“No man is an island” is a well-known line
from John Donne’s Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now
people still agree with him. No one can live a completely isolated life.
Without other people, life became empty and sad. We all need friends.
For some of us, though making friends is
not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also
difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.
There are many books about friendship, but
Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936,
is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people
became a best-seller. It was later put into 28 languages.
Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple,
but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the
list of advice from his book.
1. Be friendly and polite. Always greet
with a smile. Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please”, when you want to
ask somebody. Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.
2. Go out of your way to be nice. Find some
time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick
neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor
feel a lot better.
3. Remember names. They say that the
sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.
4. Be open-minded. Try to understand other
people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.
5. Listen patiently. When someone is
talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when
necessary.
1.The underlined sentence “No one can live
a completely isolated life” means “______” in this passage.
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A．No one can live a hard life
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B．No one can live without difficulty
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C．No one can live alone
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D．No one can live on an island
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2.Some of us feel it not easy to make friends
because ________.
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A．we are afraid to make bad friends
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B．we are too shy to take the first action
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C．we feel worried that we won’t be able to keep our friends
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D．we feel sure that we already have enough friends
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3.We can learn from this passage that
________.
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A．John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie
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B．friends are always friends
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C．few people bought Carnegie’s book
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D．the writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale
Carnegie
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4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned
in Carnegie’s book?
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A．Say “excuse
me” before you
ask.
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B．Don’t
visit your neighbor too often.
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C．Think more about others.
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D．People enjoy hearing their own names.
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5.The best possible title for this passage
should be “________”.
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A．How to Make Friends
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B．A Famous Book
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C．About Friendship
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D．John Donne and Dale Carnegie
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