When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who has wings of their own and who will fly with me.
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say, “Let’s start with a train whistle（鸣笛）today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social persons and the stories and poems stopped.
When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair（失望）and I was in despair, too. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not travel over this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.
For almost four years I have had a great friend whose imagination brightens mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind.
It is such comforting companions（陪伴）I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist, who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be with my own best friend.
小题1:We can infer from Paragraph 2 that the writer ______ finally.| A．wasn’t serious about her studies | | B．didn’t like writing poems or stories | | C．became popular with her classmates | | D．developed her proper social behaviors |
小题2:The underlined sentence “We gave London to each other” probably means ______.| A．our tour in London was a memorable gift to both of us | | B．our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared | | C．we were unwilling to stay away from London | | D．we waved goodbye to each other in London |
小题3:What is the best title for the passage?| A．Unforgettable Experiences. | | B．Unbelievable Imagination. | | C．Touching Companions. | | D．Lifelong Friendship. |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D |
试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文中作者主要讲述了自己在人生的几个不同阶段所遇到的几个好朋友，从而告诉我们朋友对于我们人生的重要意义。
小题1:段落大意题。根据第二段描述可知作者最终形成了自己正常的社会行为习惯。故选D。
小题2:句意猜测题。结合第三段描述，可知通过我们在伦敦的旅行，让我们发现了许多的好东西，原先的绝望心情消失不见了。故选A，我们在伦敦的旅行对于我们两个人来说都是值得记忆的东西。
小题3:标题归纳题。阅读短文可知作者主要在本文中介绍了自己几个不同人生阶段中遇到的好朋友。故选D，一生 |
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试题【When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who has wi】；主要考察你对
人生百味类等知识点的理解。
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Have you ever received a gift that was so clearly not your taste? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? 小题1:__________? And what do your choices tell about your personal qualities（品质）?
小题2:__________. It calls for empathy—the ability to put yourself into someone else’s head and heart. We’re all able to do this; in fact, we’re born with a kind of natural empathy. 小题3:__________. When it isn’t, we’re not able to understand other people’s feelings sharply.
Think back to the presents you’ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, your thoughts while you were shopping, and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose shows your inner world.
We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Passing over the tradition won’t make it go away. 小题4:__________, tell your friends ahead of time.
A. When do you send a right gift
B. However, it needs to be developed
C. If you really dislike such a tradition
D. Why do presents sometimes go wrong
E. Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe
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When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be very difficult to let your anger go off. But forgiveness（原谅）is possible – and it can be surprisingly helpful to your physical and mental health. Indeed, research has shown that people who forgive can have more energy, better appetite and better sleep. “People who forgive show less anger and more hopefulness,” says Dr. Frederic Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good. “So it can help save on the damage to our system and allow people to feel more energetic.”
So when someone has hurt you, cool down first. Take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, someone you love. Don’t wait for an apology（道歉）. “Many times the person who hurt you may never think of apologizing,” says Dr. Luskin. “They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. So if you wait for people to say sorry, you could be waiting a very long time.”
Next keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean accepting the action of the person who worries you. Mentally going over your hurt gives power to the person who brought you pain. Instead, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you.
Finally, try to see things from the other person’s perspective（看法）. You may realize that he or she was acting out of knowledge, fear – even love. To get perspective, you may want to write a letter to yourself from that person’s point of view.
小题1:What’s the name of Dr. Frederic Luskin’s book?
小题2:According to the writer, what should you do first after being hurt?
小题3:Why does Dr. Luskin advise us not to wait for an apology after being hurt?
小题4:What’s the writer’s idea to get perspective?
