Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don't give friendship back. That is why some friendships don't last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to be one. You must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest, be generous(慷慨的）and be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust each other. If you don't tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven't been honest, you may lose your friend's trust. Good friends always depend on one another to speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You don't have to give your lunch money or your clothes, of course. Instead you have to learn how to share things you enjoy, like your hobbies and your interests. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them you help your friend know you better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Thinking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend, you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend's place so you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships are ever exactly alike. But all true friendships have three things in common.
If you plan to have a lifelong friend, you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding.
Rules for Developing a True Friendship | ||
Be honest | Honesty is1.a good friendship. | Friends must be able to trust one another. If you don't2. your friend, you will lose your friend's trust.
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Be generous | Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow.
| You should share with your friend 3. hobbies and interests 4. ideas and feelings. Sharing can help your friend know you better.
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Be understanding
| Understanding means trying to put yourself in your friend's place.
| You can ask a friend for help if you have problems. You should be a good 5. and get a better understanding of you friends.
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Conclusion (结论)
| If you want to keep your friendship6. ,you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding. |
Butterflies are some of the most beautiful insects in the world. However, what interests the scientists most is not their fascinating looks, but how they sense nature. They use their senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste to find food, lay eggs in good places and avoid hungry enemies.
Butterflies have large compound(复合的) eyes. No matter where the things are, they can see them without turning their heads. 1. They are more possible to notice a sea of flowers than a single plant. Butterflies do not "see” colors. They are color blind. 2.The light on many flowers guides butterflies to honey.
How do butterflies smell? Butterflies have a very well-developed sense of smell, but it is not in their noses, since they don't have one. Sense organs (器官)are in their feet, and many other parts of the body.3.
Do butterflies use their mouths to taste the food they find? Not really. Butterflies' feet have sense organs that can taste the sugar in flower honey. They let the butterflies know if there is something delicious. 4.They feed their babies using a long tube(管道)，and they get all their food from this tube as well.
Butterflies don't have ears. Instead, they “hear" sounds through their wings by sensing changes in sound vibrations(震动).Butterflies' body is covered with sensory hairs. 5..For example, the hairs give butterflies information about the wind when they're flying. And where there is rain, the hairs can also tell butterflies.
The scientists say that butterflies may have senses we don't even know about yet, because their body is very different from ours. Therefore, it is difficult to understand when we use our own human senses to study it.
A. Like most insects, butterflies are very nearsighted.
B. They can let butterflies feel the environment around.
C. So it is not difficult for butterflies to find flower honey.
D. But they can sense sunlight, which tells them the direction.
E. They can help butterflies find their favorite flower honey food.
F. Some female butterflies taste the plants carefully to find places to lay eggs.
The human brain is very small and light only two percent of our total body weight, but it needs about 20% of the oxygen(氧气) that our body takes in. We can't think well if our brain isn't getting enough oxygen, so always make sure there is enough oxygen in the air when you need to learn or remember something. No one can remember everything. but everyone can learn how to improve their memory. Here are some suggestions ---none of them can make your memory 100% perfect, but all of them are helpful.
When you want to remember something, tell a friend about it. This way the new information becomes more memorable. Later on, think about the conversation with your friend. It will remind you of the information you wanted to remember.
Don't over-train your brain. When you've remembered a list of new words, stop studying. It's better to study a lot of material for a small amount of time than a small amount of material for a lot of time! But remember you do have to practice your new words regularly!
Our memory works well when we are asleep. If you want to remember something, go to bed and go to sleep right now after learning it.
If you have to remember something big, divide it into small parts. It's easier to remember 198756430387 if you divide it into four smaller bits:198-756-430-387.
If you want to remember a piece of information, and you can't, don't get angry. Relax and tell yourself, "If it's important, I will remember it later.”
One of the best ways of remembering is to make pictures on the movie-screen of your mind and it's fun, too! Scientists say that our brain works a lot in pictures. So sometimes, if we want to remember new information, it helps to make a picture story. Anyone can learn to do this.
1.If you Weigh fifty kilograms, how heavy is your brain?
A.About ten kilograms.
B.About two kilograms.
C.About one kilogram.
2.How many helpful suggestions are mentioned in the passage?
A.Five. B.Six. C.Seven.
3.What should someone do after he has remembered a list of new words?
A.He should rest, then practice them regularly.
B.He should tell himself about what he has done.
C.He should continue to remember more new words.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.It's useless to remember something before going to sleep.
B.It's easier to remember something by dividing it into small parts.
C.It's harder to remember something by changing words into pictures.
