Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important  36  : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you  37  money.

       This is how I   38  with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store  39  to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the   40  . If an accident takes place, the  41  of which I think the local police could use, I  42  him up and tell him about it, though I am not in   43  here. One discovery I made about this world is to give  44  getting something back, though the  45  often comes in an unexpected form.

       One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important  46  letter to my home, though it was   47  to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of   48  . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was  49  . I was told at the window that there were  50  boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long  51  list. As I was about to  52  , the postmaster appeared in the   53  .“Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office  54  we make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get  55  but complaints(投诉).”

36.A.decision                  B.research                  C.speech                    D.discovery

37.A.earn                       B.lack                        C.spend                     D.steal

38.A.experienced            B.connected               C.combined                D.agreed

39.A.happens                  B.flashes                    C.sticks                      D.leads

40.A.postmaster              B.headmaster              C.storekeeper             D.policeman

41.A.story                      B.damage                   C.challenge                D.material

42.A.call                        B.hold                       C.break                      D.pick

43.A.need                       B.trouble                   C.common                 D.charge

44.A.within                    B.without                   C.for                         D.before

45.A.process                   B.goal                       C.return                     D.concern

46.A.curious                   B.immediate               C.special                    D.heavy

47.A.realized                  B.addressed                C.forgotten                D.brought

48.A.invitation                B.apology                  C.instruction                     D.appreciation

49.A.dealing                   B.providing                C.operating                D.starting

50.A.enough                   B.some                      C.no                          D.more

51.A.admitting                B.relating                   C.examining               D.waiting

52.A.leave                      B.shout                      C.guess                      D.conduct

53.A.window                  B.doorway                 C.library                    D.yard

54.A.in case                   B.now that                 C.even if                    D.as if

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

I truly learned what a best friend is in my first year in high school. Kate and I were good friends and we were inseparable. We spent every day together and always had a good   36  .
Then basketball started and we were on the  37   team. After a few games,  38   , Kate got moved up to the Rose Cup full-time. I wouldn't admit it then, but actually I envied(嫉妒) her. Having  39  practice times, we started to see less of each other. Soon I started to hear that she was talking   40  my back.
One night, I called Kate to tell her about my new   41  .To my   42  , the next day at school she told everyone I   43    her style because she had told me she wanted to get hers cut like this. At noon she handed me a letter and walked away   44     talking with me. I couldn't accept the   45  words on the paper. In great __46__ , I wrote right back to her.
Over the next week, we exchange(交换) more  47   notes. I cried myself to sleep every night,   48     our friendship was over. One night my mom took me to Kate's home. Our moms looked at each other  49 . Kate's mom asked us questions but __50 _ of us responded(反应) .At last I let everything out. The huge burden in my mind was slowly lifted as we each talked about ___51____ we were feeling. It was all out. Suddenly Kate  52  from her seat, crossed the room and hugged me with tears. I will never forget that.
It has been five months  53  we broke with each other. Last weekend we were out together again. It makes me happy that we are  54   to care about each other more. I now know that  55 I am asked about my friends, Kate will be at the top of the list.
【小题1】  

A.restB.timeC.exampleD.party
【小题2】  
A.rightB.goodC.famousD.same
【小题3】
A.however B.butC.stillD.yet
【小题4】  
A.regularB.freeC.differentD.strange
【小题5】  
A.onB.inC.byD.behind
【小题6】
A.haircutB.clothesC.necklaceD.shoes
【小题7】  
A.joyB.surpriseC.pleasureD.sorrow
【小题8】 
A.caughtB.gainedC.copiedD.created
【小题9】
A.in spite ofB.instead ofC.except forD.as well as
【小题10】  
A.cruelB.sadC.disappointingD.beautiful
【小题11】  
A.anxietyB.angerC.surpriseD.doubt
【小题12】
A.serious B.dangerousC.regretfulD.hurtful
【小题13】
A.meaningB.hopingC.believingD.proving
【小题14】
A.happilyB.nervouslyC.excitedlyD.surprisingly
【小题15】
A.neitherB.eitherC.bothD.none
【小题16】
A.whatB.howC.whichD.why
【小题17】
A.roseB.raisedC.stoodD.got
【小题18】
A.ifB.whenC.becauseD.since
【小题19】
A.planningB.pretendingC.learningD.arranging
【小题20】
A.wheneverB.whateverC.howeverD.whoever

 

                                  A spirit of adventure, curiosity about different cultures and the desire for a challenge can be found in young people everywhere. More and more students in China are backpacking around the country.

    According to the China Youth Travel Service, Hainan, Dalian, Zhangjiajie and Qingdao were among the most popular spots for young Chinese backpackers last year. Backpacking allows the traveler a greater sense of independence.

“I can no longer put up with the instructions of a tourist guide,” said Huang Ye, a 19-year-old college student in Beijing. “They are always driving you to places that you do not want to go to and trying to make you buy local souvenirs(纪念品).”

Huang likes to travel as a backpacker. She prefers an independent trip that she took with two friends to Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan Province. There, they chose some scenic spots to visit and avoided the masses of tourists.

Backpackers see the difficulties of such travel as a challenge. Living on bread and water for days on end, wearing the same clothes over and over again and carrying a heavy bag on their backs while climbing a mountain are all character-building experiences.

But perhaps the greatest challenge that a backpacker faces is not a physical one, but mental. They may face loneliness if they travel alone.

Chen Xuewei, 21, suffered when he took off around China last year. “I felt very lonely at the beginning of my journey. A walkman didn’t make me feel better, but rather heightened the sense of loneliness I felt. I even called up my friends to tell them that I wanted to give up and go back to Beijing,” he recalled. But he kept going. He started to make friends and appreciate the local customs. He took lots of photos to record his trip and now he is glad he stuck it out.

Backpackers generally find themselves to be mature(成熟)after their experiences. “Their travel logs(旅行日志)track their development as people.” “When I feel frustrated, I read my travel log again,” said Tang Weifeng, a postgraduate at Peking University. “By reading it, I get a sense that I am better off now than I was when I wrote those words by the light of a torch in a hot tent.”

63. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the advantages of backpacking according to the story?

A. It builds up your character.

B. Through the experience, you learn to live in a tent.

C. Through the experience, you learn to rely on yourself.

D. Through the experience, you learn to deal with loneliness.

64. What does the underlined word “frustrated” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Disappointed.       B. Happy.       C. Tired.       D. Excited.

65. What is the story mainly about?

A. Some backpackers’ experiences.  

B. The advantages of backpacking.

C. Young people’s love of backpacking.

D. The increasing popularity of backpacking among Chinese students and its reasons.

 

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