These days having a best friend seems so important to girls. However I have learned that having one best friend is not the way to go. It's so much better to have many great friends.
As I was coming into Middle School, I was really excited because my friend Jennifer was going to be in the same Middle School! At first things were great, she introduced me to her friend Amy and we had lots of fun together. Then things started to change. Jennifer was very controlling: I couldn't make new friends, and pretty soon being Jennifer's friend was a struggle.
Jennifer wanted to be the "leader" of our little group. Amy and I were never partners with each other in class projects or gym; it was always, "Who gets the privilege（特权） of being Jennifer's partner." Amy and I both wanted to be Jennifer's number one.
I always waited for Jennifer and Amy after classes. They chatted by Jennifer's desk as Jennifer packed her books up and I waited by the door. Sometimes when they left, they'd walk right past me. No "Thanks for waiting." No "Sorry we took so long." It was as if they couldn't even see me.
After months of living through school this way, I had really changed. I was moody, depressed, lonely. I spent lots of days trying not to cry, I felt so left out.
Finally, near the very end of the school year, I was so incredibly sick of having to battle for friendship. I stopped sitting with Jennifer at lunch and stopped waiting for her after class.
It was tough at first, but now, I have tons of friends. We have fun and happy times together and I love them all to bits. It amazes me how easy our friendship is. There's no struggling to be on top. I wish Jennifer could understand. Maybe one day she'll look back at what happened and she'll change, but even though I lost a friend, I am a happier person.
1.What is the purpose of the writer writing this passage?
A. to describe her school life
B. to criticize the way Jennifer treated her friends
C. to show her regret towards losing a friend.
D. to advise girls to make many friends instead of one
2.What does the sentence Things started to change refer to?
A. The writer lost interest in study.
B. Lessons became more and more difficult.
C. Being Jennifer?s friend became a struggle.
D. The writer gave up the friendship with Jennifer.
3.What can be implied from the last paragraph?
A. The writer regretted a lot about losing a friend.
B. Jennifer has changed herself.
C. All of the writer?s new friends are equal.
D. The school life is always difficult for the writer.
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Is packing important to you?
A young man was ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car. Knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, his anxiety grew. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study and handed him a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family. Realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Then, a telegram arrived, telling him his father had passed away, and willed all his possessions to the son.
When he arrived at home, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the bible and turned the pages. From the back of the Bible dropped a car key. It had a tag with the dealer's name and the words "PAID IN FULL".
How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Remember, what may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
1.As graduation day approached the young man became anxious, because______.
A. the young man?s father was seriously ill.
B. he was anxious to know whether he had passed the exams.
C. he was anxiously waiting for the new car
D. he felt upset to leave college
2.Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. The young man got away from home angrily.
b. He became a successful businessman.
c. The young man told his father he wanted a new car.
d. The young man prepared to see his father.
e. The father gave his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.
f. A telegram arrived, saying his father died.
g. The young man found a car key in the bible.
A. ecabdfg B. ceabdfg
C. acebgdf D. ceabfdg
3.How do you suppose the young man feel when finding the car key?
A. excited and regretful
B. happy and excited
C. surprised and happy
D. surprised and regretful
4.From this passage we can learn that __________.
A. Upon graduation , the young man asked his father for a car.
B. The father bought his son a bible instead of a car.
C. The young man later visited his father a couple of times.
D. The young man finally realized that he misunderstood his father.
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Concert night of Christian Ehwald
German conductor Christian Ehwald’s Friday concert will feature Mozart and Mendelssohn. The repertoire（节目）will include Mozart’s overture to “Don Giovanni,” and Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64.” The concert will be given by the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra. Violinist Zhang Le will perform.
