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A high school history teacher once told us,“If you make one close friend in school,you will be most fortunate.A true friend is someone who stays with you for life.”  1   teaches that he was right.Good friendship is just not easily  2  .

It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for a   3   friendship to develop.However,there can be no disagreement on the   4  for each of us to think carefully about the   5   of friendship we want.

To most of us,friendships are   6   very important,but we need to have clear in our  7  the kinds of friendship we want.Are they to be close or   8  at arm’s length?Do we want to share ourselves or do we want to walk on the   9  ?For some people,many friendships on the surface are   10   enough and that’s all right.But at some point,  11   to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations.The   12   of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the   13    way to deepen friendships.But it must be undertaken(进行)slowly and   14    only if there are signs of interest and action in return.

What are some of the   15   of friendship?The greatest is the attraction to expect too much time.Another “  16    difficulty”is the selfishness to take actions too soon.Deep relationships

  17    one“possesses”the other,including his time and attention.  18   ,friendships in return.In other words,you must give as much as you take.  19    there is a question of taking care of them.  20   you spend reasonable time together,talking on the phone,writing letters,doing things together,friendships will die away.

1.A.Knowledge             B.Practice      C.Experience              D.Success

解析：C。 经验可以证明该历史老师说的话是正确的。

2.A.understood             B.formed       C.realized               D.produced

解析：B。 从上下文可知，真诚的友谊是不容易建立起来的。

3.A.true                        B.common      C.short                        D.whole

解析：A。在一处地方呆得时间较短时，是不大可能与别人发展起来真挚的友谊的。

4.A.hope                      B.difference      C.need                       D.courage

解析：C。no disagreement为双重否定，此句意是人们都认为我们每一个人都有必要认真考虑我们需要什么样的友谊。

5.A.kind                       B.length         C.warmth                      D.value

解析：A。

6.A.made                      B.considered      C.explained                  D.reminded

解析：B。

7.A.hearts                     B.thoughts        C.actions                     D.minds

解析：D。have…in one’s mind“想到，想清楚”。

8.A.remained　             B.left            C.kept                         D.stayed

解析：C。keep…at arm’s length“保持一定的距离”；此处用了被动语态。

9.A.mud                       B.surface          C.ice                         D.feet

解析：B。 根据下一句可知答案。

10.A.long                     B.easy             C.quite                     D.not

解析：C。“对于某些人来说，与人保持表面的友谊足够了。”

11.A.it needs                 B.we need          C.one needs              D.they need

解析：B。根据句子结构和句意可知答案。

12.A.spreading              B.sharing           C.seeking                 D.showing

解析：B。句意是“与人分享自己的经历，包括眼泪和噩梦才最有可能加深友谊”。

13.A.easiest                  B.latest           C.worst                    D.surest

解析：D

14.A.watched over        B.turned away      C.broken down        D.carried on

解析：D。 carry on“继续，进行下去”。

15.A.difficulties             B.differences       C.advantages            D.types

解析： A

16.A.actual                   B.rough           C.upset                    D.major

解析：D

17.A.require                  B.request          C.depend                 D.suggest

解析：A。 require“需要”。

18.A.Surprisingly          B.Fortunately       C.Similarly        D.Frequently

解析：C。 similarly“同样地”。

19.A.Finally                  B.Gradually        C.Obviously             D.Curiously

解析：A。最后一段列举了发展友谊的几个困难，由文中的“the greatest”“another”两个信息词可推断此处用finally最佳。

20.A.Though                B.Unless           C.Since                   D.When

解析： B。此处表示反向的条件，意为“如果你不经常聚一聚等，你的朋友就会失去了。”。

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(A)

Weekend one-day out

A walk along the Wall

Beijing Hikers is organizing a hike in a village along the Great Wall in Changping District, north of downtown Beijing. The walk will take around three hours covering a distance of 10 kilometres.

Time:8:30 am-4:30 pm, Dec 4

Cost: 200 yuan (US$25) per adult, 150 yuan (US$18.50) for under-12s.

Meeting place: 8:30 am in front of Starbucks at Lido Holiday Inn, Jiangtai Lu

To sign-up (one day before the hike) and more information, contact Huijie at info@beijinghikers.com or 139-100-25516.

