阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has   36  economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works   37  a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can       38  __ support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at   39  and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n)   40  for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would   41  talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids   42  her. 
On her birthday last month, she   43  her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come.  Alice wanted her to be   44  so much that she   45  on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any   46__ clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a   47  from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I   48  a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be   49  to come and hurried home to ask her Mum    50  she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very   51  and angrily said to her Mum, “   52  I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well   53  
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s   54  .  Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her   55  with her. 
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered to.

【小题1】
A.personalB.extraC.limitedD.adequate
【小题2】
A.for B.with C.likeD.as
【小题3】
A.hopefullyB.obviouslyC.hardlyD.temporarily
【小题4】
A.music B.drawingC.mathsD.biology
【小题5】
A.bonus B.allowance C.donationD.pension
【小题6】
A.secretly B.happilyC.quietlyD.eagerly
【小题7】
A.pointing at B.shouting at C.laughing atD.glaring at
【小题8】
A.took B.invitedC.accompaniedD.sent
【小题9】
A.happyB.independentC.confident D.present
【小题10】
A.depended B.insistedC.focusedD.agreed
【小题11】
A.casualB.comfortableC.niceD.tight
【小题12】
A.shirt B.jeansC.handbagD.necklace
【小题13】
A.getB.copyC.order D.borrow
【小题14】
A.freeB.ableC.gladD.willing
【小题15】
A.howB.whenC.why D.whether
【小题16】
A.stubbornB.upsetC.firmD.enthusiastic
【小题17】
A.If B.WhenC.UnlessD.Though
【小题18】
A.treated B.controlledC.educatedD.behaved
【小题19】
A.clevernessB.characterC.circumstances D.competences
【小题20】
A.studyB.friendship C.sympathyD.performance

On their wedding day, a young farmer decided to give his wife a present.The present was a mirror,and it made his wife very   26  because she had never seen herself before    27  in the waters of a pond or stream. When she looked in the mirror and saw her lovely   28 , the young woman laughed with   29 .The farmer was joyful, too. He knew he was lucky to have such a beautiful   30 .
After a few years,the young wife gave birth to a baby girl. But the birth was 31  and the young woman died. The farmer felt   32 sad that he put all his wife’s things   33  in in a box, including her   34  mirror.
The mirror   35  in the box for many years.
The daughter   36 , and with each year she  37 more and more like her mother. One day, her father took her to a quiet garden and   38 her about her mother and the mirror she so loved. The girl was so __39__ what her father said that she could not control (控制) herself. She took out her mother’s old things and __40_the mirror. She  41 the mirror in front of her face and looked   42 into it:“Father,father,come here,”she  43 ,“It’s mother. Her face is in the mirror.”
The face in the mirror is the girl’s face,   44 her father didn’t say a word.
He could not  45 . Tears were streaming down his face.

【小题1】
A.concernedB.proudC.happyD.anxious
【小题2】
A.nearB.except C.betweenD.from
【小题3】
A.picture B.faceC.handsD.legs
【小题4】
A.kindnessB.excitement C.joy D.sadness
【小题5】
A.decisionB.presentC.mirror D.wife
【小题6】
A.difficultB.longC.wonderD.usual
【小题7】
A.veryB.soC.ratherD.such
【小题8】
A.upB.awayC.downD.off
【小题9】
A.favouriteB.new C.strange D.broken
【小题10】
A.putB.heldC.layD.kept
【小题11】
A.thoughtB.studiedC.workedD.grew
【小题12】
A.actedB.lookedC.laughed D.sounded
【小题13】
A.toldB.asked C.beggedD.persuaded
【小题14】
A.amazed atB.frightened byC.tired ofD.interested in
【小题15】
A.feltB.found C.cleanedD.watched
【小题16】
A.liftedB.triedC.droppedD.shook
【小题17】
A.carelesslyB.clearlyC.slowlyD.carefully
【小题18】
A.answeredB.cried C.askedD.smiled
【小题19】
A.butB.andC.asD.since
【小题20】
A.sitB.believeC.speak D.stand

ONCE again, I was in new school.  36 was a girl in my class named Paris. That’s where the similarities  37  . I was tall and she was small. I was one of the   38  in the class while she was the youngest. I was awkward and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t stand her, considering her my  39  .
40  she wanted to be friends.
One day, she invited me   41   and I said yes I was too shocked to say no.42  no one had invited me over to play before.But this girl, who wore the   43   fashions, wanted to see me.She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister- When we got to the room she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies which was my next   44 .I would have thought she’d outgrown them.I had   45   played with them.But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard laughing as we   46  crazy stories about the Barbies.That’s when we found out that we both wanted to be   47  when we were older.We both had wild   48 .
We had a great day that afternoon.Our jaws (下巴) 49  from smiling so much.She showed me her   50  , which had mostly come from a designer clothing store (时装设计店) down the block.The woman who owned it used her as a   51  sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes in exchange.
Paris had the whole   52   charmed.The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the 53__ gave her free passes and the pizza place let her have free pieces.Soon I was   54  in her magic world.We slept over at each other’s houses, spent every free moment together.My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being tall.
Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me get through the   55   teenage years and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: your "worst enemy" can turn out to be your best friend.

