Have you got a Facebook account? Are you thinking of getting one? Jamie Simmonds has just signed up. Let’s see how she’s getting along.
My Diary
MONDAY: I’m officially a Facebooker. I find a few people I used to know and I’ve soon got seven friends. I’ve never felt so popular! I wonder if my old university flatmate Steve is on here…What do you know! He is! Maybe Facebook has its uses.
TUESDAY: I’ve received lots of nice welcoming messages on my wall. Later, I meet up with Steve for a drink after not seeing him for five years. We get on really well! Then, he uses his Facebook app for iPhone to suggest me as a friend to some other former classmates. Some of them even come to the pub and it’s just like old times – possibly a bit too much like old times. During the night, photos are uploaded to Facebook.
WEDNESDAY: Disaster! My mum’s on Facebook! Has she seen the photos of me dancing on the table from last night? Has she shown them to dad? Oh. And I have a friend request – mum again!
THURSDAY: There’s a message from my boyfriend, “so, it’s over then, ;is it?” Evidently I haven’t changed my settings to show I’m “in a relationship”, and I haven’t even added him as a friend. Ah, well, I wonder what my ex-boyfriend is doing… Whoops! I accidentally type his name into my status box instead of the search ‘ and now every one can see it on their news feed.’
FRIDAY: Time to update my status:“Work is boring. Can’t wait for the weekend!” Yeah, that about sums it up. Oh, look, I’ve received a comment! Someone must feel the same way. Lots of my friends now“like” this status.
SATURDAY: Good news! I’ve got 100 friends But wait! Someone’s “un-friended” me! I look through my “friend list” to try to work out who it was. Why did they do that? Am I really such a terrible person? I never knew Facebook could be this cruel.
SUNDAY: Wake up. Check my Facebook page. Make coffee. Check my Facebook page again. Get ready to leave. Change my mind and check my Facebook page … again. I am becoming addicted to it! I think it’s time to end it all before it takes over my life. I delete my account. Back to good, old, simple e-mails. Oh, look, I’ve got a message: A friend invited you to join Twitter. . .
In July 2010, Facebook had more than 500 million active users. The average Facebook user has 130 friends. Facebook is translated into more than 70 different languages. The world spends 700 billion minutes a month on Facebook. Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page says he’s a Harvard graduate, even though he actually dropped out to focus on Facebook. The site is valued at between $7.9 and $11 billion.
【小题1】 Why did Jamie’s boyfriend ask her whether she had broken up with him?

A.He had seen photos of Jamie dancing on the table.
B.She showed in her facebook that she was still not dating anyone.
C.Her boyfriend was angry that she refused to add him as her friend.
D.He saw the name of her ex-boyfriend on his news feed.
【小题2】Which of the following is conveyed in this article?
A.Visiting Facebook website took up a large part of Jamie’s time and energy.
B.Jamie is enthusiastic about her present job.
C.Facebook was created by a Harvard graduate, Mark Zuckerberg.
D.Compared with Facebook, Twitter is a better choice for Jamie.
【小题3】What does the word“un-friend” mean in“Someone’s ‘un-friended’ me!”?
A. Being unfriendly to others.
B. Having a quarrel with somebody.
C. Removing a name from the friend list.
D. Ending friendship with somebody.
【小题4】Which of the following is true according to the passage ?
A.Steve was Jamie’s boyfriend in the university.
B.People all over the world spend 700 billion minutes a week on Facebook.
C.Jamie’s mother has seen the photos of her dancing on the table.
D.Jamie felt enthusiastic about Facebook at first.
【小题5】It can be learned from the passage that the writer’s attitude towards Facebook is ______ .
A.approvalB.objectiveC.negativeD.positive

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting (诱人的)apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, a bar of chocolate if given the choice,     2   , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the    3   he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

4  as high as he could , but even as his tallest  5 he was unable to touch it. He began to 6  up and down , as high as he could, at the  7  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of 8  .

