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In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayon when all that were left were the ugly black ones.
In third grade your idea of a good friend was the person who shared his or her lunch with you when you forgot yours on the bus.
In eighth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pack up your childhood stuff so that your room would be a “middle school student’s” room, but didn’t laugh at you when you finished and broke out into tears.
In eleventh grade your idea of a good friend was the person who came to comfort you when you broke up with someone.
In the twelfth grade your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pick out a university, assured you that you would get into that university and helped you deal with your parents, who were having a hard time to adjust to letting you go.
At graduation your idea of a good friend was the person who was crying on the inside but managed the biggest smile one could give as they congratulated you.
Now , your idea of a good friend is still the person who gives you the better of the two choices; holds your hand when you are scared; thinks of you when you are not there; reminds you of what you have forgotten; helps you put the past behind you, but understands when you need to hold on to it a little longer; stays with you so that you have confidence; goes out of their way to make time for you; helps you clear up your mistakes; helps you deal with pressure from others; smiles for you when you sad; helps you become a better person; and ______, loves you!
Thank you for being a friend. No matter where we go or who we become, never forget who helped us get here.

  1. 1.

    What is the best title of the passage? (please answer within 10 words)
    _________________________________________________________________________

  2. 2.

    Translate the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese.
    __________________________________________________________________________

  3. 3.

    Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (please answer within 10 words)
    ____________________________________________________________________________

  4. 4.

    Please find out the sentence which can be replaced by the following one.
    We will remember those who have helped us when we are in need of great help.
    ____________________________________________________________________________

  5. 5.

    By reading the passage, what kind of friend do you think is a good one?(please answer within 30 words.)
    ____________________________________________________________________________

1. Friends of life
2. 在毕业时,你对好朋友的认识/理解是这样的:他们是虽然内心痛苦,但在向你祝贺时,总能尽力给你最灿烂微笑的人
3. most importantly/ above all/most important of all/first of all
4. No matter where we go or who we become, never forget who helped us get here
5. A good friend should be the one who always helps you when you are in trouble or when you need him to do something useful to help you
1.文章前六段说了从幼儿园一直到大学毕业对好朋友的不同理解。下面几段阐述了什么是真正的朋友,所以归纳为Friends of life
2.这句话是个很复杂的句子,要注意定语从句who was crying on the inside but managed the biggest smile one could give修饰the person,one could give是定语从句修饰smile,as they congratulated you.是时间状语从句。
3.这里是一连串并列的动词,后面是表示递进,可填most importantly/ above all/most important of all/first of all表示最重要的是。
4.题目的句意是:我们要记住在我们需要帮助的时候是谁帮助我们的,文章中的No matter where we go or who we become, never forget who helped us get here.
意思相近。
5.从文章的第八段可以总结为:A good friend should be the one who always helps you when you are in trouble or when you need him to do something useful to help you.
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Age has its special advantage in America. And one of the more impressive of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age—in some cases as low as 55-is automatically entitled to plenty of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility(资格)is determined not by one’s need but by the date on one’s birth certificate. Practically the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses-as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.
People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them;yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent(有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous(同义的). Perhaps that once was true, but today, to be sure, there is economic variety within the elderly, and most of them aren’t poor.
It is impossible to determine the effect of the discounts on individual companies. For many firms, they are a stimulus to income. But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly, of younger Americans. Moreover, they directly annoy some politicians and scholars who consider it a coming conflict between the generations.
Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits, which mostly involves a transfer of resources from the young to the old. Employment is another point. Supported by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are refusing the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job-thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers. Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become a powerful economic privilege(特权)to a group with millions of members who don’t need them.
It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others. Senior citizen discounts only enrich the myth that older people can’t take care of themselves and need special treatment;and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly ale ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups. Senior citizen discounts are the heart of the very thing older Americans are fighting against-discrimination by age.

  1. 1.

    We learn from the first paragraph that   .

    1. A.
      offering senior citizen discounts has become routine commercial practice
    2. B.
      senior citizen discounts have enabled many old people to live a good life
    3. C.
      giving senior citizen discounts has increased the market for the elderly
    4. D.
      senior citizens have to show their birth certificates to get a discount
  2. 2.

    The reason to give the senior citizen discount is that   .

    1. A.
      the elderly need humane help from society
    2. B.
      businesses should do something for society in return
    3. C.
      old people are entitled to special treatment for their contribution to society
    4. D.
      the senior discounts can make up for the lack of the Social Security system
  3. 3.

    What does the author think of the Social Security system?

    1. A.
      It encourages elderly people to retire in time.
    2. B.
      It opens up broad career chances for young people.
    3. C.
      It benefits the old at the expense of the young.
    4. D.
      It should be strengthened by laws and court decisions.
  4. 4.

