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Old friends

They finish your sentences, they remember the cat that ran away when you were twelve, and they tell you the truth when you’ve had a bad haircut. But mostly, they are always there for you — whether it’s in person or ________late night phone calls — in good times and________. But as the years pass, it becomes increasingly________to see each other, to make new memories. ________, my high school friends and I promised long ago not to let this happen. We promised to have reunions.

A few months ago, we met up for a two-day________in the American Southwest. We grew up together in Maine and have said for years that we should have a(n) ________event, yet it’s often put off or________due to schedule conflicts(冲突). Not this year.

The weekend ________long talks by the pool, wonderful meals, and a hike that brought the entire group to________ . Not tears of sadness or anger, but an outpouring of emotion over the complete wonderment that we can be this close — twelve years after graduation — with such physical________between us. It’s heartbreaking that we can’t spend our days together in the same neighborhood, walking the same streets, reading the same newspaper at the same coffee shop. But that’s________. Grown-up life.

Most________ is the group’s adaptability to one another. The time we spend ________is non-existent. No need to get reacquainted (重新熟悉), we jump back in the saddle (车座) and it’s as comfortable as ever. Old friends — friends with an ever-present ________of support and sisterhood, friends that know each other innately (天生地) — are hard to come by and yet we remain as ________today as we were, years ago, giggling(咯咯笑) in the back row of Mr. McKechnie’s 9th grade math class.

Life today, ________, is no math class. Our world is full of________ , full of fear. Yet it ________ me — now, more than ever — how important it is that we stay________ . We may have questions about our future, but we have true faith in our past, and though this ________of friends has come to a close, we are already drawing up plans for the next one.

1.A. at    B. through    C. in    D. above

2.A. bad    B. convenient    C. happy    D. lucky

3.A. smooth    B. unpopular    C. difficult    D. easy

4.A. Fortunately    B. Obviously    C. Importantly    D. Accidentally

5.A. party    B. meeting    C. weekend    D. weekday

6.A. unusual    B. yearly    C. excited    D. important

7.A. damaged    B. destroyed    C. cancelled    D. changed

8.A. consisted of    B. made up    C. aimed at    D. resulted in

9.A. happiness    B. excitement    C. sadness    D. tears

10.A. distance    B. difference    C. contact    D. condition

11.A. truth    B. theory    C. life    D. fact

12.A. amazing    B. disappointing    C. embarrassing    D. confusing

13.A. together    B. away    C. off    D. apart

14.A. imagination    B. sense    C. idea    D. duty

15.A. close    B. interested    C. relaxed    D. regretful

16.A. however    B. therefore    C. besides    D. somehow

17.A. doubt    B. chances    C. confidence    D. hopes

18.A. informs    B. reminds    C. persuades    D. warns

19.A. in charge    B. in brief    C. in person    D. in touch

20.A. contact    B. conversation    C. reunion    D. party

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Do you still remember your dreams from childhood? They’re like flowers that never fade, “23-year-old Liu Wei told a happy audience during a broadcast of the nationwide talent competition China’s Got Talent. Liu, an ___16____ pianist from Beijing, was named one of the show’s finalists.

Liu once had arms. At the age of 10 he accidentally grabbed a high-voltage wire and lost his arms. “My family and I were so ___17____ then,” Liu recalled. He credits a disable boy he met at the hospital who gives him the __18_____ to cheer him up.

He was forced to __19_____ playing soccer (his favorite sport) but bounced back and ___20____himself to learn swimming. After two years, Liu had won two gold medals and one silver at the National Swimming Championship for the disabled in 2002.

By the age of 19, Liu had taught himself __21_____ to play the piano with his feet, fulfilling a childhood ___22____ of composing and producing music, he said ___23____ a big smile. “__24_____ enough time, I could be just as same as anyone.”

“I can read music and have __25_____ the ‘toeing’ by myself,” he told. According to Liu, the big toe is the most __26_____ digit when “toeing,” but that he can only reach five keys at the same time. “It means I have to train my toes to move more ___27____,” he said.

One of the show’s hosts, Cao Kefan, told press.  “He was __28_____ so hard his feet were constantly cramping,” Cao said.

“ We’ve all __29_____ our dreams when we were young, but no one has fought as hard as you,” commented Gao Xiaosong. Gao is one of the show’s judges and one of most ___30____ music producers in China.

“You tell us that to __31_____ our dream, we need to spare no pains,” said Yi Nengjing, a show judge and Taiwanese pop star.

“I’ve received a lot of letters of support, all ___32____ me to focus on my music,” Liu said. When asked what he would do when the show was ___33____, he revealed several music companies had asked to __34_____ him. But whatever happened, he added he is sure he would keep __35_____ his dream.

“Music is like water and air to me,” he said. “I can’t live with out it.”

