What’s your opinion about finding good friends? Speaking from my past experience, it is very difficult to find good friends that you can trust but once you have found them, they are worth keeping forever! Therefore, I think friendship is the most important relationship that anybody could have.

The qualities I look for in a friend are a good sense of humor and sensitivity. A friend would have to be strong-minded and highly spirited. I think that these qualities are the key qualities to look for in a good friend.

Even the best friends can still have arguments between themselves, though usually about more serious topics, rather than the usual childish arguments. Some matters can seriously affect friendship. If one of your friends started experimenting with harmful and dangerous drugs, what would you do? A good friend would try to help as much as possible, while a bad example of a friend would simply shrug and turn a blind eye.

Not only the bad things affect friendship ---good activities do too, such as bonding with one another, not just by going out on a night with them, but by spending quality time with them and talking to each other. This is a key aspect of a good friendship.

Good friends do not always have to be in the same age group as you. I have a good friend and she is 47 years old and I am 16.

Unfortunately, some people lose contact with their friends as they grow older, which is a sad way to lose a good friend.

I think friendship is one of the most important things in life because if you have no friends you will have no happiness.

1.According to the author, true friendship _____.

A. is easy to get B. needs management

C. deepens with time D. affects one’s happiness

2.Paragraph 3 is mainly about _____.

A. why drugs are bad for teenagers

B. whether a friend is reliable

C. ways that help avoid arguments

D. problems that will test friendship

3.According to the author, which matters least in friendship?

A. Confidence B. Age

C. Sense of humor. D. Communication.

4.Which of the following sayings can match the author's view on friendship?

A. Old friends and old wines are best.

B. A friend without faults will never be found.

C. A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

D. A life without a friend is a life without a sun.

Once upon a time a teacher and his student down under a big tree near the big grass area.Then suddenly the student asked the teacher,“Teacher,I’m puzzled.How do we our soul mate(知己)?Could you please help me?”

Silent for a few seconds,the teacher then answered,“Well,it’s a pretty hard and easy question.” The teacher ,“Look that way.There is a lot of grass.Why don’t you walk there? But please don’t walk .On your way,try to find a blade(叶片)of beautiful grass and it and then give it to me.But just one.”

The student said OK and then he walked straight ahead to the grassy field.A few minutes later,the student came back empty-handed.When the teacher asked the ,the student said,“On my journey,I found quite a few beautiful blades of grass,but I that I would find a better one,so I didn’t pick it.But I didn’t realize that I was at the of the field,and I hadn’t picked any because you told me not to go back,so I didn’t go back.” Hearing this, the teacher said,“That’s what will happen in real life.”

What is the of this story? In the story,grass is the people around you;the beautiful blade grass is the people that you and the grassy field is time.In looking for your soul mate,please don’t always and hope that there will be a better one.By doing that,you’ll your lifetime.Remember “Time Never Goes Back.”

1.A. lied B. lay C. seated D. stood

2.A. find B. treat C. remove D. discover

3.A. repeated B. waved C. continued D. regretted

4.A. straight B. backwards C. forwards D. directly

5.A. pick B. observe C. arrest D. carry

6.A. evidence B. reason C. shape D. purpose

7.A. admitted B. thought C. doubted D. remembered

8.A. bottom B. end C. center D. top

9.A. message B. result C. limit D. content

10.A. praise B. attract C. hate D. upset

11.A. forgive B. wait C. pare D. plain

12.A. run B. waste C. load D. save

Yasuda is 95 years old. Looking for easier ways to search the Web and send email, he bought Apple’s iPad. The pany has sold 3.27 million iPads since they entered the market in April. Although it’s impossible to know with certainty how many seniors (老年人) are buying them, evidence suggests that it’s a hit with seniors.

The iPad’s intuitive interface (直观界面) makes it attractive to seniors around the world, says Takahiro Miura, a researcher at the University of Tokyou. “The iPad is a good tool for seniors because it’s very easy to use,” he says. “Unlike the PC, it doesn’t require former knowledge.”

James Cordwell, a researcher in London, says the iPad’s popularity with seniors is helping Apple reach beyond its traditional base of young customers. “The world’s population, especially in developed markets, is getting older. It’s probably a market where Apple has least entered, ” Cordwell says. Senior users are “a key source of growth for them in the future.”

Seniors make up about 22 percent of the population in Japan. They may prove that seniors are willing to accept the iPad. Besides the customer group under 30, they spend more than any other group in the country, according to a report. Motoo Kitamura, 78, a former gas salesman, bought an iPad to help him municate with his 2-year-old grandson and prevent him from experiencing some of the mental problems that sometimes e with getting older. “Trying new things like that is good mental exercise,” he says.

1.The underlined part “a hit” in Paragraph 1 probably means ______ .

A. a sudden attack

B. a heavy burden

C. quite popular

D. very familiar

2.Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the iPad?

A. It has intuitive interface.

B. It is easy to operate.

C. Beginners can use it without similar experiences.

D. People can use it as a way to do mental exercise.

3.What can we learn from the text?

A. People above thirty are Apple’s largest customer group in Japan.

B. The traditional customers of Apple’s products are usually the young.

C. Seniors will soon grow into Apple’s largest customer group.

D. Seniors in Japan are fond of buying latest hi-tech products.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A. iPad leading Apple to seniors.

B. iPad influencing the customer group.

C. iPad’s arrival causing Japanese to think.

D. iPad beating the traditional PC.

第一节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

My daughter is a single parent. She works hard to ______ for herself and her three young sons. She budgets carefully and ______ to plan for the little luxuries (奢侈品) and treats that others take for granted. When her eldest son, David, wanted a _____ so that he could do an after-school newspaper delivery job, she ______ and soon, he was the proud ______ of a good second-hand bike.

One afternoon, my daughter asked David to go to a local shop. He rode his bicycle, ______ foolishly left it outside the shop without ______ it up. When David came out of the shop, it was______. He walked home in ______ and then, together with his frustrated mother, went to the local police station to report the ______.

Imagine their ______ when they arrived at the station: a car parked out front had David’s bike wedged (挤进) in its boot (汽车后部的行李箱). The ______ told them how he’d seen a group of kids _____ the bike once my grandson had gone inside the shop.

The driver – in his late teens himself – had called out to them to “leave that bike ______!” Despite this, one member of the group ______ on the bicycle and rode it away while the others followed. Not to be ______, the teen got in his car, drove after them and ______ that they give the stolen bike back.

He was happy to be able to _____ it to my grandson together with a lecture (echoed by the policeman and his mother) about the silliness of _____ to use the bike lock. _____, in all the excitement, he slipped away, without even giving them his name or telephone number.

1.A. stand B. provide C. change D. watch

2.A. permits B. refuses C. manages D. decides

3.A. bicycle B. watch C. phone D. backpack

4.A. gave out B. set aside C. saved up D. worked up

5.A. driver B. worker C. seller D. owner

6.A. and B. but C. so D. when

7.A. locking B. picking C. covering D. hiding

8.A. left B. missed C. broken D. gone

9.A. surprise B. trouble C. tears D. peace

10.A. danger B. theft C. accident D. fight

11.A. joy B. regret C. anger D. disappointment

12.A. policeman B. manager C. teacher D. driver

13.A. ride B. fix C. steal D. knock

14.A. out B. off C. away D. alone

15.A. jumped B. touched C. walked D. moved

16.A. annoyed B. angry C. confused D. discouraged

17.A. advised B. demanded C. forced D. promised

18.A. donate B. explain C. return D. pass

19.A. learning B. teaching C. reminding D. failing

20.A. Besides B. Then C. Finally D. Therefore

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