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In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayon(蜡笔) when all that was left was the ugly black one.
In primary school your ___1___ of a good friend was the person who went to the bathroom with you; ___2___ your hand as you walked through the scary(可怕的) halls; ___3___ their lunch with you when you left ___4___ on the bus; saved a ___5___ on the back of the bus for you; knew ___6___ you had a crush on(迷恋) and never understood why. In ___7___ school your idea of a good friend was the person who let you ___8___ their social studies homework; went to that “cool” party with you ___9___ you wouldn’t wind up(结束) being the only fresher there; did not let you lunch ___10___.
In pre-university your idea of a good friend was the person who gave you___11___ in their new car; comforted you when you broke up with Nick or Susan: found you a(n) ___12___ to the prom(舞会) or went to the prom with you(both without dates); helped you pick a university and assured you that you would get into that ___13___; helped you deal with your parents who were having a ___14___ time letting you go.
On the threshold(开始) of ___15___ your idea of a good friend was the person who was there ___16___ you just couldn’t deal with your parents; assured you that now you and Nick or you and Susan were ___17___ together, you could make it through anything; just silently hugged you as you ___18___ through blurry(模糊的) eyes at 18 years of memories; and reassured you that you would ___19___ it in university as well as you had these past 18 years; and most importantly ___20___ you off to university knowing you were loved.
1. A. idea B. thought C. mind D. sight
2. A. placed B. shook C. held D. waved
3. A. cooked B. seized C. shared D. bought
4. A. ours B. hers C. his D. yours
5. A. ticket B. seat C. chair D. stand
6. A. what B. that C. who D. why
7. A. primary B. secondary C. college D. pre-university
8. A. do B. see C. check D. copy
9. A. and B. so C. as D. but
10. A. together B. far C. lonely D. alone
11. A. seat B. time C. money D. rides
12. A. car B. excuse C. friend D. date
13. A. school B. prom C. club D. university
14. A. good B. wonderful C. hard D. modern
15. A. boy B. baby C. child D. adulthood
16. A. where B. when C. how D. why
17. A. back B. happy C. up D. over
18. A. looked B. went C. came D. passed
19. A. have B. get C. make D. take
20. A. put B. got C. took D. sent |
答案
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解析
本文主要从以下几个时期介绍了“朋友”的概念：在幼儿园时给你一支红蜡笔的人就是好朋友；在小学陪你去洗澡等的人也是好朋友；在中等学校(secondary school)与你一起去参加晚会的人也是好朋友；上大学前帮助你挑选并进入大学的人也是你的好友……
1. A 结合全文可看出，此处说的是“在小学时”你对好朋友的概念或看法，即 your idea of a good friend。
2. C 从 as you walked through the scary(可怕的) halls(当你走过可怕的大厅时)可推测此处应填 held，也就是说“攥紧你的手”(让你不要害怕)。
3. C 结合下文“……当你把午饭忘在公交车上时”可知该题选择shared，即“与你一起分享他们的午餐”。
4. D “leave… + 地点状语”表示“把……忘在……”此句意为“当你把你的午饭忘在了公交车上时”。yours 在此指的是 your lunch。
5. B 从 on the back of the bus for you 来看，此处说的是“为你在车后部给你占座位”，故用 seat。
6. C 此处选 who，它引导的是一个宾语从句(不是定语从句)，该句意思为：知道你迷恋谁，但从没有理解为什么。
7. B 前面提到了幼儿园、小学，后面又提到了 pre-university(上大学前)，而 college(大学)又在 pre-university 之后，故选择 secondary。secondary school 意为“中学”。
8. D 从搭配上看，此处应用 copy。check one’s homework 意为“检查作业”，而 copy one’s homework 意为“抄作业”。从孩提时对朋友的看法来看用 copy 更合乎这一时期的学生心理。
9. B 根据“和你一块去参加很‘酷’的晚会”和“你不会以新手而结束”可知，前句为原因，后句为结果，也就是说前后为因果关系，故选择so。
10. D 此句指“他们不让你独自吃午餐”。“独自”是指客观上的一个人，故选alone。
11. D 从后面 in their new car 来看，rides 为最佳答案，即“让你搭乘他们的新车”。
12. D 前面说：你和 Nick 或 Susan 分手，再结合后面括号中的(both without dates)，可知此处选择 date，意为“找个日期去舞会或与你一块去舞会来安慰你”。
13. D 前面说“帮你选择大学”，可推测下句为“让你有信心进入这所大学”，故用 university。
14. C 在此，deal with 应理解为“关照”。主句意为“帮助你照看你父母”，可推知你走后父母的日子相对来说比较艰辛，故用 hard。
15. D 写到这里应该是成年人时期了，故用 adulthood。
16. B 此处选择 when，它引导一个时间状语从句。该句意思为：当你不能在家照顾父母时好朋友却在那里(照顾你父母)。
17. A 在第 2 段中曾提到“你和 Nick 或 Susan”分手，这里是说“你和 Nick 或 Susan又言归于好(be back together)”。
18. A 此处说的是与以前的 Nick 或 Susan 恢复了关系，再结合下文at 18 years of memories 可知此处应选 looked，look at 为“看到”，即 looked through blurry eyes at 18 years of memories(透过模糊的双眼看到了 18 年来的思念或记忆)。
19. C 在这里是说“让你相信就像这 18 年(获得爱情)一样你一定能成功”。make it 为短语，意为“成功地做到；达到目的”。
20. D 从上下文来看，此处说的是“最重要的是送你上大学并让你懂得有人爱你”。send off 为“为……送行”，send sb off to 意为“送……去……”。 |
举一反三
As my train was delayed for two hours, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some newspapers to read on the journey, I made my way to the ___1___ office to collect my heavy suitcase I had ___2___ there three days before. There were only a few people ___3___, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt didn’t seem to be where I had left it. I ___4___ the contents, and railway tickets, money scraps of paper and photos fell out of it; but no matter how ___5___ I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.
