四、信息还原
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有一项为多余选项。
Everyone needs friends,and if you fail to make friends, 1.
Maybe you have social faults such as talkativeness(多嘴) and improper behaviour,which drive away your new friends. Whatever your social faults may be, 2.
A friendly person does his best to make a stranger feel comfortable,wherever he happens to be. Put yourself in the other person's place and make him feel welcome.
3. It makes your new friends feel happy. And it gives them the feeling that they have made an impression on you because you remember them.
If you do not agree with other people on a certain matter, 4. Or you will lose friends easily.
Finally,a friendly person thinks of not only himself,but also others. 5.
A. do not argue,but discuss
B. you should think if there's something wrong with your personality
C. Treat different people in different ways
D. Try to remember names
E. People who refuse to consider others have few friends
F. look at them honestly,and try to correct them
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

1. B
2. F
3. D
4. A
5. E

Most people follow others blindly. Some people feel it safe (1) (follow) other people. In some rare cases it might be right,but in most cases this can be a big mistake. Actually there are reasons why we shouldn't follow others (2) (blind).
According to a study,people always follow others when they (3) (not be) sure about the direction they should take. This means a large number of people could be following others without (4) (understand) what's right and what's wrong! This attracts more people to follow them and the result is that most people move in a certain direction even if it is wrong.
A man who wants to be (5) (success) always hopes for guidance from others and he usually follows the same path of most people,but the question this man never asks (6) (he) is,"Are all of those people successful?" Of course not! If you want to follow a group,then follow a successful one. However,in real life you'll only find one successful person among (7) (hundred) of people,and that's why following others makes no sense at all.
Most people act without thinking wisely. If you always follow others because they're greater than you,sooner or later you (8) (discover) that you're making decisions you might regret later.
However,should we never follow others? No. But just think wisely before you make a (9) (decide). If you find others are right,there is no problem in following them,but if you doubt the (10) (direct) they're moving in,don't follow them blindly.

1. to follow
2. blindly
3. aren't
4. understanding
5. successful
6. himself
7. hundreds
8. will discover
9. decision
10. direction