In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities (品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠).

Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person's place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener. At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.

Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.

There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor (幽默), too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.

When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I've found a friend!

21. Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosing a      friend?

  A. reliability    B. honesty   C. understanding   D. a sense of humor

22. If you have fair weather friends, ______ .

  A. you will be refused when you get into trouble

  B. they will give you all that they have when you need help

  C. you will become rich      

D. you can be sure that you get real friends

23. Good friends need to ______.

   A. always point out each other's mistakes       B. be helped with money

   C. understand each other's feelings            D. have money or luck

24. This passage mainly discuss ______ .

   A. the importance of having a friend      B. where to choose friends

   C. how to get along with friends          D. the qualities of a friend

25. What’s the best title for the passage?

   A. How to choose a friend 

   B. Four qualities of a good friend

   C. A good friend in my mind

   D. My best friend

  The mobile phone has become a problem for high schools. Some high-school students in Australia are not allowed to carry mobile phones during school hours.

  The mobile phone used among children has become a problem for the school years. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas presents, and more students want them. Marry Brown, a headmaster, said that the mobile phone was a distraction to students during school hours and it also gave teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers also say that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

  She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones.  Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't get in touch with their children.

  Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said phones were easily lost and were a distraction for studies.

  Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let students know when they can use their mobile phones.

26. Some high schools in Australia have stopped students from carrying mobile phones __­­­­­__

A. because they are students          B. when they are at school

C. when they are free                D. because they are children

27. What does the underlined word " distraction " mean in Chinese in this passage?

  A. 分散注意力的事   B. 吸引人的事   C. 让人高兴的事   D.让人沮丧的事

28. The headmaster, Marry Brown said that the mobile phone was ____to students at school.

 A. a useful tool      B. a bad thing

 C. a good thing      D. of some help

29. Some parents felt unhappy, because they couldn't__________ during school hours.

 A. use their mobile phones

 B. leave their mobile phones in the school office

 C. get in touch with their children

 D. help the teachers with their work

30. The passage tells us that________

A. parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours

 B. it is important to ban students from using mobile phones at school

 C. some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't use their phones at home

 D. students shouldn't have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons                     

  Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so. “Health is the greatest wealth.” wise people say. You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill. If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor. The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. After that he will advise some treatment, or some medicine. The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.    

  Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story. An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat with pleasure, drink with pleasure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day. A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office. He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.“ But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”

31. The doctor usually tells his patient what to do______.

   A. without examining the patient        B. if the patient doesn’t take medicine

C. after he has examined the patient      D. unless the patient feels pain

32. The writer thinks that_____.

A. work is as important as studies       B. health is more important than wealth

C. medicine is more important than pleasure D. nothing is more important than money

33. The underlined part means “______”.

 A. he wasn’t a healthy man            B. he was feeling better than ever

C. he was feeling worse than before     D. he will be well again

34. From the last sentence of the passage, we learn the man_______ before the doctor told him not to smoke more than one cigarette a day.

A. was a heavy smoker                  B. didn’t smoke so much

C. began to learn to smoke               D. didn’t smoke

35. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The doctor usually tests his/her blood pressure when a person is ill.

B. The man told the doctor he couldn’t remember things.

C. The man didn’t follow the doctor’s advice.

D. The man thanked the doctor.

   As we know, everyone can make mistakes, but don’t worry about it. The following is what we should do when we make mistakes.
● Just admit (承认）it. Don’t think that our mistakes are caused by others.   36        Don’t blame other people, and don’t cheat ourselves, either.

● 37         In order to stop the problem from getting worse, we should act quickly to solve it. If we don’t act and deal with the problem quickly, it’ll only make us feel more stressed. Also it is necessary to make a plan of action and correct the mistake according to it. 38          

● 39                Those who have made the most mistakes can get an A, for they are the ones who have learned the most. The more we learn from our mistakes, the cleverer we are.

● 40               What caused us to make the mistake? How can we avoid making the same mistake in the future? When we act with a method to get a good result, do it that way next time. If we don’t, we should stop, think about it, change it and try again.

 A. Don’t be afraid of failure.
 B. Realize that making mistakes is the best way to learn.
 C. Solve it at once.
 D. Be brave and face the fact that we have made the mistakes.
 E. So be away from stress.
 F. Think about what we can learn from our mistakes.
 G. So decide quickly and act.

come up,  go through,  believe it or not,  be based on ,  get along with,

make up one’s mind,  pack up ,  graduate from,  think little of, suffer from

71. The problem __________ at the meeting yesterday.

72. This film ___________ an old love story.

73. My father ___________ many hardships in the past few years.

74. She ___________ loneliness, but she had to learn to like it.

75. Look! They are busy _________ picnic things.

76. I gave him some good advice, but he __________ it.

77. They have _______________ to study hard.

78. How are you _____________ your new classmates?

79. After ___________ college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.

80. __________ , all the people present have agreed to the plan.