课时1 七1～2 一、任务型阅读(共10分) Be loyal to a friend. Part of being a friend is being prepared to devote your time and energy to helping out your friends. If your friend needs help with an unpleasant thing, or if he or she just needs a shoulder to cry on, be there for him or her. 1. _____ This is a good way to attract the kind of friends you want in your life. 2. _____ When you say you’ll do something, do it. When your friend tells you a secret, keep it secret from others. Be someone that people know that they can rely on. If you show this quality to your friends, they will appreciate it and will be reliable in return. Be a good listener. Many people think they have to appear very interesting. 3. _____ Listen carefully to what people say, remember important details about them, ask questions about their interests, and take the time to learn more about them. Stress your good qualities. Show others what makes you stand apart from the crowd. Talk about your interests and hobbies. Everyone has interesting stories to tell—don’t be afraid to share yours. 4. _____ People love to be around someone who makes them laugh. Choose your friends wisely. As you make friends with more people, you may find that some are hard to get along with. Sometimes you may even realize that certain friendships are unhealthy. 5. _____ Value those friends who are a positive influence in your life, and do your best to be a positive influence in theirs. A. Be a reliable friend. B. Besides, a little humor always keeps a conversation light and happy. C. In this case, walk your way out of the friendship as gracefully as possible. D. Being a loyal friend will attract other people to you who value this quality. E. Far more important than that, however, is the ability to show that you’re interested in others. 二、阅读理解(共10分) Have you ever had an experience where you meet someone new, learn their name and think to yourself, “Wow, they really look just like their names！” What does this mean? Scientists are suggesting that humans connect people’s names with their appearance, and can even guess one’s name based on how he looks. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel collected thousands of photos of people’s faces. They labeled each photo with four names. Then, they asked volunteers to guess which of the four names was correct. The volunteers were able to guess 38 percent of the right names. It seems that humans are able to recognize certain characteristics of faces that can give them clues about someone’s name, Reader’s Digest reported. However, this only works when we’re looking at names within our own culture. In addition, the volunteers are not good at guessing the real names of people who use nicknames more often than their real names. This shows that a person’s appearance is influenced by his name only if he uses it often. “This kind of face?name matching happens because of a process of self?fulfilling prophecy, as we become what other peop ... ...
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