Most friendships die a nature death: people move, change jobs, or start different stages of life. Other friendships, however, end unexpectedly. When a friendship is over and you don’t understand why, it can be especially painful. Sometimes a friend ends your relationship without telling you why.
The loss of friendship might be worth reflecting on. Knowing when a friendship is over and why it ends may help you build stronger friendships in the future.
●See if you can find a problem.
When a friendship is over, examine your relationship. Perhaps you remember your friend complaining that you’re always late. Maybe you seldom return your friend’s phone calls. When a friend ends your relationship, try to find out the reasons why the friendship is over.
● Writer a letter to your friend .
Express you feelings about the friendship. Do you miss seeing them? Do you have any regrets? Would you act differently if you were still friends? Make it an honest communication.
● Express you feeling of being hurt or anger.
Write or talk about how you feel in a letter. When a friendship is over, it’s important to communicate exactly how hurt you feel, and why. Write until you have nothing left to say. When a friend ends your relationship, you do have the right to express yourself.
● Communicate that you are open to pick up the friendship .
When a friendship is over and you want to reconnect some day, send Christmas, or birthday cards. Say hi and send greetings through mutual(共有的) friends. When a friendship is over, don’t give up until you’re ready.
● Decide to make your present friendships better.
An adviser once told me that simply talking about your relationship strengthens your relationship. Talk to your present friends. Are they happy with your friendship? If a friend ends your relationship, learn something from it.
【小題1】The underlined phrase “reflecting on” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .
A.keeping on | B.giving up | C.thinking about | D.getting angry |
A.You are always late when you and your friend plan to go out. |
B.Perhaps your friendship is over because of your problem. |
C.Your friend is fond of complaining all the time. |
D.You often refuse to answer your friend’s phone calls. |
A.a(chǎn)sk your friends whose fault on earth it is |
B.talk about how you feel about your friendship |
C.write a letter to your friend to tell your regrets |
D.send your greetings to your friend before giving up |
【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
解析試題分析:文章主要給了解決友誼中出現(xiàn)問題的一些建議,作者強調(diào)這些問題要理性解決,要多換位思考和溝通交流。
【小題1】.詞義猜測題。由下文Knowing when a friendship is over and why it ends may help you build stronger friendships in the future.可知,"失去友誼"值得仔細考慮,即與C項相符。
【小題2】推理判斷題。由第三段.提到的句子When a friendship is over, examine your relationship.推知你應(yīng)思考,"友誼破裂"是否是因為你的原因。選B。
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。由文章所提議可知A項是不可取的做法,不能在友誼破裂時強行詢問到底是誰的錯。從第三個小標題Express you feeling of being hurt or anger.可知B是對的,從第二個小標題Writer a letter to your friend .可知C是對的,根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的內(nèi)容Say hi and send greetings through mutual(共有的) friends. When a friendship is over, don’t give up until you’re ready.可知D是對的。所以選A
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
It was the end of the school term and my son Tom had less than three months left before he would finish his six years at high school. During this time he had developed a love for basketball. Sadly, because of my work over the last twelve months, I had only been able to attend a few of his games; however, I was determined to get to his last game for the school term.
Tom’s team came out in the first 10 minutes with a burst of goals that saw them leading by just over 20 points at the end of the first half. The second half changed as the other team quickly played themselves back into the game. Tom’s team started to miss an increasing number of shots. It was at that point that the coach called his first time out.
The noise of the spectators (觀眾) became quiet as the coach spoke to them. He had the team standing in a half circle, but he squatted (蹲) down, looking up at them and fiving some very calm and clear instructions on what they needed to do in the last couple of minutes. As he stood up to allow the team to return to the court, I saw him give some further words of encouragement to all of them.
You could see that he knew that the team was fighting to save the game and that he needed to lift them up. By squatting down he placed himself in a position where he was talking up to them, rather than down or at them, and as the players went back onto the court his words of encouragement served to lift their energy and spirits.
Well, Tom’s team went on to win the final by 5 points. As I drove away I thought about what can happen to us all in our everyday life. One of my favourite quotes is about the half filled glass of water --- “Is it half full or is it half empty?” Like the coach, the answer to this quote all depends on how you look at things.
【小題1】Why did the writer come to see his son play basketball?
A.Because his son would graduate from high school. |
B.Because he felt sorry for never watching his son play. |
C.Because it was a final his son played a key role in. |
D.Because he had a strong interest in basketball himself. |
A.talk about what the players were doing wrong |
B.make the players feel better |
C.prevent spectators from hearing what he said |
D.show his anger at the bad performance of the players |
A.Negative. | B.Supportive. | C.Interested. | D.Unconcerned. |
A.A father should care about his son at school. |
B.Playing hard is rewarded with a close match. |
C.What a coach says has the most influence on players. |
D.Looking at things positively is important in hard times. |
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Sometimes ideas do not appear when you are concentrating your attention and mysteriously appear when you are not. Modern science recognizes this as a result of incubating (醞釀) the problem in your subconscious (潛意識) yet can't account for why it occurs.
