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阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day I was in a parking lot when a sincere man came to me asking for help with directions. He had a printout of Google maps from the airport to a ________ on the main street, but couldn’t ________ it. He clearly didn’t have a phone, so after confirming his written directions, I mapped it on my ________ and showed him exactly where he needed to go.
He mentioned that he had ________ going there, but there was no such street number and he couldn’t locate his hotel. I ________ it again for him, he thanked me with a big ________, shook my hand, and took off. I got into my car and he got into his, and we ________ ways. As I drove to the next store and went in, I found something wasn’t right about the ________ so I Googled again and ________ that he was looking for the right ________ but in a city a half hour away!
Unfortunately it had been several minutes, and in the peak rush hour time, the ________ o f finding him was slim to none. But I decided to give it a ________ and took off in that direction. I had barely ________ what his car looked like, and was just about to________ . I parked my car and wa________what else I could do when the man drove right by and ________ over into a nearby parking spot, still ________ about where he was.
When I pulled in next to him, he couldn’t believe it. “________ did you find me? ” he asked. “ I’m not sure, but I ________that you are in the wrong city! ” I showed him the right directions, and after more smiles, laughs and a handshake, we parted ways again. Probably we’ll never ________ again, but that makes it all the more sweet.
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Friends are very important in our everyday life.Everyone needs friends.We all like to feel close to someone.It is nice to have a friend to talk,laugh,and do things with. ,sometimes we need to be alone.We don’t always want people .But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are .Friends sometimes don’t get on well.That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other.Most of the time they will and become friends again.
Sometimes friends move away.Then we feel very .We miss them very much,but we can call them and write to them.And we can new friends.It is encouraging to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.
There’s more good news for people who have friends.They live longer than people who don’t.Why? Friends can make us feel happy.Being happy helps you well.If someone cares about you,you take care of yourself.
A．Hardly B．Nearly C．Suddenly D．Certainly
A．alone B．away C．all over D．around
A．friendly B．kind C．just the same D．quite different
A．make up B．run away C．get around D．set off
A．angry B．sad C．happy D．alone
A．search B．contact C．make D．know
A．stay B．match C．think D．organize
A．less B．better C．little D．lot
Many people think that Americans their cars almost more than anything else. When __ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their ___ cars. They don’t ask for a car from their __. So many of them work in __ time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.
Some people almost _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will ___ their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may most of their time washing and repairing their cars.
A．prefer B．love C．drive D．play
A．little B．big C．old D．young
A．new B．own C．expensive D．cheap
A．friends B．teachers C．parents D．brothers
A．free B．busy C．study D．good
A．make B．mend C．wash D．drive
A．always B．never C．often D．usually
A．take B．carry C．pull D．lift
A．question B．wrong C．mistake D．problem
A．cost B．get C．spend D．use
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool.A letter can be enjoyed,read and . It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart(远离的)；it can keep a with very little effort.
I will give. A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting We had been close as but had grown apart. Our meetings were not ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only our misunderstanding. Then he a small island in the Caribbean and we touch .One day he wrote me a letter. He describeb his island and its people, told me what he was doing,said how he felt,and encouraged me to . Rereading the letter, I was by its humor(幽默)and clever expressions,These were all qualities for which I had respected my order brother but he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so .And with that one letter we became friends .
It might never have occurred to to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no ,For him, writing was a necessity, It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch.Because we live in an age of communication(通讯),people often that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a . And that is to write.
A．received B．rewritten C．returned D．reread
A．record B．promise C．friendship D．secret
A．an example B．a lesson C．an experience D．a talk
A．through B．together C．along D．away
A．brothers B．children C．fellows D．classmates
A．normal B．necessary C．pleasant D．possible
A．deepen B．start C．express D．settle
A．toured B．stopped over C．reached D．moved to
A．lost B．kept in C．needed D．got in
A．think B．write C．enjoy D．read
A．driven B．beaten C．surprised D．honored
A．never B．seldom C．sometimes D．once
A．realized B．judged C．thought D．expected
A．well B．often C．much D．soon
A．later B．anyhow C．too D．again
A．us B．anyone else C．someone D．my brother
A．mail services B．transport C．phones D．relatives
A．poor B．easy C．popular D．busy
A．believe B．decide C．argue D．forget
A．habit B．choice C．method D．plan
When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”.
At the of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park, I a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a , permanent campsite in the park, and , the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an for the following day.
The park was , so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼬) walking toward our table. We climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to our camp.
Having survived that night, we were that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening, , we learned about the canyon . They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay in the dark until the winds died away.
the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and the little money my wife by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful . For a time after our business I thought I might lose my family as well.
Living in the tiny with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky, I found myself for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
A．back B．edge C．centre D．entrance
A．sponsored B．published C．noticed D．answered
A．safe B．free C．convenient D．beautiful
A．in return B．in time C．in short D．in turn
A．attempt B．agreement C．appeal D．appointment
A．crowded B．dangerous C．ideal D．quiet
A．repeatedly B．immediately C．eventually D．calmly
A．attack B．leave C．pass D．search
A．satisfied B．determined C．confident D．aware
A．responsibilities B．requirements C．circumstances D．conditions
A．moreover B．therefore C．meanwhile D．however
A．winds B．snows C．woods D．trails
A．shaking B．quarrelling C．mourning D．aching
A．After B．Between C．During D．Beyond
A．give away B．hand out C．live on D．put aside
A．borrowed B．earned C．posted D．raised
A．business B．career C．family D．image
A．started B．failed C．expanded D．declined
A．truck B．park C．house D．camp
A．desperate B．ready C．suitable D．thankful
One day all the employees of a very famous company reached their office and all saw a big sign on the main door which said this：
“Yesterday, the ____ who has been hindering (阻碍) your growth in this company ____. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been ____ in the gym. ”
In the beginning, they all got ____ for the death of one, of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting ____ to know who was that person that hindered the ____ of their colleagues and the company itself?
The ____ in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd ____ the room. The more people ____ the coffin (棺材), the more the excitement heated up. Everyone thought, “____ is it that was hindering my progress？”
One by one the intrigued(引起好奇心的) employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it, they ____ became speechless.
They all got to stand near the coffin, and felt shocked and ____， as if someone had touched the deepest part of their ____. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who ____ it could see themselves! There was also a sign next to the mirror that ____：
“There is only one person who is capable of setting ____ to your growth and IT IS YOU！” Your life does not ____ when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your husband or wife changes…
No, your life changes when YOU change, when you ____ your limiting beliefs inside.
Examine yourself; watch yourself. Don't be afraid of ____， impossibilities and losses. Be a winner; build yourself and your reality. ____， it's the way you face life itself that makes the difference.
A．person B．boss C．sign D．funeral
A．died away B．died out C．passed away D．passed out
A．protected B．prevented C．proved D．prepared
A．happy B．sad C．joyful D．grateful
A．calm B．curious C．conscious D．convenient
A．growth B．width C．faith D．strength
A．way B．meaning C．excitement D．disappointment
A．within B．without C．about D．around
A．bought B．sold C．reached D．touched
A．What B．Which C．Where D．Who
A．carefully B．actually C．suddenly D．madly
A．in silence B．in return C．in heed D．in order
A．hand B．soul C．mouth D．face
A．put outside B．put inside C．looked outside D．looked inside
A．talked B．spoke C．said D．told
A．deadlines B．demands C．limits D．lacks
A．calculate B．cancel C．communicate D．change
A．go beyond B．go together C．go without D．go towards
A．acquaintances B．difficulties C．advantages D．bargains
A．Forget B．Follow C．Remember D．Obey