Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything to

Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything to

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Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.
When I was 13, my fami1y moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special times—like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped“Address Unknown”. I had no idea about how to find Linda.
Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.
One day, I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman—Linda’s married name.“There must be thousands of Wagmans.”I thought, but I still wrote to her.
She called as soon as she got my letter.“Mrs. Tobin!”she said excitedly,“Linda Evans Wagman is my mother.”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is fil1ed. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!
小题1:The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans     .
A.at the age of 13
B.before she got married
C.before the writer’s family moved away
D.after they moved to new homes
小题2:They didn’t often write to each other because they     .
A.got married
B.had little time to do so
C.didn’t like writing letters
D.could see each other on special times
小题3:There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she     .
A.was in trouble
B.didn’t know Linda’s address
C.received the card that she sent
D.didn’t have a friend like Linda
小题4:The writer was happy when she     .
A.read the newspaper
B.heard Linda’s voice on the phone
C.met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda
D.wrote to the woman whose 1ast name was Wagman
小题5:They haven’t kept in touch     .
A.for about 40 years
B.for about 27 years
C.since they got married
D.since the writer’s family moved away

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
解析

试题分析:文章讲述了两个友好的女孩儿在经历了搬家、成家等事情之后,分开了40年,又久别重逢的故事,表达了友情的珍贵。
小题1:根据第二段“When I was 13, my fami1y moved away.”可知,作者和Linda 是在作者搬家之前一起去上钢琴课的。故选C。
小题2:根据第二段“Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often.”可知,各自成家之后,忙于照顾孩子而美语时间写信。故选B。
小题3:根据第三段可知,作者十分想念Linda,作者需要一个朋友来分享她的快乐和悲伤。然而,作者没有像Linda那样的朋友。故选D。
小题4:根据最后一段可知,作者通过Linda的女儿联系到了Linda。当听到Linda的声音时,作者失分兴奋。故选B。
小题5:根据最后一段“Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once, even after 40 years.”可知,作者和Linda四十年没见了。故选A。
举一反三
Audrey Hepburn (奥黛丽·赫本) won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her first
major American movie, Roman Holiday, which was released in 1953. But she is remembered as much for her aid work as for her acting.
Born in Belgium in 1929, Audrey’s father was British and her mother was Dutch. Audrey was sent to live at a British school for part of her childhood. During World War II, she lived and studied in the Netherlands. Her mother thought it would be safe from Gerrnan attacks. Audrey studied dance as a teenager and during college when she returned to London after the war. But she realized she wasn’t going to be a ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员). So she began taking acting parts in stage shows. Later she began to get small parts in movies.
But it was Audrey Hepburn’s move to America that brought her true fame. In 1951 she played the character“Gigi”in the Broadway play of the same name to great critica1 praise. Two years later, Roman Holiday made her a star at the age of 24.
Audrey made more than 25 movies. Among her most popular roles was Holly Golightly in Breakftist at Tiff any’s in 1961. Three years later she played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.
She was married two times and had one son by each husband. In 1989, the UN Chi1dren’s Fund named Audrey a goodwill ambassador. She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF(联合国儿童基金会)projects. The UN agency said she was a tireless worker. She often gave 15 interviews a day to gain money and support for UNICEF projects.
Audrey Hepburn often said her loyalty to UNICEF was the result of her experiences as a child during World War Ⅱ. She said she knew what it was like to be starving and to be saved by international aid. She was a goodwill ambassador until her death in 1993 from colon cancer.
小题1:In Paragraph 1,“her aid work”means     .
A.winning an Academy Award as Best Actress
B.taking acting parts in stage shows
C.making her own movies
D.acting as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF
小题2:The reason why Audrey lived and studied in the Netherlands was that     .
A.she wanted to be a ballerina
B.her parents were from Britain
C.it was safe there
D.the education there was excellent
小题3:We can infer from the passage that     .
A.Audrey’s parents lived in Germany during World War Ⅱ
B.Audrey lived in America in the 1950s
C.Audrey was made to give up dancing
D.the character“Gigi”in the Broadway play was her most popular role
小题4:     is NOT mentioned in the passage about Audrey Hepburn.
A.MarriageB.IdentityC.ContributionD.Religion
小题5:     is the right order for Audrey’s life.
①The first time she began to play in movies.
②She returned to London from the Netherlands.
③She won an Academy Award as Best Actress.
④She travelled all over the wor1d in support of UNlCEF projects.
⑤She played a part in My Fair Lady.
A.②①③⑤④B.①②③⑤④C.②①⑤③④D.①②⑤③④

