题目内容
True friends are hard to find. Often you thought you could believe in someone, b【小题1】later he or she may let you down (让你失望).
A true friend is someone who will always be there for you. Through good times or b【小题2】times, they will stand by your side. They will not l【小题3】you alone when things get difficult. They will accept you i【小题4】of trying to change you. A friend will b【小题5】new and exciting things into your life and make it richer.
True friends will be honest and you can always b【小题6】in them. If you talk to someone who you believe in, you don’t have to w【小题7】about what you may say. We can enjoy this freedom only with friends.
Friendship is a two-way street. To find a true friend and keep the friendship b【小题8】you, you must do the same thing as well. Be there for your friends when they are in n【小题9】and share the good times with them. Offer them the same things they give to you.
You will find that there is nothing more valuable t【小题10】having a true friend by your side to share life with, just as someone says, “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized (珍惜) than true friendship”.
【小题1】but
【小题2】bad
【小题3】leave
【小题4】instead
【小题5】bring
【小题6】believe
【小题7】worry
【小题8】between
【小题9】need
【小题10】than
解析试题分析：这篇短文主要论述了友谊对于我们的重要性及什么才是真正的友谊，并告诉我们怎么样才能维持良好的友谊。
【小题1】联系上下文可知前后为转折关系，结合首字母可知填转折连词but，但是。
【小题2】联系上文可知句意为：度过好日子或者坏日子，结合首字母可知填形容词bad，坏的。
【小题3】联系下文，可知指的是不会留下你独自一个人。结合前文助动词will及首字母可知填原形动词leave，留下，离开。
【小题4】句意：他们会接受你而不是改变你。短语instead of代替。结合语境可知填副词instead代替，反而。
【小题5】结合语境可知，朋友会带来新的令人兴奋的东西，结合前文助动词will及首字母，可知填原形动词bring，带来。
【小题6】联系前半句描述，可知此处指的是你能一直相信他们。Can是情态动词，根据首字母可知填原形动词believe相信。
【小题7】联系下文，可知此处指的是担心他们说什么。本句中to是不定式符号，后面接动词原形。根据首字母可知填原形动词worry担心。
【小题8】联系前一句Friendship is a two-way street.描述，可知此处指的是在你们之间。根据首字母可知填介词between在两者之间。
【小题9】考察短语in need在危难中。结合语境可知此处指的是当他们处于危难中时。根据首字母可知填名词need，需要，抽象名词不可数，故用原形即可。
【小题10】句意：你会发现没有什么东西比有一个真正的朋友站在旁边和你分享生活更有价值了。结合语境可知本句表示在两个事物中进行比较，故用形容词的比较级。根据首字母可知填介词than，比。
考点：短文中词汇短语的运用能力
点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。
Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to worry about people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel 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 trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you are studying hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of you; When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. All your happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you should not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
【小题1】 Happiness is for ____________.
| A．those who have large and beautiful houses |
| B．those who have cars |
| C．those who have a lot of money |
| D．all people |
| A．people around you will help you to correct（改正）it |
| B．you will have no chance to challenge yourself |
| C．your classmates will laugh at you |
| D．you will be happy |
| A．When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. |
| B．You can’t get help from others when you make mistakes. |
| C．You can’t be a happy person if you have little money. |
| D．Happiness is not a feeling from your heart. |
| A．Because money always brings happiness. |
| B．Because money doesn’t always bring people happiness. |
| C．Because everything can be bought with money. |
| D．Because only rich people have happiness. |
| A．Happiness is for everyone. |
| B．Lucky life. |
| C．Do something good to others. |
| D．Life and success. |
For many years , Hawaii has been a magic name to people who like to travel. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, in Japan and in America, dream of seeing these beautiful islands in the middle of ocean. Their dreams always include at least on scene of a sunset over the ocean. In the tropical （热带的）lands, the sun drops like a ball of golden fire into the sea. And it drops so quickly that you can almost see it move. The sun leaves behind a glow that lights the skies in the quiet water.
People often have a quiet, peaceful time—perfect for a leisurely walk along the water. This scene is not too different from the dramatic beauty that greeted the first strangers to these islands centuries ago. They were Polynesia people who came from Tahiti in canoes that much bigger than small boats.
They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees, but there were no grand hotels like the ones we see nowadays. The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago, but skyscraper hotels were only built in the last 30 years. Now jet airplanes make it possible to fly to Hawaii for a weekend from Tokyo or San Francisco or Los Angeles.
Wherever people come from, they really want to see the original（原始的，最初的） beauty of Hawaii. They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountains called Diamond Head which is almost hidden by the tall hotels.
