初一阅读提升训练 1.doc

初一阅读提升训练 11 FRIENDS welcome to Southwark School! When you go to a new school, it can be scary. You worry about your studies. You worry about your studies. You also worry about making friends. You worry that no one will like you. But do not worry to much. Most of the time some people are friendly and some people are not. Usually there are some people you like at once. These people often like you too. How do people make friends? What makes a person a friend? Heres what one student says: “My name is Helen. Amy and Sally are my best friends. Amy has been my friend since my first day at nursery school. We were three years old then. Were 14 now! I like her because she is happy almost all the time and very friendly. Sally is quiet person. She makes friends more slowly. However, she is just as good a friend as Amy. They are both interested in the same things as me, and we listen to each others problems. Amy likes to talk and Sally likes to listen. We are all good at different school subjects. so we help each other with our homework too!”WORD BANKscary 令人惊恐的worry 担忧、担心almost 差不多，几乎quiet 文静的、沉默寡言的subject 科目EXERCISES1.Match the word with its correct meaning in the text. worry most often friendly think that something bad might happen or has happened usually a thing that is difficult to do or to understand problem behaving in a kind and open way2. Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false (F). 1) You dont worry about anything when you go to a new school. ( ) 2) Most of the time Amy is happy while Sally is quiet. ( ) 3) When Helen and Amy were three years old, they were at the same nursery school. ( ) 4) Helen, Amy and Sally are good friends, so they do homework for each other. ( )2 WE SPEAK DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENGLISHBen: Hi, Sally!Sally: Hello, Ben!Ben: Oh, yes, thats right! You British people say Hello, not Hi. I forgot that.Sally: Actually, lots of British people say Hi these days. Its all the American TV we watch. I dont think people over in America say Hello much, do they?Ben: No, most people just say Hi, as Hello sounds very formal.Sally: Well, lets be British and say Hello to each other for a change.Ben: OK, Sally!Sally: OK is not British. In Britain we say Alright.Ben: Thats not true. EVERYONE in the whole world says OK! Even the French say OK.Sally: Well, yes, thats true. But alright is proper English now.Ben: So it is a kind of old-fashioned English. But OK, I mean alright. Ill try it. But will anyone understand me?Sally: Yes, of course they will, Oh, look, here comes Tony. Hes from Australia. I wonder whether he says Hello or Hi.Ben: Hi, Tony!Sally: Hello, Tony!Tony: Gday, you two!Sally: Oh no! He speaks Australian English!WORD BANK forget 忘记alright 还好、还可以whole 整个的、全部的French 法语、法国人proper 正确的、合适的old-fashioned 陈旧的mean 想说、意指try 尝试EXERCISES1. Find the following six words from the puzzle. startforgetProperEnglishagainEnglishCABAGAINOMDHFXWVZPNOEJOKDORYBSHIRCUSTARTENGLISHPQRIAEFJGWQOYKJTPROP