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根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

House Sitting

In many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting．It means that if owners of the house are going away, they want someone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away．

In Australia, many people travel．After people retire, they might buy a van and travel all over the country．1.

So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy．House sitters might have to care for pets．Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleaning．2.I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area．

3. There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can make arrangements to go and look after their home.

There are some requirements to be a house sitter．You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything．You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time．4.You need to be good with pets, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have.

Some house sitting jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owner have a short holiday．Sometimes it is for much longer．We have had one house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe.

5.Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there．One of the important things to get are references from the home owners where you have stayed． A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their home well．You can show these letters to prospective house sitting jobs and they know you will do a good job.

A． I have done house sitting many times.

B． Thousands of people do this all the time.

C． It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries.

D． Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job.

E． You must take a little care over what your description says about you.

F． This is an international house sitting service for all city and country areas.

G． You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.

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If you wish to become a better reader, here are four important things to remember about reading rate:

● Knowing why you are reading or what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.

● Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are directions for making or doing something, arithmetic（算术） problems, science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each important ideas.

● Some things should be read rapidly throughout. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyment, news letters from friends, pieces of news from local, or home-town, papers, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors.

● In some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast, as you go along. You will need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas which must be remembered.

1. The underlined word "rate" in the first sentence means _______.

A. fast B. slow C. speed D. skill

2.Which should be read slowly according to the passage?

A. Stories for enjoyment

B. Arithmetic problems

C. Letters from friends

D. News from hometown newspapers

3.How fast should we read?

A. The faster, the better.

B. The more slowly, the better.

C. Neither too fast nor too slow.

D. It depends on what we are reading.

4.According to the passage which of the following is NOT true?

A. Read slowly when you are reading something important to you.

B. Read fast when you are reading something unimportant to you.

C. Read the materials that you are interested in slowly.

D. Read the materials that you are interested in fast.

More than one doctor _____ involved in the rescue that took place after the earthquake．

A． was B． is C． were D． are

My Italian Grandmother was a wonderful woman．I always felt blessed growing up in her home1. a boy．She worked hard，laughed loud，and was never afraid of 2.life threw at her．

When she fell and broke her hip in her eighties，my Dad 3.(force) to admit that he could no longer take care of her at home．It was with a heavy heart4.Dad moved Grandmother into a nursing home．

Our whole family gathered together for her 90th birthday in the nursing home dining room．It was a wonderful celebration of her life and the love we all had 5.her．

Shortly after that birthday，however，life gave her the 6.(tough) challenge of all as age and illness started to take her mind from her too．The Dementia（痴呆） grew worse and worse．At times when I visited her she didn’t know 7.I was．During one of these visits I was holding her hand while she slept．When she awoke，her eyes stared at me and I could tell she didn’t recognize8.．She looked down at my hand9.(hold) hers and instead of pulling hers away，she smiled at me．Then she closed her eyes and went10.(peace) back to sleep．I could see then that even though her mind didn’t remember me，her spirit still remembered love．

Camels certainly like eating green grass, not dry grass．But 1. (strange), camels always keep looking for dry grass2. their stomachs are filled up.

A classmate of 3.(I) whose home is on the edge of Turpan Basin in Xinjiang told me his home has two camels; he said you could imagine a camel’s appetite, for it can slowly swallow dozens of kilograms of hay (干草)．I asked him 4. camels eat hay, not green grass．He said the camel is a kind of animal with 5. strong sense of suffering,6.(fear) its master letting it travel through the desert the next day, and the hay in its stomach is more hunger-resistant 7. green grass.

The camel has the best tolerance．Unfortunately, many people can only see a camel’s outstanding performance, but few understand its 8. (prepare) made for it.

Life, 9.a camel traveling through the desert,10. (need) the adequate accumulation, but not everyone can understand it.

______ worries me that my daughter plays with her cellphone for a long time every day.

A． It B． What C． This D． That

It is not easy to find true friends．Even if you’ve connected with someone，how do you really know he is a true friend？And often you will find that someone who you thought you could trust may have let you down．There are ways you can know if a friendship is true and how you can hold onto that friend．

Generally speaking，a true friend is someone who will be there for you no matter what happens．They will stand by you through bad and good times．They will accept you for who you are without trying to change you，and they will be there to help you grow in new ways．

A true friend will keep you secrets for you trust him．They will be honest and be someone you can depend on．They will listen and be someone you can talk things over with，even if they may not have advice to share with you．

However，friendship is a two-way street．To find true friends and keep them，you must in turn be the same as well．Be there for them in their hard times and share the good times with them．Be someone your friends can depend on as well and offer them the same thing they give to you．A friendship will fall apart fast if only one person is giving and putting all the effort．If you are the only one making an effort，be honest and it works．

Actually，there will be barriers in the road but that is the test of true friendship．If it can survive those barriers，it will be stronger and better than ever．Just as St Thomas Aquinas put it，“There is nothing on this earth more prized than friendship．”

Find a True Friend

The writer’s 1.on friends

True friends 2.come by nowadays。

Those who you regarded as your friends may make you down。

Characteristics of true friendship

A true friend will 3.you whatever happens。

A true friend will keep your secrets and be a good 4.。

5.to hold friendship

6.with your friends when they are in trouble。

Be someone who your friends can 7.。

8.is the key to keep a friendship if you are the only one making efforts。

9.

True friendship can stand up to various 10.and grow stronger and better。

根据下列句子语境、所给单词首字母及中文提示，在横线上写出正确的单词及形式。

1.He was asked to d _______ evening dresses for many movie stars．

2.My _________(以前的)English teacher has gone to the USA．

3.The laptop on the teacher’s desk is not yours．It b________ to Harry．

4.(身体的)_________ health is more important than anything else．

5.A _________ are training hard for the coming sports match．

6.I have to hand it to him __________(亲自)．

7.While shopping，we always b_________ with the shopkeeper in order to reduce the price．

8.Our school gave a r________(招待所)to the visitors．

9.My sister was lucky to be a ________ to Peking University．

10.The __________(表演)we saw last night was really wonderful．It was worth my time and effort．

Annie ____ her flight yesterday if she had looked at the time on the ticket carefully.

A． didn’t miss B． hadn’t missed

C． wouldn’t miss D． wouldn’t have missed

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