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My parents always raised me to have strong values and hold firm to my confidence in life, and this was never more proved than when a situation arose when it would be easy for most people to ignore it.
A gentleman at my father’s work smelled awful and neglected his behavior, and as the months went by, he showed signs of confusion. After being told to pick up papers at another building, he would be found sitting at his desk staring at his shoes; after being reminded (to which he would completely believe he hadn’t been told the first time), he would be found once again sitting at his desk in the same position. This happened to worsening degrees over a few months and his coworkers either ignored it or were ignorant to this due to a lack of social association with the man.
My father began to mentally record all of this and finally sat down with him one day when he was found two hours after work was out, sitting in his car, looking like he didn’t know where to go. Apparently the gentleman was in the beginning/middle stages of Alzheimer’s and there was someone who used his forgetfulness as a reason to ask him for money every few days. My father took this man to a hospital (for the first time in years) to be properly treated, and then got a caretaker to watch over his condition. He then went to the man’s house and helped him sort out all of his financial matters and get his retirement set up; they went to the bank and had a government worker ensure that his bills would be paid for and his children would no longer get to treat him like a personal ATM.
That my father took his much personal time to help another man that so many had forgotten or would choose to neglect, or even make fun of, truly shows his character.
小题1:The author presents this passage by ______.
A.telling an instructive storyB.describing his father
C.reasoning with some factsD.giving causes and effects
小题2:What can we infer from the passage?
A.The gentleman was ignored by his co-workers.
B.The gentleman was so serious that no one liked him.
C.The gentleman was good at communication with his co-workers.
D.The gentleman was in great need of help because of his illness.
小题3: In the eyes of the author, his father is ______.
A.hopefulB.strictC.stubbornD.helpful
小题4:Which proverb is suitable for the story?
A.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B.A friend to all is a friend to none.
C.Friendship cannot stand always on one side.
D.False friends are worse than open enemies.

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。
The Keeper of the River
An old man had been working for many years for a town.His job was to clear away natural waste from the pool water in the hills, which made up the lovely river flowing through the town nearby.Quietly and   , the old man guarded the hills,    the leaves and branches, and cleaned up the dirt that would have      and polluted the fresh flow of water.The town soon became a popular attraction for tourists.Elegant swans (天鹅) floated along the clear river and the view was so beautiful   words.
Years passed.One evening the town   met.As they reviewed the budget, one man"s     caught sight of the salary     being paid to the seldom seen keeper of the river.He asked, "Who is the old man? Why do we   to employ him? No one in town ever     him. For all we know, the strange keeper of the hills isn"t doing his job.His position isn"t     any longer." Then they voted to     the man.
For several weeks, nothing changed ...
By early autumn, the trees began to     their leaves.Small branches broke off and fell into the pools of the hills,    the flow of the shining water.One afternoon, someone noticed a slight yellowish-brown    in the river.A few days later, the water was much    . Within another week, an oily something covered some sections of the water along the banks, and a terrible      was soon sensed.Swans left, and so did the      . The only thing that was now visiting the village was disease and sickness.
Quickly , the    town committee called a special meeting.Realising their huge mistake in    , they rehired the old keeper of the river again, and within a few weeks, the river began to clear up.Swans and tourists came back again and new life returned to the small town in the Alps.
Never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job, or life.They may all make a    .
小题1:
A.regularlyB.suddenlyC.casuallyD.seldom
小题2:
A.assumedB.opposedC.removedD.conveyed
小题3:
A.rejectedB.pouredC.selectedD.blocked
小题4:
A.beyondB.despiteC.withinD.after
小题5:
A.sympathyB.employmentC.masterpieceD.committee
小题6:
A.eyeB.careC.handD.spirit
小题7:
A.listB.privilegeC.skillD.concept
小题8:
A.donateB.continueC.stopD.fail
小题9:
A.decoratesB.swearsC.sharesD.sees
小题10:
A.negativeB.urgentC.necessaryD.complex
小题11:
A.findB.fireC.supportD.forget
小题12:
A.loseB.avoidC.expandD.admit
小题13:
A.pullingB.speedingC.slowingD.pushing
小题14:
A.fishB.colorC.flowerD.leaf
小题15:
A.aliverB.coolerC.warmerD.darker
小题16:
A.soundB.smellC.waveD.light
小题17:
A.managersB.playersC.villagersD.tourists
小题18:
A.embarrassedB.acceptedC.focusedD.delighted
小题19:
A.depressionB.voyageC.judgmentD.amusement
小题20:
A.suggestionB.differenceC.platformD.devotion