小题5:What does the writer mainly want to tell us in the passage? |
Happiness is for everyone, and you don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with and swimming pools or those who have nice cars a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in at school, your friends will help you; when you study at your lessons, your parents are always good care of your life and your health; when you get , your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel , too. All these are your happiness. If you notice those things, you can see that happiness is always you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are , you can also say you are very happy because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy because you have more chances to yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor or you have bad luck. As the saying goes: Life is like a revolving(转动的)door. When it , it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
| 小题1: | | A．trees | B．flowers | C．gardens | D．cars |
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| 小题4: | | A．wrong | B．trouble | C．problem | D．danger |
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| 小题5: | | A．making | B．talking | C．feeling | D．taking |
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| 小题6: | | A．regret | B．trouble | C．decision | D．success |
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| 小题7: | | A．correct | B．forget | C．change | D．know |
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| 小题8: | | A．lonely | B．sorry | C．happy | D．beautiful |
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| 小题9: | | A．before | B．around | C．follow | D．for |
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| 小题10: | | A．poor | B．lucky | C．healthy | D．angry |
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| 小题11: | | A．develop | B．progress | C．challenge | D．exercise |
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| 小题12: | | A．goes | B．sleeps | C．moves | D．closes |
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As a teenager, I am often asked what I am going to be in the future. A lawyer? A doctor? Or a scientist? No, my ideal career is to be a teacher. One of the for that is I want to be a teacher like Mr. Chen.
“Look! Do you know what it is? A-ha, it’s the ! And it will always move around the sun.” Mr. Chen said and pointed to his head. He then touched the nose and , “Can you tell me the name of this mountain? It is the highest mountain on Earth! What’s the of it? Yes, it’s 8844.43 metres…” I’ll never forget my first geography lesson. He was humorous that we all fell in love with his lessons . It’s Mr. Chen who opened the door of geography for us.
Generally speaking, most of the teachers are strict students and sometimes a little bit demanding（苛求的）, not so with Mr. Chen. He is a lighthouse, showing us the way to the treasure of knowledge. He is a friend and easy to get with, always encouraging us to speak out loud without our shyness and other disadvantages. He is an example, volunteering his time to students and other teachers.
One day I happened to meet him in the hospital. Seeing the cut on his arm, I realized he was donating his . I was moved and was another lesson, a lesson of love and devotion.
Every time I see my globe（地球仪）, it would me of Mr. Chen. He is the most unforgettable teacher I have met and he will always be. Someday I hope I am to be a teacher like him.
Thank you, Mr Chen, thank you for making learning not a job but a joy.
Thank you for helping me to discover what I do best and to do it even .
Thank you for understanding all of us and giving us the time and care each of us needs.
| 小题1: | | A．replies | B．reasons | C．rewards | D．results |
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| 小题2: | | A．moon | B．earth | C．star | D．sun |
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| 小题3: | | A．advised | B．announced | C．added | D．answered |
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| 小题4: | | A．distance | B．weight | C．size | D．height |
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| 小题6: | | A．at present | B．at once | C．at times | D．at first |
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| 小题8: | | A．away | B．together | C．angry | D．along |
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| 小题9: | | A．thinking | B．caring | C．considering | D．supposing |
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| 小题10: | | A．money | B．blood | C．clothes | D．time |
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| 小题11: | | A．taught | B．given | C．taken | D．had |
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| 小题12: | | A．remembers | B．represents | C．warns | D．reminds |
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| 小题14: | | A．able | B．about | C．allowed | D．available |
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| 小题15: | | A．well | B．good | C．better | D．best |
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Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important.
“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”
小题1:This story happened in ________.
A. U.N. B. U.S.A. C. U.K. D. P.R.C.
小题2:There are________in this passage.| A．three men | B．three women and one man | | C．four men | D．three men and one woman |
小题3:The banker and the owner of one of the largest companies in the world ________.| A．had similar opinions about the reporter’s question | | B．disagreed with each other | | C．had been invited to the White House many times | | D．didn’t reply to the reporter |
小题4:The owner of one of the largest companies thought ________.| A．he himself was really important because he owned one of the largest companies in the world | | B．the President was really important because the president of another country called him | | C．the visitor was really important if the President would rather treat him than answer an important phone call from another country | | D．none of them was really important |
小题5:The underlined word you in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) ________.| A．the television reporter | B．the owner of many buildings | | C．the President | D．the visitor to the White House |
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