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I met my friend when we were in graduate school, and we enjoyed hanging out together outside of class. After receiving our degrees, we both left school to live in different states. That was 10 years ago.
We've kept in touch, but our phone conversations and twiceayear visits became opportunities for my friend to talk endlessly about her problems. When I tried to fill her in on my own life, she obviously ignored.
In the past few years I've not visited her at all and been afraid of her occasional phone calls and visits to my house. She invites herself now because I no longer invite her. When she's at my home, she literally follows me from room to room, talking nonstop, until I make an excuse to get away from her. I tell her I need to take a nap, but I don't sleep. I sit in my room and read or enjoy the quiet.
Here's the worst part. She and her family, including two young children, are moving to our city. Her family has a small income, and they are buying a house in a grand neighborhood they can't afford. She asked if she and her husband and her children could stay at my home on their trips to our town to deal with house matters.
My husband and I have no children. Even though our home is tiny and perfectly sized for us, I let them stay. She told me her husband would start his new job before they finished purchasing this house. I felt obligated to offer her our guest room. If I hadn't offered, she would have asked anyway.
Now he's here, and it turns out he'll be staying on through the weekends. I am seething.
I would never under any circumstances impose on a friendship this way. I feel used, resentful, and don't care if I ever see her again. Should I end this friendship? I'm getting absolutely nothing from it but a knot in my stomach.
1.Every time they got in touch, the author's friend __________.
A．had little to share with the author
B．was eager to know about the author's life
C．expressed her contentment with her own life
D．showed no interest in listening to the author's story
2.The author is afraid of her friend's phone calls and visits because ________.
A．she is engaged in her own life
B．she hates her friend's nonstop talking
C．her friend always borrows money from her
D．her friend always wants to show off before her
3.We can know from the text that the author ________.
A．is a selfish and jealous woman
B．has a larger house than her friend
C．has more children than her friend
D．is unwilling to share her house with her friend
4.What is the author's attitude towards their friendship?
A．Favorable. B．Appreciative.
C．Dissatisfied. D．Indifferent.
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Linda and Lucy were best friends. They graduated from high school and went to the same college for further studies.
After some days Linda found that her friend was behaving strangely. She would remain quiet, sleep too much and turn wild, very often. At first, Linda thought it was just because of the problems she had met in her studies. However, Lucy became even stranger over time. Finally, Linda couldn’t take it any longer and asked Lucy about her strange behavior. Lucy broke into tears and said that she was going around with a boy, who was taking drugs and forcing her to take them, too.
Linda was shocked by her story. She then advised her friend to leave the boy. She reminded Lucy of her dreams of becoming a successful doctor and encouraged her to set an example for others. She also reminded her of how her parents would feel if they found out what their daughter was up to. Through her efforts, Lucy was finally able to leave the boy and drugs. During this time, her friend always stood by her.
Finally, the two friends graduated and their friendship grew stronger. They both became successful doctors, but never let each other down by getting into bad habits. They lived happily as close friends.
From the story we can know that true friends are those who encourage you to become the best you can ever be. They believe in you and will never leave you.
1.The following are Lucy’s strange behaviors EXCEPT______________.
A. turning wild B. being quiet
C. sleeping too much D. being friendly
2. What problem did Lucy meet?
A. She lost her best friend
B. She was ill at that time
C. She dated a troublesome boy
D. She fell behind others in study
3.What course did Linda and Lucy mainly study in college?
A. Medicine B. Science C. Law D. Art
4.The writer tries to tell us__________.
A. how we can give up drugs
B. how we can overcome difficulty
C. how we should help others
D. what a true friend is
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When I was a kid, we were out and about all the time, playing with our friends, in and out of each other’s houses, sandwich in pocket, making our own _______. Our parents _______ saw us from morning to night. We didn't have much stuff, but we came and went as we liked. ” This is roughly what you will _______ if you ask anyone over 30 about their _______ in a rich country.
Today such children will spend most of their time _______, often with parents rather than with friends, be supervised (监管) more closely, be driven everywhere _______ walking or cycling, take part in many more _______ activities, and probably engage with a screen of some kind. All this is done with the best of _______. Parents intend to protect their offspring from traffic, crime and other dangers, and to give them every opportunity to _______.
The children themselves seem fairly ________ with their lives. In a survey across the OECD, 15-year-olds were asked to ________ their satisfaction with their life on a scale from zero to ten. The ________ score was 7.3, with Finnish kids the ________ at nearly 7.9, and Turkish ones the gloomiest (灰暗的), at 6.1.
