When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter(收容所), he did not expect much.  Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He  36 her Inky.

 “ I grew up on a hundred-acre(亩) farm and had only cats  37   playmates”, Kruger, the seventy-year-old man says. “My hearing was damaged by the    38   of farm equipment, so I learned to connect with   39.They react to what they see and what you do.”

    Inky was a gentle cat,   40     the house with five other cats.  But on a January night in 2009, Inky did 41      that would set her apart from 42     cats forever.

 Kruger had gone down to the basement to 43      the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he 44     to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so, he slipped and    45    his back against an old shelf.  The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.

    46     in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt      47     going into shock(休克).  He shouted for help,       48       his wife, Brenda, was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house.  49       Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.

    “Go and get Brenda,” Kruger said to Inky.

     Inky 50       to the bedroom door and scratched     51      until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the 52      Brenda found her husband 53      the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months   54   there,” says Kruger . “Although I became lame , I was blessed.” Since the accident, Inky has   55 left Kruger’s side.       

36. A.  gave        B.  chose       C.  named       D. remembered

37. A.  like         B.  as          C.  except       D. among

38. A.  sound       B.  alarm       C. noise          D. voice

39. A.  animals      B.  friends     C. farmers        D. neighbors

40. A.  sharing      B.  visiting     C. dividing        D. discovering

41. A.  anything     B.  nothing     C. something      D. everything

42. A.  familiar      B.  lovely     C. ordinary        D. outstanding

43. A.  shut out      B.  shut off    C. shut down      D. shut up

44. A.  marched     B.  flew       C. struggled       D. climbed

45. A.  bent         B.  hit        C. shook         D. pulled

46. A.  Falling      B.  Lying      C. Appearing      D. Thinking

47. A.  it   B. itself      C. him            D. himself

48. A.  and         B.  but         C. or            D. so

49. A.  Thus        B.  Otherwise     C. Then         D. Rather

50. A.  walked      B.  ran          C. returned      D. withdrew

51. A.  rapidly      B.  rudely     C. madly         D. urgently

52. A.  bedroom     B.  basement     C yard           D. house

53. A. at the bottom of       B.  in the middle of

   C. at the top of        D. in the front of

54. A. regretting  B.  resting       C. relaxing     D. recovering

55. A.  never          B.  ever        C. still     D. already

Facebook means never having to say goodbye. The social media website has earned a reputation for reconnecting old friends. Last week,a guy whom I hadn't seen since my bachelor party five years ago sent me a friend request. I accepted and waited for “Easy E” to send me a greeting of some kind. He had sought me out,after all.

I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son. However,I'm pretty sure we won't ever write wall-to-wall,let alone e­mail each other. But he'll remain a friend of online until one of us makes a point of removing the other from his official list.

My pool of friends consists of family members,college buddies,co­workers from past and  present,and friends of friends. There are 35 in all. If I spent some time uploading old e­mail addresses,I'm confident that I could increase my friend count actually.

A person could make a mission out of reconnecting with childhood friends,former  classmates,distant cousins, and those one would like to get to know better. And some people can even handle hundreds of on­screen relationships,keeping up with the daily happenings of  their small army of companions. After all,there are worse fates than having too many friends.

Thanks to e­mail,the inability to schedule face-to-face meetings no longer means a  friendship must come to a close. But even with e­mail,people will lose touch if one or both  parties stop writing back. That’s normal. People move from school to school,job to job,city to city. You never have to feel guilty for breaking away.

Every day,the masterminds of Web 2.0 find new ways of making human communication  easier. However,convenience can be a crutch(拐杖).Some things shouldn't be simplified. When it comes to friendship,there can be no shortcuts.

1.According to Paragraph 1,the website is famous because ________.

A.it has an interesting name of “Facebook”

B.it helps people get in touch with old friends

C.it can send people a greeting of some kind

D.it reminds people of events in the past

2.From the second paragraph we can learn that the writer ________.

A.would write to the friend quite often

B.asked the friend to e­mail him

C.did get some information about the friend

D.would keep in touch with the friend forever

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.There are 35 people in the author's list of friends right now.

B.The author communicates with all the 35 friends by e­mails.

C.The list of 35 friends doesn't include the old e­mail addresses.

D.It is not difficult for the author to increase his friend count.

4.What does the author think of the convenience of communicating online?

A.The technology could not keep true friendship forever.

B.The social website of Facebook means nothing at all.

C.There will be no ways of making real friends online.

D.People will not lose friends with the help of the Facebook.

 

My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought   1 . My complaints, even self-justified(自有道理)  2 , were always landing on   3  ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their   4  into tears. I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to   5  my method of “mothering”.

One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in plain   6 , I left the cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was   7  to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.”   8  arriving back, the children were   9  excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy   10  for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and   11  asking them to play a certain violin   12 . Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas   13 

Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little   14 : “If you can finish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in   15  of well-done jobs the day  16 .

 17  I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its (贴条). The bathroom mirror became the  18  centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be  19 .

We all benefited from and   20  the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication.

1.

A.differently

B.not

C.negative

D.same

 

2.

A.crying

B.shouting

C.persuading

D.beating

 

3.

A.side

B.deaf

C.neither

D.either

 

4.

A.crying

B.bringing

C.bursting

D.dropping

 

5.

A.adjust

B.adopt

C.access

D.addict

 

6.

A.sentence

B.words

C.speech

D.sight

 

7.

A.sent

B.read

C.delivered

D.addressed

 

8.

A.As

B.At

C.In

D.Upon

 

9.

A.more than

B.rather than

C.no more than

D.other than

 

10.

A.asking

B.waiting

C.praying

D.expecting

 

11.

A.politely

B.friendly

C.gently

D.toughly

 

12.

A.music

B.song

C.piece

D.tone

 

13.

A.respectable

B.uninteresting

C.incredible

D.fresh

 

14.

A.challenge

B.question

C.suggestion

D.advice

 

15.

A.response

B.answer

C.praise

D.honor

 

16.

A.ahead

B.before

C.over

D.ago

 

17.

A.Actually

B.Even so

C.Even if

D.Though

 

18.

A.life

B.main

C.memory

D.reminder

 

19.

A.sent

B.struck

C.posted

D.hanged

 

20.

A.learned

B.appreciated

C.shared

D.thanked

 

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