【推荐1】The phone rang. It was Bea, my 86-year-old friend. Bea wanted to know if I could take her to see the doctor. I said I could. On the date of the appointment I drove over to her home to pick her up.

Bea’s eyesight was failing so she wasn’t able to drive her car any more. However, she still kept her car and said I could drive it if necessary.

Bea’s appointment went well and we were on our way to get a bite to eat. The traffic was slow as we were near a shopping mall. Suddenly, someone hit us from behind. Bea was very angry.

I was feeling a little nervous when I got out of the car. As I walked around the car, a young African American woman got out of her car angrily! The other doors of her car started to open. For some unknown reason I walked over to this young woman and put my arms around her and gave her a hug (拥抱). When I hugged her, all the other doors shut! Bea got out. When she saw me hugging this girl, she calmed down. I called the police and they came and took a report. I really don’t know what was actually going on that day. I do know that I suddenly had the thought to hug the woman and I believed the hug would be a good thing.

1. What is the purpose for Bea to have an appointment with the author?

A．To have a meal.	B．To see a doctor.
C．To meet a woman.	D．To go shopping.

2. Why did Bea become angry?

A．Because she might miss an appointment.

B．Because the traffic on the road was slow.

C．Because a traffic accident happened to them all of a sudden.

D．Because she was suddenly beaten by someone unknown.

3. What is the result of the author’s hug?

A．The police appeared quite soon.

B．Something unpleasant was avoided.

C．Bea closed the car door immediately.

D．the African American woman was moved.

4. Which of the following does the story make us believe?

A．Friendliness is the sunshine of social life.

B．A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D．Where there is a will, there is a way.

【推荐2】A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy.     1     They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠).

Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend.     2     He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful.

At the same time, however, a good friend is honest.     3     Instead, he looks for their good points. In short, a friend will try to accept me.

    4     I can always depend on a good friend. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.

There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor, too.

    5    

A．He does not look for mistakes in others.

B．Real friends share your sorrows and joys.

C．Another quality of a friend is reliability.

D．Remember a friend in need is a friend indeed.

E．Sometimes you will meet fair-weather friends.

F．A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling.

G．When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I’ve found a friend!

【推荐3】I can’t remember if I was nine or ten years old. I do remember that it was the last day of the Boy’s Camp.     1     It hurt a lot. The day before for some silly reason I had gotten into a fight with another boy.

It didn’t take long for the bigger boys to pull us apart and call it a draw, but in truth I had lost.     2     We hadn’t talked since the fight either but only looked coldly at each other from across the room.

    3     I knew my Mom was bringing some of her homemade pizzas as a treat for my brother, me, and our friends. Soon I saw her walking up the sidewalk towards the steps of our cabin. She had been bringing these pizzas to us every Boy’s Camp for years now. I saw her smile as my brother and his friends all took the big pieces.     4     I thanked her with a smile and started to eat when I saw my fight opponent standing off to the side by himself. In that moment something moved in my heart.     5     We talked and laughed and ate. And for some reason unknown to me at the time, the pizza tasted better than ever before.

A．Still, I was in a good mood this morning.

B．Therefore, I felt rather pleased the whole day.

C．I had words with my mother over the summer camp.

D．I walked over to him and gave him one of the pieces.

E．She made sure, though, to save the last two pieces for me.

F．I was looking in the mirror and checking my face for bruises.

G．My head still hurt from several blows the other boy had landed.