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Sometimes, though, they can be difficult to say.__1__
It"s not about winning.
Friendships aren"t like the Super Bowl, and there should never be a winner and a loser. When you
start fighting with a friend, it may feel important that you "win" the fight by proving you"re right and he is
wrong, or by making him be the first to apologize.__2__
You may have heard the expression "His pride stood in the way." It is usually used to describe a
person who is so determined to be "right" that he lets an opportunity for happiness pass him by forever.
__3__Remember:as time goes on, we usually forget who was right and who was wrong in a disagreement, and only remember the sadness of losing a friend.
Take the first step.
Are you sick of fighting?Do you think this fight is just not important enough to ruin your friendship?
__4__You don"t have to take full responsibility for starting the fight, or even say that your feelings were
wrong. But you should find something you did or said that"s worth apologizing for. Maybe you"re sorry
that you let the fight go for so long, of that you overreacted(反应过度的) to something your friend did.
If you say you are sorry, it"s like an invitation for your friend to do the same.__5__
A. Then try to be the first to apologize.
B. Stop thinking about your pride.
C. It"s about taking some responsibility for the argument.
D. Don"t let this happen to a friendship you care about.
E. Here are some things to keep in mind.
F. There are some special cases when you shouldn"t be the one to apologize first.
G. Once you"ve both said it, you"ll both feel a million times better.
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试题【阅读理解 No fight can end, and no friendship can move on, until everyone says the】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Some people say, "Extreme sports are so dangerous, but_1_ would anyone want to do them?"But
the danger is 2 makes them so exciting. Keep reading to find out about the most popular ones.
Bungee jumping:People on some South Pacific islands have been bungee jumping for hundreds of years .
In 1979, some people bungee jumped off a bridge in England and made 3 sport popular around the
world.
Skateboarding:At first, this sport 4 (call) "sidewalk surfing". Skateboarders, 5 often jump high
into the air, go down steps or slide down rails (轨道) on their boards, wear baggy trousers so they can
move more 6 (free).
Skydiving:This is probably the scariest extreme sport. Skydivers jump 7 airplanes about four
kilometers up in the sky. They"re usually in a state of freefall for a while and then open a parachute 8
(slow) down for a safe landing.
Snowboarding:This became a Winter Olympic sport in 1998.People fastened their feet to the board
with special shoes and without __24__(use) any ski sticks. They ride down hills, jump high 10 do tricks.
British people are allowing their manners to slip.It _1_ (claim) last week that more than eight out of
ten passengers refuse to give up 2 seats on the bus, train or tube.Around half of workers do not make
cups of tea 3 colleagues while 86% of people do not offer to help others carry bags.
According to a survey, the main causes of decline in manners were lack of time and stress at work.
Jamie Wilson, 4 has worked as a health care provider for thirty years, said, "Spending just half an
hour a month helping someone else can make a real 5 (differ) to your life as well as theirs."
"As a health care provider, we encourage our staff to get active in the community, 6 (support)
others.In fact, we give 100 days a year to staff to spend helping at 7 charity located in the city."
" 8 all of us know that helping others is beneficial to them, many people don"t realize that it can also
improve their own mental and physical health, "Dr Christian Jessen, a mental health expert, said."Simple
activities 9 walking the neighbour"s dog or helping in the garden help to burn calories and improve
general 10 (fit), leading to a healthier and happier nation."
damage is done after an earthquake than when it _1_(happen). However, you can do a great many things 2 an earthquake that may help to protect your home.
Firstly, make sure there is no gas leak.The professional 3 (suggest) is to turn off the gas line if you
can.If there is a gas leak and you can"t turn it off, 4 is recommended that you get everyone out of the
house 5 go to a neighbor"s to call the fire department.
Secondly, make sure none of the water pipes are broken.Even if you don"t see any water leaking, you
should call the water company to see 6 the water is safe to drink.You don"t want any one of your family members to get sick because he or she has drunk 7 (safe) water, right?
The last thing you should do is 8 (make) sure the foundation of the house is not cracked or sinking.
A cracked or sinking foundation can be a sign 9 the house may collapse.In that case, leave the house
and do not enter it until 10 expert looks at the problem.
Providence built a company around sleep deprivation.
Jason Donahue, Ben Rubin and Eric Shashoua were working late nights in Brown"s business
and engineering schools-and began thinking about ways to sleep better.
They discovered they weren"t alone in burning the midnight oil.Around 20% of Americans get
less than six hours of rest a night.
