Making friend is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing（樂意） to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone.
Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity.
Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are giving an opinion about us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same away. Try to accept(接受)yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束). You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to keep self-confident(自信)even when you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall(趾高氣揚)and straight, look directly at other people and smile.
If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on each other’s liking and “give and take”. They take time and efforts to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.
【小題1】If you want to meet people and make friends, what should you do?

A．Join a club or group.

B．Talk with those who like the same things.

C．Join someone in some activity.

D．All of the above(上面)

【小題2】In the sentence “After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown.”, the word “unknown” means _____.

A．without somebody knowing

B．without somebody liking

C．unfriendly

D．unpleasant

【小題3】How do you feel more comfortable when you are with new people?

A．Shake hands with others

B．Accept yourself as you are, and put the other as ease

C．Don’t talk with those who don’t like.

D．Walk tall and straight.

【小題4】If you’d like to speak to someone, what should you do?

A．You should wait until the person says something.

B．You should stay home alone.

C．You should cough until the person notices you.

D．You should say something at first.

【小題5】Friendship is based on______

A．meeting for the first time

B．each other’s liking and “give and take”

C．keeping self-confident

D．facing the unknown

Making friend is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing（樂意） to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone.

Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity.

Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.

Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are giving an opinion about us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same away. Try to accept(接受)yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束). You’ll both feel more comfortable.

Try to keep self-confident(自信)even when you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall(趾高氣揚)and straight, look directly at other people and smile.

If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.

Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on each other’s liking and “give and take”. They take time and efforts to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.

1.If you want to meet people and make friends, what should you do?

   A. Join a club or group.      B. Talk with those who like the same things.

   C. Join someone in some activity.      D. All of the above(上面)

2.In the sentence “After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown.”, the word “unknown” means _____.

   A. without somebody knowing      B. without somebody liking

   C. unfriendly                    D. unpleasant

3.How do you feel more comfortable when you are with new people?

A. Shake hands with others

B. Accept yourself as you are, and put the other as ease

   C. Don’t talk with those who don’t like.

D. Walk tall and straight.

4.If you’d like to speak to someone, what should you do?

    A. You should wait until the person says something.

  B. You should stay home alone.

    C. You should cough until the person notices you.

 D. You should say something at first.

5.Friendship is based on______

    A. meeting for the first time    B. each other’s liking and “give and take”

    C. keeping self-confident      D. facing the unknown

 

Making friend is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing（樂意） to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone.
Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity. Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are giving an opinion about us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same away. Try to accept(接受)yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束). You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to keep self-confident(自信)even when you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall(趾高氣揚)and straight, look directly at other people and smile. If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on each other’s liking and “give and take”. They take time and efforts to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.
【小題1】If you want to meet people and make friends, what should you do?

A．Join a club or group.	B．Talk with those who like the same things.
C．Join someone in some activity.	D．All of the above(上面)

【小題2】In the sentence “After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown.”, the word “unknown” means _____.

A．without somebody knowing	B．without somebody liking
C．unfriendly	D．unpleasant

【小題3】How do you feel more comfortable when you are with new people?

A．Shake hands with others

B．Accept yourself as you are, and put the other as ease

C．Don’t talk with those who don’t like.

D．Walk tall and straight.

【小題4】If you’d like to speak to someone, what should you do?

A．You should wait until the person says something.

B．You should stay home alone.

C．You should cough until the person notices you.

D．You should say something at first.

【小題5】Friendship is based on______

A．meeting for the first time	B．each other’s liking and “give and take”
C．keeping self-confident	D．facing the unknown

Now, there is a new-type school in New York, which has no everyday lessons, no class teachers and even no school buildings. It is called “City-as-School”. The name just means the city itself is the place where students learn their lessons. They are from the age of 15 to 18. The students choose areas of work which interest them. Then they help to do that work. One girl spends her week in a government office helping the public with problems like housing. Then she goes to help in a theatre for a day and she spends a week for first-year courses at college.
Well, students have to pass Maths and science exams before they enter the “school”. These subjects are not easy to provide in“City-as-School”. Teachers watch the progress of the students. The success rate (比率) is high. 80% of the students go to college after the “City-as-School”.
The students like the duty of their work. They have the sense of purpose. They know a lot about different kinds of work in the city. One of the students, Lizette Martinez, writes “I want to say that I do not know where I would be right now if I had never become part of City-as-School. Leaving my regular high school and going to City-as-School was the best decision I have ever made. The way the school works to get you to go out there and learn different fields instead of sitting in a classroom is wonderful. For all those who are in between school and dropping out, go to CAS and it will change your life forever.”
City-as-School High School is the nation’s leading (引導(dǎo)) external (外部地) learning or experiential (來自經(jīng)驗的) learning model for high school students.
【小題1】What can we learn about“City-as-School”?

A．It has no teachers.	B．It has no school buildings.
C．It has only girl students.	D．It is the only school in the city.

【小題2】What do students do in“City-as-School” most of the time?

A．They do whatever they like.

B．They learn Maths and Science.

C．They help with work in a certain area.

D．They learn all the college courses.

【小題3】According to the passage,“City-as–School” can help _________.

A．a(chǎn)ll the students go to college

B．students forget the duty of their work

C．students earn much money while studying

D．students learn a lot about different kinds of work

【小題4】What is the best title for the passage?

A．A New City	B．A New School
C．A New-type School	D．A Girl in New York

This is our classroom. It is a new room. (1)There are four windows in the walls. The walls are white. There is a map of China on the back wall. (2)教室里有五十五張桌椅。They are for our students . There is a big desk over there, too. It’s the (3)___________ desk. We like all our teachers very much.
1、將(1)處的英文譯成漢語。   
                                                                          
2、將(2)處的漢語譯成英文。
                                                                          
3、在(3)處的空白處填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。                                        
4、從文中找出與下列句子意思相近的句子：The room is new.
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