1 . Friendship makes life colorful. A teenager who has some good friends is surely more popular than one with few. So people all want others to be their friends, but they don't give friendship back. That is why some friendships don't last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to be one. You must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous; be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you don't tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven't been honest, you may lose your friend's trust. Good friends always count on one another to speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing and makes a friendship grow. You should share your ideas and feelings with your friends. These can be very valuable to them. They tell your friends what is important to you. By sharing then you help your friend know you better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with problems. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be the first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend's place so you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships are ever exactly alike. But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friends, you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding.
1. According to the passage honesty is ________.A.something countable | B.more important than anything else |
C.as important as money | D.the base of friendship |
A.A friend who gives you his lunch money is a true friend. |
B.Sharing your mind with your friend is of great value. |
C.Discussing your problem with your friend often helps to solve the problem. |
D.Always tell your friend the truth. |
A.Honesty Is the Best Policy | B.A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed |
C.How to Be Friends | D.Three Important Points in Life: |
2 . Senior citizens are permitted to travel cheaply on a bus if they have a special card. Women may get cards when they are sixty.
Mrs. Matthews lives in the country but she went into town once a week to buy food and other things for the house, and she usually went by bus. She always had to pay the full price for her ride.
Then she reached the age of sixty and got her senior citizen's card, but when she used it for the first time on the bus, it made her feel very old.
The bus driver had often seen her traveling on the bus before, and he notices that she was feeling unhappy, so after she had paid her money, he winked (眨眼) at her and whispered, “Don't forget to give your mother's card back to her when you see her again.”
Mrs. Matthews was very happy when she heard this.
1. Senior citizens in the story refer to ________.A.those who have special cards | B.those who want to travel cheaply |
C.old people with special cards | D.people holding high positions |
A.They have to pay their special card. |
B.They don't have to pay for taking buses. |
C.They have to pay the full price for their ride. |
D.They pay less for their ride i£ they have a special card. |
A.Twice a week. | B.Once a year. |
C.Every other week. | D.Once a week. |
A.Because he knew her mother was still alive. |
B.Because he hoped to make her feel younger. |
C.Because she did not pay money for taking the bus. |
D.Because she shouldn't have used her mother's card. |
3 . “Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”
After graduating from college in 1932, I decided to find a job as a sports announcer (播音员) on the radio. I took the bus to Chicago and knocked on the door o£ every radio station. But I was refused every time. In one studio a nice lady told me that big radio stations didn’t want to accept inexperienced persons. “Go to the countryside and find a small station that might give you a chance,” she said.
I returned home, Dixon in Illinois. My father said Smith Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department. Since I had played football at Dixon in high school, I applied. The job sounded just right for me, but I still failed in the interview. As I left his office, I felt sad. I asked aloud, “How can a man become a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard Smith Ward calling, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he made me stand before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary (虚构的) game. As a result, I did a wonderful job and was told to broadcast Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again: Everything happens for the best if you carry on. One day something good will happen.
1. When did the writer graduate from college?A.In 1931. | B.In 1932. | C.In 1933. | D.In 1934. |
A.The writer. | B.Smith Marx. |
C.The writer’s father. | D.Smith Ward. |
A.Thursday’s game | B.Friday’s game |
C.Saturday’s game | D.Sunday’s game |
A.you will fail if you keep on trying |
B.you will succeed if you keep on trying |
C.you will lose money if you keep on trying |
D.you will make money if you keep on trying |
4 . When I was ten, my mother worked all day, so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time, my little brother was about four years old and he
One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his
During my whole life, I have received the
A.loved | B.missed | C.called | D.praised |
A.clothes | B.coat | C.shoes | D.trousers |
A.lost | B.destroyed | C.found | D.bought |
A.sell | B.make | C.afford | D.change |
A.get up | B.move out | C.sit down | D.go back |
A.after | B.before | C.until | D.while |
A.how | B.what | C.when | D.why |
A.way | B.mum | C.brother | D.shoe |
A.letters | B.kindness | C.sadness | D.presents |
A.poem | B.song | C.skill | D.lesson |
5 . About a year ago, I had to spend a week in a hospital, because of the deadly food poisoning. There I met an elderly woman, who
And only recently, I suddenly decided to learn singing. I was
It was easy to find that woman. I remembered her name and there was only one
Learning to sing was like learning to walk. It was like
A.turned out | B.ran out | C.went on | D.called on |
A.lose | B.cross | C.change | D.slip |
