专题07 阅读理解之说明文20篇（广州专用）（期末真题+名校模拟） -2023-2024学年九年级英语上学期期末复习查缺补漏冲刺满分（沪教牛津版）

2023-2024学年九年级英语上学期期末复习查缺补漏冲刺满分（牛津深圳版） 专题07 阅读理解之说明文20篇（广州专用） 期末真题+名校模拟 （2022上·广东广州·九年级校考期末）“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 becomes empty and sad. We all need to have friends. For some of us, making new friends is difficult. Feeling embarrassed, 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 translated into 28 languages. Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is a list of advice from his book: 1. Be friendly and polite. Always greet people with a smile. Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please” when you want to ask somebody to do something. 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 the passage. A．No one can live a hard life. B．No one can live without difficulty. C．No one can live alone. D．No one can live on an island. 2．Some of us feel it not easy to make friends because __