Time: 8 p.m., July 11 Tickets: 50-200 yuan
Reservations(预定): 11185, 8981-2344
Venue: Shenzhen Grand Theater, 5018 Shennan Road East, Luohu District Buses: 7, 10, 23, 24, 30, 33, 62, 63, 302, 311, 352, 353, 377, 378 Metro（地铁）: Da Ju Yuan Station (Grand Theater Station), Exit B Free Sunday concert
The Hong Kong Children’s Symphony Orchestra will give a free concert Sunday afternoon. The repertoire will include Glinka’s overture to “Russian and Ludmilla,” Suppe’s overture to “The Poet and the Peasant,” and Chinese violin concerto（协奏曲） “Butterfly Lovers.” Time: 3 p.m., July 13
Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall, at the intersection of Hongli Road and Fuzhong Road 1,Futian District Metro: Shao Nian Gong Station (Children’s Palace Station), Exit C or D Feng Jitings violin concert
Feng Jitong, the first Shenzhen violin student to enter an international competition, will give a concert at the Shenzhen Concert Hall this Sunday night as a warm-up for his tour to Moscow for the David Oistrakh International Violin Competition in September. Sunday’s program will include Paganini’s Caprices, works of Bach, Mozart and Sarasati’s Gypsy Airs. Time: 8 p.m., July 13 Tickets: 20 yuan
Venue: Theater studio, Shenzhen Concert Hall, at the intersection of Hongli Road and Fuzhong Road 1, Futian District
Metro: Shao Nian Gong Station (Children’s Palace Station), Exit C or D
1.Which of the following can be enjoyed free?
A. Don Giovanni
B. Butterfly Lovers
C. Gypsy Airs
D. Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64.
2.Which of the following is true about Fengjiting’s concert?
A. Feng is the first Shenzhen piano student to enter an international competition.
B. Feng will give a concert free this Sunday.
C. The concert will be given as a warm-up for his performance at Moscow.
D. His repertoire will include ’ Caprices, works of Bach, Mendelssohn,etc.
3.If a tourist arrives at Shenzhen at 4:00 p.m., July 13, which of the following can he enjoy?
A. Don Giovanni
B. Russian and Ludmilla
C. The Poet and the Peasant
D. Gypsy Airs
4.What’s the main purpose of this advertisement ?
A. to attract more tourists to Shenzhen.
B. to attract more people to attend the concerts.
C. to inform people of some musical events.
D. to promise a happy weekend if people attend the concerts.
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Shuai Yunyun, 21, from Shanghai University of Engineering Science found that her friends were all occupied with their smartphones during a high school friends meeting.Or they were busy taking pictures of their meal and writing descriptions, before uploading them to their micro blogs. For a while, silence fell.
I thought that we had a lot of topics to share, but few people were really interested in talking,” she said. “It seemed that there?s a big gap between me and those with hand-held devices (设备)” .
Shuai, an aviation management major, is not the only one feeling segregated4 from others by mobile technology.According to a latest survey of hundreds of teenagers in Hong Kong by Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, 54.29 percent of them would use cellphones while having dinner with their families. It has affected relationships with their parents. It suggests that while technology such as cell phones, e-mails, and Internet posting has made us feel more connected than ever, they?re also driving us away from people around us.
Sherry Turkle, author of the article in The New York Times says people are now used to a new way of being alone together.
Actually, sending text messages or writing micro blogs allows us to exchange thoughts. But online connection cannot replace a real conversation.
Lan Guo, 19, a freshman English major from Changsha University, said that she would like to hear people?s voice and see their faces in a conversation. The exchange of ideas in a conversation sharpens our minds, she said. She also mentions that burying ourselves in mobile technology reduces our chance of starting conversations with strangers and meeting people.
However, experts remind us that it?s unfair to blame mobile technology. Chen Chen, a sociology expert points out that, it is still the mobile owners who?re avoiding personal contact.We ourselves use these devices to hide ourselves from others. Texting or calling may be an excuse to avoid contact with others, such as having eye contact. The way to improve conversation is by understanding each other. Simply throwing away mobilephones is not a solution, she said.
1.The best title for the passage would be _____________.
A. Mobilephone addiction
B. Development of mobile technology
C. An unhappy high school friends meeting
D. It is the cellphone that ends a real conversation
2.The underlined word segregatedin Paragraph 3 means _________
A. prevented B. separated
C. protected D. injured
3.Which of the following statements is not true according to Chen Chen?
A. It is the mobile users that are to blame for the death of conversation.
B. Mobile users avoid real contact with others by sending messages or calling.
C. Only by totally forgetting mobile phones can we solve the problem.
D. We can better conversation by means of understanding each other.
4.Who thinks the exchange of thoughts in a real conversation make us cleverer?