    What does the author mainly argue in the passage?

    1. A.
      Senior citizens should fight hard against age discrimination.
    2. B.
      The elderly are selfish and taking senior discounts for granted.
    3. C.
      Senior citizen discounts may well be a type of age discrimination.
    4. D.
      Discount should be given to the economic needs of senior citizens.

The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2, 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. Over one hundred people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives .
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker(面包师)in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window into the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery(面包房)into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them .
Samuel Pepys , the famous writer, writer about the fire, “People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat .”
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path(路径) of the fire.With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone.In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among which was the new St Paul’s
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.

  1. 1.

    The underlined word‘family’in the second paragraph probably means____.

    1. A.
      house
    2. B.
      children
    3. C.
      wife and husband
    4. D.
      wife and children
  2. 2.

    It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that .

    1. A.
      many people lost their lives
    2. B.
      the birds in the sky were killed by the fire
    3. C.
      many famous buildings were destroyed
    4. D.
      the King’s bakery was burned down
  3. 3.

    Why did the writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?

    1. A.
      Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
    2. B.
      Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
    3. C.
      To show that poor people suffered most.
    4. D.
      To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
  4. 4.

    How was the fire put out according to the text?

    1. A.
      The King and his soldiers came to help.
    2. B.
      All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.
    3. C.
      People managed to get enough water from the river.
    4. D.
      Houses standing in the path of the fire were destroyed.

Friendship is very pleasant and also essential to people’s life . A man without friends is an angel without wings, whose life will suffer in the long loneliness and depression, Friendship is the mother of our spirit, who’ll warm her kid when hurt occures , We have much to share with our friends in life , confusion, excitement ,bitterness etc, It’s great to keep up a sincere friendship.
It takes many special qualities to make friends, Understanding should come first . Only when we get a better understanding of each other can we gain a believable and meaningful friendship. We may find our hobbies of common interest. This feeling of natural attraction gets us closer and closer.
It also takes a special kind of love that seems to know no end, Never hesitate to show your heartfelt care and kindness to your friend when she /he is in trouble . Love is not selfish , Love is a feeling that we should treasure all our lives,
Tolerance (宽容)is the third necessary part in friendship ,. We are absolutely different persons , This individual difference may cause conflict between us in every aspect of our life. Don’t care yourself too much . Try to tolerate him /her in an easy mood , Saints (圣人)are not perfect , let alone those ordinary people like us. Afterwards,  we should get a good communication.
Understanding , love and tolerance are the first three essences that come to a true friendship. Other qualities are also concerned such a s thoughtfulness, trust and patience, Remember, friendship is your spirit’s guard and everyone should treasure it.

  1. 1.

    How many qualities of making friends are mentioned in the passage?

    1. A.
      Six    
    2. B.
      Three.   
    3. C.
      Five     D Seven.
  2. 2.

    To make a friend,should be the first quality.

    1. A.
      tolerance
    2. B.
      1ove
    3. C.
      patience
    4. D.
      understanding
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Friends often have the same character.
    2. B.
      Friends can help us overcome loneliness and depression·
    3. C.
      There shouldn’t be conflict between friends-
    4. D.
      Friends can make us patient and believable.
  4. 4.

    What is the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      The meaning of a true friendship.
    2. B.
      The happiness of having a good friend.
    3. C.
      Special qualities to make friends.
    4. D.
      The importance of friendship.

It was four o'clock when we left Micatlan,and we traveled quickly until it became almost completely dark.It was our intention to return to our general quarters in Atlacomulco that night.We had a long journey ahead of us,especially because it had been decided there was no way we would try to cross the ravines again at night,since they were considered far too dangerous.Futhermore,an eclipse of the moon was expected,and,in fact,while we were crossing an open field,the moon appeared on the horizon,half in shadow,a rare and beautiful sight.
After a few hours of riding,we suddenly realized that we had lost our way,and worse still,had no way of finding it again.Night had fallen and there was not a single hut in sight,only great plains and mountains and the lowing of distant bulls all around us.We continued on ahead,trusting in luck,though it was difficult to say where she had brought us.By good fortune,our advance riders ran into two Indians,a man and a boy,who agreed to guide us their village and no further.
After an interminable and exhausting road,which we traveled at a brisk trot,the barking of several dogs announced an Indian village.In the dying light,we could just make out cane huts,firmly situated between the banana trees,with fenced gardens in front of each one.Our convoy stopped in front of one particular hut,a kind of inn or shop for alcohol,where a naked goblin-like figure,the ideal husband for a witch,was serving cheap brandy to the Indians,most of whom were already drunk.
We dismounted and threw ourselves to the ground,too tired to even think.Someone found us,God knows how,a cup of dreadful hot chocolate.We began to realize that we were completely lost,and so it was agreed to give up our attempt to reach Atlacomulco that night.Instead,we should head for the village of “E1 Puente”,where our guides know a Spanish family,made up of several unmarried brothers,who,without any doubt,would be delighted to offer us a safe refuge for the rest of the night.We remounted and began our journey,a little restored after the pause in our journey and the dreadful hot chocolate.

