一、Migrant Workers

In the past twenty years, there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to another. While some countries have ____1____(restrict) most jobs to local people，others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers. This is particularly the case in the Middle East, where increased oil incomes have __2___ (able) many countries to call in outsiders to improve local facilities. Thus the Middle East has attracted oil-____3___ (work) from the U. S. A. and Europe. It has brought in workers from many countries,___ 4___( include) South Korea and Japan.

In view of the difficult living and working conditions in the Middle East, it is not __5 __(surprise) that the pay is high to attract suitable workers. Many engineers and technicians can earn at least twice as much money in the Middle East as they can in their own country,and this is a major __6___ (attract).

Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating advantage. For example, the difficult living conditions often lead to __7___ ( increase) friendship when workers have to depend on each other for __8__ (safe) and comfort. In a similar way,many migrant workers can save large sums of money __9 ___(part) because of the lack of entertainment facilities. The work is often complex and full of problems but this __10____ (mere) takes greater challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions to problems rather than do routine work in their home country.

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二、Friendship

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 blanket term "friendship". In all cases, two people like each other and enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of intimacy between them and the reasons for their mutual interest vary enormously.

Initially, much depends on how people meet, and on favourable first impressions. As we get to know people, we take into account things like age, race, physical attractiveness, economic and social status,and intelligence. Although these factors are not of prime importance, it is more difficult to relate to people when there is a marked difference in age and back ground.

On a more immediate level, we are sensitive to actual behaviour, facial expression, and tone of voice. Friends will stand closer together and will spend more time looking at each other than mere acquaintances. Smiles and soft voices also express friendliness, and it is because they may transmit the wrong signals that shy people often have difficulty in making friends. A friendly gaze with the wrong facial expression can turn into an aggressive stare, and nervousness may be misread as hostility. People who do not look one in the eye are mistrusted when, in fact, they simply lack confidence.

Some relationships thrive on argument and discussion, but it is usual for close friends to have similar ideas and beliefs, to have attitudes and interests in common-they often talk about "being on the same wavelength". It generally takes time to reach this point;sometimes people "click" immediately. The more intimately involved people become, the more they rely on one another. People want to do friends favours and hate to let them down. Equally, friends have to learn to make allowances for each other,to put up with irritating habits,and to tolerate differences of opinion. Imagine going camping with someone you occasionally meet for a drink!

In contrast with marriage, there are no friendship ceremonies, no rituals to strengthen the association between two people. But the mutual support and understanding that results from shared experiences and emotions does seem to create a powerful bond, which can overcome differences in background, and break down barriers of age, class or race.

1.The average student has about six friends. ()。

A、Right

B、Wrong

C、Not mentioned

2.Two people can be considered friends so long as they care for each other and like being together. ()。

A、Right

B、Wrong

C、Not mentioned

3.Favourable first impressions count for a lot in making friends. ()。

A、Right

B、Wrong

C、Not mentioned

4.Friends usually belong to the same race. ()。

A、Right

B、Wrong

C、Not mentioned

5.Only smiles can express friendliness. ()。

A、Right

B、Wrong

C、Not mentioned

6.Shy people tend to misinterpret other people's facial expressions. ()。

A、Right

B、Wrong

C、Not mentioned

7.In all cases, close friends have similar beliefs and interests. ()。

A、Right

B、Wrong

C、Not mentioned

8.The degree of intimacy between friends is largely determined by their social status. ()。

A、Right

B、Wrong

C、Not mentioned

9.There are apparently no bonds between friends as there are between husband and wife. ()。

A、Right

B、Wrong

C、Not mentioned

三、参考答案：

Migrant Workers：

1.解析为现在完成时态要使用过去分词，因此restrict要加-ed改为restricted的形式。

答案为restricted。

2.解析为助动词have后应填入动词的过去分词形式构成现在完成时态，able的动词形式为enable(使能做……)，其过去分词形式为在词尾加-d。

答案为enabled。

3.解析为此处应填入名词形式，work的名词形式worker(工人)可以与oil构成复合名词oil­worker。注意此处要使用复数形式。

答案为workers。

4.解析为此处应填入include的介词形式including，表示包含、包括。

答案为including。

5.解析为动词surprise的形容词形式有两种，surprised和surprising，前者用来修饰人，后者修饰物。通常在It is...句型中应填入其-ing形式的形容词。

答案为surprising。

6.解析为形容词major(主要的)后面应填入名词形式。动词attract的名词形式是attraction(吸引力)。

答案为attraction。

7.解析为friendship之前应填入形容词修饰。increase的形容词形式increased意为增加的、增强的，符合题意。

答案为increased。

8.解析为comfort(安慰、慰藉)为名词形式，因此and之前也应为名词形式来构成并列结构。safe的名词形式为safety(安全)。

答案为safety。

9.解析为part为形容词形式，此处应填入其副词形式修饰because of后面的内容。

答案为partly 。

10.解析为修饰动词take应用副词形式。mere的副词形式为merely(仅仅、只不过)。

答案为merely。

Friendship：

A、A、A、B、B、C、B、B、B

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