When you quit thinking about a subject and decide to forget it, your subconscious mind doesn't quit working. Your thoughts keep making associations. This is why you're experienced suddenly remembering names, getting solutions to problems you've forgotten about, and ideas out of the blue when you're relaxing and not thinking about any particular thing.
You may try solving a problem with your subconscious mind by writing a letter to it. The letter should read just like a letter you would send to a real person. Seal the letter and put it away.
Let go of the problem. Don't work on it. Forget it. Do something else. This is the incubation stage when much of what goes on occurs outside your focused awareness, in your unconscious. Open the letter in two days. The answer might magically pop into your mind.
An advertising agency was under pressure to come up with a marketing campaign to introduce new television shows. Bob, the creative director, wrote the following letter which he addressed to his subconscious mind. He called his subconscious mind "Secret Expert".
Secret Expert,
I need to come up with a new marketing program to introduce a new season of TV shows. I'm interested in coming up with some kind of campaign that will capture the audience's attention more than one time. Is there something people need that we can advertise on? What kind of products, foods and services should we investigate? I need a fresh approach to advertising. Your mission is to give me a new idea on how to advertise TV shows.
Thanks, Bob
Bob mailed the letter to himself and when he read what he had written, he got his brainstorm, which was to advertise on "eggs". Somehow an association between "foods", "need", and "fresh" approach" inspired the thought of using "fresh eggs to advertise". He arranged to place laser imprints of the slogans for the TV shows on eggs —some thirty million.
The consumers look at a single egg at least a few times, when they buy the eggs at the store, when they transfer them to the refrigerator, and when they crack them open. It's unlike any other ad medium in the world, because you're looking at it while you're using it.
【小題1】You remember names when you're not thinking about them because your subconscious mind ____.
A.is still working | B.is full of names |
C.stops working | D.improves your memory |
A.How the solution could be found. |
B.When he would need its help. |
C.What product could be advertised |
D.What he wanted it to do |
A.waits for an answer | B.controls your thoughts |
C.doesn't work | D.helps your unconscious |
A.It helped Bob to get a brainstorm |
B.It made the TV shows known to people repeatedly. |
C.It greatly increased the sales of eggs. |
D.It made sure consumers could get fresh eggs. |
A.Difference between Subconscious and Awareness |
B.A fresh Approach to Advertising |
C.Communicating with Your Subconscious Mind |
D.Solving problems with your Subconscious Mind |
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Snow falls in the Earth’s extreme North and South throughout the year. However, the heaviest snowfalls have been reported in the mountains of other areas during winter. Snow is even known to fall near the Equator (赤道),but only on the highest mountains.
Snow contains much less water than rain, but much of the water the world uses comes from snow. Melting snow provides water for rivers, electric power stations and agricultural crops. In the western United States, mountain snow provides up to seventy-five percent of all surface water supplies.
Snowfall helps to protect plants and some wild animals from winter weather. Fresh snow is made largely of air trapped among the snow crystals (晶體). Because the air has trouble moving, the movement of heat is limited. Snow also influences the movement of sound waves. The surface of the snow takes in, or absorbs, sound waves. As snow grows older or if there have been strong winds, it can become hard and flat. Then, the snow’s surface will help to send back sound waves.
Snow may be beautiful, but it can be deadly. It is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. Many people die in traffic accidents on roads covered with snow and ice or from being seriously stuck in the winter storm. Others die from heart attacks caused by too much physical activity out in the cold.
People may not be able to avoid living in areas where it snows often. However, they can avoid becoming victims of snowstorms. People should stop driving and stay at home until the storm has passed. People living in these areas should carry emergency supplies in their vehicle. These include food,emergency medical supplies,and extra clothing to stay warm and dry.
【小題1】. Mountain snowfall _____.
A.provides up to seventy—five percent of water supplies worldwide |
B.has never occurred near the Equator of the earth |
C.brings less of the water the world uses than rain does |
D.is heavier than that in the South and the North Poles |
A.supplying much more air | B.limiting heat movement |
C.a(chǎn)bsorbing strong winds | D.sending back sound waves |
A.cause road accidents |
B.make people stuck in winter storms |
C.make people victims of snowstorms |
D.lead to heart attacks |
A.How to prevent heart attacks out in cold |
B.Where we can get emergency supplies |
C.How to drive during snowstorms |
D.Why we should stay warm and dry in winter |
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“ Dining out”, or “ eating out ”,is a phrase people use in Britain when they eat in a restaurant or a pub. Eating out is more popular in Britain today than ever before.
