1. When will a double room be available at the earliest?
| A．Next Saturday. | B．Next Monday. | C．Next Sunday. |
| A．$100. | B．$60. | C．$180. |
| A．The environment. | B．The price. | C．The size. |
1. How many kids are there in John’s family?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. |
| A．He’s strong and has brown hair. |
| B．He’s thin and wears glasses. |
| C．He’s tall and has blond hair. |
1. Why will the girl go to the school hall?
| A．To attend a Christmas party | B．To prepare for a play. | C．To see a film. |
| A．At 8: 10. | B．At 8: 00. | C．At 16: 00. |
| A．An applicant. | B．An impression. | C．A job. |
| A．A camera. | B．A notebook. | C．Pens and paper. |
| A．In a college. | B．In his own place. | C．In his parents’ house. |
| A．On a train. | B．On the mountain. | C．In a city. |
| A．The basketball team. | B．The football team. | C．The baseball team. |
9 . I started the topic “question of the day” in my family text group. We’d talk about everything from movies to politics. But my loved ones warned me that some of my answers were judgmental (武断的)and that I was too quick to attack an opinion. I all but killed that group text. It had a good 12 people in it. We’d shared laughs, encouragement, and funny memes (表情包). It took only one conversation-which I was in the middle of-to end it.
I realized that I had a problem. The reason for my problem is the smartphone. Smartphones enable instant communication. When in the past people talked on the telephone, you could cut in a “What do you mean by that?” to correct a misunderstanding before it got out of hand. But don’t-misunderstand me: I love a good group text. It makes me feel connected to people in a way that I just can’t seem to anymore, now that I have a wife and kids.
I’m learning, but I made mistakes again recently. I joined a new text group. I introduced my topic “question of the day” again. I thought foolishly that I was encouraging a healthy debate on current eyes. No. Others in the group saw it as me trying to prove that my way was the right way. Then I made the mistake of sharing a friend’s personal information, which he had told me during a phone conversation. I thought everyone knew it. Then this friend started referring to me as a snitch — not a kind word. So I asked him about it in person. That’s when he told me I’d shared sensitive information he hadn’t told anyone else. I apologized plentifully and came away from the conversation and more determined to slow down my texts.
My new determination seems to be working. Now I have avoided making a few points that I had meant to make in individual and group texts. In some cases, I didn’t even respond, but I haven’t lost any more connections by doing this.
1. How does the author introduce the topic?| A．By commenting on politics. | B．By replying to some text messages. |
| C．By describing his personal experience. | D．By starting a funny conversation. |
| A．Refusing to listen to others; | B．Sending quick and sharp answers. |
| C．Failing to express himself timely. | D．Focusing on his own matters. |
| A．He gave away his friend’s privacy. |
| B．He always made mistakes on current events. |
| C．He made a fool of himself in chatting. |
| D．He always shared his own personal information. |
| A．Hurry makes wonder. | B．Understanding each other is a must. |
| C．Sometimes fast is just too fast. | D．Trust is the bridge of communication. |
Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket. I have thought long and hard about it and it’s true. I would have been a different person if my mom hadn’t turned a silly bicycle accessory (配饰) into a life lesson I carry with me today.
My mother and father were united in their way of raising children, but it mostly fell to my mother to actually carry it out. Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task, but she made it look effortless. If we complained about not having what another kid did, we’d hear something like, “I don’t care what so-and-so got for his birthday, you are not getting a TV in your room, a car for your birthday, a lavish sweet 16 party.” We had to earn our allowance by doing chores around the house. I can still remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table. My brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house. Like the two little girls growing up at the White House, we made our own beds. We had to keep track of our belongings, and if something was lost, it was not replaced.
It was summer and, one day, my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixed — and there it was in the window. White, shiny, plastic and decorated with flowers, the basket winked at me and I knew — I knew — I had to have it.
“It’s beautiful,” my mother said when I pointed it out to her, “What a neat basket.”
I tried to hold off at first, and I played it cool for a short while. But then I guess I couldn’t pretend to ignore it any longer: “Mom, please can I please, please get it? I’ll do extra chores for as long as you say. I’ll do anything, but I need that basket. I love that basket.”
I was desperate.
“You know,” she said, gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I believed was the coolest thing ever. “If you save up you could buy this yourself.”
“By the time I make enough it’ll be gone!”
“Maybe Roger here could hold it for you,” she smiled at Roger, the bike guy.
“Mom. Someone else will buy it.”
“There might be another way,” she said.
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My mother bought the beautiful basket but hid it, and I was determined to make enough money.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________However, the unthinkable happened — a neighborhood girl appeared with the exact same basket.
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