【小题1】
A.ItB.SoC.SheD.I
【小题2】
A.endedB.startedC.cameD.began
【小题3】
A.youngestB.shortestC.oldestD.tallest
【小题4】
A.enemyB.friendC.sisterD.rival
【小题5】
A.AndB.ButC.SoD.Or
【小题6】
A.offB.upC.overD.in
【小题7】
A.HoweverB.ActuallyC.ThereforeD.Besides
【小题8】
A.modemB.newC.lateD.latest
【小题9】
A.surpriseB.joyC.delightD.happiness
【小题10】
A.onceB.everC.neverD.yet
【小题11】
A.made forB.made upC.put upD.made into
【小题12】
A.writersB.singersC.dancersD.designers
【小题13】
A.laughB.imaginationsC.behaviorsD.experience
【小题14】
A.harmedB.achedC.injuredD.wounded
【小题15】
A.booksB.paintingsC.food .D.outfits
【小题16】
A.writerB.outfitsC.modelD.exchange
【小题17】
A.familyB.neighborhoodC.classD.school
【小题18】
A.collegesB.clothing stores C.restaurantD.movie theater
【小题19】
A.attractedB.drawnC.includedD.attached
【小题20】
A.toughB.happyC.colorfulD.rich

The students at Sandy’s high school were badly shaken by the news that a classmate had  11 himself. On the suicide note was written: “It’s hard to  12 when nobody cares if you die.”
Glen, a teacher, realized this was a  13 moment about the importance of making people feel
 14 . He asked his class to imagine they were about to  15  and to write a note “telling someone how and why you  16 him or her.”
Sandy, who had a  17  relationship with her mother, decided to write her mother. Her letter  18  “We’ve had some  19  times and I haven’t always been a very good 20 ,but I know I’m lucky to have you in my life. You’re the  21 person I’ve ever known, And even when I disagree with you, I never  22 you love me and want what’s best for me. Thanks for not  23 up on me”.
When her mom read the note, she cried and hugged Sandy  24 but said little.
The next morning, Sandy found a 25  on her mirror: “Dearest Sandy, I want you to know being your mother is ,by far, the most important thing in my life.  26 I got your note, I thought I had lost your love and  27 . I felt like such a failure. I intended to 28 it all last night. Your note saved my  29 .”
Be careful not to underestimate the  30 of expressed appreciation. It won’t always save a life, but it will always make someone’s life better.

【小题1】
A.sacrificedB. defeatedC. abandonedD. killed
【小题2】
A. liveB. imagineC. struggleD. think
【小题3】
A. sadB. finalC. teachableD. great
【小题4】
A. ashamedB. valuedC. excitedD. scared
【小题5】
A. dieB. failC. retireD. survive
【小题6】.
A.missB. hateC. admireD. appreciate
【小题7】
A. closeB.casualC.badD.personal
【小题8】
A. readB. wroteC. spokeD. told
【小题9】
A. freeB. delightfulC. usualD. rough
【小题10】
A. daughterB. student C. friendD. trainer
【小题11】
A. bestB. wisestC. luckiestD. gentlest
【小题12】.
A. trustB. doubtC. considerD. predict
【小题13】
A. takingB. goingC. givingD. looking
【小题14】
A. coldlyB. hesitantlyC. shylyD. tightly
【小题15】
A. noteB. giftC. noticeD. reminder
【小题16】
A. SinceB. UntilC. ThoughD. When
【小题17】
A. confidenceB. courageC. respectD. heart
【小题18】
A. endB. makeC. getD. fall
【小题19】
A. lifeB. timeC. moneyD. honor
【小题20】
A. pushB. priceC. meaningD. power


There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labour and said: “Today, I want you to go out and earn something, failing which you won’t have your meals tonight.”
He went crying straight to his mother. Her heart melted at her son’s eyes. She gave him a gold coin. When the father asked his son what he had earned, the son presented him the gold coin. The father asked him to throw it into a well.
The next day, he asked his son to earn something. This time he went crying to his sister who gave him a coin. When he showed it to his father he again asked him to throw it in a well. Then the father asked him to earn more money.
This time since there was no one to help him, the son was forced to go to the market. One shopkeeper told him he would pay him two coins if he carried his trunk to his house. He did so and sweated plenty. As he returned home he was asked to do the same. The son almost cried out. He could not imagine throwing his hard-earned money like this. He cried, “My entire body is aching. You are asking me to throw the money into the well.”
At this moment, the businessman told him one feels the pain only when the fruits of hard labour are wasted. On the earlier two occasions he was helped and therefore had no pain in throwing the coins into the well. The son had now realized the value of hard work. He promised never to be lazy and to safely keep the father’s wealth. The father handed over the keys of his shop to the son and promised to guide him through the rest of the life.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE?

A.At first the son was hard-working and responsible.
B.The father taught his son a lesson in a good way.
C.The father didn’t like his son at all.
D.The businessman was a little lazy.
【小题2】According to the passage, the father wanted his son to realize ______.
A.the importance of helping others
B.the importance of money
C.the value of hard labour
D.the value of money
【小题3】It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A.the mother was very generous
B.the sister was very warm-hearted
C.the father was very strict
D.the shopkeeper was very cruel
【小题4】According to the last paragraph, we can guess the boy was likely to ______.
A.look for a good job
B.use up his father’s wealth
C.become a successful guide
D.follow his father’s career

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