英语人教版八年级上册【补充阅读材料】.docxVIP

What kind of friend are you? Do you think you’re a good friend? Try to do our quiz and find out what kind of friend you are! Your best friend is upset because he got 60% in his math exam and he needed 70% to get into a good high school. Do you: tell him not to worry? He isn’t clever enough for a good high school anyway. advise him that he should speak to the teacher and ask to do the exam again? tell him about your excellent mark in the exam—90%? Tell him you are going to the best high school in the city. Your friend is upset because his 80-year-old grandfather is in hospital and is very ill. Do you: ask him what he is so upset about? His grandfather is very old so he will probably die soon anyway. invite him to your house for the evening to watch a DVD and talk about his grandfather. leave him alone and talk to more interesting friends? Who wants to spend time with someone who cries all the time? Your friend is excited because he has become a ping-pong player for the province. Do you: tell him that lots of people only play one or two matches and then get dropped from the team? tell him that you are really pleased and ask if you can watch his first match? secretly try to get into the team yourself and tell the team teacher that your friend has never won a match against you? You see your friend wearing a new yellow T-shirt which looks terrible on him. Do you: laugh at the T-shirt and say his taste is terrible? say nothing, but later tell your friend that other colors look better on him? say nothing, but laugh with your other friends about it? Your friend gives you a scarf for your birthday that you don’t like. Do you: tell your friend you don’t like it and ask him to take it back to the shop and give you the money instead? thank your friend for the scarf and wear it a few times when you see your friend? say nothing, give the scarf away and stop buying presents for your friend’s birthday? How did you get on in the quiz? To find out, count how many times you chose A, B