Have you ever heard of the saying," If you want a friend, be one." What does it mean? There are
many different things that you can do to make friends. You may find out what they are if you watch
someone make friends.  
      Here is how one new teacher made friends with the students in her class on the first day of the
school. When the bell rang, the teacher smiled at all the students. Then she said, "Good morning.
How nice it is to have all of you in my class this year! I want to know each of you very much. I am
sure we will enjoy working together."
      The teacher smiled, used a pleasant voice, and acted in a friendly way. She told the students her
name and wrote it on the blackboard. Then she told them something she liked to do and hoped to do
with them during the year. The students knew that she liked many of the things they liked. Everyone
felt that she meant what she said. Each of them wanted to know her better and be her friend.
      Then she let the students tell something about themselves. So they felt that the teacher knew them.
Could you make friends as the teacher did?
      How do you get to know your classmates? One way is to find out more about them. During the
break you can talk to them. You may ask them their names and the names of the schools they went to
last year. They want to know about you, too. You may tell them about your interests or your holiday
experiences. It is often easy to be friends with whom people have the same interests and play the same
games. As you talk, the others may think, "I like to do the same things you do. It would be fun to be
friends with you." 
      Remember! Just talking together in a friendly way is one good way to make friends.

根据短文内容，判断正（Ｔ）误（F）。
(     )1. The main idea of this passage is a good way to make friends.
(     )2. The saying, "If you want a friend, be one." means you can easily make friends with one of the
            others.
(     )3. The teacher talked and acted in a friendly way to let the students know she really wanted to be
            friends with them.
(     )4. If you want to make friends with others, you should talk with them to have dinner with you　
           and play games with you after class.
(     )5. "Everyone felt that she meant what she said" means that all the students thought it was nothing
            telling them these things.

     We are learning English, but how can we learn English well? A student can know a lot about English,
but maybe he can not speak English.
     If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player,
you must play football. So, you see, you can learn English only by using it. You listen to your teacher
carefully in class. You must read your lessons every day. You must speak English to your English teacher
and classmates and also you must write in English. Then one day, you may find your English very good.

1. You know a lot about English but maybe you ______.

A. can't speak it
B. can study it
C. can't study it
D. can't use it

2. You must get into the river ______.

A. to play with water
B. to go boating
C. to learn how to swim
D. to catch a fish

3. Do you want to be a football player? Please            .

A. put your football away
B. buy a good football
C. play football
D. watch others play football

A. We must have a good English book.
B. We must have a good English teacher.
C. We must see more English films.
D. We must use it often.

5. Who can you speak English to in your class?

A. Only my classmates.
B. My English teacher and classmates.
C. My father and mother.
D. All my friends.

　 Small children often laugh at the short ones or at someone who isn't dressed as well as they are. But as
they grow up, they learn not to hurt other people's feelings by laughing at their problems. They learn to laugh
at other things. Most important, they learn to laugh at themselves. 　　
    Suppose you're playing a game. You make a mistake and lose. Do you become angry? Or can you laugh
at yourself and hope to do better next time? Suppose you are at a special dinner. You at times spill some food.
Why keep worrying about how clumsy you looked? Why not laugh it off and enjoy yourself any way? If you
can, it's a good thing you've really grown up.

1. This article is mostly about ______.

A. why laughter is good for your body 　　
B. what you should laugh at 　　
C. where you may laugh  　　
D. where you may laugh at

2. The writer says small children laugh at people who ______.

3. The writer shows hot laughter could help you ______.

A. not to spill food 　　　　　　
B. not to be worried 　　
C. not to enjoy yourself　　　　　
D. to grow up

4. The most important thing is to learn how to laugh at ______.

A. jokes　 　　
B. pictures　 　　
C. children　 　　
D. yourself

A. make a mistake　　　
B. lose again　
C. become angry　　　　　
D. try again

     It's easier to go down the hill than to climb up the hill, so it is easier to fall into bad habits (习惯) than
into good ones.
     Bad habits do not come suddenly. They come little by little without one being aware of (意识到) their
danger. School boys first pick up little bad habits in the school and on the street. When they can't write
their lessons, they copy from their schoolmates. If they see bigger boys smoking, they also want to learn
to smoke. If they see their friends gambling (赌博), they want to gamble. When they get bigger, the habits
become stronger and stronger, so that they can no longer get rid of (摆脱, 除掉) them. From copying,
they learn to steal, from gambling, they learn to cheat (欺骗). At last they become distrusted (不信任) by
everybody. How necessary it is that we get rid of the bad habits in the beginning.

