“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 neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor 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 underlined sentence “No one can live a completely isolated life” means “______” in this passage.

A．No one can live a hard life

B．No one can live without difficulty

C．No one can live alone

D．No one can live on an island

2.Some of us feel it not easy to make friends because ________.

A．we are afraid to make bad friends

B．we are too shy to take the first action

C．we feel worried that we won’t be able to keep our friends

D．we feel sure that we already have enough friends

3.We can learn from this passage that ________.

A．John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie

B．friends are always friends

C．few people bought Carnegie’s book

D．the writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Carnegie’s book?

A．Say “excuse me” before you ask.

B．Don’t visit your neighbor too often.

C．Think more about others.

D．People enjoy hearing their own names.

5.The best possible title for this passage should be “________”.

A．How to Make Friends

B．A Famous Book

C．About Friendship

D．John Donne and Dale Carnegie

 

“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 neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor 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.
【小題1】The underlined sentence “No one can live a completely isolated life” means “______” in this passage.

A．No one can live a hard life

B．No one can live without difficulty

C．No one can live alone

D．No one can live on an island

【小題2】Some of us feel it not easy to make friends because ________.

A．we are afraid to make bad friends

B．we are too shy to take the first action

C．we feel worried that we won’t be able to keep our friends

D．we feel sure that we already have enough friends

【小題3】We can learn from this passage that ________.

A．John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie

B．friends are always friends

C．few people bought Carnegie’s book

D．the writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie

【小題4】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Carnegie’s book?

A．Say “excuse me” before you ask.

B．Don’t visit your neighbor too often.

C．Think more about others.

D．People enjoy hearing their own names.

【小題5】The best possible title for this passage should be “________”.

A．How to Make Friends

B．A Famous Book

C．About Friendship

D．John Donne and Dale Carnegie

In Britain ,people often invite friends for a meal , a party or just coffee. People who know each other very well may visit each other’s houses without  an invitation(邀請(qǐng)),but if we invite new friends, usually an invitation is needed. When people invite someone to their homes , they often say ,“Would you like to come for dinner on Saturday ?” Answers are, “Thanks, we’d love to. What time?” or “I’m sorry, We’d love to ,but we have tickets for the concert.” However, it is not polite to say,“No, we wouldn’t.”

Sometimes, the British use expressions that sound like invitations but which are not invitations. For example. “You must come over for a drink sometime .” or “Let’s go out for a meal one of these days.”  These are usually just polite ways of ending a talk . They are not real invitations because they don’t mention an exact time or day. They just show that the person is trying to be friendly and the answers are ,“Yes , that would be nice .” or “OK, yes ,thanks.”

So next time you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen carefully. Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?

1.It’s always necessary for        to visit each other’s houses with an invitation.

A．close friends                           B．family members

C．neighbours                            D．new friends

2.It is not polite to answer the real invitation by saying “     “

A．Sorry. We’d love to, but we have tickets for the concert .

B．Thanks. We’d love to, what time?

C．Sure. We’d like to. Thanks a lot.

D．No, we wouldn’t!

3.If the British just want to end a talk politely, they may say,”      ”

A．Would you like to come for dinner on Saturday?

B．Let’s go out for a meal one of these days.

C．Let’s go out for a meal on Saturday.

D．Shall we go for a drink this afternoon .

4.The British often use “     ”to answer the invitations that are not real.

A．Yes , what time ?

B．No, that’s not a real invitation.

C．OK, yes , thanks.

D．No, you just want to be friendly.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Britain.

B．Invitation.

C．A Talk with Friends.

D．A Letter to Friends.

 

從下面方框中選擇恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~填入短文中，使短文通順正確。每詞只用一次，有些詞要用適當(dāng)形式

 

when,  change,  difficult,  also,  help,  chance,  same,  advice,

 

Friendship(友誼) is an important part of our life. Life is always 1.______________ , such as moving to a new place and starting a new job. So we often need to make new friends. But some people think it  is2.______________to make new friends. Here is some 3.________________ for you. If you want to make friends, you need to go out at first instead of (代替) staying at home. You can join a club because there are many people who have common (共同的) interests. It is easy to start a new friendship if you have the 4.______________ interests. And you can join a sports team. It is 5._____________ a great way to make new friends. After joining a club or a sports team, you still can’t make friends if you don’t talk to people. You will have a good6._______________  to make a good friend if you talk to someone. 7.______________ you talk to people, you should be friendly and smile at them. The above(上面的) advice can 8.______________ you make friends. But if you want to find the true friendship, you should be honest with them.

 

Welcome to the Friendship Club of our school! You will meet many teenagers here and make friends with each other. We have some advice for you.

First, be friendly and polite to everybody in the club. This will make people feel comfortable when they talk to you. The impolite people are not welcome here and we will ask them to leave.

Second, be honest. We hope that our members can trust (信任)each other. If we find that you tell lies to other club members, we will ask you to leave the club.

Third, be a good listener and keep your friends’ secrets. This will make your friends trust you and it will also help you know more about your friends. If you tell your friends’ secrets to someone else, you will hurt their feelings.

At last, be generous and helpful to your friends. Sharing thoughts, ideas and opinions will help you know more about each other.

Please remember our advice when you come to the club. We meet every Friday afternoon and we hope to see you there!

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 判斷句子正（T）誤（F）。（5分 ）

1. If you are friendly to everybody in the Friendship Club, you will be welcomed.

2. If you don’t keep your friends’ secrets, you’ll be asked to leave the club.

3.If you want know more about your friends, you should be a good listener.

4. Sharing our friends’ thoughts and opinions will be bad for our ideas.

5. The writer has four pieces of advice for the people who would like to join the club.