends
2.According to Paragraph 3, we know that ______.
A. people can see a shooting star on a rainy night.
B. shooting stars can often be seen
C. people believe that it’s unlucky to see a shooting star.
D. your wish may come true if you see a shooting star.
3.British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because ______.
A. the leaves fall in autumn.
B. there are so many leaves to catch.
C. they want to have a whole year of good luck.
D. the leaves can bring them a lucky month.
4.In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “them” refers to（指）______.
A. leaves B. people C. trees D. years
5.The passage is mainly about ______.
A. how to wish upon a star
B. things that bring good luck
C. British people love leaves
D. which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest
Look at the notice from the Students’ Union. It’s a description of students’ activities for the coming winter vacation.
Winners of Super Boys will come to our school on March 30th, 2015. They are going to give a concert in the school hall at 2:00 pm. Please come to the Students’ Union to get a half-price ticket to the concert before this Friday. |
Wouldn’t it be great if you could join us and go hiking around the West Hill for two days? We’ll start at 7:00 am on April 6th. Please come to the Students’ Union to sign your name andpay fifty yuan, 20 percent off for members of the Hiking Club. |
Are you interested in being a volunteer? We’ll go to a mountain village to give away books tothe children there. We’ll work and study with them for a whole day. Please come to the schoolgate at 6:00 am on April 13th, 2015. Free of charge(免费). |
We’ll hold a party for the students who come from poor families and have to stay at school during the winter vacation. Would you like to join us? Please come to the reading room at 5:00 pmon March 28th. |
1.The notice is about .
A. free tickets B. students’ activities
C. the West Hill D. poor children
2.Betty likes music and wants to go to the concert, so she must arrive at the school hall before __________ on March 30th, 2015.
A. 2:00 pm B. 7:00 am C. 6:00 am D. 5:00 pm
3.If you are a volunteer, you will go to a mountain village .
A. on March 30th B. on April 6th
C. on April 13th D. on March 28th
4.If you want to take part in a party for poor students, you should go to on March 28th.
A. the school hall B. the West Hill
C. a mountain village D. the reading room
5.How much will Tom, a member of the Hiking Club, pay if he wants to go hiking around the West Hill?
A. 2 yuan. B. 50 yuan.
C. 40 yuan. D. Nothing.
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Sunshine Apartment | Seaview | Diamond House |
﹩98,000 | ﹩132,000 | ﹩110,000 |
Built in 1967 | Built in 1984 | Built in 1997 |
bedroom, living room kitchen,2 bathrooms | 3 bedrrooms, 2 bathrooms kitchen, 2 dining rooms | 2 bedrrooms, kitchen Bathroom, living room |
a small garage | a big beautiful garden | a garden and a garage |
9 km from the city center | 23 km from the city center | in the city center |
1.Diamond House was built ___________.
A. nearly twenty years ago
B. hundreds of years ago
C. in 1984
D. about ten years ago
2.Seaview is __________ more expensive than Sunshine Apartment.
A. thirty-four thousand dollars
B. twelve thousand dollars
C. five thousand dollars
D. twenty-two thousand dollars
3.Which of the following is true?
A. Seaview has got 3 bedrooms and two kitchens.
B. Diamond House has got a garden and a garage.
C. Diamond House is cheaper than Sunshine Apartment.
D. Sunshine Apartment has got a small garden.
4.If you like doing shopping in the city center every day, you’d better buy ___________.
A. Seaview B. Sunshine Apartment
C. Diamond House D. None of them
5.Where can you probably read this passage?
A. In a nature magazine B. In a storybook
C. In the business newspaper. D. In a science book.
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Years ago, while I lived in England, part of my college task was to help the children with special needs. I was chosen to ______ in a school with disabled children. The teacher asked me to______ Nancy, a ten-year-old girl. One of ______ hands could not move. At her school the teachers would think it was an achievement ______ she was able to put on her own coat. But I saw more in her. She had always wanted to put a string ______ the hole of a key.
For the 5 years Nancy was in the school, the teachers always ______ to help her, but always ended up doing all the work for her. I knew Nancy could do ______ , so I encouraged her to do something herself. At first Nancy often failed and got very______ . Sometimes I wanted to give up too. ______ , after a week Nancy was able to do ______ she had wanted to alone for so many years.Her teachers cried ______ when they saw the thing she was able to do with just some encouragement.
Disabled people should ______ be told they can't do this or that. With just some encouragement they can do it. The look ______ that girl's face when she was able to do it herself meant ______to me. I hope everyone will encourage people to do all they want by themselves ______ telling them they can't do it.
1.A. read B. study C. work D. visit
2.A. look after B. look for C. look at D. look over
3.A. his B. her C. my D. your
4.A. before B. through C. if D. until
5.A. through B. across C. over D. into
6.A. failed B. refused C. agreed D. tried
7.A. less B. more C. nothing D. anything
8.A. excited B. pleased C. unsafe D. unhappy
9.A. And B. However C. But D. So
10.A. which B. that C. what D. how
11.A. in danger B. in fear C. with care D. with joy
12.A. never B. always C. often D. sometimes
13.A. of B. in C. on D. at
14.A. the earth B. the sun C. the moon D. the world
15.A. instead of B. because C. together with D. more than
--–Many people think women are better at cooking than men .
--- . Most top chefs (厨师) in the world are men .
A. I agree B. Exactly
C. That’s not the case D. Not at all