A. Shuai Yunyun B. Sherry Turkle
C. Lan Guo D. Chen Chen
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Taking a math test can be pretty stressful. Even if you know the material, you can still get the problem wrong. 1. . Therefore you?ll improve your grades, as well as your math skills.
Write it out
You can also check a math problem by writing everything out on paper. 2. Writing out math
problems reduces your chances of missing anything to the lowest possible level, which is a common cause of incorrect answers.
3.
Make sure your answers work by doing the opposite procedure of what your problem calls for,including the answer you got the first time around. In other words, you would use the opposite of this addition problemsubtraction (减法)—to determine whether your answer is the correct one.
Plug in
You may find that a variable isn?t good enough or have a problem where you have to solve for a variable (变量). 4. This is the only real way to assure yourself that the answer you?ve found is correct.5. . If the result of a problem seems to make no sense, it indicates that the answer is incorrect. For example, if you get an answer in the millions and you know it should be in the thousands, you?ve likely misplaced a point. Go back through the work on your paper to make sure all of your formulas and calculations are correct. If everything looks okay, do the problem again and compare the result of the second try to what you?ve got on the first try.
A. Do the opposite.
B. Correct the answers.
C. Plug the variable in the equation (方程) to check it out.
D. Knowing how to go through your math test and checking your work can save you from handing in a test full of mistakes.
E. It also helps you to figure out everything after you have already finished the test. F. Check for a reasonable answer
G. This helps you to know what information you have and what information you need to solve.
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After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced _____ for a few days, I was _____ to wait tables on my own. All went _____ that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily _____ the tables not far from the kitchen. ______ , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘)。
Before I knew it, the______was full of people. I moved slowly, ______every step. I remember how _____ I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was______ on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it ____ to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to ____ I was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved ______you work. It seems your tray stand has been very _____ to you, but we are getting ready to______ now, and my wife needs her _____back.”
At first his ______did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was______. I wanted to get into a hole and______.
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just ______ , I have learned to be more _____and not to be too sure of myself.
1.A. manager B. assistant C. cook D. waitress
2.A. promised B. invited C. allowed D. advised
3.A. well B. quickly C. safely D. wrong
4.A. left B. given C. brought D. shown
5.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Finally
6.A. kitchen B. street C. restaurant D. table
7.A. minding B. changing C. taking D. saving
8.A. angry B. calm C. sad D. happy
9.A. fixed B. trained C. loaded D. waited
10.A. slower B. lighter C. quieter D. easier
11.A. believe B. agree C. regret D. pretend
12.A. letting B. making C. watching D. having
13.A. useful B. familiar C. unusual D. interesting
14.A. rest B. order C. eat D. leave
15.A. bag B. walker C. tray D. coat
16.A. idea B. praise C. message D. need
17.A. cold B. full of joy C. pale D. on fire
18.A. lie B. hide C. defend D. stay
19.A. repeated B. discovered C. corrected D. described
20.A. careful B. patient C. honest D. practical
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Will 1. matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test 2. (give) in the United Sates. Those tested included people of different 3. from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got 4. breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see 5. well their bodies worked and when they had eaten6.certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect 7. if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be 8. (especial) true if a person works 9. his brains. For example, if a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with10. (much) attention in class.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处 加一个漏字符号(?)，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。 修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
As middle school student, not only should we acquire knowledge but also we should have good qualities. I think express our gratitude to people who helped us is one of the good qualities we must have. Two years before, my classmate, Wang Wei ran into difficulty because his father is diagnosed with lung cancer. His father’s illness added to his family?s trouble, but Wang Wei was in danger dropping out of school. After learning about his bad situation, our head teacher gave him timely help by allowing him to continue his schooling with any tuition．With the help of the teacher and classmates，Wang had finished school．Just before this important exam he wrote us a letter expressing his sincerely thanks for all what we have done．
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随着网络的发展，网上阅读越来越收到现代人的欢迎。请以Reading Online为题写一篇英语作文，介绍人们为什么喜欢网上阅读或网上阅读的优势。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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