【小题1】Hawaii is a name __________.
| A．given by people who like to travel |
| B．attracting a lot of travelers |
| C．with an interesting story behind it |
| D．talked about by both the Japanese and Americans. |
| A．the tropical plants |
| B．a leisurely walk along the beach |
| C．the sunset |
| D．the quiet water |
| A．White sand beaches | B．Waving palm trees |
| C．Tall hotels | D．The Diamond Head Mountain |
| A．very beautiful |
| B．expensive and comfortable building |
| C．low and pleasant building |
| D．very tall building |
| A．The scenery nowadays is different from the original beauty |
| B．It is not quite easy to see the original beauty, because some of the scenery is almost hidden by tall hotels |
| C．The scenery nowadays is unchanged |
| D．It is difficult to see the original beauty because things have completely changed in the last twenty-five years |
Some children want to be writers some day. They mean that they want to write stories or books for people to read. That's good! It's good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they really are good writers. They should read a lot of books, and read for hours and hours every day instead (代替) of watching TV and spending a lot of time playing games when they are free.
If you are a good reader, it doesn't take you long to do the reading homework. Then you have time to read many other books for fun. Because you read so well, you have more fun in reading and you want to look for more books to read.
Before you decide to be a good writer, you'd better say to yourself, "I must read and read and read more and more!"
【小题1】This article (文章) mainly (主要的) tells us that __________.
| A．some children wish to be writers some day |
| B．it is good to write something for people to read |
| C．reading can make you a good writer |
| D．writers like to read more books for fun |
| A．because they want to be good readers |
| B．to write stories or books for people to read |
| C．to find good work some day |
| D．to get more money to keep a family |
| A．to do a lot of reading | B．to watch TV in the evening |
| C．to have wishes sometimes | D．to be good writers right now |
| A．help you to be a good player | B．help you write well |
| C．make your work better | D．make you watch more TV at home |
| A．all children like to be writers |
| B．people like to read for children |
| C．all writers are children |
| D．children need to read more and more books |
The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday for the Chinese people. For the Chinese，the New Year comes with the first day of the First Moon，between January 21 and February 19. People get ready for the holiday for fifteen days.
Finally，at midnight it is the first day of the First Moon. People close the shops and the streets are empty. Everyone locks（锁） the doors and stays at home.
It is an important time for the family. The younger people bow(鞠躬) to the older people. The Chinese call this Ke Tou. This means “to touch the ground with the forehead（额头）”．Then the younger people wish the older people a happy New Year. The older people give children gifts of money inside envelopes（信封）. The family then go to sleep.
In the morning，people dress in（穿上） their best clothes. Some people stay at home，others go out to pay a New Year Call. They are very polite and do not use bad words. It's the most important day of the year.
【小题1】“The Chinese New Year” in the passage means “______”．
| A．MidAutumn | B．the Spring Festival |
| C．Christmas Day | D．the Dragon(龙)Boat Festival |
| A．a few days | B．twelve days |
| C．half a month | D．three weeks |
| A．lots of | B．hundreds of |
| C．many | D．few |
| A．to touch the ground with the forehead . |
| B．to touch the ground with the head . |
| C．to feel the ground. |
| D．to feel the head. |
| A．Good luck! | B．Best wishes! |
| C．Good morning. | D．Happy New Year! |
This is my family. My father’s name is Mr. White. He is 35 years old. His birthday is October twenty-third. He likes football. He likes vegetables, but he doesn’t like meat. My mother’s name is Mrs. White. She is 34 years old. Her birthday is July fourth. She doesn’t like to watch TV, but she likes to play on the computer. She likes ice cream and all the fruits: apples, oranges, bananas, but she doesn’t like mangoes. My name is George. I’m thirteen years old. My birthday is May fifth. I like all vegetables and fruits. And I like Chinese food and ice cream, but I don’t like hamburgers, because mom says hamburgers are not good.【小题1】________ doesn’t like meat.
| A．Mr. White | B．Mrs. White | C．George | D．George’s sister |
【小题2】Mother likes _________________.| A．to watch TV | B．to go shopping |
| C．to watch movies | D．to play on the computer |
【小题3】George doesn’t like hamburgers, because __________.| A．his mother says hamburgers are not good |
| B．his father doesn’t like hamburgers |
| C．he likes Chinese food |
| D．he likes all the fruits |
【小题4】Mr. White is _______________.| A．35 years old | B．34 years old | C．33 years old | D．23 years old |
【小题5】George’s birthday is ___________.| A．December sixth | B．July fourth |
| C．May fifth | D．October twenty-third |
Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they don’t all have the same coffee culture. In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks coffee shops spread across the country.[来源:学科网ZXXK]
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981.That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing（市场营销）.
In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special environment of the espresso (浓咖啡) bars there caught his eyes. Back in the USA, Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more stores across the USA. Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well. Today, there are more than 16,000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.
However, that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. In fact, many Starbucks stores have closed over the past few years. On the one hand, this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the “feel the same everywhere” environment offered by Starbucks.【小题1】 The underlined word “ran” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ”.
| A．moved | B．managed |
| C．loved | D．used |
【小题2】 According to the passage, which is the right order for the following sentences?a. This man helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company.
b. He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.
c. Howard Schultz noticed Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers.
d. Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA.
A. a-d-c -b B. a-d-b-c
C. d-c- b-a D. d-c-a-b
【小题3】Why did so many Starbucks close in some countries?| A．All of the coffee tastes the same. |
| B．The coffee in these places was too expensive. |
| C．The people in these countries didn’t drink coffee. |
| D．There were too many coffee shops in one place. |