Friendship is one of the basic bonds (纽带) between human beings. While the charac
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Friendship is one of the basic bonds (纽带) between human beings. While the characteristics of friendship might vary from one country to another, people from all cultures not only enjoy friends but need them.
Many studies have shown that teenagers who have no friends often suffer from psychological disorders. It has been shown that teenagers, perhaps more than any other age group, need companionship and a sense of belonging. The negative consequences of loneliness have also been observed among the elderly. The death of a spouse often leaves a widow or a widower totally bereft (失去). If, however, they are surrounded by friends and relatives and if they are able to articulate（清楚表达） their feelings, they are more likely to recover from their grief.
“No man is an island.” In other words, we are all parts of society. We all need the love, admiration, respect and moral support of other people. If we are fortunate, our friends will provide us with all of these necessary aspects of life.
As most people observe, there are many levels of friendship. The degree or intensity of friendship varies depending on the personality of the individuals involved and the context of the relationships. Extroverts (性格外向者) enjoy being surrounded by many people whereas introverts（性格内向者）are perhaps content with fewer but more intense friendships.
Everyone is not equally open with all their friends. The degree of intimacy (密切) is determined by many factors. Close friends can be formed at any stage in one’s life but they are usually very rare. Not very many people have more than a few really close friends. Irrespective of the level of intimacy, all friendships are based on reciprocity（相互性）, honesty and a certain amount of love and affection.
小题1:The second paragraph implies that _____..| A．teenagers without friends will suffer from psychological problems | | B．a widow or a widower will die very soon without companionship | | C．human beings need companionship and a sense of belonging | | D．both A and B |
小题2:The degree of intimacy of friendship mainly depends on _____ .| A．age | B．belonging | C．personality | D．culture |
小题3:The author thinks that close friends _____ .| A．can be easily formed when one is young | | B．cannot be long-lasting | | C．are not rare for everyone | | D．are rare for most people |
小题4:The word “irrespective”(Last sentence, Para. 5) means _____ .| A．not respecting | B．dishonoring | C．regardless | D．Considering |
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小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C |
解析
文章讲述的是友谊的重要性，人都需要友谊，需要归属感。
小题1:推理判断题，第二段是作为第一段的例子来用的，因此他的目的就是为了说明人来需要友谊，需要陪伴和一种归属感
小题2:事实细节题，根据第四段的The degree or intensity of friendship varies depending on the personality of the individuals可知
小题3:事实细节题，根据最后一段的 Close friends can be formed at any stage in one’s life but they are usually very rare可知
小题4:猜测词义题，根据句意可知，该句意为不管亲密的程度如何，友谊都是建立在相互性，真诚，爱和情感的基础上的。 |
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When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the 36 side is as much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to 37 in good health, or 38 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society．If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to 39 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 40 the title．Therefore, the scissors would 41 before they start, 42 halfway done when I find out the 43 result．
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 44 ．You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 45 up．
But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 46 ．Thus you are 47 in a difficult position and feel sad．How 48 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 49 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other．
In fact that is what 50 is like: we are often 51 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that your attention is drawn to one thing only 52 we get into another．The 53 may be more important than the latter and give rise to divided mind．I 54 remember a philosopher"s remarks: "When one door shuts, another opens in life．" So a casual 55 may not be a bad one．
| 小题1: | | A．front | B．same | C．opposite | D．either |
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| 小题2: | | A．get | B．keep | C．lead | D．bring |
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| 小题3: | | A．a report | B．news | C．a theory | D．advice |
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| 小题4: | | A．reduce | B．suffer | C．prevent | D．cause |
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| 小题6: | | A．use | B．stay | C．prepare | D．handle |
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| 小题8: | | A．satisfying | B．surprising | C．regretful | D．impossible |
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| 小题9: | | A．courage | B．strength | C．attention | D．patience |
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| 小题10: | | A．given | B．held | C．made | D．picked |
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| 小题11: | | A．near | B．alone | C．behind | D．about |
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| 小题12: | | A．caught | B．attracted | C．filled | D．struck |
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| 小题13: | | A．dares | B．deals | C．comes | D．does |
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| 小题14: | | A．goes | B．changes | C．progresses | D．improves |
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| 小题15: | | A．life | B．society | C．nature | D．study |
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| 小题16: | | A．supplied | B．faced | C．connected | D．fixed |
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| 小题17: | | A．before | B．after | C．until | D．as |
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| 小题18: | | A．following | B．next | C．above | D．former |
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| 小题19: | | A．almost | B．also | C．once | D．still |
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| 小题20: | | A．treatment | B．choice | C．action | D．remark |
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Normally when I pop in to see my parents, my mum bursts out of the house with a big smile. Not today. "Your brother," she says, "he"s showered twice this afternoon. Does he know how much it costs to run this house?" Are we limiting water now? I didn"t think the recession(萧条) had got that bad. My poor brother is a boomerang kid. Like 60 percent of guys immediately after university, he"s back at home. Graduating ￡15,000 in debt and faced with unpaid internships(实习期) or low wages thanks to the flooding of the market with graduates, a lot of twenty some things simply don"t have the necessary income or parental support to live independently.