When my turn came, I ___6___ the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me ___7___ as if to say that he had ___8___ this kind of story many times and asked me to ___9___ the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking ___10___ no different from the many cases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me ___11___ and told me to ___12___ of the chief contents of the case. If they were ___13___, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to ___14___ all the articles I had ___15___ packed into the case and wrote them down as they came to me.
After I had done this, I went to ___16___ among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there. For one dreadful moment, it ___17___ to me that if someone had ___18___ the receipt up he could have easily claimed(认领) the case already. This hadn’t happened ___19___, for after a time I found the case lying in a corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant was ___20___ and told me I could take the case away.
1. A. posting B. working C. luggage D. manager’s
2. A. left B. forgotten C. found D. bought
3. A. standing B. crowding C. talking D. waiting
4. A threw B. put C. looked D. emptied
5. A. often B. much C. hard D. soon
6. A. said B. searched C. spoke D. explained
7. A. now and then B. up and down C. here and there D. back and forth
8. A. knew B. realized C. heard D. seen
9. A. describe B. draw C. take out D. show
10. A. object B. matter C. subject D. wallet
11. A. a paper B. a note C. a message D. a form
12. A. sign names B. make a list C. write down D. draw a picture
13. A. everything B. wrong C. correct D. ready
14. A. draw B. remember C. read D. remind
15. A. carelessly B. suddenly C. hurriedly D. immediately
16. A. see B. watch C. find D. look
17. A. happened B. occurred C. appeared D. seemed
18. A. picked B. collected C. taken D. stolen
19. A. fortunately B. unluckily C. by chance D. presently
20. A. disappointed B. surprised C. satisfied D. worried |
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings.
Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud and so on.. I tried to bear all these all these things as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have the girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half of the things were true.
some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it, “That’s just for you,” he said. “ You know better than anyone else, the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just closing your ears anger and feeling hurt . When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to other people’s opinions, but hear the truth and do you know is right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice returned to me at many important moments. IN my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
小题1:Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A Not an Enemy, but a Best Friend
B The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
C My Father
D My Childhood
小题2:What does “ week by week her list grew” mean?
A Week by Week, my shortcomings grew more serious.
B She had made a list of shortcomings and kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.
C I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.
D Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and point them out.
小题3:Why did her father listen to her quietly?
A Because he believed that what her daughter’s enemy said was mostly true.
B Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.
C Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.
D Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
小题4: What did the father do after he heard his daughter’s complaint?
A He told her not pay any attention to what her “enemy” said
B He criticized her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.
C He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.
D He refused to take the list and have a look at it. |
Michael Fish may soon be replaced as a weather forecaster by something truly fishier---the shark(鲨鱼).
Research by a British biology student suggests that sharks could be used to predict storms.
Lauren Smith, 24, is close to completing her study on shark’s ability to sense pressure.
If her studies prove the theory, scientists may be able to monitor the behaviour of sharks to predict bad weather.
Miss Smith had previously studied the behaviour of lemon sharks in the Bahamas.
She then used their close relatives, lesser spotted dogfish, for further research at Aberdeen University.
Her work---thought to be the first of its kind to test the pressure theory ---- resulted from the observation that juvenile blacktip sharks off Florida moved into deeper water ahead of a violent storm in 2001.
Miss Smith said: “I’ve always been crazy about traveling and diving and this led me to an interest in sharks.”
“I was delighted to have been able to research in the area for my degree. I know there’s so much more we need to understand ---- but it certainly opens the way to more research.”
It has been discovered that a shark senses pressure using hair cells in its balance system.
At the Bimini Shark Lab in the Bahamas, Miss Smith fixed hi-tech sensors to sharks to record pressure and temperature, while also tracking them using GPS (Global Positioning System) technology.
In Aberdeen, she was able to study the effects of tidal(潮汐的) and temperature changes on dogfish----none of which were harmed. She also used a special lab which can mimic(模拟) oceanic pressure changes caused by weather fronts.