Not giving up , he though , if only he had something to 9  on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  10  the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and  Gameboy . Looking   11  , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or ,   12  luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use .

He had tried everything he could think to do .   13  seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk  14 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  15  , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he  16  like this , the more unhappy he became.

17  ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what  he wanted .He started to say to himself :This isn’t  18    , I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  19  more I can do to get the apple  that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to  20  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?

1.                A.preferring      B.offering         C.receiving D.allowing

 

2.A. so           B. then        C. but            D or

3.                A.sadder         B.angrier         C.hungrier  D.tastier

 

4.                A.expanding      B.stretching       C.swinging  D.pulling

 

5.                A.strength        B.length          C.range    D.height

 

6.                A.jump           B.look           C.walk D.glance

 

7.                A.tip            B.stage           C.top  D.level

 

8.A hope         B. hand        C. sight           D. reach

9.                A.put            B.stand           C.get  D.hold

 

10.               A.break          B.shake          C.take D.strike

 

11.               A. up           B.forward        C.down D.around

 

12.               A.for            B.with           C.on   D.of

 

13.               A.After          B.Through        C.Without   D.Upon

 

14.               A.back           B.away           C.up   D.down

 

15.               A.wishes         B.beliefs         C.efforts    D.goals

 

16.               A.thought        B.imagined       C.tried  D.claimed

 

17.               A.Therefore      B.However       C.Moreover D.Otherwise

 

18.               A.skilful          B.cheerful        C.harmful   D.helpful

 

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

 

20.               A.change         B.express        C.forget D.describe

 

 

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting (诱人的)apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 36  a bar of chocolate if given the choice,    37   , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the   38   he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

He stood on tiptoe(脚尖), 39   as high as he could , but even as his tallest  40  he was unable to touch it. He began to 41  up and down , as high as he could, at the  42  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of  43  .  

Not giving up , he thought , if only he had something to  44  on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  45  the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Gameboy . Looking  46  , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or ,  47  luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use . 

He had tired everything he could think to do .   48   seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk   49  . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  50  , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he  51  like this , the more unhappy he became.

52  ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what get he wanted .He started to say to himself ,“This isn’t   53  .I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  54   more I can do to get the apple ---that is unchangeable---but we are supposed to be able to  55  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?”

1.                A.preferring      B.offering         C.receiving D.allowing

 

2.A. so          B. then         C. but           D or

3.                A.sadder         B.angrier         C.hungrier  D.tastier

 

4.                A.expanding      B.stretching       C.swinging  D.pulling

 

5.                A. strength       B.length          C. range   D.height

 

6.                A.jump           B.look           C.walk D.glance

 

7.                A. tip            B.stage           C.top  D. level

 

8.A hope         B. hand         C. sight        D.  reach

9.                A.put            B.stand           C.get  D. hold

 

10.               A.break          B.shake          C.take  D. strike

 

11.               A.up            B.forward        C.down     D.around

 

12.               A.for            B.with           C.on   D.of

 

13.               A.After          B.Through        C.Without   D.Upon

 

14.               A.back           B. away          C.up   D.down

 

15.               A.wishes         B. beliefs        C.efforts    D.goals

 

16.               A.thought        B. imagined       C.tried  D.claimed

 

17.               A.Therefore      B.However       C.Moreover D.Otherwise

 

18.               A.skilful          B.cheerful        C.harmful   D.helpful

 

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

 

20.               A.change         B.express        C.forget D.describe

 

 

Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s very beautiful, I could read lots of books there and I made lots of friends there. But it’s hot in  11 . So I usually returned to my hometown when my   12  began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could   13  in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.

One day I had some problems to solve. But I didn’t take the   14  home. My father told me Charlie, one of my   15 , had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn’t see each other after I   16  my middle school. At first he didn’t   17  me. He looked me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred! I haven’t seen you for a long time!”

