1 . There are three different kinds of friends in our life. I classify (分类) them according to how well I know them and how well they know me.

The first type of friend is just an acquaintance (熟人). This means that you only know their name. You might not even remember what they look like if you go away for a short vacation. You don’t miss them when they are elsewhere. It is also this type of friend who gives you the most amount of aggravation (恼怒). Since most of the time you are placed in a position where you have to act friendly, you would not normally tell an acquaintance when he or she is doing something that makes you feel angry, such as tapping the fingers on a table or shouting loudly. I call them “pest friends”.

The second kind of friend is a “guest friend”. They are just social partners. You meet them at a certain location and at the end of the meeting you go your separate way and they go theirs. You don’t talk too often with this sort of friend, and you don’t share each other’s secrets.

Lastly, we have “best friends”. This sort of friend is there when you need them. They know you as a person and they are there through thick and thin. Best friends are the ones that you can lean and depend on no matter what happens. If you need a listening ear, they will be the one to lend support.

Friends come in all different shapes and sizes. Every friend has an impact on our life. . .

1. According to the writer, when a friend of the first type acts in an annoying way, you .

A．can tell him/her about it directly

B．should stay away from him/her

C．should advise him/her to correct his/her behavior

D．may find it hard to tell him/her not to do so

2. Which of the following statements is WRONG about the second type of friend?

A．They are only social partners.

B．You don’t talk very often with them.

C．You don’t share your secrets with them.

D．They are called “pest friends” by the writer.

3. If someone is with you through thick and thin, it means .

A．he/she is your friend for sure

B．he/she agrees with whatever you say

C．you spend most of your time together

D．he/she is with you even when there are difficulties

4. What will most probably be talked about in Paragraph 5?

A．How to make friends.

B．How friends influence our life.

C．How to improve friendship.

D．How to get along well with the third type of friend.

5. What is this passage mainly about?

A．What a true friend is like.

B．Three kinds of friends in our life.

C．The role that friends play in our life.

D．Why there are different kinds of friends.

2 . My son was ten at the time and we were on a late night family car trip to Cleveland for the get-together the next day. I was taking my _______ at the wheel while my husband and my little daughter _______.My son, full of energy, was wide awake in the back seat. I _______ to stay awake, too, and I didn’t want to _______ the radio, so I asked him to talk to me to help keep me _______.“Sure, Mom,” he said, “what do you want to _______?” I told him I’d talk about anything he wanted to talk _______.“How about frogs?” he asked. I said that would be _______,and for the next hour or so we talked about the _______ between frogs and toads(蟾蜍),and ________—basketball and soccer. He was quite ________ when we talked about Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson and how they got to be so famous. Now and then he would ________,but we’d continue to talk as I drove down the ________ road. 

About an hour and a half later, when I finally________,the bright lights woke everyone, and the magic of our discussion ________.But I knew I had taken the first step toward changing a bad listening habit with someone I love very much.

1.

A．offer

B．step

C．place

D．turn

2.

A．learned

B．ate

C．exercised

D．slept

3.

A．failed

B．needed

C．refused

D．agreed

4.

A．move

B．take

C．play

D．touch

5.

A．patient

B．pleased

C．awake

D．strong

6.

A．discuss

B．do

C．prove

D．say

7.

A．to

B．for

C．with

D．about

8.

A．lucky

B．fine

C．simple

D．dangerous

9.

A．studies

B．rules

C．differences

D．competitions

10.

A．tasks

B．sports

C．shows

D．programs

11.

A．interested

B．surprised

C．angry

D．sorry

12.

A．stay

B．stop

C．watch

D．leave

13.

A．dark

B．main

C．wide

D．beautiful

14.

A．passed

B．followed

C．finished

D．arrived

15.

A．worked

B．continued

C．disappeared

D．changed

3 . 语法填空

Look at the round cakes．They are made by Siew Boon．She is a jelly artist     1     runs her own business．She has created beautiful 3D jelly cakes by     2    （use）seaweed jelly and natural coloring．

Siew Boon     3    （begin）her business more than two years ago．In late 2017，unfortunately，doctors found a cancer on her breast．However，she was determined not to let cancer get in the way of her doing     4     she loved．On the days when she was feeling     5    （well），she spent time creating 3D jelly cakes for her team of doctors and carers．

During her fight with breast cancer，focusing on creating beautiful 3D jelly cakes helped to turn her focus away     6     the physical pain and negative thoughts．Moving forward，she hopes to find     7    （way）to make it a meaningful career．

Every piece is created upside down and takes up to 4 hours to complete．The flowers are made with special tools．It takes a lot of creativity and     8    （patient）to create every piece．

Aside from being beautiful，the cakes are special in taste．They have a     9    （vary）of unique tastes，such as flavors of apples，lemons，peaches and roses．

Siew Boon thinks the most     10    （satisfy）part of her job is to be able to bring joy to others．

4 . I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer, none came.
My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace. It seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work though she’d never been able to. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside — a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
1. The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.

