In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you stu
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In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair-weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities (品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠).
Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person"s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.
At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.
Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on (信赖) a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.
There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience (经验) and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor (幽默), too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I"ve found a friend!
小题1:Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosing a friend?| A．understanding. | B．honesty. | | C．reliability. | D．a sense of humor. |
小题2:If you have fair-weather friends, ______ .| A．they will give you all that they have when you need help | | B．you will be refused when you get into trouble | | C．you will become rich | | D．you can be sure that you get real friends |
小题3:Good friends need to ______.| A．always point out each other"s mistakes | | B．be helped with money | | C．understand each other"s feelings | | D．have money or luck |
小题4:This passage mainly discuss ______ .| A．the qualities of a friend | | B．where to choose friends | | C．how to get along with friends | | D．the importance of having a friend |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A |
解析
文章讲述了真正的好朋友应该的品质：understanding, honesty and reliability。
小题1:细节题。根据第二段第一行Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend.
小题2:细节题。根据第一段2,3，4行Sometimes you will meet fair-weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away.
小题3:细节题。根据第二段第1,2行A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling.
小题4:主旨大意题。通读全文可知文章正是讲述了真正的好朋友应该有什么样的品质。 |
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I found the imagination of becoming a grandmother somewhat discouraging. I was younger than I thought a grandmother should be when I got the news that I was going to become one myself. I admit, it was not a role that I was emotionally ready to accept. I had been a young mother, and had certainly hoped my daughter would not face that same challenge. I remarried when she was a teenager, and then had two more children. On getting the news that she was expecting(***), I remember thinking “What do I know about being a grandmother? —I haven’t even finished raising my own kids yet!” I don’t like to be unprepared, so I read a few books about grandparenting. That gave me a little help, but I was still uncertain. I thought about other grandmothers I knew, and got a few ideas I liked and a few more that I didn’t. But I couldn’t quite figure out what kind of grandmother I wanted to be. Then I thought about my own grandmother, Granny, as she’s known by most people, and I knew I had the answer.
I didn’t realize it until that moment, but my own grandmother was the example for the kind of grandmother I wanted to be. I am fortunate that I got to spend a lot of time with my grandparents when I was a little kid. Here is what I learned from my Granny：
Grandmothers always have a cookie jar. For my whole life, Granny always had a cookie jar full of cookies. When I was a little tiny girl, just at eye level with the counter, Granny would get the cookie jar down for me. When I was a little older I learned how to pull the chair over so I could reach. As I got taller, if I really stretched, I could reach the cookie jar with my finger tips and move it close enough to get it down off the counter to find out what kind of treat was inside. Always the first thing I did when I went to Granny’s house was check the cookie jar, and there were always cookies in it. Many years later, I’ll drive my own children to Granny’s house and the first thing to do is get us all a cookie.
So grandmothers must have a cookie jar, and on my granddaughter’ s first Christmas，my daughter bought me my own cookie jar. She said when they came to see me，her daughter would find the treat the way she did and I did.
小题1:The writer thought it was a little discouraging to be a grandmother because________.| A．she was not old enough to be one | | B．she was not emotionally ready to be one | | C．she thought her daughter was too young to be a mother | | D．grandmother should be older than she was |
小题2:The underlined phrase “that same challenge ” in the first paragraph refers to “________” | A．taking care of a grandchild | | B．taking care of a baby | | C．being a young grandmother | | D．being a young mother |
小题3:It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________.| A．the writer has many happy memories of her grandmother’s cookie jar | | B．the writer always wanted to know what was inside her grandmother’s cookie jar | | C．the writer often drove her grandchildren to see her grandmother’s cookie jar | | D．women of the writer ‘s age all have a cookie jar for their grandchildren |
小题4:What kind of grandmother did the writer want to be?| A．One who has a jar filled with many kinds of cookies for children and herself. | | B．One who grows up with her grandmother^ cookie jar with all kinds of cookies. | | C．One who is like her own grandmother with a cookie jar to treat her grandchildren. | | D．One who always makes different kinds of cookies to treat her grandchildren. |
小题5:Which of the following can be the best title of this text?| A．Grandmother’s Cookie Jar | | B．Grandmother’s Treat for Children | | C．Grandmothers and Grandchildren | | D．Happy Memories of Cookies |
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RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a 36 . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish is 37 , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would 38 every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague 39 much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not 40 much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of 41 food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we 42 someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were 43 about us wasting so much food.