Of course we were   18  to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and   19 . We also talked about the interesting things at that time. Later on he showed me around his   20 . It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I   21  were in it too. At last I said, “Can you   22  some dictionaries to me, please?”

“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to others,” said the young man.

“Are you afraid I’ll   23  them?”

“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t   24  them to me. Look! All the books in my library are not   25 , but borrowed!”

1.                A.spring          B.summer        C.autumn   D.winter

 

2.                A.birthday        B.Saturday        C.Sunday   D.holiday

 

3.                A.study          B.play            C.rest  D.work

 

4.                A.books          B.notebooks       C.dictionaries    D.magazines

 

5.                A.brothers        B.sisters          C.neighbors D.classmates

 

6.                A.finished        B.heard of        C.looked at D.visited

 

7.                A.see            B.hear           C.recognize D.call

 

8.                A.angry          B.happy          C.worried  D.sad

 

9.                A.doctors         B.teachers        C.workers  D.drivers

 

10.               A.factory         B.office          C.library D.house

 

11.               A.needed        B.read           C.wrote D.liked

 

12.               A.pass           B.send           C.give  D.lend

 

13.               A.lose           B.sell            C.throw D.read

 

14.               A.pay            B.return         C.send  D.give

 

15.               A.found          B.given          C.won  D.bought

 

 

 

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

The train stopped and a girl got on. As I had become   36   by then, I could not tell what the girl looked like, but I could say she was a pretty girl.

    “Are you going to Dehra Dun?” I asked her as the train   37  . Maybe my voice   38   her. She screamed in a low voice and said, “I don’t know anyone else here.” Well, it often    39  that people with good   40   fail to see what is right in front of them. “I didn’t see you either at first,” I said. “But I   41   you come in.” I wondered if I would be able to   42   her from discovering that I couldn’t see. I thought,   43   I kept to my seat, it shouldn’t be too difficult.

    She was silent. Then I made a   44  . “What is it like outside?” I asked. She seemed to find something   45   in the question. Had she already noticed that I could not see? But her next question   46   my doubts. “Why don’t you look out of the window?” she asked quite   47  . I smiled, “You have an interesting face.” I thought it was a   48   remark as few girls could be tired of hearing that.

She laughed pleasantly. “It’s   49   to be told that,” she said. “But I’m so tired of people telling me that I have a   50   face.” Oh, so you did have a pretty face, thought I, and aloud I said, “Well, an interesting face   51   also be pretty.” “You are a good   52  ,” she said. “But why are you so serious?” Just then, the train   53   slowly into the next station, and the girl said goodbye to me.

    “She was an interesting girl,” I said to a new   54   and then I asked him, “Did she keep her hair long or short?” “I don’t remember,” he replied, sounding   55  . “But she was completely blind. Didn’t you notice?”

36. A. sleepy    B. blind     C. hungry D. dull

37. A. pulled out                         B. pulled in                 C. left off                    D. sent out

38. A. annoyed         B. cheered        C. shocked        D. touched

39. A. appears B. turns    C. proves D. happens

40. A. intension        B. eyesight       C. power  D. ability

41. A. watched         B. heard   C. observed      D. forgot

42. A. prevent B. cheat   C. protect         D. hold

43. A. unless    B. until     C. if           D. though

44. A. promise B. plan      C. trick     D. mistake

45. A. interesting          B. difficult                 C. strange               D. unfamiliar

46. A. removed              B. canceled           C. disappeared                    D. added

47. A. simply                       B. naturally           C. nervously       D. calmly

48. A. special   B. popular         C. safe      D. familiar

49. A. boring                       B. fortunate     C. confusing          D. nice

50. A. pretty    B. common       C. similar D. blind

51. A. must      B. should        C. can       D. shall

52. A. liar          B. talker   C. neighbor      D. passer-by

53. A. dragged          B. slipped          C. entered        D. drew

54. A. conductor        B. passenger             C. waiter            D. policeman

55. A. excited       B. disappointed           C. puzzled           D. indifferent

 

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