Passage B

Friends are very important in our everyday life. Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. Certainly, sometimes we need to be alone(独自). We don’t always want people around. But we would feel lonely (孤独的)if we never had a friend.

No two people are just the same. Friends sometimes don’t get on well. That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make it up and become friends again.

Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much but we can call them or write to them. We can also make new friends. It is encouraging(鼓励) to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.

There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? Friends can make us feel happy. Being happy helps you stay well. If someone cares about you, you will take better care of yourself.

(    )36. People often feels _________ if they have no good friends.

A. happy         B. sad          C. lonely        D. unpopular

(    )37. All people need friends because they _________.

A. often feel lonely.              B. like to feel close to each other.

C. often move away.               D. want to live longer.

(    )38. People make new friends when their old friends________.

A. stay alone.                        B. are angry with them.

C. move away.                  D. have new friends.

(    ) 39. If we can’t see our friends for a long time, we ________.

A. no longer love them.          B.  don’t get on well.

C. can call them or write to them.      D. will take better care of ourselves.

(    ) 40. From the passage, we learn that if people have many friends, they ____

A. will be important.             B. will have more good news

C. needn’t make new friends        D. will live happily.

Passage C

What do you call a school with no tests, no grades, no classes, and no teachers? Students of the Met School and their parents think it to be the best school  in the world.

The school is in Rhode Island, USA. Dennis Littky opened it in 1996. He was fired(解雇) from two other schools, because many parents of the school students were happy with his unusual ideas. The school takes poor kids who are failing(失败) at schools. Nearly(几乎) everybody has already given up (放弃)these students and their parents want to try anything. The Met School gives Littky a great place to try out his new ideas.