“We 44 for our food; it is none of your 45 how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them 46 made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in 47 arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro 48 . The officer told us in a stern（严厉的）voice: “order 49 you can consume. Money is yours, 50 the resources belong to the society. You have no 51 for wasting them.” Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our 52 . My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly 53 to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all 54 it to remind us that we should never be 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．restaurant | B．company | C．family | D．bank |
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| 小题2: | | A．cooked | B．served | C．gathered | D．missed |
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| 小题3: | | A．desert | B．refuse | C．oppose | D．finish |
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| 小题4: | | A．kept | B．sold | C．ordered | D．made |
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| 小题5: | | A．save | B．spend | C．divide | D．find |
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| 小题6: | | A．undiscovered | B．undeveloped | C．unconsumed | D．undetermined |
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| 小题7: | | A．appointed | B．knew | C．realized | D．heard |
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| 小题8: | | A．curious | B．unhappy | C．nervous | D．optimistic |
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| 小题9: | | A．paid | B．asked | C．applied | D．accounted |
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| 小题10: | | A．matter | B．mind | C．question | D．business |
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| 小题11: | | A．immediately | B．passively | C．excitedly | D．regularly |
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| 小题12: | | A．rags | B．uniform | C．fashion | D．dream |
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| 小题13: | | A．award | B．food | C．fine | D．souvenir |
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| 小题16: | | A．ability | B．problem | C．reason | D．power |
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| 小题17: | | A．words | B．hearts | C．faces | D．ears |
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| 小题18: | | A．apologized | B．accused | C．admitted | D．approved |
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| 小题19: | | A．stuck | B．broke | C．kept | D．threw |
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| 小题20: | | A．hopeful | B．grateful | C．merciful | D．wasteful |
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Travel is exciting and summer is a busy period for holiday travel. Many people will travel great distances in airplanes, cars or other vehicles. Experts say people should know about other health problems that can strike when traveling by air.
One of these is a condition called hypoxia (缺氧症). It results from a lack of oxygen to the brain. Experts say the body begins losing oxygen minutes after an airplane leaves the ground. The air pressure in a plane during flight is lower than at sea level. This makes it more difficult for the body to effectively use the same amount of oxygen as it would on the ground. Fewer oxygen molecules （分子） cross the tissues (组织) in the lungs and reach the bloodstream.
The result is a five to twenty percent drop in the amount of oxygen in the blood. This reduces the amount of oxygen that reaches the organs of the body.
One effect of this lack of oxygen to the brain is a headache. When this happens, the heart attempts to fix the situation by beating harder and faster. This can make the traveler feel tired.
These signs of hypoxia are not dangerous in a healthy person. But a drop in oxygen level can cause a health emergency in people with heart or lung problems. They might lose consciousness or even suffer a heart attack.
Experts say that smoking cigarettes and drinking alcoholic liquids also reduce the body’s ability to use oxygen. So they suggest that people not drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes either before or during a flight. They also say persons with heart or lung problems should seek advice from their doctors before flying.
小题1:The author writes the passage mainly to ___.| A．warn people in airplanes of possible dangers | | B．offer some advice on avoiding health problems | | C．explain the causes and effects of hypoxia | | D．advise people not to smoke or drink alcohol |
小题2:According to the passage, what leads to hypoxia?| A．The brain lacks enough oxygen. | | B．The air pressure in a plane is too high | | C．Our body needs less oxygen during takeoff. | | D．The bloodstream contains no oxygen molecules. |
小题3:The underlined part “fix the situation” means “___”.| A．use more oxygen it needs | | B．increase the air pressure | | C．reduce the amount of blood | | D．bump more blood to the brain |
小题4:Why should passengers not smoke or drink before flying?| A．They weaken the body’s ability to use oxygen. | | B．Smoking may pollute the air inside the airplane. | | C．Drinking alcohol may raise one’s blood pressure. | | D．Drinking is forbidden at the airport. |
小题5:Do you think which the following title is the best title for this passage?| A．Tralling | | B．how to travel | | C．some suggestions about on the plane while travelling | | D．the causes and effects of hypoxia |
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September can be a depressing month. The summer holidays are over, it’s time to go back to work or school and Christmas is four months away. However, for some people it’s the perfect time to get away.
These days more and more people are taking their holidays late in the year and for good reasons. Holidays in autumn can be cheaper, the resorts are less crowded and the weather isn’t as extreme as it is in the summer. So, where are the best places to go? Here are our top tips.
