Do you want to make friends with others? Please remember to keep your words all the time. In this way, people around you will get along well with you.
To make friends and keep them, you have to keep your words. If you agree to meet someone at a certain time, you should arrive at the place on time or a little earlier. If you agree to help others, you must do it. Of course if there is something unexpected(沒(méi)有預(yù)料到的) happening and you can’t do what you have agreed to do, your friends will understand this.
He is always lying or making excuses for breaking his words. Would you like to have him as one of your best friends? You wouldn’t. And your own friends feel the same way.
So, be more careful when you have to agree to do something for your friends. Don’t have “Maybe”in your mind when you say something about what you are going to do.
小題1:The underlined phrase keep one’s words means ____ in Chinese.

A．記住單詞

B．記錄語(yǔ)言

C．保存語(yǔ)言

D．信守諾言

小題2:If you want to make friends, it is very important to ____.

A．keep your words

B．be funny

C．be kind to them

D．be helpful for them

小題3:You wouldn’t mind if ____.

A．your friends agree to help you

B．they are helpful

C．there is something unexpected happening

D．they are late

小題4:Who can be your best friend?

A．He is always being late.	B．He is always lying.
C．He is always breaking his words.	D．He is always keeping.

小題5:We can know that ____ from the passage.

A．we shouldn’t agree to help others

B．we should be ready to help others

C．it’s difficult to make friends

D．we should keep our words when we make friends

Being shy keeps many Chinese people from getting to know westerners. You may feel nervous about making language mistakes in front of a native English speaker.
But remember, westerners living in Asia know how it feels to try to communicate in a foreign language. They have made many mistakes when speaking Chinese!
So don’t worry about speaking imperfect English. The important thing is just to communicate. Start talking, and make some foreign friends!
Many westerners value(注重) their privacy(隱私). Don’t be surprised if your new friend doesn’t want to include you in everything he does. This may seem strange to Chinese who worry about that their friends will get lonely.
Chinese people often expect their good friends to give advice and take care of them in many ways. If you expect this kind of care from westerners, you may be disappointed. Why? Because most westerners value independence. They feel insulted(侮辱的) if others think they can’t take care of themselves. They will assume(假設(shè)) you feel the same way.
Of course, these tips(小提示) are just rules of thumb(經(jīng)驗(yàn)之談) and may not apply(適用) to all westerners. Each person you meet will have his or her own ideas about friendship. When you get confused(不明白), don’t be shy and worry to ask questions. Your new western friends may also have many questions about Chinese culture, and they may be hesitant(猶豫) to ask. So encourage them to ask questions, too.
Be honest and open to your friends. Respect each other’s differences. The friendships you make can be lifelong treasure both for you and your new friends.
小題1:.Why do many Chinese people feel worried to speak to the foreigners?

A．Being shy.	B．Making a lot of language mistakes.
C．Nothing to say.	D．Can’t speak a foreign language.

小題2:.What do you think the foreigners may not be insulted with?

A．Giving advice.	B．Taking care of themselves.
C．Getting care from good friends.	D．Getting help.

小題3:.What does the underlined word “independence” mean?

A．獨(dú)立自主

B．依靠

C．失落感

D．傷心

小題4:.What may help you to make lifelong friends?

A．Be honest.

B．Open to your friends.

C．Respect each other.

D．All of the above.

Ever since I was a little child, my parents have told me to be honest because it is the right thing to do. As I got older, I realized something very important. If just once you are deceitful and tell a lie, it will greatly change people’s opinions about you and their way of acting toward you. When you tell a lie, you lose that person’s trust forever or have to work your whole life to get it back.
It is my personal goal to achieve great things in life and honesty(誠(chéng)實(shí)) will sure help me get there. For me right now losing somebody’s trust would be a truly terrible thing. My parents would be stricter on the things they let me do and the places that they used to let me go to. My friends would never again tell me a secret or believe many things I told them. Whatever you do for a living or wherever you live, honesty is something very important.
Honesty gets you much higher in life while telling a lie can make you get into more problems. I can already tell that the great people I have met so far are all honest people.
I hope that I’ll never fall into a situation where I’ll lie. Honesty is just as important to me as my family. Already, I know it is something that will improve my future and my relationship with all people. It is something about myself that I hope never to lose no matter what happens. Honesty will help me no matter whether I’m at school, home or just hanging out with friends. It is something that I hope my children will also have and value.
小題1:The underlined word “deceitful” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”.

A．strange

B．lucky

C．sad

D．dishonest

小題2:Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Being honest is very important and helpful.

B．The writer was taught to be honest when he was young.

C．The writer thinks it doesn’t matter if he tells a lie.

D．To win others’ trust is not easy.

小題3:What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?

A．Ways to be honest.

B．Honesty is very important for us to achieve our goals.

C．True friendship is based on(以…為基礎(chǔ)) others’ trust.

D．Honesty can make us live a happy life.

小題4:How is the text mainly developed?
A. By making comparisons.(作比較)       B. By showing facts.
B．By explaining reasons.               D. By giving examples.

Having friends, and finding new friendships is an important developmental task for preteens and teens. While they have learned to play well with others during their childhood, developing independent friendships is a different thing. Preteens and teens will be allowed to use their own resources to decide whether to be someone’s friend or not, instead of being taught by their parents. Parents must give their teenagers some freedom in choosing who they want to hang out with.
You can help your teens to choose their friends, although it’s your teenagers who make the final decision. You can use teachable moments to talk about what makes a good friend. Here are some points to remember when you talk about friendships with your teenagers:
1) You are allowed to have many friends;
2) Honesty is important in a friendship;
3) Friends sometimes hurt each other, but they can say sorry and forgive(原諒);
4) Friends can influence each other, sometimes they will help you but sometimes they will hurt you, too.
5) Who you choose to be your friend is important, so choose wisely;
6) It takes many learned skills to make and keep a friendship, and it also takes many skills to end a friendship;
7) It is okay and even helpful to make friends with the opposite gender(異性);
8) It takes time to make a good friend, but it is worth the effort;
9) Spending time together will help you get to know your friends well and you will feel comfortable sharing feelings;
10) A good friendship will make you feel good about yourself.
小題1:What should their parents do when teenagers make friends?

A．Do nothing but give them all the freedom.

B．Talk with them and give some help.

C．Decide and choose friends for them.

D．Stop them from making friends with opposite gender.

小題2:Which point is about how to end a friendship?

A．Point 3.

B．Point 4.

C．Point 5.

D．Point 6.

小題3:Which of the following is NOT needed in making friends?

A．Honesty.

B．Effort.

C．Lies.

D．Skills.

小題4:Who is the passage mainly written for?

A．Teachers.

B．Parents.

C．Preteens.

D．Teens.

小題5:Which of the following statement is true?

A．Friends never hurt each other.

B．There is no need to forgive friends.

C．Teenagers are allowed to have many friends.

D．Girls should never make friends with boys.