A．after Mother died	B．before she became a writer
C．when she was a child	D．when mother gave it to her

2. The passage shows that _______.

A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

B．Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done

C．Mother cared much about her daughter in words

D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.

3. The world “gulf” in the passage means _______.

A．deep understanding between the old and the young.

B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter.

C．free talks between mother and daughter.

D．part of the sea going far in land.

4. What did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?

A．She had never received the letter.

B．For years, she often talked about the letter.

C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

D．She read the letter again and again till she died.

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．My letter to Mother	B．Mother and Children
C．My Mother’s Desk	D．Talks between Mother and me.

5 . I climbed the stairs slowly,carrying a big suitcase,my father following with two more. By the time I got to the third floor,I was_______and at the same time feeling lonely. Worse still,Dad_______a step and fell,sending my new suitcases_______down the stairs. “Damn!”he screamed,his face turning red. I knew trouble was ahead. Whenever Dad's face turns red,_______!

How could I ever_______him to finish unloading the car without screaming at me and making a scene in front of the other girls,girls I would have to spend the rest of the_______with?Doors were opening and faces peering out(探出),as Dad walked with difficulty close behind. I felt it in my bones that my college life was getting off to a(n)_______start.

“Enter the room quickly,”I thought. “Get him into a chair and calmed down.” But then again,would there be a chair in Room 316?Or would it be a(n)_______room?

Finally I turned the key in the lock and_______the door open,with Dad still________about a hurting knee or something. I put my head in,________the worst. But to my________,the room wasn't empty at all!It had furniture,curtains,a TV,and even paintings on the walls.

And there on a well­made bed sat Amy,my new roommate,dressed neatly. Greeting me with a nod,she said in a soft voice,“Hi,you must be Cori.” Then,she________the music and looked over at Dad. “And of course,you're Mr.Faber,”she said,________.“Would you like a glass of iced tea?”Dad's face turned________less red before he could bring out a “yes.”

I knew then that Amy and I would be friends and my first year of college would be a success.

1.

A．helpless

B．lazy

C．anxious

D．tired

2.

A．took

B．minded

C．missed

D．picked

3.

A．falling

B．rolling

C．dropping

D．coming

4.

A．go ahead

B．look out

C．hold on

D．give away

5.

A．lead

B．help

C．encourage

D．get

6.

A．year

B．season

C．month

D．day

7.

A．fresh

B．late

C．bad

D．unfair

8.

A．small

B．empty

C．new

D．neat

9.

A．knocked

B．forced

C．pushed

D．tried

10.

A．thinking

B．complaining

C．talking

D．arguing

11.

A．expecting

B．catching

C．finding

D．forgetting

12.

A．regret

B．disappointment

C．astonishment

D．knowledge

13.

A．turned on

B．turned down

C．turned up

D．turned away

14.

A．questioning

B．wondering

C．smiling

D．guessing

15.

A．helplessly

B．hurriedly

C．happily

D．obviously

6 . 第一节：完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 - 30各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words---though they mean ___21___ at the time to the people who say them --- can have great power.
I recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalkoff, who has been a professional ___22___ for the last twenty-four years, mostly in advertising.
As a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and ___23___. He had few friends and no self-confidence. Then one day, his high school English teacher, Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would ___24___ the last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything special about the chapter he wrote, or what ___25___ Mrs. Brauch gave him. ___26___, what he does remember is the four words in the paper: “This is good writing.” Thanks to the four words, his life has been ___27___ greatly.
“ Until I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or what I was or what I was going to be,” he said, “ After reading her ___28___, I went home and wrote a short story, ___29___ I had always dreamed of doing but never believed I could do.”
Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories, and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for instruction. “She was ___30___, helpful and honest. She was just what I needed,” Dalkoff said.1.

A．much

B．little

C．well

D．ill

2.

A．report

B．designer

C．writer

D．teacher

3.

A．weak

B．independent

C．troublesome

D．helpless

4.

A．follow

B．change

C．connect

D．explain

5.

A．help

B．encouragement

C．grade

D．words

6.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Meanwhile

D．Besides

7.

A．improved

B．developed

C．changed

D．enriched

8.

A．chapter

B．novel

C．note

D．explanation

9.

A．everything

B．something

C．nothing

D．anything

10.

A．encouraging

B．careful

C．strict

D．effective