________, that is not surprising. ________ parents these days, especially in America, invest a huge amount of time and money in their children to ensure that they will do ________ as well as the parents themselves have done, and preferably better. Those ________ and extra tutoring, music lessons and educational visits, together with lively discussions at home have proved effective at securing the good ________ that will open the doors to top universities and well-paid jobs. But working-class parents in America, for their part, ________ the means to engage in such intensive parenting. As a result, social divisions from one generation to the next are set to ________. A recent report by the World Bank showed that intergenerational social mobility in America is now among the lowest in all rich countries.
1.A.plans B.schedule C.decisions D.entertainment
2.A.often B.hardly C.willingly D.reluctantly
3.A.say B.cite C.hear D.mention
4.A.study B.hobby C.family D.childhood
5.A.alone B.socially C.indoors D.outdoors
6.A.instead of B.regardless of C.due to D.next to
7.A.casual B.desired C.organized D.physical
8.A.rewards B.intentions C.guidance D.discipline
9.A.risk B.fail C.relax D.succeed
10.A.happy B.bored C.familiar D.unsatisfied
11.A.rate B.predict C.anticipate D.connect
12.A.final B.average C.minimum D.maximum
13.A.lowest B.poorest C.funniest D.sunniest
14.A.However B.Therefore C.Unluckily D.Hopefully
15.A.Rich B.Poor C.Kind D.Strict
16.A.at most B.at last C.at first D.at least
17.A.dull B.limited C.endless D.meaningless
18.A.fame B.grades C.positions D.identity
19.A.deny B.lack C.possess D.require
20.A.appear B.shorten C.disappear D.broaden
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244. Last Sunday, My friend and I drove to the Summer Palace in Beijing. We found there were so many cars here and there and we couldn’t find a place to _______ the car in.
| A．pause | B．stop | C．place | D．Park |
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My friend and I were at a restaurant in Berkeley for an evening fast food．All of a sudden we decided to do a small act of _______ —to use the smile card to．_______ someone’s day．
Being at a restaurant，we intended to pay for someone else anonymously(匿名)and see what _______．We got all excited with the _______ and set about doing that．
We looked around for which table we should pay for，and then _______ a table—it seemed like an immigrant family with a few children，_______ their meals at that time．I could sense a family _______ in them and that they were having a nice time together．We called on our waitress to _______ the idea to her．
As soon as we told her we wanted to pay for another table and showed her the _______，she got super thrilled! We told her about it and made sure she knew we wanted to be anonymous，which made us further _______．After a while．she came back and told us the waitress for that table was _______ to tears when hearing about our idea．
Soon after，we left，feeling delighted and grateful to get all opportunity to _______ smiles．It is hard to explain how it felt in the moment，but it _______ felt special，not because I was“helping”someone．but because I felt _______ to people I didn’t even know—the waitresses and the family．It also，in some form，melted me to see how people _______ to generosity，which has become so _______ in today’s commercial lifestyle．I felt something inside me _______．
I don’t know what happened next，how the family felt and _______ or how the waitresses _______ the situation，but I am sure it brought a few _______ to a few people including myself．
1.A. adventure B. kindness C. entertainment D. difficulty
2.A. spend B. manage C. spare D. make
3.A. occurred B. changed C. mattered D. disappeared
4.A. order B. idea C. request D. news
5.A. turned down B. put forward C. settled on D. took up
6.A. preparing B. expecting C. cooking D. enjoying
7.A. bond B. argument C. conflict D. pressure
8.A. prove B. explain C. announce D. report
9.A. card B. gift C. phone D. menu
10.A. desperate B. enthusiastic C. sympathetic D. embarrassed
11.A. confused B. scared C. depressed D. moved
12.A. wear B. copy C. spread D. force
13.A. slightly B. hardly C. frequently D. obviously
14.A. connected B. separated C. addicted D. accustomed
15.A. refer B. lead C. respond D. stick
16.A. curious B. regular C. awful D. rare
17.A. changed B. happened C. realized D. gained
18.A. refused B. reacted C. complained D. criticized
19.A. experienced B. avoided C. analyzed D. compared
20.A. suggestions B. promises C. smiles D. worries
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When I met him the other day, it was the first time we _____ each other since we were at school.
| A．saw | B．had seen | C．were seeing | D．have seen |
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When I met him the other day，it was the first time we ________ each other since we were at school.
A．saw B．had seen
C．were seeing D．have seen
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When I met him the other day，it was the first time we________each other since we were at school.