5.What's the best title of this passage?
A.An introduction to our brain.
B.Some good ways of learning.
C.Advice on improving our memory.
There are many inventions in our daily life. They have changed our life a lot. Let's see the following.
Morpher People refuse to wear helmets because they're thick and heavy. Morpher is a bike helmet made of plastic. It is just as strong as traditional helmets, but it can be folded almost completely flat (平的),making it easier to be carried. Morpher may be available for sale in stores in the near future.
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HyperAdapt Have you ever seen the movie Back to the Future? Maybe everyone wants the pair of shoes in the movie that can become small or large by themselves. Now, thanks to the shoe factory, the dream is realized. When you push a button on shoe, HyperAdapt can become small or large according to your feet.
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Flyte Flyte is a light- bulb that can float(漂浮）and turn. Flyte has been popular with lots of people since it came out in January. The company also introduced a lot of similar products, including a planter, Lyfe, which came out in June.
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Little Printer It looks lovely and is called Little Printer. This machine can print news headlines(摘要)，riddles and other things on a roll(卷）of paper. If you want to make your own little newspaper, don't forget to use it. |
1.What's special about Morpher?
A.It's thick. B.It's strong. C.It's foldable.
2.How may you feel if you wear HyperAdapt?
A.Too large. B.A little small. C.Quite comfortable.
3.What do Flyte and Lyfe have in common?
A.They can float.
B.They came out in June.
C.They are both invented by the same company.
4.What can people do with Little Printer?
A.They can print pictures on a roll of plastic.
B.They can print news headlines and riddles on a roll of paper.
C.They can make newspapers like Chengdu Evening News.
5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passages?
A.Flyte has got its popularity since it came out.
B.The writer thinks the shoes in the film Back to the Future are great.
C.Morpher is made of plastic, so it's not as strong as traditional helmets.
Dear Dad,
Today I was at the shopping center and I spent a lot of time reading the Father's Day cards. But as I chose and read, and chose and read again, it seemed that not a single card said what I really wanted to say. So I decided to write a letter to you.
You'll soon be 84 years old, Dad. You and I will have had 56 Father's Days together. I didn't think that you were too old. But the sad thing happened last week.I watched as you turned at the corner in your car. I didn't realize at once that it was you because the man who was driving looked so elderly.
Fifty years ago this spring, we planted carrots together in a garden in Charles City, Iowa. This week, we'll plant carrots together again, perhaps for the last time but I hope not. I don't understand why planting carrots with you is so important to me. Well, I don't quite know how to tell you this, Dad …I don't like carrots...but I like planting them with you.
I guess what I'm trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Praising a father on Father's Day is about more than a Dad who brings home money or shares a dinner. It's more about a Dad deeply loving children who knows everything and won't listen to anyone. It's about sharing. It's about loving someone more than words can say, and I wish that it would never end.
Love,
Jenny
1.Jenny bought a Father's Day card in the shop.
2.Jenny is 28 years younger than her father.
3.Jenny didn't realize her father was too old until last year.
4.In fact, Jenny prefers staying with her father to planting carrots.
5.From this letter, we can learn that Jenny loves her father deeply.
Music plays an important role in our lives. We can hear music everywhere. We can't live _______ it. At the same time, music can ________our feelings. Different kinds of music can influence us in different ways.
Music makes you relax.
When you have too much ______with your study, you can listen to music for a while.
Soon you can feel relaxed. Studies show that customers would like to stay there longer when stores play relaxing music. Then they will______buy more things. So many stores try to play music that their customers enjoy.
Music is a healer（治愈师）.
When you feel sad, music can comfort you. Then you can feel more confident about life and your problems. When you have difficulty with sleep, some______ music can help you fall asleep easily. A group of teenagers________had depression(抑郁症）shared their favorite songs with each other. Each teenager explained why he or she liked the song. After talking about it, the teenagers said they felt__________.
Music helps you to learn.
Scientists find that you can improve your memory and intelligence______ listening to music. Don Campbell, an expert, believes music can make people,______ babies, stronger, happier, smarter and more creative. Some experts_______playing light music to help you pay attention when you are studying.
No matter what style of music you like, you can use it to help you.
1.A.on B.with C.without
2.A.support B.change C.keep
3.A.fun B.stress C.pleasure
4.A.possibly B.impossibly C.painfully
5.A.noisy B.loud C.soft
6.A.which B.that C.what
7.A.better B.sadder C.sicker
8.A.after B.before C.during
9.A.except B.nearly C.even
10.A.suggest B.avoid C.remain