Skiing and hot springs

Cycle China plans a day's skiing fun at a resort around Beijing followed by an outdoor hot spring bath for your sore body.

Cost: 350 yuan (US$43.40)

Time: 8 am-6:30 pm, Dec 4

Location: Meet at the office of Cycle China, opposite the east gate of Jingshan Park, Xicheng District

For more information and reservation, email reserve@cyclechina.com or call 139-1188-6524

Horse riding

This is a trip to a professional horse-riding club with well-trained bilingual instructors, offering lessons to people who love riding and those willing to learn more. The club is located in Heibei Province next to the Kangxi Grassland.

Time:1:30 pm-4:30 pm, Dec 4

Cost:330 yuan (US$40.74) including one hours' riding, transportation, guide, lunch

To sign-up and more information, contact Lucy at 8580-5080, 130-1117-1326 or lucy@highclub.cn.

1.This passage is written mainly for__________________.

A.tourists    B.holidaymakers   C.guides    D.sportsmen

解析：B。根据本文的题目“Weekend one-day out”可知，这是一篇面向周末一日度假的读者而写的。

2.If Mary,who is ten years old wants to hike along the great wall with her parents,they will pay_______dollars.

A.400   B.450   C.68.50    D.65

解析：C。在第一则广告中，我们得知，大人每人25美元，12岁以下的孩子每人18.50美元。

3.If you are interested in the knowledge about horse-riding,you'll contact____________.

A. reserve@cyclechina.com   B.l 139-1188-6524

C. 130-1117-1326           D.139-100-25516.

解析：B。第三则广告涉及骑马和骑马知识的辅导。

4.Cycle China is ____________________.

A.a website which offers traveling information. B.a traveling organization 

C.a trainer for skiing                      D.a resort which offers hot spring bath

解析：B。从第二则广告中我们知道，趣味滑雪和室外温泉浴身活动是由Cycle China组织的。

(B)

If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

       According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.

       The study also found the effect is greater the younger people learn a second language.

       A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of“early bilinguals”who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.

       Scans showed that grey matter density（密度）in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.

       “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,”said the scientists.

       It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

       Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills.“Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible（灵活的），”he said.“You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

       The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better.“Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,”explained the scientists.

1.The main subject talked about in this passage is_________________.

A.science on learning a second language   B.man’s ability of learning a second language

C.language can help brain power           D.language learning and maths study

解析：C。本文的第一段即是本文的中心概括，然后下文围绕这一主题进行深入的阐述，即“语言学习可以提高你的智力”。

2.In the second paragraph, the writer mentions“exercise”in order to ______________.

A.say language is also a kind of physical labor

B.prove that one needs more practice when he（she）is learning a language

C.to show the importance of using the language when you learn the language

D.make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well

解析：D。作者把语言学习对大脑的促进作用比作体育锻炼能促进肌肉健全的促进作用，意为说明语言学习对大脑的促进有类似的促进作用。

3.The underlined word“bilingual”probably means________________.

A.a researcher on language learning         B.a second language learner

C.a person who can speak two languages    D.an active language learner

解析：C。本词后的解释who……即可说明。

4.We may know from the scientific findings that______________.

A.the earlier you start to learn a second language the higher the grey matter density is

B.there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language

C.the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain

D.the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time

解析：A。根据第五段得出。

5.In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us tha_________________.

A.learning a second language is the same as studying maths

B.early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in study other subjects

C.Italian is the best choice for you as a second language

D.you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language.

解析：B。作者的最后两段是对其中心论点的继续阐述，即外语的学习宜早不宜迟。

(C)

People who offer love, listening and help to others may be rewarded with better mental health themselves, according to a new study of churchgoers in the September/October issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.

The study is one of the first to track the positive health benefits of altruistic(利他的) behavior, says Carolyn Schwartz, Sc.D. of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

“The findings really point up how helping others can help oneself,” Schwartz says.

Schwartz and his workmates analyzed (分析) the information collected by the Presbyterian Church for 2,016 church members. The members were asked about how often they “made others feel loved and cared for” and “listened to others”, and how often they received this attention in return.

