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【題目】“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion. It was written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely lonely life. Without other people, life will become empty and sad. We all need to have friends.

For some of us, although 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:

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.

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.

Remember names.

They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.

Be open-minded.

Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.

Listen patiently.

When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.

【1】What does the underlined sentence “No one can live a completely lonely life.” mean?

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】Why do some of us find it not easy to make friends?

A. Because we are afraid of making bad friends.

B. Because we are shy to take the first action.

C. Because we feel sure that we already have enough friends.

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

【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

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】What does the writer mainly want to tell us?

A. How to Make Friends.

B. A Famous book about friendship.

C. Friendship is the first.

D. Something about John Donne and Dale Carnegie.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】人不會完全孤獨地生活在世界上，我們都需要朋友。本文介紹了戴爾·卡耐基的名著《如何贏得朋友并且影響別人》，書中講述的是如何交朋友的一些建議：友好并且有禮貌、盡力和藹、記住名字、開放的觀點、有耐心地傾聽等等。

【1】推理判斷題。題意：有下劃線的“No one can live a completely lonely life.”是什么意思？A. No one can live a hard life.沒有人可以過艱苦的生活；B. No one can live without difficulty.沒有人可以過沒有困難的日子；C. No one can live alone.沒有人可以單獨生活；D. No one can live on an island.沒有人可以生活在一座島嶼上。由第一段里的：Without other people, life will become empty and sad. We all need to have friends.沒有其他人，生活會變得空空的，令人傷心的。我們都需要有朋友�？梢酝茰y出本句的意思是說沒有人可以完全獨立地生活，我們都需要朋友。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。題意：為什么我們中有些人發(fā)現(xiàn)交朋友不容易？A. Because we are afraid of making bad friends.因為我們害怕交壞朋友；B. Because we are shy to take the first action.因為我們害羞而不能走出第一步；C. Because we feel sure that we already have enough friends.因為我們相信自己已經(jīng)有足夠多的朋友了；D. Because we feel worried that we won’t be able to keep our friends.因為我們對我們不能留住朋友而擔心。由第二段里的：feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move.可知，因為感覺害羞，所以我們可能不想邁出交友的第一步。故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。題意：根據(jù)短文下面哪一個是對的？A. John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie. John Donne向Dale Carnegie學到了一些東西；B. Friends are always friends.朋友始終是朋友；C. Few people bought Carnegie’s book.很少有人買Carnegie的書；D. The writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie.本文作者贊同 John Donne和Dale Carnegie的觀點。根據(jù)短文內容，作者介紹了John Donne的名言和Dale Carnegie的名著，他同意兩人的觀點。故選D。

【4】主旨大意題。題意：作者主要想告訴我們什么？A. How to Make Friends.怎樣交朋友；B. A Famous book about friendship.一本關于友情的名著；C. Friendship is the first.友誼第一；D. Something about John Donne and Dale Carnegie.一些有關John Donne和Dale Carnegie的情況。本文主要介紹的是戴爾卡耐基的名著《如何贏得朋友并且影響別人》，書中講述的是如何交朋友的一些建議。故選A。