1.A．aimless          B．legless        C．armless        D．forceless

2.A．desperate        B．happy          C．angry          D．nervous

3.A．power            B．strength       C．energy         D．enthusiasm

4.A．give away        B．give in        C．give up         D．give off

5.A．let              B．devoted        C．abandoned      D．challenged

6.A．what             B．how            C．whether        D．which

7.A．idea             B．purpose        C．dream          D．thought

8.A．at               B．to             C．in             D．with

9.A．given            B．if             C．when           D．only if

10.A．carried out     B．figured out    C．worked out     D．gave out

11.A．flexible        B．available      C．sensible       D．advisble

12.A．heavily         B．rapidly        C．slowly         D．slightly

13.A．looking         B．working        C．exercising     D．practicing

14.A．looked for      B．fought for     C．make for       D．took for

15.A．influential     B．beneficial    C．potential      D．official

16.A．make            B．gain           C．get            D．realize

17.A．letting         B．discouraging                     C．inspiring  D．encouraging

18.A．by              B．out            C．over           D．off

19.A．offer           B．sign           C．answer         D．find

20.A．pursuing        B．looking        C．thinking       D.promising

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Six-month-old babies are strictly limited in what they can remember about the objects they see in the world. If you hide several objects from babies, they will only remember one of those objects. But a new study, which was published in an issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that when babies “forget” about an object, not all is lost. Researchers used to think that babies less than two years old did not understand that an object continues to exist when it is not in the baby’s view. But in mid-1980s, new ways of doing experiments with babies found that they do, in fact, know that objects don’t disappear when they do not look at them -- a concept known as object permanence. But it was still unknown what babies needed to remember about objects in order to remember their existence.

Now Melissa Kibbe, of John Hopkins University, and Alan Leslie, of Rutgers University, are working to figure out exactly what it is that babies remember about objects. For the new study, they showed six-month-old babies two objects, a disk and a triangle. Then they hid the objects behind small screens, first one shape, then the other. Earlier research has shown that young babies can remember what was hidden most recently, but have more trouble remembering the first object that was hidden. Once the shapes were hidden, they lifted the screen in front of the first object. Sometimes they showed babies the shape that was hidden there originally, but sometimes it was the other shape, and sometimes the object had vanished completely.

Psychologists (心理学家) measure how long babies look at something to see how surprised they are. In Kibbe and Leslie’s study, babies weren’t particularly surprised to see that screen had changed, for example, from a triangle to a disk. But if the object was gone altogether, the babies looked significantly longer, indicating surprise at an unexpected result: “This shows that even though babies don’t remember the shape of the object, they know that it should continue to exist,” Kibbe says. “They remember the object without remembering the features that identify（鉴别） that object.”

This helps explain how the young brain processes information about objects, Leslie say. He thinks the brain has a structure that acts like a kind of pointer, a mental finger that points at an object.

1.Before the study, which of the following was unclear?

A. Whether babies know objects are gone.

B. What made babies remember objects’ existence.

C. Whether babies can remember what was hidden first.

D. Why babies were interested in what was hidden.

2.In the second paragraph, the underlined word “vanished” probably means “_____________ ”.

A. forgotten　　 B. disappeared

C. discovered　　 D. hidden

3.The study helps us better understand _____________.

A. how the young brain deals with information about objects

B. whether babies can remember features of hidden objects

C. whether babies were surprised when they found the objects disappeared

D. why babies less than two years did not understand a hidden object still existed

4.Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. A new concept — object permanence　　 B. All remembered isn’t lost

C. What babies remember about objects　　 D. A new study on psychology

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1.With help from a Mr.H, you can　 　　　　　 .

A. stop using batteries.

B. finish your homework on time.

C. remember your teacher’s instructions.

D. get your room tidied on your way home.

2.A PENGO WATCH CONTROL can help you to 　　　　　 .

A. repair your TV　 　　　　 B. organize your homework

C. be a James Bond　　 　　 D. know what the weather is like

3.You can get your Mr. H for 　　　　　 .

A. ＄499　　 　　 B. ＄299　　 　 　 C. ＄199　　　　 D. ＄99

4.Where would you be most likely to find the two texts?

A. On a notice board　　　　 　　　　　　　 B. In a company brochure.

C. On a teenage website　　 　　　　　　　 D. In a college newspaper.

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Cats are very smart. They are one of the smartest animals. The brain of a cat is large.  It is highly developed. This may be why cats have good memories. Cats remember kindness and cruelty. It is a good idea to treat a cat well. Cats can “speak” too. They meow for attention. Often they stand by a door. Then they meow. Then they look over their shoulders. They want to see if their owners are coming. Cats make other noises also. They purr(猫发出的咕噜声)when they are happy. They hiss when they are angry.

