| A．At a flower shop. | B．At a concert. | C．At a wedding. |
Taimur and Daniyal were twins and had been my next door neighbors since I was five years old. Not only did we go to the same school, but our evenings and weekends were spent together too. It was like we were inseparable. I never felt that I needed any friends other than them. Unexpectedly, one evening their parents shared the news of them moving to another country-Australia.
I was shocked to realize that we would never be together, started recalling all the good times we had spent together, such as playing in the school breaks, the play dates, and all the fun things we did. Was it all going to end?
When we had been through so many highs and lows together, shared secrets and supported each other through thick and thin, their moving away felt like my heart was being taken away. The news of their departure left me feeling empty and lost.
I was thinking about the biggest change that I was going to face in a few days, it was a difficult pill to swallow, but I knew I must move on. Though it wasn’t easy at first, I was trying my level best to beat the mental pain I was in.
After hearing the news, every day felt like a struggle. The school didn’t feel the same; the lunchbreaks had no purpose. Soon there would be no one to compare the test marks with, homework remarks would not excite me like before, and so on. I couldn’t help but feel lost and alone already.
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Seeing my condition, my family advised me to make the most of the time that was left before they moved.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Saying goodbye wasn’t easy, but it set my heart at ease to realize that we could still be the closest friends.
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Young men now, each
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| A．finishing | B．unfolding | C．decreasing | D．improving |
| A．disliked | B．attracted | C．arranged | D．adopted |
| A．blocks | B．abandons | C．makes | D．quits |
| A．offence | B．boredom | C．sense | D．discrimination |
| A．flee from | B．take over | C．deal with | D．think of |
| A．before | B．until | C．despite | D．without |
| A．hair | B．bond | C．brain | D．health |
| A．surprise | B．gratitude | C．excitement | D．enthusiasm |
| A．gatherings | B．harbors | C．airports | D．stations |
| A．messy | B．quiet | C．clean | D．elegant |
| A．enjoy | B．separate | C．express | D．thank |
| A．ancient | B．modern | C．peaceful | D．troubled |
| A．photos | B．seats | C．sides | D．posts |
| A．farther | B．higher | C．longer | D．closer |
| A．harm | B．good | C．justice | D．honor |
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Dear Snowy,
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Yours,
Li Hua
5 . My parents and teachers-even some of my friends—think I’m quiet and shy, really smart but not very cool. In fact, that’s who I am when I am with them, but not who I really am. The real me comes out when I’m around guys who are more like me-like Tom Henderson and Graham Barry. I met Tom and Graham at a Young Scientist contest last y car. The three of us were among the five finalists. As soon as we met, we really hit it off.
As we talked about the conference, we discovered that all three of us were interested in space debris mitigation, which is the study of the prevention of space garbage damaging satellites and the new space station. It was great to meet other people my age who actually knew what I was talking about. When I talk about “space garbage,” most of the kids at my school just say, “Oh, you mean like asteroid-type (小行星之类的) things? I played a videogame about that once.”
Luckily, we met each other on the first day of the conference, so we were able to spend a lot of time together for the entire three days. We talked about everything from the best schools to go to, what degrees to get, and even the names of the best people in each field. We want to study with the pioneers. Both Tom and I want to study with Dr. Claude Phipps, the inventor of a project that developed a laser (光) that knocks down space garbage before it does any damage to expensive space vehicles. Graham wants to study under Didier Patrick Queloz, the physics Nobel winner from the University of Cambridge.
Even though the three of us don’t get a chance to see each other very often, we’re still the best of friends. We call each other a couple of times a month. I always feel happy when I talk with Tom and Graham. It’s like the other person in me wakes up. With them, I’m my “real shade.”
1. What does the underlined phrase “hit it off” in paragraph 1 mean?| A．Competed seriously. | B．Prepared fully. |
| C．Got on well. | D．Stood out fast. |
| A．Concerned. | B．Confused. | C．Disappointed. | D．Surprised. |
| A．He is a Nobel Prizewinner in physics. |
| B．He finds some asteroid-type things. |
| C．He reduces the price of space vehicles. |
| D．He contributes to dealing with space garbage. |
| A．A friend is a second self. |
| B．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| C．A friend to all is a friend to none. |
| D．A friend is easier lost than found. |
1. Why did the brothers grow apart?
| A．They had different hobbies. |
| B．They stopped living in the same house. |
| C．They no longer spent much time together. |
| A．Regretful. | B．Hurt. | C．Angry. |
| A．Leave his brother alone. |
| B．Try talking to his brother. |
| C．Invite his brother to hang out. |
| A．His colleague. | B．His wife. | C．His boss. |
| A．Have a class trip. | B．Visit the woman. | C．Make a paper airplane. |
| A．Read books. | B．Chat with his friends. | C．Travel the world. |
Golden Girl
When your mother enters her ninth decade, you make a point of being a little extra careful for any signs of decline—memory loss, repetition and the like.
Thankfully, my mother has been blessed with good health, and her mental state seems to have remained alright. But when she got inked at such an advanced age, I had to wonder.
My mother looks just like many grandmothers, short, slightly fat and white-haired. She’s rosy-cheeked and jolly, and when she laughs her eyes almost seem to disappear behind her fleshy cheeks. She comes from an old, traditional family. She was a career civil servant. In short, she didn’t do crazy suff.
That all changed a few years ago. She began to surprise my older brother and me with what she described as “independence.” At the time, we merely saw them as examples of irresponsibility and possibly age-related questionable judgment.
In early 2015, the year she turned 75, she informed us she’d booked a seven-night trip to Turkey. Alone. Because she had never been. Of course, that was astonishing. There was no way my brother and I could allow that. A shaky little old lady wandering the streets of Istanbul on her own, not speaking a word of Turkish, with no knowledge of the laws and customs of the land—it was out of the question!
She paid no attention to us. Off she went. When she returned, she told us it had been a wonderful success. As it turns out, she had barely spent any time alone after hiring a taxi driver to show her around Istanbul for a few days. He took her to open-air markets, parks, and restaurants. He introduced her to a rug(小地毯)seller named Mustafa, “a lovely fellow,” and she bought some rugs. The seller had taken her address details and promised to ship the rugs home. The seller and my mother apparently struck up quite a friendship and she had told him to please drop by if he were ever in Canada. My mother beamed as she told this story.
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We couldn’t believe how naïve (幼稚) she had been and sat her down to explain that she had been tricked.
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