A few days ago, I got a letter from a student. In his letter, he told me, “I have this friend at school. She’s one of my good friends but lately she has been ___36__ strange. When I talked to her the other day, she said coldly, ‘Do I look like I care?’ She was being all strange to me. She told me __37___ she thought I was a bad friend, but she still thinks I am her best friend. I am so confused.”
In my letter in reply, I gave him my advice:
After reading your question, I can understand why you’re confused. It sounds like your relationship with your friend is a little shaky. There could be several reasons for her __38__. For example, maybe she has a lot on her mind and is __39__ a few challenges of her own. She may not feel comfortable talking to anyone about them __40__ and may just need a little time to sort through her own feelings. Or, on the day you talked to her, she could have been having a bad day and didn’t realize she was very cold to you. I could list a few more __41__for you, but you know, __42__, the only person who knows why your friend reacted that way is your friend. My__43__ to you is to tell her how you feel. Let her know she hurt your feelings and ask why on some days she’s nice to you, and on other days she isn’t __44__ nice. It could be that your friend is making some other new friends at school and is having difficulty __45___ her old relationships. Whatever her reasons are, you should let her know that you are a unique, caring person who certainly deserves a good friendship at school, _46__ you wouldn’t have taken the time to write me. If your __47__ with this person fades a bit, it’s OK, because you will develop may other friendships.
36. A. proving B. thinking C. showing D. acting
37. A. before B. if C. until D. in case
38. A. background B. feelings C. reaction D. appearance
39. A. getting alone B. going through C. blaming for D. standing up
40. A. already B. too C. yet D. afterwards
41. A. choices B. questions C. opportunities D. excuse
42. A. last but not least B. to conclude C. to be honest D. as a result
43. A. letter B. focus C. recommendation D. advice
44. A. too B. as C. also D. such
45. A. refusing B. finding C. remembering D. balancing
46. A. and B. otherwise C. because D. so
47. A. attitude B. progress C. hesitation D. closeness
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从 31~50 各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even seem like the person.
When I first knew Bill, back in , he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑的) people I had ever . He was always ready to have a . He usually went out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or drove 50 miles to see an old he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and was never dull when he was . With him there was one wild after another. Sometimes I wonder how we to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. , I wasn’t even it was he. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never Bill changing so much. My image of him the one I had formed the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s to expect people to remain the same, especially I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he the same way about me.
A.proper B.same C.regular D.common
A.childhood B.primary school C.high school D.college
A.considered B.supposed C.met D.expected
A.party B.quarrel C.meeting D.class
A.man B.hospital C.film D.hotel
A.study B.life C.work D.fun
A.in B.down C.away D.around
A.dream B.mistake C.chance D.joke
A.decided B.continued C.managed D.hoped
A.As usual B.By accident C.From then on D.All the time
A.glad B.surprised C.excited D.sure
A.thought B.talked C.argued D.spent
A.best B.last C.next D.only
A.interest B.career C.subject D.problem
A.forgot B.minded C.liked D.imagined
A.remained B.reminded C.suggested D.became
A.since B.from C.at D.till
A.unnecessary B.foolish C.common D.unusual
A.because B.that C.how D.when
A.felt B.acted C.looked D.Discovered
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On a Friday , a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin.The music was , and many people and put some money into the of the young man.
The next night, the young artist took out a large piece of and laid it on the ground. Then he began . The music sounded more pleasant. Some people gathered and they found the on that paper. “Last night, a gentleman put a(n)
thing into my hat. Please come to get it back.” When the people saw that, they felt very curious and began to what it could be. After about half an hour, a man there in a hurry and said, “It can’t be true!You ...you ...”
The young violinist asked, “Did you something?”
“Lottery (彩票).”the man answered .
The violinist took out a lottery ticket. “Is it?”he asked.
The man was too to say a word ...George Sang alottery ticket a few days ago. The awards(奖)opened yesterday and he won $500,000. So lucky and excited did he feel that he 50 dollars and put it in the hat when hearing the music. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown into the hat without being noticed. The violinist found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would to look for it, he came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.
Someone asked the violinist he returned the lottery ticket to the man. He said, “ I don’t have much , I live happily; but if I lose I won’t be happy forever.”
A.morning B.afternoon C.noon D.night
A.quiet B.beautiful C.familiar D.exciting
A.slowed down B.speeded up C.passed by D.went away
A.wallet B.bag C.hat D.box
A.paper B.glass C.plastic D.cloth
A.working B.waiting C.singing D.playing
A.poems B.articles C.words D.texts
A.important B.fantastic C.dangerous D.interesting
A.argue B.care C.expect D.guess
A.came B.rushed C.walked D.left
A.get B.find C.forget D.lose
A.quickly B.anxiously C.seriously D.carefully
A.confused B.anxiously C.excited D.surprised
A.bought B.made C.found D.sold
A.handed out B.took out C.hunted for D.picked up
A.forget B.remember C.return D.picked up
A.where B.why C.when D.how
A.If B.While C.Because D.Although
A.money B.food C.time D.luck
A.friendship B.hope C.love D.honesty
Carly Zalenski’s eyes were filled with tears as the dusty bus ran down a dirt road in southern Vietnam. She and her parents had travelled to Ho Chi Minh City by plane from Canton, Ohio of the USA. As they became to the village, hundreds of cheering stood in lines at the to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had money for.