However, eating out can be expensive. Restaurants are normally more expensive than pubs, though many pubs serve very good ,simple food. As British people don’t dine out every night of the week ,eating in a restaurant is often seen as a special occasion. When going for the first date, or if celebrating an anniversary or a birthday, many people like to go to a restaurant. People often eat in a restaurant before going to the cinema or the theatre.
As in all cultures, there are many rules of etiquette (禮節(jié))surrounding food and eating, and nowhere is this more pronounced than when eating in a smart restaurant. People are almost always expected to eat with a knife and fork and these should be held in the correct hand and used in the correct way. It is also impolite to have your elbows on the dining table when you are eating.
There’re many such “unspoken” rules — they are normally only important when eating in a very elegant and expensive restaurant, and vary slightly from restaurant to restaurant and place to place. A recent nationwide survey showed that there was a divide in manners between the north and south of Britain ---the “worst” manners were in Scotland and the northeast, and the “best” in Wales and the southeast! However, this survey was almost certainly conducted by someone in the southeast, so it may not be entirely fair.
Naturally, restaurants vary greatly in quality and price. However, almost all British cities have a vast range of food and cooking styles to choose from as well as traditional British food, from the very cheap to the very expensive — French, Italian, Indian, Greek, Thai, Japanese and many more. In fact, when asked what their favorite food is, many British people say an Indian curry (咖喱菜)rather than any other dish!
As well as dining in a restaurant ,when people are too tired to cook after work they often get a “takeaway”. This means they order from a takeaway or takeout restaurant by phone, then go to collect it and take it home to eat. Many takeout restaurants also deliver to your house. While you can normally find a takeout restaurant for almost any cuisine, the most popular are Italian, Indian and Chinese — and all you have to do is to open the door, pay and eat!
【小題1】 What can be concluded from the first two paragraphs?
A. The British spend more eating out than cooking at home. |
B. The British pay great attention to eating in a restaurant. |
C. The British often dine out when celebrating festivals. |
D. People tend to eat in a restaurant after watching a movie. |
A. polite | B.expensive | C.strange | D.obvious |
A. There exist great differences of rules in different restaurants. |
B. People from Wales and southeast Britain are the most polite. |
C. Your order in a takeout restaurant can be sent to your home. |
D. Traditional British food is seldom served in British restaurants. |
A.Restaurant culture in Britain. |
B.Table manners in Britain. |
C.Different restaurants in Britain. |
D.Traditional and foreign foods in Britain. |
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The twentieth century saw greater changes than any century before. Changes for the better, changes for the worse, changes that brought a lot of benefits to human beings, changes that put man in danger. Many things caused the changes, but, in my opinion, the most important was the progress in science.
Scientific research in physics and biology has vastly broadened our views. It has given us a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter and of the universe. It has brought us a better understanding of the nature of life and of its continuous development. Technology in the application of science has made big advances that have benefited us in nearly every part of life.
The continuation of such activities in the twenty-first century will result in even greater advantages to human beings; in pure science—a wider and deeper knowledge in all fields of learning; in applied science--- a more reasonable sharing of material benefits, and better protection of the environment.
Sadly, however, there is another side to the picture. The creativity of science has been employed in doing damage to mankind. The application of science and technology to the development and production of weapons of mass destruction has created a real danger to the continued existence of the human race on this planet. We have seen this happen in the case of nuclear weapons. Although their actual use has so far occurred only in the Second World War, the number of nuclear weapons that were produced and made ready for use was so large that if the weapons had actually been used, the result could have been the ruin of the human race, as well as of many kinds of animals.
William Shakespeare said, “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.” The above brief review the application of only one part of human activities—science seems to prove what Shakespeare said. But does it have to be so? Must the ill always go together with the good? Are we biologically programmed for war?
【小題1】Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?
="Paragraph" 1,②="Paragraph" 2, ③="Paragraph" 3, ④="Paragraph" 4,⑤="Paragraph" 5)
【小題2】 From the fourth paragraph, we can infer that ______.
A.a(chǎn) great many nuclear weapons were actually used for war |
B.a(chǎn) large number of nuclear weapons should have been used for war |
C.the author is doubtful about the ruin of human beings by nuclear war |
D.the author is anxious about the huge number of nuclear weapons on the earth |
A.simple | B.mixed | C.sad | D.happy |
A.Further application of science to war. |
B.More reading of William Shakespeare. |
C.Proper use of science in the new century. |
D.Effective ways to separate the good from the ill. |
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For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs. Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom (生育高峰) generation, a longer life span(壽命) means that the nation’s elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 50 years. By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change brings many problems for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions, and in law and business as well. “In addition to the doctors, we’re going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers,” says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Gerontology (老年學(xué)).www.zxxk.com
Lawyers can specialize in “elder law” which covers everything from trusts(信托) and estates to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination. Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers, 74 million strong, are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees(退休者) in human history. “Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money,” one professor says.
Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was “really bored with bacteria.” So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, “I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying.”
【小題1】.“…Old is suddenly in” (Line 1, Para. 1) most probably means “_____”.
A.America has suddenly become a nation of old people |
B.more elderly professors are found on American campuses |
C.gerontology has suddenly become popular |
D.American colleges have realized the need of getting older students |
A.The elderly possess an enormous purchasing power |
B.They can employ more gerontologists |
C.Retirees are more generous in spending money |
D.There are more elderly people working than before |
A.Retirees who are business-minded |
B.The volunteer workers in retirement homes |
C.Professionals with a good knowledge of gerontology |
D.College graduates with an MBA or law degree |
A.will provide good job opportunities in many areas |
B.will cause a heavy burden on society |
C.may lead to nursing home abuse and age discrimination |
D.will create new fields of study in universities |
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A new study suggests that the roundtheclock availability that cell phones have brought to people's lives may take a toll on family life. The study,which followed more than 1,300 adults over 2 years, found that those who consistently used a mobile phone throughout the study period were more likely to report negative “spillover” between work and home life—and,in turn,less satisfaction with their family life.
Spillover essentially(本質(zhì)上)means that the line between work and home begins to become unclear. Work life may invade home life when a parent is taking jobrelated calls at home,for instance—or family issues may start to take up work time. For example,a child may call mum at work,telling her “microwave exploded”,explained Noelle Chesley,an assistant professor of sociology at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee and the author of the study. The problem with cell phones seems to be that they are allowing for even more spillover between work and home.
This may be especially true for working women,the study found. Among men,consistent use of mobile phones seemed to allow more work issues to creep (潛入)into family time. But for women,the spillover tended to go in both directions. Being “connected” meant that work cut into home time,and family issues came into work life.
Cell phones seem to be opening more lines for stressful exchanges among family members. But there may be ways to control the spillover,according to Chesley. Employers, she said,could look at their policies on contacting employees after hours to make sure their expectations are “reasonable”.For their part,employees could decide that cell phones go off during family time, Chesley said.
【小題1】What does the underlined phrase “take a toll on” probably mean in Paragraph 1?
A.explaining. | B.founding. | C.extending | D.damaging. |
A.Separate work hours from family time. |
B.Refuse to use cell phones. |
C.Ignore coming calls during family time. |
D.Encourage women to stay at home. |
A.cell phones affect men as much as women |
B.cell phones seem to be convenient to families |
C.cell phones make the line between work and home unclear |
D.we can do nothing to solve the problem |
A. How to control the negative spillover caused by cell phones. |
B.How work life invades home life. |
C.Consistent use of cell phones makes people feel less satisfied with their work. |
D. Cell phones cause negative "spillover" between work life and home life. |
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What does the word “home” mean to you? How do you say the word in French? In Spanish? In your language? Although people usually know what the word means, it often has no exact translation. It’s not surprising really, because the idea of home differs from country to country, and from person to person. A home is more than a roof and four walls. It’s the cooking, eating, talking, playing and family living that go on inside, which are important as well. And at home you usually feel safe and relaxed.
But it’s not just that homes look different in different countries, they also contain different things and reveal(顯示) different attitudes and needs. For example, in cold northern Europe, there’s a fire in the living room or kitchen and all the chairs face it. In the south, where the sun shines a lot and it’s more important to keep the heat out, there are small windows, cool stone floors and often no carpets. We asked some people about their homes.
How often do people move house in your country?
“In my country many people don’t stay in one place for a very long time. They often move every ten years or so.”
Cheryl, Boston, USA
What are typical features of homes in your country?
“In Britain, even in town there’s always a garden and sometimes a cellar(地下室). We have separate bedrooms and living rooms. But we don’t often have balconies (陽臺). The weather isn’t warm enough!”
— Pat, Exeter, England
【小題1】Which one is true according to the passage?
A.People in Britain seldom have balconies because it’s so hot outside. |
B.“Home” is a place where you feel safe and relaxed. |
C.Although homes look different in different countries, they have the same needs. |
D.Houses in northern Europe always have big windows and cool stone floors. |
A.people can’t find this word in the dictionary |
B.no one knows what it is |
C.it has different meanings in different countries |
D.people can’t understand each other very well |
A.eat, play, and teach students | B.cook, talk, and play games |
C.swim, eat, and make friends | D.do nothing |
A.Because they want to breathe fresh air outside. |
B.Because there’s a fire in the living room. |
C.Because they wear heavy clothing all day long. |
D.Because the sun there shines a lot. |
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