Sardinia (in Italy) has an average temperature of 27℃ in September. It also has “Autunno in Barbagia” (Autumn in Barbagia) a series of festivals that take place in 27 villages in Barbagia, a mountainous region of inland Sardinia. The festivals continue from September to December, so there’s always something happening. There are street markets, craft workshops and there’s lots of eating and drinking (This is Italy, after all).
Dubrovnik Croatia has become very popular in summer but it’s quieter and more pleasant once the crowds have left. The weather is still warm but less humid. You can take a ferry to the popular beaches on the islands of Sunj and enjoy it with locals.
Dahab Egypt, is extremely hot in the summer with temperatures up to 38℃. However, the autumn is cooler while the sea is still warm. This makes Dahab the perfect place for snorkeling and windsurfing. There are also interesting historical sites to visit such as the Coloured Canyon, with its dramatic rock formations, and St Catherine’s Monastery, at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Kas is a relaxed fishing village on the Lycian coast in southern Turkey. There are plenty of things to do and the temperature has dropped (so you can actually enjoy doing them!) Kas is a good place to stay if you want to walk part of the Lycian way: a long-distance footpath that stretches for 500km from Fethiye to Antalya through the ancient land of Lycia. There are also watersports, of course. The best time to go diving is supposed to be after the first rains of autumn (usually between late September and early October) when the fish become most active.
Marrakech Morocco is another good destination. The city itself is a fascinating place to spend a few days. When you have had enough of that, go to Tigmi, a beautiful hill town about 20 kilometers away. There’s a hammam (a Turkish bath) and a large heated pool, which makes it the perfect place to relax.
Wherever you go this autumn – have fun!
小题1:Here are the good reasons for people to take holidays in autumn except that _______.| A．Holidays in autumn can be cheaper | | B．the scenery in autumn is more attractive | | C．the resorts in autumn are less crowded | | D．The weather is neither too hot nor too cold |
小题2:We can infer from Paragraph 3 that _______________.| A．visitors can take part in a series of festivals in October in Barbagia | | B．Barbagia in Egypt is surrounded by mountains | | C．the festivals continue from September to November | | D．the temperature in Sardinia in September is always below 27℃ |
小题3:For someone who enjoys walking, __________ is the best choice. | A．Kas | B．Marrakech | C．Dahab | D．Dubrovnik |
小题4:Which of the following places may not be close to sea? | A．Dubrovnik | B．Dahab | C．Kas | D．Marrakech |
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“Have a nice day!” may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless. When my friend Maxie says “Have a nice day” with a smile, I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me. I feel loved and secure since another person cares about me and wishes me well.
“Have a nice day. Next!”This version of the expression is spoken by a salesgirl at the supermarket who is rushing me and my groceries out the door. The words come out in the same tone（腔调）with a fixed procedure. They are spoken at me, not to me. Obviously, the concern for my day and everyone else’s is the management’s attempt to increase business.
The expression is one of those behaviors that help people get along with each other. Sometimes it indicates the end of a meeting. As soon as you hear it, you know the meeting is at an end. Sometimes the expression saves us when we don’t know what to say “oh, you may have a tooth out? I’m terribly sorry, but have a nice day.”
The expression can be pleasant. If a stranger says “Have a nice day” to you, you may find it heart-warming because someone you don’t know has tried to be nice to you.
Although the use of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting. The salesgirl, the waitress, the teacher, and all the countless others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day. But in a strange and comfortable way, it’s nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really don’t care all that much. While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken. The point is that people say it all the time when they like.
小题1:How does the author understand Maxie’s words?| A．Maxie shows her anxiety to the author. | | B．Maxie really wishes the author a good day. | | C．Maxie encourages the author to stay happy. | | D．Maxie really worries about the author’s security. |
小题2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．The salesgirl is rude. | | B．The salesgirl is bored. | | C．The salesgirl cares about me | | D．The salesgirl says the words as a routine. |
小题3: By saying “Have a nice day,” a stranger may _____.| A．try to be polite to you | | B．express respect to you | | C．give his blessing to you | | D．share his pleasure with you |
小题4:According to the last paragraph, people say “Have a nice day”_______.| A．sincerely | B．as thanks | C．as a habit | D．encouragingly |
小题5:What is the best title of the passage?| A．Have a Nice Day—a Social Custom. | | B．Have a Nice Day—a Pleasant Gesture. | | C．Have a Nice Day—a Heart-warming Greeting. | | D．Have a Nice Day—a Polite Ending of a Conversation. |
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