Three years after getting their degree, most graduates are still not earning above the average salary. They have a near 50 percent tax burden, thanks to student loan repayments and council tax on top of income tax and national insurance. Unless you have parents who can afford to finance what is effectively a second home for them, returning to the parental nest is often the only affordable option.
The boomerang effect is becoming even more pronounced thanks to the recession. One in four of those losing their job during the downturn is under 25. Only 13 percent of final-year students have jobs. Home is the only place many are going: 111,000 16-29 year olds moved back home in 2008, five times the average of previous years.
Boomeranging is bad news. It poses serious problems for parents" finances. They"ve already supported their children through university, topping up loans with handouts, averaging ￡12,300 in total, to keep twenty somethings afloat. Now their retirement savings are being eaten away by continuously dependent children.
It’s bad for the returning kids too. Ambitious young people will be left frustrated, seeing their university peers from more wealthy backgrounds excel only because parents" money was there to support them through the initial period of poverty wages. Those living in rural areas are further disadvantaged by lack of access to cities where most new jobs are located. Half of all young people now feel they will not achieve their goals. Research by the Prince"s Trust reveals that one-quarter of all 16-25 year olds are regularly down or depressed. And depression does not help self-motivation, the very trait needed to seek out job opportunities.
小题1:In paragraph 1, the mother’s criticizing her son for showering too often shows _________. | A．the price of water has increased | | B．she thinks her son is selfish | | C．her son is an economic burden | | D．she wants to have a shower herself |
小题2:What is the boomerang mentioned in the passage? | A．A person earning low income. | | B．A person who has heavy tax burden. | | C．A youth who cannot get parental support. | | D．A youth returning to parents after graduation. |
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following does NOT contribute to the tax bill of most young graduates? | A．National insurance. | B．Income tax. | | C．Council income. | D．Student loans. |
小题4:Who is comparatively most affected by the recession according to the passage? | A．Those who haven’t completed their university studies. | | B．Those who are supported through by their parents. | | C．Those who can have access to the urban facilities. | | D．Those who were born into the well-off families. |
小题5:Which is the best title of the passage? | A．Global Recession | | B．Boomerang Kids | | C．Unemployment Rate | | D．Falling Incomes |
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In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue 1 . One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky what the sky looked like. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my horror , Perky flew off. The enormous, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue 2 and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.
I told Kathy about Perky"s disappearance and I was anxious that she would blame me. But , unexpectedly, Kathy managed to 3 me. With fake optimism, she even tried to convince me that Perky would find a new 4 . But I was far too clever to 5 that such a thing was possible.
Decades later, I watched my own 6 growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the 7 of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the best of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed（宣称） to 8 the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. Then Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and ___9___that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.
"The best thing about Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the 10 we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just 11 down and landed on my finger."