1. It is easier to fall into ______ than into ______.

A. good habits, bad ones
B. bad habits, good ones
C. bad habits, good one
D. good habits, bad one

2. Bad habits come ______.

3. Where do school boys pick up little bad habits first?

A. In the school.
B. On the street.
C. In the school and on the street.
D. In a hospital.

4. When school boys get bigger, their bad habits become

A. stronger and stronger
B. weaker and weaker
C. better and better
D. less and less

A. copy others
B. learn steal and cheat
C. get rid of the bad habits in the beginning
D. laugh at others

     There are many things we need to know that we don't learn at school. For example, if we want to use
our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare (比较) the prices of things
in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands (商标). We need to know
how to make reasonable choices when we shop.
      Knowing how to make such choices is a life skill. And we need these skills if we are to lead useful and
happy lives. 
      Some of these choices are small. For example, will I take an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I get the bus
to school today or will I walk? Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies? Other choices are
more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it's delicious?
Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy? We make decisions like
this every day. 
      Making the wrong choices can result in unhappiness. We have to realize that the choices we make can
affect the rest of our lives. Just as importantly, our choices can also affect other people. The next time you
decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies, think this: Who else does
your choice affect?

1. What helps us use money wisely?

A. Comparing prices and brands.
B. Buying things in different shops.
C. Choosing different brands.
D. Choosing.

2. We need "life skills" ______.

3. Which of these choices is the most important?

A. Which fruit to take for lunch.
B. How to get to school.
C. Which T-shirt to wear to the movies.
D. Which classes to work hard in.

4. Why is it important to make the right choices?

A. Because they can affect the rest of our lives and also affect other people.
B. Because they can make us waste time.
C. Because wrong choices can make us unhappy.
D. Because it is wrong to play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies.

A. You and your parents.
B. Lots of other people.
C. You and other people.
D. Everybody except you.

                                                 Once in a Lifetime Twice As Good
      I can already hear firecrackers in the distance as the New Year begins. It is time to celebrate 2005.
This is a brand new year for those of us who follow the Western calendar. Of course, according to the
lunar calendar, the firecrackers will not sound for the New Year until February when the year of Rooster
(公鸡) officially begins. I feel lucky to live in Shanghai because I can celebrate two different New Years.
I am looking forward to learning about the traditions of Chinese New Year.
     At home in Canada, everyone in my family writes down their predictions (预言) for the next year.
Then we hide them away for an entire (完整的) year (no peeking!) and read them on New Year's Day.
I didn't predict that I would be living in Shanghai, China this year and if I had, I would never have predicted
that I would be enjoying life here so much. (Better luck next year with my predictions!)
     I think I'll play it safe this year and predict that many new buildings will go up in my neighbourhood in
Gubei! That is a prediction that is sure to come true, here in the fastest-growing city in the world! Another
tradition at the New Year is writing down all those resolutions (决心). So here I go! I have some plans for
the New Year that I intended (打算) to keep. For example, I plan to work much harder on learning Chinese.
It is not an easy language, but living here gives me a once in a lifetime opportunity to really learn it. So, I
plan to apply myself, yes I do. 
     I will use a new Chinese phrase every day when I am out in the city. My second resolution is to get rid
of the habit of procrastination (拖延)! I am one of those people who always leave things to the last minute
and that has got to change! No more staying up late to finish my homework at the last minute.
     Let's not call it procrastination in China, but a month's grace period on New Year' resolutions. Whatever,
Happy 2005!

1. The year of Rooster begins ______.

A. on January 1st
B. in February of the western calendar
C. on the Chinese New Year's Eve
D. on the first day of the Western calendar

2. The writer is ______.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The writer believes that Shanghai is developing fastest in the world.
B. The writer lives in Gubei, a neighbourhood in Shanghai.
C. The writer is sure there will.
D. The writer expects a much.

4. Which of the following is true?

A. The writer did not write down her resolutions.
B. The writer intended not to keep her plans.
C. The writer was determined to learn Chinese well.
D. The writer thinks Chinese is easy to learn.

A. use a new Chinese phrase every day
B. use her time very wisely
C. change her habit of procrastination
D. leave things to the last minute