  1. 1.

    Where did we travel to?

    1. A.
      El Puente.
    2. B.
      The cane huts.
    3. C.
      Atlacomulco.
    4. D.
      An Indian Village.
  2. 2.

    When we traveled at night_________.

    1. A.
      there was a good guide leading us
    2. B.
      there was a full moon in the sky
    3. C.
      we could hardly see anything
    4. D.
      we could see everything around clearly
  3. 3.

    When we lost our way we believed that_________.

    1. A.
      we should stay where we were for rescue
    2. B.
      we should go on to seek after our fortune
    3. C.
      we should go back where we started
    4. D.
      we should ask the Indians for help
  4. 4.

    When we reached the inn-like hut_________.

    1. A.
      someone served alcohol and hot chocolate at once
    2. B.
      we had a good sleep
    3. C.
      we had a good drink
    4. D.
      we were too exhausted to ask for anything

Working means money, of course teens want jobs
Out of all the teens I interviewed all either wanted a job or already had one. Nowadays, jobs are needed more than ever. Everything costs money, and we are starting to understand that. Most of us get jobs just for "pocket change", so that we can just go out and get that outfit that we've always wanted, for a burger at McDonald's, for our hair, CDs, tapes, shoes, jewelry, and tons more material items. But some of us get jobs because we need to pay for our books or transportation. Many teens have to pay for their phone bills and lunches.
Choosy describes a lot of teenagers' attitudes towards the kind of job they would and wouldn't get. "Something in an attractive place with nice facilities, well paying, work that's not stressful, and a place where there are people that I know that work there," Mark, 16, said about the kind of job ___________. His personal requirements may seem as if they should be mandatory, but if you really want a job your own requirements should be limited. If you are looking for a job it's important that it fits you in a decent manner.
Teens normally don't take jobs that require a lot of thinking, skill, or physical requirements. Most teens see jobs as something on the side. We don't go around constantly talking about our jobs. We are there simply for that paycheck. Some of us do look at it as a learning experience. Tennille, 16-years-old and who works at a cleaning store, said, "Yes, it's helping me with my customer service skills."

  1. 1.

    Can you give a title for this passage?
    ____________________________________________________________________________

  2. 2.

    Which sentence in this passage can be replaced by the following one? 
    Many young people look on their jobs as secret things.
    ____________________________________________________________________________

  3. 3.

    Please fill the blank in the second paragraph.
    Mark, 16, said about the kind of job________________.
    ____________________________________________________________________________

  4. 4.

    What’re your attitudes towards the teens to do jobs outside? Why?
    ____________________________________________________________________________

  5. 5.

    Please translate the underlined sentence in the passage.
    ____________________________________________________________________________

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty two. I can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity(灾难) can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was totally confused and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me--a potential to live, you might call it--which I didn't see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have collapsed (崩溃) and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance(确信) that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate(错综复杂的) pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the simplest things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt. "I can't use this." I said. "Take it with you," he urged me, "and roll it around." The words stuck in my head. "Roll it around! "By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.

  1. 1.

    We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _______

    1. A.
      the author lost his sight because of a car crash.
    2. B.
      the author wouldn't love life if the disaster didn't happen.
    3. C.
      the disaster made the author appreciate what he had.
    4. D.
      the disaster strengthened the author's desire to see.
  2. 2.

    What's the most difficult thing for the author?

    1. A.
      How to adjust himself to reality.
    2. B.
      Building up assurance that he can find his place in life.
    3. C.
      Learning to manage his life alone.
    4. D.
      How to invent a successful variation of baseball.
  3. 3.

    According to the context, "a chair rocker on the front porch" in paragraph 3 means that the author __________

    1. A.
      would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his life.
    2. B.
      would be unable to move and stay in a rocking chair.
    3. C.
      would lose his will to struggle against difficulties.
    4. D.
      would sit in a chair and stay at home.
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man _____

    1. A.
      hurt the author's feeling.
    2. B.
      gave the author a deep impression.
    3. C.
      directly led to the invention of ground ball.
    4. D.
      inspired the author.
  5. 5.

