When you are far away from home for the first time and have a lot to adjust to，you can't do it alone. However independent you are，it is good to have a roommate during your first year.
Living with someone helps ease your loneliness. Sure it may seem appealing to be able to play your music and turn up your TV as loud as you want, but coming home to an empty room every day can be depressing. If you have a bad day, you may want to talk to someone.
Friends are great sources of venting (宣泄), but friends can't always be there. Even worse, they may be self­centered and show no interest in your problem. It's not that roommates aren't like this, but even just small talk can help you feel better.
Having a roommate teaches you how to get along with people and settle conflict. You two should set up rules immediately and discuss what to do when there is conflict. If you two don't like each other，you still study，relax，and sleep in the same room. You must find a way to get along.
Finally，having a roommate exposes (使接觸) you to different ways of living. Your roommate may come from a different city，and have different living habits. He or she also has different interests and personalities. You don't have to end up liking the same things your roommate does，but try to learn something different. You will be surrounded by many different people in college and have the chance to try things you never have before. Why not start learning from your roommate？
Having a roommate gives you the skills and personal background you will need to utilize (利用) when you are out on your own. Make the most of living with a stranger and besides，there will be plenty of opportunities for you to have your own room later in your college years.
小題1:Who are probably the intended readers of the passage？
A．University teachers.
B．Students who are not independent.
C．Students in the first year of college.
D．Students who will graduate from college soon.
小題2:From the passage，we can learn that 　　　　.
A．roommates will become good friends in the end
B．there may be disagreements between roommates
C．students can choose those they like as their roommates
D．those with similar interests can become roommates
小題3: How is the passage organized？
 
小題4:The purpose of the passage is to　　　　.
A．tell the importance of friends
B．compare friends with roommates
C．encourage students to find a roommate
D．state the different ways of living

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
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A．a(chǎn) professional news reporter.
B．a(chǎn) young and attractive sales girl.
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A．with words only B．in many different ways
C．in letters and drawings D．with smiles, tears and hands
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B．teach each other to speak, write, read and draw.
C．know what other people are thinking about
D．learn about mountains,blue sea and other things.
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D．You are required to arrive 15 minutes earlier.
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The gestures of the head play a key role in body language. The movements of eyes and eyebrows are as important as head movements in body language.
　　Besides the gestures of the head or the movements of the eyes and eyebrows, the action of arms, hands and legs is also a large part of body language. Extending one's arm and shaking hands with others is a greeting in both formal and informal cases. This part of body language might date back to primary tribes（部落）.
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　　Besides hand gestures, there are times when a person says something with his legs as well as with his head and eyes. The leg gestures often reflect one's attitude towards something or someone that person is with.
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A．Body LanguageB．How to Communicate with the People around You
C．The History of Body Language D．Gestures And Languages
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A．hand shaking suggests that the speaker is excited
B．head plays a less important part in body language
C．a(chǎn)ctors and actresses are good at gestures
D．people began to use body language long long ago
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A．Soundless and wordless.B．Difficult to understand.
C．Powerful and vigorous.　　　D．Effective and normal
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If you see someone drowning, speed is very important. Once you get him out of the water, if he isn’t breathing, you have four minutes before his brain is completely destroyed. Support his neck, lift his head back and press his chin upwards. This stops the tongue blocking the airway in the throat and is sometimes enough to get him breathing again. If that doesn’t work, start mouth-to-mouth breathing. Press his nostrils (鼻孔)together with your fingers .Open you mouth and take a deep breath. Blow into his lungs until his chest rises, then remove your mouth ,and watch his chest fall. Repeat twelve times a minute. Keep doing until help arrives.
To bring a child back to life, keep your lips around his mouth and nose and gently blow into his mouth. Give the first four breaths as quickly as possible to fill the blood with oxygen. If , in spite of your efforts, he starts turning a blue-grey color, you can feel no pulse(脈搏). Then pressing is the last chance of saving his life.
With arms straight, rock forwards, pressing down on the lower half of the breastbone. Don’t be too hard or you may break a rib (肋骨). Check how effective you are by seeing if his color improves or his pulse becomes independent to your chest pressing. If this happens, stop the pressing. Otherwise continue until rescue arrives.
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A．how to save people out of the water
B．how to give first aid to people who are drowning
C．how to do mouth-to –mouth breathing
D．how to save a child from a river
小題2:Once you get a drowning man out of the water, if he isn’t breathing, you must first _______. 
A．get him breathing again
B．take him to the nearest hospital as soon as possible
C．find someone to help you
D．call the First Aid Center
小題3: If the drowning boy has no pulse, ____________.
A．pressing his chin upwards in enough to get him breathing
B．blowing air into his mouth is sure to save his life
C．pressing his nostrils together with your fingers can work
D．pressing is the last chance of saving his life
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A．If a man does not breathe for four minutes, his brain will be completely destroyed.
B．If you see someone drowning, you must give him mouth –to – mouth breathing.
C．Don’t stop pressing his chest, if the drowning man starts breathing again.
D．When pressing, you can do it as hard as you can.

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