When I was finally able to 12 , we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all 13 . It seems our two families had been 14 long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were 15 ! Perky lived!"
| 小题1: | | A．lake | B．sky | C．parakeet | D．backyard |
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| 小题2: | | A．pleasure | B．sadness | C．treasure | D．sense |
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| 小题3: | | A．forgive | B．comfort | C．help | D．delight |
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| 小题4: | | A．parent | B．home | C．nest | D．fellow |
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| 小题5: | | A．imagine | B．suppose | C．doubt | D．believe |
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| 小题6: | | A．birds | B．happiness | C．worries | D．children |
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| 小题7: | | A．parents | B．birds | C．interests | D．games |
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| 小题9: | | A．announced | B．said | C．retold | D．hoped |
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| 小题11: | | A．floated | B．dived | C．settled | D．went |
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| 小题12: | | A．think | B．speak | C．interrupt | D．explain |
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| 小题13: | | A．came up | B．turned up | C．turned out | D．matched up |
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| 小题14: | | A．known | B．fastened | C．connected | D．introduced |
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| 小题15: | | A．right | B．wrong | C．silly | D．mad |
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Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He __16__ one morning with his young son, 17 the horse before it died. Father and son walked, 18 the farmer did not want the horse to be 19 .
They met two men on the road20 said: “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It"s __21__to market.” The farmer knew that this was__22__, so he rode on the horse, __23__his son walked.
Then they met two old ladies. “__24__are you doing up there, farmer? Can"t you__25__how tired your boy is?” __26__the farmer got down, and his son rode__27__. __28__, three old men stopped them. One said: “Why are you walking, farmer?__29__. It"s too hot for an old man like you to walk today.” So the farmer got up 30__his son, and they__31__. __32__, a young woman passed them. “Why aren"t you walking?” she asked. “It isn"t __33_ to market. Give your poor old horse a rest.”
So the farmer, and his son, got down__34__.
It is a fact that you cannot please__35__the people all the time.
| 小题1: | | A．set out | B．set up | C．set down | D．set |
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| 小题2: | | A．selling | B．buying | C．to sell | D．to buy |
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| 小题3: | | A．so | B．because | C．that | D．when |
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| 小题4: | | A．very tired | B．too tired | C．quite tired | D．tiring |
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| 小题6: | | A．a short way | B．a long way | C．the right way | D．the wrong way |
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| 小题7: | | A．real | B．true | C．truly | D．really |
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| 小题8: | | A．while | B．when | C．as | D．during |
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| 小题10: | | A．see | B．watch | C．look | D．notice |
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| 小题12: | | A．thus | B．yet | C．instead | D．either |
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| 小题13: | | A．First | B．Finally | C．Near | D．Next |
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| 小题14: | | A．Sit down | B．Sit up | C．Get up | D．Get down |
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| 小题15: | | A．behind | B．after | C．beside | D．above |
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| 小题16: | | A．walked on | B．rode on | C．moved on | D．drove on |
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| 小题17: | | A．Some time later | B．A moment ago | C．In no time | D．At once |
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| 小题18: | | A．near | B．long | C．far | D．short |
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| 小题19: | | A．once again | B．on their own | C．the other day | D．all the same |
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| 小题20: | | A．both | B．each of | C．all | D．none of |
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One day a student went to see his teacher. He had been given an important position and now was coming to say goodbye to his teacher. The old man asked him how he would live among high officials. The student answered, “ I will be all right. I have prepared a hundred high hats, one for each official I will meet. I am sure I will succeed.” The teacher got angry on hearing this. “What?” he cried. “Is this what ten years of my teaching has made of you? Nothing but flatterer(拍马屁的人)?” “Excuse me, honored(尊敬的) master,” the student rose to his feet and apologized hurriedly. “But you have always been absorbed in(沉浸于) your studies and don’t know how vulgar(庸俗的) the world has come to be. There are few men in the world who are above flatterers like you.” “There is something true in what you said,” the teacher nodded, smiling with one of the student’s “high hats” on.
小题1:The student came to say goodbye to his teacher because_____________.| A．he had got hundred hats to sell | | B．he had got a fairly high position in society | | C．he wanted to see his parents in his home town | | D．he moved away to another city |
小题2:The student would live among high officials by___________.| A．selling hats to them | | B．making a hundred hats for them | | C．flattering them | | D．serving them |
小题3:The teacher was angry with__________.| A．himself | B．the society | C．his student | D．high officials |
小题4:The phrase “rose to his feet” means________.| A．stood up | B．kicked with his feet | | C．became quite excited | D．raised his feet |
小题5:The teacher____________.| A．liked to be flattered as well | | B．really knew nothing about the vulgar world | | C．was in need of a high hat | | D．was satisfied with the new hat |
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