    What is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      A Miserable Life
    2. B.
      Struggle Against Difficulties
    3. C.
      A Disaster Makes a Strong Person
    4. D.
      An Unforgetable Experience

The Adventure Guides Program
New Member Information for the Adventure Guides Program ( for children aged 4—12)
What Is the Adventure Guides Program All about?
The objectives of the program are:
● Fostering companionship and setting foundation for positive, lifelong relationships between parent and child
● Increased understanding of one another
● Expanded awareness of spirit, mind and body
● Great memories
● Fun!!!
Parent and Child Will Be Joining…
The nationwide affilicated(隶属的) program sponsored by local YMCA’s and part of the National Council of YMCA’s
A smaller group of families called a “circle”
What Is the Time Commitment?
● Program runs from October to May (ending with the Memorial Day Parade)
● One “circle” activity per month ( one circle decides on fees and dates)
Additional all participant activities (scheduled by Wilton Family Y) —additional fees and registration required.
Outing Dates: To Be Announced
What Do I Do Now?
● Registration is on-going. Registration forms are available online under “Registration”.
● You will be notified by the Wilton Family Y of which “circle” you and your child are in and who your “circle” leader is.
● You will be notified by your “circle” leader as to when your first parent/child “circle” meeting will take place.
Fees:
Participant: Full Child or Family member $110.00 / Program member $200.00
Sibling: Full child or Family member $75.00 / Program member $150.00
Adult: Family member FREE / Program member $125.00
Wilton Family Y Contact Information:
Geoff Malyszka Teen Director 762-8384 ext.224
E-mail: gmalyszka@wiltonymca. org
Kim Murphy Early Childhood Ed. Director762-8384 ext.214
E-mail: kmurphy@wiltonymca. org

  1. 1.

    Which of the following is true about “circle”?

    1. A.
      You and your children will make up a “circle”.
    2. B.
      A “circle” activity will be held once a month.
    3. C.
      You have the right of choosing your “circle” leader.
    4. D.
      You are free to choose to become a member of a “circle”.
  2. 2.

    What information can you get from the passage?

    1. A.
      There is no extra fees for additional all participant activities.
    2. B.
      The program will be held only in October and May
    3. C.
      You can register just by making a call to 762-8384 ext. 224.
    4. D.
      It has not been decided yet when you will go out.
  3. 3.

    The passage is mainly written for _____.

    1. A.
      parents and their children
    2. B.
      adventurous travelers
    3. C.
      international students
    4. D.
      children with bad memories

Lateral thinking(迂回思维),first described by Edward de Bono in 1967,is just a few years older than Edward’s son.You might imagine that Caspar was raised to be an adventurous thinker,but the de Bono was so famous,Casspar’s parents worried that any time he would say something bright at school,his teachers might ask,“Where do you get that idea from?”
“We had to be careful and not overdo it.”Edward admits.Now Caspar is at Oxford-which once looked unlikely because he is also slightly dyslexic(诵读困难).In fact,when he was applying to Oxford,none of his school teachers thought he had a chance.“So then we did several thinking sessions,”his father says,“using my techniques and,when he went up for the exam,he did extremely well.”Soon after,Edward de Bone decided to write his latest book,“Teach Your Child How to Think”,in which he transforms the thinking skills he developed for brain-storming businessmen into informal exercises for parents and children to share.
Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence,and everybody knows that children aren’t very logical.So isn’t it an uphill battle,trying to teach them to think?“You know,”Edward de Bono says,“if you examine people’s thinking,it is quite unusual to find faults of logic.But the faults of perception are huge!Often we think ineffectively because we take too limited a view.”
“Teach Your Child How to Think”offers lessons in perception improvement,of clearly seeing the implications of something you are saying and of exploring the alternatives.

  1. 1.

    What is TRUE about Caspar?

    1. A.
      He is Edward’s son.  
    2. B.
      He is an adventurous thinker.
    3. C.
      He first described lateral thinking.     
    4. D.
      He is often scolded by his teacher.
  2. 2.

    It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that Edward        .

    1. A.
      was likely to improve children’s logic with his book
    2. B.
      gave a description of lateral thinking several years after his son was born
    3. C.
      was prompted to study lateral thinking because his son was slightly dyslexic
    4. D.
      once taught businessmen how to think before he wrote for parents and chikdren
  3. 3.

    According to Paragraph 3,which of the following statements expresses Edward de Bone’s view?

    1. A.
      Everybody knows that children aren’t very logical.
    2. B.
      It is an uphill battle trying to teach children to think.
    3. C.
      We often think ineffectively because we take too limited a view.
    4. D.
      Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence.
  4. 4.

    Lateral thinking refers to the following EXCEPT        .

    1. A.
      improving one’s logic in thinking
    2. B.
      improving one’s perception in thinking
    3. C.
      seeing the implications of what you are saying
    4. D.
      exploring the alternatives for what you are saying

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