1 . Breath of Life
As Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, the laughter from the four teenage girls inside her car
Then smoke
But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. Norwood ran back and found Simmons stuck in the back
Soon, paramedics (医务人员) arrived and rushed Simmons to hospital. When she heard how Norwood had saved her life, “I wasn't
A.increasingly | B.suddenly | C.frequently | D.cautiously |
A.crashed | B.pulled | C.settled | D.fell |
A.released | B.rose | C.cast | D.slid |
A.speed up | B.run out | C.wear out | D.blow up |
A.injure | B.free | C.care | D.control |
A.liberty | B.rescue | C.life | D.target |
A.seat | B.window | C.car | D.handle |
A.moving | B.crying | C.breathing | D.praying |
A.kicked | B.pushed | C.threw | D.pressed |
A.ground | B.door | C.bed | D.tree |
A.mouth | B.head | C.heart | D.shoulder |
A.Bending | B.Lying | C.Kneeling | D.Standing |
A.petting | B.squeezing | C.pumping | D.clicking |
A.thought | B.method | C.struggle | D.kiss |
A.touched | B.delighted | C.honored | D.shocked |
1.表示歉意;
2.说明原因;
3.另约时间。
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Dear Tom,
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Yours,
Li Hua
A.Wife and husband. | B.Waitress and customer. | C.Friends. |
1. What do we know about Betty?
A.She had a major operation. |
B.She is in hospital. |
C.She brought some flowers to the man. |
A.Her teacher. | B.Her doctor. | C.Her classmate. |
5 . Last week, my friends and I got together to eat delicious Asian chicken wings in our college town in the evening. We hadn’t
Such
During dinner, he had also said that his second year at college was
My best friend said he was ready to
After our talk, Jack sent both of us
A.believed in | B.met with | C.relied on | D.watched over |
A.try | B.debate | C.bath | D.chat |
A.loss | B.responsibility | C.communication | D.fame |
A.sharing | B.searching | C.ignoring | D.solving |
A.class | B.dinner | C.work | D.breakfast |
A.appreciated | B.ignored | C.proved | D.noticed |
A.want | B.refuse | C.hate | D.pretend |
A.stay | B.debate | C.fight | D.entrance |
A.lately | B.hardly | C.really | D.secondly |
A.identity | B.experience | C.motto | D.request |
A.changed | B.disappeared | C.closed | D.opened |
A.dealing with | B.thinking highly of | C.dreaming of | D.playing jokes on |
A.space | B.time | C.study | D.relationship |
A.agree | B.explore | C.leave | D.accept |
A.turn | B.listen | C.belong | D.add |
A.selection | B.sufferings | C.medals | D.happiness |
A.applications | B.incidents | C.messages | D.regrets |
A.wreath | B.gift | C.show | D.ear |
A.harming | B.standing for | C.caring about | D.finding |
A.valuable | B.frightening | C.useless | D.careless |
At the end of the class, Mr. Smith announced our assignment for the next Monday was to talk about someone we were grateful to instead of a book report. Upon hearing it, I couldn’t help complaining to Mareya that I was so nervous about having to talk in front of the whole class.
“ Arizona ,you’ve been in at least three plays ,” Mareya pointed out.“ If you don’ t get stage fright in front of those big audiences, why are you bothered by a few kids in our class ?”
It was true, but in a play you were part of a group. I shook my head. Plus, there were so many people I was grateful to. There was no way I could possibly pick just one. Plus, even if I picked one I’ d have no idea what to say. Plus, even if I figured out what to say, I was a million- percent positive I’ d mess up if I tried to say it out loud! I’ d be standing there with everyone staring at me, waiting for words to come out of my mouth.“ Oh , my goodness !” I pulled my sweatshirt hood ( 兜 帽 ) over my face, put my hands over my ears and said,“ I don’t want to talk about it !”
But one thing about really good friends who knew you really well was that they didn’ t always do exactly what you asked them to. Mareya could be pretty pushy talking of being helpful. She scribbled(潦草地写) something on a piece of paper , lifted my hood, and smiled. She’ d drawn a funny elephant (named Franky) with the word BREATHE coming out of its trunk .
“ This is Franky, the ‘everything is going to be all right’ elephant ” Mareya giggled. She held the picture up to her ear and asked, “What’ s that you say, Franky? You think my friend Arizona should come over to my house this weekend so we can work on our talks together?”
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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1. And that was exactly what happened.
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Paragraph 2 .On Monday morning, however, I decided to talk about Mareya.
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7 . Hundreds of friends on Facebook can’t replace a handful of close friends in real life, a study has found. In a recent study, researchers discovered that people with only a few friends were at least as happy as those with far more if many of theirs were online.
Social media, the researchers said, has encouraged younger people to have larger but more impersonal networks of “friends”. But instead of trying to amass friends, they added, a better cure for loneliness might be spending time with those you’re closest to.
Scientists from the University of Leeds did their study using data from two online surveys on 1,496 people by a non-profit research organization. People taking part in the study showed their ages, the make-up of their social networks, how often they had different types of social interactions, and their own feelings of well-being. They included details of how often and how they interacted (交流) with families or neighbors, and whether they included people who provided services to them in their networks.