The friends imagined a smart alarm clock that could track how much time we spend in the most
restorative(促使康复的) stages of the sleep cycle:REM(快速眼动) and deep sleep.What would it
cost to design such a thing?Five years of research,20 employees, $ 14 million in funding and a whole
lot of doubting from investors and scientists.
The company, Zeo, based in Newton, Mass., launched its product in June.The Zeo device uses
a headband with tiny sensors(传感器) that scan your brain for signs of four sleep states:REM, light,
deep and waking sleep.The smart alarm clock displays a graph of your sleep pattern and wakes you
as you"re transitioning out of REM sleep (which is when you"re least sleepy). In the morning you can
upload the data to the company"s website, and so track your sleep over time.The cost, $ 399, includes
six months" access to one of Zeo"s online sleep coaches.Most of the feedback comes in the form of
Zeo"s ZQ score showing how well you"ve slept.
"Zeo allows people to unlock this black box of sleep, "says Dave Dickinson, a healthcare CEO.
Whether any of this actually improves sleep is up to the consumer, who will also need to make lifestyle
changes like cutting out alcohol before bedtime or caffeine after 3 p. m..
For now the company is selling Zeo online only.Dickinson also plans to expand to countries such as
Australia, where sleep deprivation approaches US levels.
1. Why did the three students imagine a smart alarm clock?
A. To earn enough money for a scholarship.
B. To wake them up on time in the morning.
C. To record the length of their sleep time.
D. To improve the quality of their sleep.
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. It took 14 employees five years to develop the product.
B. Their research received a lot of support from investors.
C. About one in five Americans suffers from poor sleep.
D. Alcohol or caffeine before bedtime affects sleep.
3. Which is the correct order of how the Zeo device works?
a. wake you when you"re least sleepy
b. scan your brain for sleep signs
c. get the Zeo"s ZQ score
d. show a graph of your sleep pattern
e. upload the data to the company"s website
A. d, b, a, e, c
B. b, a, d, c, e
C. d, b, a, c, e
D. b, d, a, e, c
4. The Zeo"s ZQ score is connected with________.
A. the quality of sleep
B. the length of sleep
C. the time of waking up
D. the time of going to bed
5. From the passage we can learn that________.
A. Zeo will have a direct effect on users" lifestyles
B. Zeo will have better results if users make proper changes
C. Zeo is reported to be well received in Australia
D. Zeo can now be bought either in stores or online
The Barcelonabased architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a threenight stay at the hotel.This price also includes an eightweek training course on an island.During their stay, guests would see the sunrise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes.
Galactic Suite Ltd"s CEO Xavier Claramunt says the project will put his company in a leading position of a new industry with a huge future ahead of it, and forecasts space travel will become common in the future."It"s very normal to think that your children, possibly within 15 years, could spend a weekend in space, "he told Reuters Television.
A promising space tourism industry is beginning to take shape with construction in progress in New Mexico of Spaceport America, the world"s first facility (设施) built specifically for passengers.British industrialist Richard Branson"s space tours firm, Virgin Galactic, will use the facility to send tourists to space at a cost of $200,000 a ride.
Galactic Suite Ltd, set up in 2007, hopes to start its project with a single pod (分离舱) in orbit 280 miles above the earth."It will take a day and a half to reach the pod, and the passengers will join it for three days, "Claramunt said.More than 200 people have expressed an interest in traveling to the space hotel and at least 43 people have already reserved it.
The numbers are similar for Virgin Galactic with 300 people already paid or signed up for the trip, but unlike Branson, Galactic Suite says they will use Russian rockets to transport their guests into space from a spaceport to be built on an island in the Caribbean.But critics have questioned the project, saying the length of time that will be used is unreasonable and also where the money is coming from to support the project.
1. What"s Xavier Claramunt"s attitude towards the space tourism industry?
A. Quite critical.
B. Slightly worried.
C. Highly optimistic.
D. Fully satisfied.
2. Virgin Galactic"s guests will be transported into space by using rockets produced in________.
A. Spain
B. America
C. Britain
D. Russia
3. Which of the following is one of the critics" concerns about this project?
A. It is hard to ensure the safety of tourists.
B. There are many technical difficulties.
C. It will be a waste of resources.
D. It may lack support in money.
4. According to the passage, traveling to the space hotel ________.
A. will soon be possible for common people
B. has attracted the attention of some people
C. will make a large profit for the tourist industry
D. is considered an industry with a huge future by many people
5. What"s the best title for the passage?
A. The world"s first space hotel is to open in 2012
B. The world"s first commercial spaceport is being built
C. Space tourism:a surprising new industry
D. Space travel will become common in 15 years
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