She is due to complete her study and graduate later this year. She says she will be looking for a job which will give her the chance to enrich her experience of shark research.
小题1:The passage is most probably taken from _____.| A．a short-story collection | B．a popular science magazine | | C．a research paper | D．a personal diary |
小题2:What do we learn from the first four paragraph of the passage?| A．Sharks may be used to predict bad weather. | | B．Sharks’ behaviour can be controlled. | | C．Michael Fish is not qualified for his job. | | D．Lauren Smith will become a weather forecaster. |
小题3:Lauren Smith conducted her research by _______.| A．removing hair cells from a shark’s balance system | | B．measuring the air pressure of weather fronts | | C．recording sharks’ body temperature | | D．monitoring sharks’ reaction to weather changes |
小题4:What is the passage mainly about?| A．A popular way of forecasting weather. | | B．A new research effort in predicting storms. | | C．Biologists’ interest in the secrets of sharks. | | D．Lauren Smith’s devotion to scientific research. |
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An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress, but the girl stood still behind the counter(柜台), taking no notice of the request. The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked at the girl and nodded to herself, “I am too old to see well. I can’t even tell a plastic model from a real girl!”
On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted to the old woman, “What? Did you call me a plastic model?” The old woman was greatly surprised. “Oh, dear me,” she said. “The model can speak!”
小题1:What did the old woman go to the shop to do?| A．To choose a dress. | B．To buy a dress for herself. | | C．To show off her dress. | D．To pick a quarrel with the salesgirl. |
小题2:The salesgirl did not make a reply ________. | A．because she didn’t see the old woman | | B．because she didn’t think the old woman had enough money for a new dress | | C．because she was too busy to notice the old woman | | D．for some reason unknown in this story |
小题3:It was not until that woman spoke for the _______ time that the salesgirl said something. | A．first | B．second | | C．third | D．fourth |
小题4:When the old woman said, “I am too old to see well,” she _______. | A．meant to say that she really had poor eyesight | | B．wanted the salesgirl to excuse her | | C．was simply telling a lie | | D．was, in face, trying to make the salesgirl open her mouth |
小题5:What do you think the salesgirl would do on hearing this? She would ______. | A．be too angry to say a word for a moment | | B．run and tell the shop-owner about it | | C．apologize to the old woman and do what she had been asked to do | | D．turn back and cry |
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Maybe ten-year-old Elizabeth put it best when she said to her father, "But, Dad, you can"t be healthy if you"re dead."
Dad, in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten to wear his safety belt-- a mistake 75% of US population make every day. The big question is why.
There have been many myths about safety belt ever since their first appearance in cars some forty years ago. The following are three of the most common.
Myth the Number One: It"s best to be "thrown clear" of a serious accident.
Truth: Sorry, but any accident serious enough to "throw you clear" is able going to be serious enough to give you a very bad landing. And chances are you"ll have traveled through a windshield (挡风玻璃)or door to do it. Studies show that chances of dying after a car accident are twenty-five times in cases where people are "thrown clear".
Myth Number Two: Safety-bets "trap" people in cars that are burning or sinking in water.
Truth: Sorry again, but studies show that people knocked unconscious (昏迷) due to not wearing safety belts have a greater chance of dying in these accidents. People wearing safety belts are usually protected to the point of having in these accidents. People wearing safety belts are usually protected to the point of having a clear head to free themselves from such dangerous situation, not to be trapped in them.
Myth Number Three: Safety belts aren"t needed at speeds of less than 30 miles per hour (mph).
Truth: When two cars traveling at 30 mph hit each other, an unbelted driver would meet the windshield with a force equal to diving headfirst into the ground from a height of 10 metres.
小题1:Why did Elizabeth say to her father, "But, Dad, you can"t be healthy if you"re dead"?| A．He was driving at great speed. | | B．He was running across the street. | | C．He didn"t have his safety belt on. | | D．He didn"t take his medicine on time. |
小题2:The reason father was in a hurry to get home was that he __________.| A．wasn"t feeling very well | B．hated to drive in the dark | | C．wanted to take some exercise | D．didn"t want to be caught by the people |
小题3: According to the text, to be "thrown clear" of a serious accident is very dangerous because you ________.| A．may be knocked down by other cars. | | B．may get serious hurt thrown out of the car | | C．may find it impossible to get away from the seat | | D．may get caught in the car door |
小题4:Some people prefer to drive without wearing a safety belt because they believe _______.| A．the belt prevents them from escaping in an accident | | B．they will be unable to think clearly in an accident | | C．they will be caught when help comes | | D．cars catch fire easily |
小题5:What is the advice given in the test?| A．Never drive faster than 30 miles an hour. | | B．Try your best to save yourself in a car accident. | | C．Never forget to wear the safety belt while driving. | | D．Drive slowly while you"re not wearing a safety belt. |
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