5)_______ is a behavior of displaying social identity.

Friends play an important part in our lives, and although we may take the fact of friendship for granted, we often don’t clearly understand how we make friends.While we get on well with a number of people, we are usually friends with only a very few---for example, the average among students is about 6 per person.Moreover, a great many relationships come under the general term friendship.”In all cases, two people like one another and enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of closeness between them and the reasons for their interest in each other vary greatly.At the beginning, much depends on how people meet, and on good first impressions.As we get to know people, we consider things like age, race, looks, economic and social status, and intelligence.Although these factors are not of the greatest importance, it is more difficult to have a good relationship with people when there is a big difference in age and background.We pay attention to actual behavior, facial expression, and the way a person speaks.Friends will stand closer together and soft voices also express friendliness, and it is because they may give the wrong signals that shy people often have difficulty in making friends.A friendly look with the wrong facial expression can turn into an unfriendly stare, and nervousness may be wrongly understood as unfriendliness.People who do not look one in the eye are not trusted when, in fact, they simply do not have confidence.Some relationships are a result of argument and discussion, but it is usual for close friends to have the same ideas and beliefs, the same opinions and interests---they often talk about “being on the same wavelength.” The more closely involved people become, the more they depend on one another.People want to do friends favors and hate to let them down.Equally, friends have to learn to make allowances for each other, to put up with annoying habits, and to accept differences in opinion.Imagine going on a long trip with someone you occasionally meet for a drink!In contrast with marriage, there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the relationship between two people.But the mutual support and understanding that results from shared experiences and emotions does seem to create a close and lasting relationship, which can overcome differences in background, and break down barriers of age, class or race.Select the most appropriate answer for each of the following questions.

1.According to the passage, a friend is___ _____.

A.somebody we usually take for granted

B.a person with whom we often go out with

C.someone with whom we occasionally go for a long trip

D.not just anybody we get on well with

2.Which of the following factors does the author believe are very important in developing friendships ?（）

A.Age and background.

B Economic and social positions

C.Race and looks.

D.Same interests and behavior.

3.The passage tells us that sometimes a face with the wrong expression could be mistaken as a sign of ______ _____ .

A.nervousness

B.confidence

C.unfriendliness

D.distrust

4.By saying that “some relationships are a result of argument and discussion”(Line 1,Para.5),the author means that ____ _____

A.bad relationships are a result of argument and discussion

B.connections with people can be developed through discussion and argument

C.argument and discussion can lead to improving personal relationships

D.arguing and discussing things will sometimes result in friendship

5.When people take about “being on the same wavelength ,”they mean that ____ ______

A.they watch the same TV programs

B.they are the same in all respects

C.they listen to the same radio programs

D.they understand and agree with each other

Every man is a philosopher. Every man has his own philosophy of life and his special view of the universe. Moreover, his philosophy is important, more important perhaps than be himself knows. It determines his treatment of friends and enemies, his conduct when alone and in society, his attitude to wards his home ,his work, and his country, his religious beliefs, his ethical standards, his social adjustment and his personal happiness.

Nations, too, through the political or military party in power, have their philosophers of thought and actions. Wars are waged and revolutions incited because of the clash of ideologies, the conflict of philosophies, h has always been so. World War Two is but the latest and most dramatic illustration of the combustible nature of differences in social and political philosophy.

Philosophy, says Plato, begins with wonder. We wonder about the destructive fury of earthquake, floods, storms, drought, pestilence, famine and fire, the mysteries of birth and death, pleasure and pain, change and permanence, cruelty and kindness, instincts and ideals, mind and body, the size of the universe and man's place in it. Our questions are endless. What is man? What is Nature? What is justice? What is duty? Alone among the animals man is concerned about his origin and end ,about his purposes and goals, about the meaning of life and the nature of reality. He alone distinguishes between beauty and ugliness, good and evil, the better and the worse. He may be a member of the animal kingdom, but he is also a citizen of the world ideas and values.

Some of man's questions have been answered. Where the answer is clear, we call it science or art and move to higher ground and a new vista of the world. Many of our questions, however, will never have final answers. Men will always discuss the nature of justice and right, the significance of evil, the art of government, the relation of mind and matter, the search for truth, the quest for happiness, the idea of God, and the meaning of reality.

The human race has reflected so long and often on these problems that the same patterns of thought recurs in almost every age. We should know what these thoughts are. We should know what answers have been suggested by those who have most influenced ancient and modern thought. We shall want to do our own thinking and find our own answers. It is, however, neither necessary nor advisable to travel alone. Others have helped dispel the darkness, and the light they have kindled may also illuminate our way.

By saying" Every man is a philosopher" (Line 1, Paragraph 1), the author implies that

A．everybody can know and use philosophic theories well enough to deal with the world.

B．philosophy will help everybody to deal with the world though he is not a philosopher.

C．everybody has his own views of life and they will practice these views in the world.

D．it is important for everybody to know and use philosophy to deal with the world.

In a country plagued by skyrocketing sick-leave costs, a new survey presented Friday found that 40% of Sweden’s population believes 【B1】______ .

The survey, by the National Social Insurance Board, also found that 65% of the 1,002 people interviewed think a stressful work situation is also a valid reason for calling in sick and collecting pay under Sweden' s liberal social programs.

The survey shows "a deep lack of knowledge about what the health insurance is meant to cover," board director Anna Hedborg said of Sweden's 9 million residents.

Alf Eckerhall, a social insurance expert with the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, went a step further: 【B2】______ .

"The insurance laws clearly state that inability to work because of illness" is the only valid reason to stay home, Eckerhall said." 【B3】______ ."

The survey, conducted June 17-24, did not have a margin of error.

Sweden' s extensive cradle-to-grave welfare system includes generous programs covering sick leave, parental leave and unemployment benefits. But paying for workers on long-term sick leave and disability has become one of the government's biggest expenditures. 【B4】______ .

In Sweden, the employer pays for the first three weeks' sick leave, and workers can call in sick for seven days before needing a doctor's certificate or medical proof.

People who call in sick do not receive any compensation for the first day they are absent. But Eckerhall said many people get around that by leaving work a little early, and then calling in sick for that day. That counts as one sick day, 【B5】______ . "That means your day without compensation was 15 minutes long," Eckerhall said. Hedborg said the board will launch a massive nationwide campaign to inform. people that illness is the only valid reason to stay home from work.

"To many, this message may seem hard and even insensitive," she wrote. "The truth is, that if we don't defend our common insurance today, we won't be able to afford keeping it.

A. many Swedes deliberately abuse the system

B. as the survey believed that the system is out of order

C. the key word is 'inability to work'-not illness

D. which lets them start receiving sick pay the next day

E. parental leave compensation doubled from $ 2 billion to $ 4 billion

F. these Swedes just don't want to work

G. sick leave compensation tripled from $ 2 billion in 1997 to $ 6 billion in 2002

H. it is acceptable to skip work because they feel tired or have trouble getting along with colleagues

【B1】______