A

Too many people want others to be friends，but they don’t give friendship back.That is why some friendships don’t last 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；be understanding.

Honesty is where a good friend starts.Friends must be able to trust one another.If you do not 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 count on one another to speak and act honestly.

Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow.You do not 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 better.

Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem.Something may go wrong at school.Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve.Turning to a friend can be the first step in solving the problem.So a friend 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 true friendships have three things in common.If you plan to keep your friends，you must practice honesty，generosity，and undertanding.

1．What’s the best title of the passage?

A．How to be a Friend.．. B．Three Important Points in Life.

C．Honesty is the Most Important Quality. D．A friend in Need is a Friend Indeed.

2．Some friendships don’t last long because________.

A．some people don’t treat friendship seriously

B．there are too many people who want to make friends

C people only receive friendship but don’t give friendship back

D． they don’t share their lunch money

3．To be a friend，you must________.

A．give your money to your friend B．be honest，generous and understanding

C．give your clothes to your friendbe D．help your friend to do everything

B

Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami (海啸)，adding weight to ideas they possess a “sixth sense” for disasters，experts said on Thursday.

Sri Lanka wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast seemingly missed wild beasts，with no dead animals found.

“No elephants are dead，not even a dead hare or rabbit.I think animals can sense disaster.They have a sixth sense.They know when things are happening，” H．D.Ratnayake，deputy director of Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Department，said on Wednesday.

The waves washed floodwaters up to 3 km (2 miles) inland at Yala National Park in the southeast，Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife reserve and home to hundreds of wild elephants.“There has been a lot of evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes.But it has not been proven，” said Matthew van Lierop，an animal behaviour specialist at Johannesburg Zoo.

“There have been no specific studies because you can’t really test it in a lab or field setting，” he said.

Other authorities agreed with this conclusion.

“Wildlife seems to be able to pick up certain phenomenon，especially birds.There are many reports of birds detecting coming disasters，”said Clive Walker，who has written several books on African wildlife.

Animals certainly rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators (食肉动物)．

The idea of an animal “sixth sense” is a lasting one that the evidence on Sri Lanka’s damaged coast is likely to add to.

4．This passage is mainly about________.

A．why animals can save them from natural disasters

B the damage that was caused in the Indian Ocean tsunami

C．how to protect the wildlife when disaster happens

D．the different opinions about animals’ natural power

5．Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．It has been proved that animals have a “sixth sense”．

B．Research has been made on the special movements of animals before disasters.

C.Animals ave depended on the known senses to escape the Indian Ocean

.D It’s generally considered that animals can sense the coming of disasters

6．What does the term “sixth sense” in the text means?

A．It is the natural ability of animals that can save them from dang

B.It is some hidden power to say in advance that something will happen

C.It is the animal’s imagination in the brain

D．It is a kind of sense that is the same as smell or hearing

7．Which section does the text most probably appear in a newspaper?

A．News Report. B．Culture C．Science Fiction. D．Discovery.

C

In the United States，when one becomes rich，he wants people to know it.And even if he does not become very rich，he wants people to think that he is.That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about.It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand.He told this story about himself.He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23.That was a lot of money in those days.He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City.When he saw that rich people rode horses，Momand went horseback riding every day.When he saw that rich people had servants.Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.

It was like a race，but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up.The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life.They moved back to an apartment (公寓房间) in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life-style of their neighbours.He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series (系列) of short stories.He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States.“Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you.Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses.And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world.But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does，Mr Jones always seems to be ahead.

8．Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they______.

A want others to know or to think that they are rich B.want to be as rich as their neighbours

C．don’t want others to know they are rich D．want to be happy

9．It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to________.

A． live in apartments B．live in New York City

C． live outside New York City D．have many neighbours

10．The underlined word “neighbourhood” in the second paragraph means________.

A．a person who lives near another B．people living in an area

C．an area in another town or city D．an area near the place referred to

11．According to the writer，it is________to keep up with the Joneses.Since we are social beings

A．correct B．interesting C．impossible D．good

D

the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships.One strength of the human conditions is our possibility to give and receive support from one another under stressful (有压力的) conditions.Social support makes up of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties.Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life changes and daily problems.People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties.Studies over types of illnesses，from depression to heart disease，show that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness，and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely.

Social support cushions (缓解) stress in a number of ways.First，friends，relatives and co-workers may let us know that they value us.Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite of our faults and difficulties.Second，other people often provide us with informational support.They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them.Third，we typically find social companionship supportive.Taking part in freetime activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (转移注意力) us from our worries and troubles.Finally，other people may give us instrumental support—money aid，material resources，and needed services—that reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems.

12．Interpersonal relationships are important because they can________.

A deal with life changes B．smooth away daily problems

C． make people live more easily D．cure types of illnesses

13．The researches show that people’s physical and mental health________.

A．has much to do with the amount of support they get from others

B．lies in the social medical care systems which support them

C．depends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troubles

D．is related to their courage for dealing with major life changes

14．Helping a sick neighbor with some repair work in spare time is an example of_____.

A．instrumental support B．social companionship

C．informational support D．the strengthening of self-respect

15 What is the subject discussed in the text?

A．. Effects of stressful . B．Kinds of social support.

C．Ways to deal with stress. D．Interpersonal relationships.

E

Sunbeds are a popular way for teen girls to get a tan (晒成的棕褐肤色)，but what they might not realize is that they are at risk of skin cancer from them.If your teen girl wants to look her best and has discussed heading to the tanning b