Cats have a lot of pride. They don’t usually do silly tricks. Almost all cats want to have their own way. They are mostly true to only one person. They don’t switch loyalty easily. Cats were free in the wild. They want to stay that way. They like to be their own masters. When a cat is left alone, it can go back to caring for itself. It can live in the wild again. This is different from dogs. Dogs will switch their loyalty. At one time dogs were loyal to the leaders of their packs. Now, they will transfer allegiance(忠诚)to their owner. They do not like to be alone.

With kindness, a cat can be trained. Cats can learn to do many things. Some cats can learn to open doors. Some can ring doorbells. Some can even turn on water tap. Then they take a drink. Cats are very smart. Before drinking, they put a paw in the water. They test whether the water is hot or cold.

1.What is the best title for this passage?

A．The Difference Between Dogs and Cats.      B．The Characteristics of Cats.

C． Loyal Animals.                         D． How to Keep Cats?

2.It’s interesting to have cats around ourselves because ________.

A.they always switch their loyalty    B. they like to do silly tricks

C. they will hiss when they are happy  D they are smart and have good memories

3.The last paragraph mainly shows that ________.

A．cats can test whether the water is cold or not

B．cats know how to turn on the water tap

C．cats are smart

D．cats know how to open a door

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Inside the house there is an old sofa _______ the cat usually takes its nap.

A. which　　 B. where

C. that　　 D. when

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.The old house ____ the old man of his happy childhood .

A. remembers     B. reminds      C. recognizes    D. retells

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1.The old photo always makes me remember my happy childhood.(改写)

The old photo always _________　 __________　 ___________ my happy childhood.

2.The West Lake makes Hangzhou famous in the world.(改写)

Hangzhou __________　 __________　 __________ the West Lake in the world.

3.He is likely to go abroad for further study for the following four years.(改写)

_________　 ________　 ________　 __________ he’ll go abroad for further study for the following four years.

4.He didn’t say anything because he felt sad at the bad news. (改写)

___________　　 ____________ at the bad news, he didn’t say anything.

5._______________________________(如何减肥)is a big problem for many girls.

6.The engineer used the robots to clean the windows of the high building. (用被动语态改写)

The robots _____________________________________________ by the engineer.

7.台风(typhoon)过后，政府为无家可归者提供了食物和水。（用provide翻译）

___________________________________________________________________________

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The prisoner has been ________ to death because he killed a ________.

A. sentenced; five-years-old girl

B. sentenced; five-year-old girl

C. judged; girl of five

D. judged; a girl of five years old

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JOHANNESBURG—They say cats have nine lives．Now a Chinese toad(蟾蜍)has joined the club of clever survivors．

South Africans are shocked by a toad that got trapped in a ship from China to Cape Town, after jumping into a candlestick(烛台)that was made there．South African officials reportedly planned to put down the creature, fearing it would cause harm as an invasive species if it were let go in the wild.

But the toad got a last-minute pardon. Mango Airlines, a south African airline, transported the toad on Friday to Johannesburg to an animal center, after officials decided to find a way to let the toad live. The two-hour flight was comfortable compared to the trip from China, a long way of many weeks and thousands of kilometers across the Indian Ocean.

Airline spokesman Hein Kaiser said the toad got "first-class treatment", sitting in a plastic container together with Brett Glasby, an expert looking, after animals. There was even a ceremony, in which the toad's boarding pass was handed to Glasby.

"He was the star of the Show on the flight. He was the unusual passenger, I think every passenger stopped to have a look." Kaiser said.

On landing in Johannesburg, the toad was brought out of its container for a photo shoot. Observers said the brown toad seemed like a cool customer. It belongs to the Asian Toad species. It is believed to have survived the trip from China by hardening its skin to prevent it from drying out, and also by slowing its breathing and heart rate—-methods that help the species survive in times of drought(干旱).

"We've had snakes in imported wood and insects in fruit. We were called because the toad was right inside the candlestick, and we had to break it to get it out." Glasby, the expert, told The Star, a South African newspaper.

1.The underlined phrase "an invasive ~species" in second paragraph may refer to ________.

A. something which is not used to the local conditions

B. something which is probably harmful to the native creatures

C. something which has never appeared in local areas

D. something which is greatly good to the local people

2.The toad was able to arrive in South Africa alive ________.

A. because it slowed its breath on the way

B. because it used methods in times of drought

C. because it formed hard skin to protect itself

D. because many people looked after it carefully

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. sometimes animals are transported by accident

B. no one has seen such a big toad in Africa

C. a candlestick is the best place for a toad

D. droughts make toads live longer

4.What is the best title of the text?

A. A journey-loving toad.　　 B. An amazing China toad.

C. A toad that has nine lives　　 D. A toad in a candlestick.

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