The number of close friends someone had appeared to be the only thing which influenced how satisfied they were with their social life.
“Loneliness has less to do with the number of friends you have, and more to do with how you feel about your friends,” said Dr Wändi Bruine de Bruin. Actually, it's often the younger adults who admit to having a bad opinion of their friends.
If you feel lonely, it may be more helpful to make a positive connection with a friend than to try and seek out new people to meet.
1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “amass” in Paragraph 2?A.Play the role of. | B.Think highly of. |
C.Take advantage of. | D.Increase the number of. |
A.Scientists did one online survey on 1,496 people. |
B.People surveyed mentioned new forms of social networks. |
C.People surveyed showed their ways to interact with families. |
D.The number of friends was the only cause of people’s happiness. |
A.Living alone. |
B.Having close friends. |
C.Having good appearance. |
D.Making as many friends as possible. |
A.To advise us to make friends online. |
B.To show us the importance of friends. |
C.To present us with the findings of a study. |
D.To tell us the problems causes by loneliness. |
1. 你叫李华,独生子,父母都是老师,他们工作努力;
2. 你是高一年级学生,爱好打篮球;你的学校很大很漂亮,同学老师都很友好;
3. 表明写信意图,希望他给你回信,并且保持联系。
Dear Peter,
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Yours,
Li Hua
How can we celebrate the people we've never met who helped get us through the worst year of our life?
When I was a child, my grandmother often expressed the importance of communicating with everyone. When she walked down the street, she spoke to everyone. It did not matter if you were elderly or a child, or if you spoke English or Spanish. She had a smile and a conversation for you.
My grandmother's wisdom opened my mind to having a pen pal. This hobby-exchanging regular letters with someone on the other side of the world that you may never meet in person used to be popular in the 20th century. But many people consider the practice outdated in age of Facebook. Today, when I reveal that among my long time friendships is a relationship with a pen pal, with whom I communicate solely through long emails, people find it odd.
It isn't odd-it's wonderful. My relationship with my pen pal is one of the most valuable friendships I have ever had. even though I have never met her in person, or even heard her voice.
It all started in 2013. I was on my way to USC to meet Kerstin Zilm, a German radio personality who wanted to interview me about being a struggling student at Long Beach City College. After the interview, a woman named Renate reached out to Kerstin, inquiring how she could find me and help me financially with college. I thought it was great that Renate, who lives in Germany, wanted to assist with my education.
At first, Renate and I emailed each other twice a month. She wanted to know a lot more about my life growing up in Watts, my attempts to further my education, and whether there were ways beyond finances that she could help. I did not have a specific answer for her last question, but her moral support was important. With someone encouraging me and sponsoring my education, my spirits were greatly lifted up.
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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Her support kept coming, in various forms.
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But as I prepared for meeting with her, I received the worst news I'd ever gotten.
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10 . A few years ago, I moved to Aurora, Ont. with my boyfriend and I longed to make friends in my new neighborhood.
Where we lived the houses were jammed together so tightly. But the irony (讽刺) of living so close was that no one actually talked to each other; as in an open-concept office, they pretend they can’t hear or see each other to maintain at least an illusion of privacy.
It was not so easy to make friends as an adult. I was about to give up when I caught sight of a beautiful, tall blonde taking out her recycling. She walked with confidence—even her ponytail bounced. I gasped, “I recycle too! We have so much in common!”
The question was, how would we meet? What would I say? So I thought, “What if I just happened to be jogging by?” I put on my running shoes, but after a few times around the block, dripping sweat, I didn’t see her. I decided to seize on the one thing I already knew about her— she takes out her blue bin.
The following day, I woke up a little earlier than usual. A little after 8 a.m., the garage truck appeared and the blonde emerged. I grabbed a bin and made my way to the end of my driveway. “Just act naturally, Megan,” I told myself. “Good morning. How are you?” I said, cool as a cucumber. “Good. And you?” she replied. “Doing well…I am a new comer, just a DJ. I talk for a living. Clearly!” “Interesting,” she said.
As we both walked away, I turned and called out, “Oh, and by the way, I’m Megan.” “Michelle,” she replied. I walked back inside, wearing a giant grin.
Our “coincidental” recycling meet-ups continued for a few weeks until I finally gathered my courage to ask her to watch The Bachelor with me and she said yes.
That night, after we got everything ready, we settled on the couch and proceeded to drink wine, binge from our buffet, dissect doomed television relationships, tell stories about our own and laugh our faces off. We “found what we’d been looking for”: a new friend to fall platonically in love with.
1. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?A.The author lived in a small house. |
B.The neighbors actually didn’t have privacy. |
C.The author lived in a very crowded neighborhood. |
D.The neighbors did not communicate with each other. |
A.The tall blonde pretended to be very cool. |
B.The tall blonde wore a big smile when talking. |
C.The author was quite satisfied with their first talk. |
D.The two friends met accidentally when the truck came. |
A.Timid but kind-hearted. | B.Shy but persistent. |
C.Hospitable and generous. | D.Caring and modest. |
A.A DJ talking for a living began to recycle. |
B.A blonde watched The Bachelor with a DJ. |
C.A new comer finally made friends with a blonde. |
D.Two women recycled together in the neighborhood. |