A．saw B．have seen C．had seen D．were seeing
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When my wife, Jane, and I were 16, we were in the same class. About a week before Thanksgiving Day, we found out that our teacher Edward was having some__________challenges. We wanted to do something to help, so as a class we__________to gather food, clothing and gifts to__________his family had a good Thanksgiving Day.
When Jane told her family about our plan, her mother was__________. Together they searched their house for things they could__________. Her mother went to the kitchen,__________a big turkey and saying, “Thanksgiving Day won’t be__________without a turkey dinner.” To this day, Jane remembers how moved she was by her mother's__________.
Before making our__________, we said a prayer of appreciation for the wonderful__________to help others. I will never forget the surprised__________of our teacher and his wife when they__________the door; their four children gathered around them as we handed out the gifts. It was a cold night; we all felt warm inside,__________.
Last month while I was in a meeting, my secretary informed me, “Your high school teacher Mr. Edward is wondering if you could__________him a few minutes. He’s sitting in your office right now!”
I left my meeting and went to my office__________. My teacher and I hugged and began to_________ the last years. He told me he__________remembered that cold winter night when we brought the__________of Thanksgiving Day to his family. The food and gifts were certainly____________, but what warmed his heart that night was to see a group of teenagers who understood the__________of Thanksgiving Day.
1.A. financial B. personal C. academic D. typical
2.A. applied B. determined C. attempted D. preferred
3.A. figure out B. point out C. make sense D. make sure
4.A. satisfied B. puzzled C. amazed D. touched
5.A. separate B. donate C. distribute D. collect
6.A. breaking up B. breaking down C. pulling out D. pulling down
7.A. traditional B. usual C. complete D. basic
8.A. honesty B. generosity C. pity D. curiosity
9.A. decision B. contact C. delivery D. contribution
10.A. opportunity B. gift C. deal D. memory
11.A. expression B. sorrow C. impression D. laugh
12.A. pushed B. reached C. dragged D. answered
13.A. again B. anyhow C. though D. enough
14.A. wait B. spare C. spend D. save
15.A. hurriedly B. nervously C. proudly D. worriedly
16.A. come up with B. look back on C. keep up with D. get hold of
17.A. just B. still C. even D. already
18.A. experience B. excitement C. pleasure D. warmth
19.A. appreciated B. offered C. accepted D. consumed
20.A. spirit B. symbol C. history D. intention
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When my wife, Jane, and I were 16, we were in the same class. About a week before Thanksgiving Day, we found out our teacher Edward was having some_______challenges. We wanted to do something to help, so as a class we_______to gather food, clothing and gifts to_______ his family had a good Thanksgiving Day.
When Jane told her family about our plan, her mother was_______. Together they searched their house for things they could_______. Her mother went to the kitchen,_______a big turkey and saying, “Thanksgiving Day won’t be_______without a turkey dinner.” To this day, Jane remembers how moved she was by her mother’s_______.
Before making our_______, we said a prayer of appreciation for the wonderful__________to help others. I will never forget the surprised__________of our teacher and his wife when they__________the door; their four children gathered around them as we handed out the gifts. It was a cold night; we all felt warm inside__________.
Last month while I was in a meeting, my secretary informed me, “Your high school teacher Mr. Edward is wondering if you could__________him a few minutes. He’s sitting in your office right now!”
I left my meeting and went to my office__________. My teacher and I hugged and began to__________ the last 42 years. He told me he__________remembered that cold winter night when we brought the__________of Thanksgiving Day to his family. The food and gifts were certainly__________, but what warmed his heart that night was to see a group of teenagers who understood the__________of Thanksgiving Day.
1.A. personal B. financial C. academic D. typical
2.A. determined B. applied C. attempted D. preferred
3.A. figure out B. make sure C. make sense D. point out
4.A. satisfied B. puzzled C. touched D. amazed
5.A. separate B. collected C. distribute D. donate
6.A. pulling out B. breaking down C. breaking up D. pulling down
7.A. traditional B. complete C. usual D. basic
8.A. honesty B. pity C. generosity D. curiosity
9.A. delivery B. contact C. decision D. contribution
10.A. memory B. gift C. deal D. opportunity
11.A. sorrow B. expression C. impression D. laugh
12.A. pushed B. reached C. answered D. dragged
13.A. again B. anyhow C. enough D. though
14.A. spare B. wait C. spend D. save
15.A. nervously B. hurriedly C. proudly D. worriedly
16.A. catch up on B. come up with C. keep up with D. get hold of
17.A. just B. already C. even D. still
18.A. warmth B. excitement C. pleasure D. experience
19.A. accepted B. offered C. appreciated D. consumed
20.A. symbol B. spirit C. history D. intention