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
There are thousands of people across the United States without any food or shelter(住所).Every Saturday or Sunday night,my family and I go out and ____the homeless people in the city.
There is one____thing I like to mention here. Before we begin our____,my family and I do not eat. We do this____we know how it feels to be hungry. We all get together in the kitchen and____the food. We then____the food for 30 or more people. I like to write a special____on the bags like “God loves you”.
A lot of people____homeless people. Not all homeless people are bad people. Some are really____.Many people hate them____no good reason. In the beginning,when my family and I  went out on the street,we had to____their trust. Later,as they____us every week,they started to trust us.We____know some of their names. We all have to keep in mind that they also have____.Some of them shake our hands for giving them food,and____ us. Some of them do really funny dances because they are____.
We have become____close to a man named Tony and his wife. After meeting with them several times,he has told us a lot about his____.He graduated from college and has a PHD. He used to teach French and Spanish.
After we get done feeding the homeless,it makes me____what I have at home. Sometimes it makes me sad,and makes my mom cry. I love feeding the homeless,and ____in someone’s life.
小题1:
A.visitB.introduceC.saveD.feed
小题2:
A.commonB.excitingC.specialD.embarrassing
小题3:
A.showB.journeyC.vacationD.meal
小题4:
A.soB.whenC.ifD.because
小题5:
A.designB.prepareC.buyD.give
小题6:
A.bagB.cookC.fetchD.find
小题7:
A.passageB.sayingC.noteD.message
小题8:
A.pleaseB.helpC.loveD.misunderstand
小题9:
A.helpfulB.niceC.funnyD.beautiful
小题10:
A.forB.atC.ofD.on
小题11:
A.bringB.earnC.createD.share
小题12:
A.servedB.toldC.sawD.needed
小题13:
A.hardlyB.never C.sometimesD.even
小题14:
A.wordsB.looksC.desiresD.feelings
小题15:
A.changeB.thankC.impressD.disappoint
小题16:
A.happyB.greatC.surprisedD.bored
小题17:
A.onlyB.tooC.alsoD.really
小题18:
A.dreamB.futureC.lifeD.friend
小题19:
A.wantB.appreciateC.keepD.think
小题20:
A.taking careB.watching outC.showing upD.making a difference

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Farah was sitting in the kitchen going over the party list with her mother.The exams were over and Farah wanted to invite her friends for a party.
“Farah,aren’t you going to invite Hafsa?”her mother asked.Hafsa had been her best friend since childhood.
“Mother,you know I am now a part of Purple Girls Club and we have some rules about people we can be friends with,”Farah answered.
“Really?And what are the rules?”her mother asked.
“Well,only very pretty girls can be part of our group.And Hafsa is so...you know...dark.”
“I cannot believe it,”her mother said angrily. 
As Farah left the kitchen,her father called  her from the living room.
Farah went to her father and paled when she saw the exam report in his hands.“Farah,what has happened to your grades?You have failed in Mathematics,”her father said.
Farah had no answer.The truth was that the activities of Purple Girls Club left her with very little time for studies.
“Farah,it says that you can take part in supplementary exams(补考).If your grades don’t improve then,I’ll cancel(取消) your trip to Spain.”
Farah went to her room and called Gina,the leader of Purple Girls Club, “Gina,can you help me to complete my notes before the exams?”
Gina laughed.“Exams?Who cares about exams?”
One by one,she called her friends in the club but no one seemed to care or wanted to help.
Farah knew Hafsa would help her.Farah also knew Hafsa had been hurt by her,but Hafsa said,“If you need any help,just let me know.We can study together till your exams.”
Next Monday,as two friends entered the school together,Gina called out.
“Farah,you know our rules.You cannot be friends with those who do not belong to our club.”
“Gina,I have a new rule about friendship,”Farah replied.
小题1:After Farah became a member of Purple Girls  Club,she chose a friend according to a person’s________.
A.looksB.usual activitiesC.gradesD.favorite colors
小题2:Farah became pale after going to her father because________.
A.he didn’t allow her to go to Spain
B.she didn’t do well in her exams
C.she had to leave Purple Girls Club
D.he asked her to improve her grades
小题3:Which word can best describe Hafsa?
A.Silly.B.Beautiful.C.Rude.D.Kind.
小题4:What lesson can we learn from the passage?
A.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B.A perfect friend will never be found.
C.Be slow in choosing a friend.
D.Friendship can be developed easily.

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