A.realistic | B.fashionable | C.unavailable | D.worthless |
A.sorting | B.owning | C.evolving | D.walking |
A.jokingly | B.painfully | C.lightly | D.properly |
A.planned | B.wished | C.heard | D.regretted |
A.sound | B.hope | C.talk | D.voice |
A.benefit | B.damage | C.habits | D.dates |
A.literary | B.architectural | C.medical | D.musical |
A.casually | B.seriously | C.rudely | D.uniquely |
A.from | B.under | C.for | D.during |
A.wrote | B.left | C.played | D.kept |
A.giving out | B.admitting to | C.belonging to | D.finding out |
A.existence | B.contents | C.purpose | D.forms |
A.words | B.notes | C.noises | D.spirits |
1.住宿条件;
2.活动安排;
3.其他事项(气候差异、着装提醒等)。
注意:1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear William,
I am delighted to know that you are coming to China,
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Yours,
Li Hua
7 . 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 |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
1.欢送会的时间和地点;
2.感谢Tom的帮助;
3.美好祝愿。
注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头语已为你写好,不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
How time flies! It’s one year since you came to study Chinese in our school.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
9 . My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult. For instance, Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who took the time to ask me what happened. When I explained that my baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged me to confess (认罪) to her. After all, I should have been playing in the park down Fifth Street and not in the path between buildings. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window from my pocket money if she would return my ball. I also learned from Steve that personal property is a sacred (神圣的) thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else in spite of the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father carved from a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. Davids, and still remembered the smell of her perfume as she patted me on my shoulder. Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind. When I was twelve I killed an old brown sparrow in the yard with a BB gun. Excited with my accuracy, I screamed to Steve to come from the house to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is if it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me.
1. What is the main subject of the passage?A.The relationship between Mark and Steve. |
B.The important lesson Mark learned in school |
C.Steve’s important role in Mark’s growing process. |
D.Mark and Steve’s respect for living things. |
A.he felt surprised | B.he was light-hearted |
C.he felt frightened | D.he knelt before her |
A.Respect for personal property. |
B.Respect for life. |
C.Sympathy for people with problems. |
D.The value of honesty. |
A.Respect for living things. |
B.Responsibility for one’s actions. |
C.The value of the honesty. |
D.Care for the property of others. |
A.Mark was still a boy when he wrote this passage. |
B.Mark lost the small dog his father gave him. |
C.When a living thing hurts you, you should kill it. |
D.Even if a living thing hurts you, you should not kill it without hesitation (犹豫). |
10 . I stood outside New York’s Madison Square Garden and just stared, almost speechless. I was a farm boy from County Kilkenny, a child who some thought would never walk, let alone go as far as I had in the world.
From the day I was born, there was a problem. The doctors at the Dublin hospital told my parents I had phocomelia, a deformity that affected both legs below the knee, which were outward and shorter than normal and each foot had just three toes.
Life was tough. I couldn’t stand, much less walk. I rarely, left the farmhouse---and then only in someone’s arms. Mam bundled me up whenever she took me to town, no matter the season.
“The world will see him when he can walk,” she told Dad. “And he will walk.”
Mam devoted herself to helping me. She tried everything to get me on my feet. When I was three, she and Dad took me to a clinic in Dublin.
A few weeks later we returned to Dublin with my artificial limbs (肢). Back home I practiced walking with my new limbs.
“There’s nothing anyone can do but you can’t,” Mam said. “You and I are going to walk through town.”
The next day Mam dressed me in my finest clothes. She wore a summer dress and fixed her hair and makeup. Dad drove us to the church. We stepped out of the car. Mam took my hand. “Hold your head up high, now, Ronan,” she said.
We walked 300 meters to the post office. It was the farthest I’d walked, and I was sweating from the effort. Then we left the post office and continued down the street, Mam’s eyes shining with a mother’s pride.
That night, back on our farm, I lay exhausted on my bed. It meant nothing, though, compared to what I’d done on my walk.
Then I began to pursue my dream of singing. And at every step Mam’s words came back to me—Ronan, you can do anything anyone else can do—and the faith she had in God, who would help me do it.
I’ve sung from the grandest stages in Europe, to music played by the world’s finest musicians. That night, I stood at the Madison Square Garden, with Mam’s words chiming in my ears. Then I began singing. I couldn’t feel the pulse of the music in my feet, but I felt it deep in my heart, the same place where Mam’s promise lived.
1. What was the problem with the author as a baby?A.He was expected unable to walk. |
B.He was born outward in character. |
C.He had a problem with listening. |
D.He was shorter than a normal baby. |
A.shortcoming | B.disadvantage | C.disability | D.delay |
A.To hide their depressed feeling. |
B.To indicate it an unusual day. |
C.To show off their clothes. |
D.To celebrate his successful operation. |
A.determined | B.stubborn | C.generous | D.distinguished |
A.His consistent effort. | B.His talent for music. |
C.His countless failures. | D.His mother’s promise. |