Carly started helping when she was eight. She often walked about to send Thanksgiving baskets at church to families in need. When she saw one girl very little in a snowy day and others didn’t have warm , she went door-to-door asking for coats, hats, gloves, and scarves, then handed them to the poor families with the baskets.
However, Carly wanted to do more—she wanted to “change these children’s with her efforts”. She remembered that her grandmother’s Rotary club had collected money to build a in Vietnam a few years ago. She wanted to build a school, .
She put together a short show on the people and culture of Vietnam to his audience. her new braces(脚支架) made it to make the speech, she was full of enthusiasm, “I want to give them a place to their lives better.”
That summer, Carly with her family across Ohio, visiting three or four Rotary clubs a week. “We travelled like people to all these meetings,” said her mother. In two years, Carly had raised $50,000. At the donation in Hoa Lac, the school principal was deeply by the little girl. “How wonderful it is,” he said, “that a girl at her age wants to do something for kids so far away.”
A.farther B.closer C.higher D.faster
A.adults B.farmers C.workers D.children
A.entrance B.centre C.top D.exit
A.collected B.borrow C.saved D.earned
A.another B.the others C.others D.the other
A.wearing B.putting on C.dressing D.taking off
A.houses B.beds C.clothes D.food
A.new B.beautiful C.used D.broken
A.out B.up C.back D.over
A.anything B.something C.everything D.nothing
A.moods B.works C.studies D.lives
A.church B.village C.library D.school
A.either B.also C.too D.neither
A.Because B.Unless C.Although D.When
A.hard B.funny C.easy D.happy
A.remain B.make C.turn D.allow
A.set off B.take off C.turn off D.pay off
A.sick B.disabled C.crazy D.friendly
A.ceremony B.tradition C.currency D.condition
A.surprised B.pleased C.excited D.touched
When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very . Some stories are told they were true. Real people who live in a world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of . When we read or write something, we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our -- which is real-- and our imagination-- which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we that we are real and they are . It sounds , but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by 52 that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.
A.possible B.easy C.new D.different
A.that B.what C.whether D.as if
A.usual B.normal C.certain D.common
A.realistic B.reasonable C.moral D.instructive
A.difficult B.impossible C.important D.necessary
A.thinkable B.designed C.imagined D.planned
A.do B.make C.have D.are
A.lessons B.dreams C.experience D.magic
A.working B.thinking C.living D.understanding
A.knowledge B.skill C.words D.grammar
A.make B.get C.use D.have
A.a newspaper B.something C.everything D.a story
A.find B.learn C.know D.hope
A.too B.not C.all D.so
A.dangerous B.serious C.strange D.terrible
A.talk B.learn C.read D.think
A.telling B.pretending C.promising D.guessing
A.mind B.life C.world D.society
A.heart B.time C.money D.ourselves
A.what B.how C.when D.why
When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg a few coins, do you hurry on, not what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly some money? What should our attitude beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems not to give some money to beggars.
, most of the world's great religions order us to be open-hearted and what we have withthose less lucky than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally right in the old days, one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the bestidea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their .
First, some believe that many city beggars dress up to look pitiable and actually make a good from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil.
, there is the worry thatthe money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs.
Thirdly, there is the opinion there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one's sense of andself-dependence.
There is an opinion that the problem should be handled by the government ordinarypeople. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and help.
It is hard to come to any final conclusion: there are various and we must them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the .
A.to B.with C.at D.for
A.knowing B.expecting C.demanding D.settling
A.put away B.hand over C.take in D.get out
A.at B.in C.over D.towards
A.must B.can C.need D.might
A.warm-hearted B.generous C.cruel D.considerate
A.Strangely B.Honestly C.Certainly D.Surprisingly
A.give B.donate C.share D.contribute
A.why B.when C.what D.how
A.arguments B.quarrels C.sayings D.talks
A.on show B.on purpose C.for fun D.by accident
A.money B.comfort C.living D.decision
A.Secondly B.Surely C.Possibly D.Then
A.what B.whether C.that D.which
A.goodness B.pride C.security D.responsibility
A.rather than B.or rather C.other than D.but also
A.produce B.receive C.earn D.offer
A.cases B.events C.conditions D.states
A.go with B.communicate with C.deal with D.meet with
A.giver B.receiver C.villager D.government