The members also answered the questions about their mental and physical health. Most of the church members were in good physical and mental health to begin with, experiencing only normal levels of anxiety and depression.

 While the researchers did not find any significant differences in physical health clearly related to giving and receiving help, they concluded that giving help was a better predictor(预报器) of good mental health than receiving help.

But feeling crushed (压倒) by others’ demands can have negative psychological(心理的) effects, according to the researchers.

“Although our findings suggest that people who help others experience better mental health, our findings also suggest that giving beyond one’s own resources is related with worse reported mental health,”Schwartz says.

Church leaders, older people, women and those who took satisfaction from prayer (祷告) were more likely to be helpers rather than receivers, according to the study. 　

People who give help to others may be less likely to focus inward on their own anxieties and depression or more likely to see their own troubles in mind, leading to better mental health, say the researchers. 　

Alternatively(二者择一的), it may be that “people who are functioning well psychologically are better able and therefore more likely to give help,” Schwartz says.

1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A.Older people are more likely to help others.

B.The researchers got the result from those who were given help.

C.Altruistic actions may result in better mental health.

D.Feeling crushed by others’ demands can be negative.

解析：B。细节判断题。除了B项，A、C、D三项文章均已提到。

2.One reason why helping others results in better mental health is that ___________.

A the helper may pay less attention to his own anxieties

B.helpers may be rewarded by other church members

C.the receiver will share the sorrow with the helper

D.helping others itself is a kind of physical exercise

解析： A。推理判断题。从文章倒数第二段可知。

3.What conclusion can we draw from the passage?

A.It’s more blessed to give than to receive.  B.Well begun, half done.

C.Where there is a will, there is a way.     D.Every advantage has its disadvantage.

[解析]A。主旨大意题。从本文的首句可知。

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Boys and girls,

May I have your attention , please . There will have            1.________      

a lecture at half past three on the Friday afternoon .            2.________      

It’s about “Information and English Study”. And it will given     3.________      

by Mr. Li Ping , who is a famous teacher from the English            4.________      

Department . There must be something interested              5.________      

and instructive . We can get more information from one ,     6.________      

I think . And it will improve their English study to a            7.________      

new stage . Anyone wants to attend it can come to             8.________      

Room 206. Take note and have a discussion after it .           9.________      

Please come here on time . Not be late .                              10._______      

1.have—be。这是there be结构。

2.去掉the。表示星期几，前面不需要定冠词。

3.given—be given。will be given是将来时的被动语态。

4.正确。

5.interested—interesting。interesting表示“令人感兴趣的”，修饰something。

6.one—it。用it代替前文出现的lecture。

7.their—our。本篇的统一人称是We。

8.在wants加who wants。构成定语从句，修饰Anyone。

9.note—notes。take notes是固定短语，意为“记笔记“。

10.Not—Don’t/Never。这是一个祈使句。

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你是Mike，接到朋友Steven的来信，他将有十天的假期，想带家人去香港新建的Disney Land一游。你刚刚去过那里，想跟你了解情况。请你根据广告内容和旁边你注明的提示（不能照抄广告，需有适当发挥）给Steven写封回信（这是信的一部分）。词数不少于60。

Dear Steven，

       I’m glad to hear from you again．I am also pleased to hear that you’ve got a ten-day holiday and are coming here to have a visit in the Disney Land．

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Dear Steven，

       I’m glad to hear from you again．I am also pleased to hear that you’ve got a ten-day holiday and are coming here to have a visit in the Disney Land．

       In order for you to save some money，I’d like to give you some tips．I suggest you buy the five-day All–in–One Hopper pass，which is HK $1460 for visitors ages 10 to up and HK $ 1200 for kids ages 3–9．You can save more than HK $800 compared with the tickets you buy separately．I think you’d better eat lunch at nearby restaurants，where excellent food is served and the service is good，but you must make a reservation before leaving home．You will be a Gold Card member if you pay HK $520．With the card you can save 20 percent of money for hotel rooms．My last tip is that you’d better not buy any souvenirs until the end of your journey．I spent a lot of money on expensive but valueless things．

Enjoy your trip and all the best wishes!

Yours

Mike