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 1 economic resources－her father has been dead for years and her mother works 2 a maid．Although her mother works very hard, she can 3 support the family．Jane is very bright and gifted at 4 and that's how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n) 5 for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons．
Alice became friends with Jane and would 6 talk to her at lunch．She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids 7 her．
On her birthday last month, she 8 her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn't come．Alice wanted her to be 9 so much that she 10 on her coming．Eventually, the girl said,“I don't have any 11 clothes that I could wear at your birthday party．”After a brief pause, the girl remembered,“I have a 12 from my piano performance,”and asked,“Could I 13 a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be 14 to come and hurried home to ask her Mum 15 she could lend her friend one of her skirts．To her surprise, her Mum said,“No．”The daughter was very 16 and angrily said to her Mum,“ 17 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 18 ．
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend's 19 ．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 20 with her．
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto．真正的友谊追求的是给予，而不是索取；是帮助别人，而不是被人帮助；是为人服务，而不是被人服务。
Time is very important in our lives．It 1 our everybody moments．However, time never had any 2 in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more 3 ．
It’s round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist．And all of it is made of silver．This 4 tells me the importance of time in my life．
I received this 5 on a gray-sky day．I had to go to the airport at 9∶00 am to 6 up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house 7 , I was late because I was 8 out with my friends．Later on that day, around 11∶00 am, I 9 my uncle, but I was very 10 for him．He had 11 the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house．
I got to my father’s house at 2∶00 pm on the same day and looking at my angry father’s face I felt 12 of myself at that moment．After I said hi to my 13 father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch as a gift from him．Then he said,“Essa, did you have 14 with your friends today?”I answered,“Yes, father, and I’m sorry about not picking up my uncle Ali．”He said,“What you 15 was not very nice and you should be sorry for your 16 ．”I was ashamed and said,“Father, I’ll never do it again, I promise．”He said,“I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a 17 for you．”He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my 18 ．
I learned a very important lesson from my father：to 19 time and never be late to get someone．This watch is 20 to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it．
(1)
[ ]
A．
appreciates
B．
organizes
C．
orders
D．
explains
(2)
[ ]
A．
importance
B．
similarity
C．
necessity
D．
interest
(3)
[ ]
A．
confident
B．
independent
C．
efficient
D．
responsible
(4)
[ ]
A．
object
B．
belonging
C．
matter
D．
stranger
(5)
[ ]
A．
card
B．
letter
C．
gift
D．
thing
(6)
[ ]
A．
call
B．
pick
C．
put
D．
bring
(7)
[ ]
A．
Otherwise
B．
Fortunately
C．
However
D．
Hopefully
(8)
[ ]
A．
going
B．
hanging
C．
standing
D．
leaving
(9)
[ ]
A．
forgot
B．
remembered
C．
saw
D．
visited
(10)
[ ]
A．
anxious
B．
nervous
C．
early
D．
late
(11)
[ ]
A．
reached
B．
recognized
C．
left
D．
found
(12)
[ ]
A．
ashamed
B．
frightened
C．
disappointed
D．
shy
(13)
[ ]
A．
kind
B．
happy
C．
angry
D．
doubtful
(14)
[ ]
A．
pleasure
B．
fun
C．
appointment
D．
quarrels
(15)
[ ]
A．
said
B．
did
C．
thought
D．
forgot
(16)
[ ]
A．
ideas
B．
words
C．
actions
D．
promises
(17)
[ ]
A．
wonder
B．
hope
C．
requirement
D．
reminder
(18)
[ ]
A．
life
B．
day
C．
way
D．
thought
(19)
[ ]
A．
waste
B．
respect
C．
neglect
D．
enjoy
(20)
[ ]
A．
useful
B．
necessary
C．
different
D．
important
完形填空
Ali couldn't wait until September．June had been 1 , with all those school-leaving exams to do．He spent July 2 ．The exam results finally arrived in August．He knew he wasn't the most intelligent boy． 3 , it was really important for him to do well．He just wanted to get away from his 4 ．
For Ali, going to university was not a chance to 5 his education as most of students do, 6 a chance to get away from his hometown to 7 new people, to become a totally 8 person．The town he lived in was a very small town．There were a few shops on the main street．There wasn't anywhere for young people to meet, so they spent time walking up and down the main street．Everybody knew 9 else in his town．Ali was 10 eager to leave．He didn't really know what his ambitions were yet, but he was 11 he had them．
His hands 12 as he opened the envelope．He took out the letter, and sighed with 13 ．It was OK．He hadn't done 14 , but his grades were good enough．He had got a place at the University of Rummidge．The course started in 15 ．
When he got off the train at the main station in Rummidge, he felt 16 at last．The whole world was before him．Rummidge wasn't a beautiful place, but that didn't 17 to Ali．He was looking forward to 18 new things．
The University was a short 19 from the city centre．It was much more attractive than the 20 of the city．Rummidge wasn't the oldest university in Britain, nor the most prestigious(有影响力的), but Ali didn't mind．For him, it was a new world, a new start．
(1)
[ ]
A．
sunny
B．
terrible
C．
splendid
D．
scary
(2)
[ ]
A．
playing
B．
reading
C．
sleeping
D．
waiting
(3)
[ ]
A．
Therefore
B．
So
C．
Otherwise
D．
However
(4)
[ ]
A．
parents
B．
school
C．
hometown
D．
classmates
(5)
[ ]
A．
develop
B．
accept
C．
find
D．
study
(6)
[ ]
A．
and
B．
nor
C．
but
D．
or
(7)
[ ]
A．
greet
B．
meet
C．
visit
D．
talk
(8)
[ ]
A．
nice
B．
friendly
C．
handsome
D．
different
(9)
[ ]
A．
anybody
B．
everybody
C．
somebody
D．
nobody
(10)
[ ]
A．
too
B．
not
C．
such
D．
much
(11)
[ ]
A．
happy
B．
proud
C．
sure
D．
curious
(12)
[ ]
A．
trembled
B．
shrank
C．
clapped
D．
withdrew
(13)
[ ]
A．
happiness
B．
relief
C．
exctement
D．
surprise
(14)
[ ]
A．
brilliantly
B．
sincerely
C．
appropriately
D．
independently
(15)
[ ]
A．
July
B．
June
C．
August
D．
September
(16)
[ ]
A．
free
B．
relaxed
C．
delighted
D．
nervous
(17)
[ ]
A．
mind
B．
care
C．
value
D．
matter
(18)
[ ]
A．
assessing
B．
adapting
C．
experiencing
D．
realizing
(19)
[ ]
A．
cut
B．
voyage
C．
distance
D．
flight
(20)
[ ]
A．
another
B．
rest
C．
other
D．
part
完形填空
Ali couldn't wait until September．June had been 1 , with all those school-leaving exams to do．He spent July 2 ．The exam results finally arrived in August．He knew he wasn't the most intelligent boy． 3 , it was really important for him to do well．He just wanted to get away from his 4 ．
For Ali, going to university was not a chance to 5 his education as most of students do, 6 a chance to get away from his hometown to 7 new people, to become a totally 8 person．The town he lived in was a very small town．There were a few shops on the main street．There wasn't anywhere for young people to meet, so they spent time walking up and down the main street．Everybody knew 9 else in his town．Ali was 10 eager to leave．He didn't really know what his ambitions were yet, but he was 11 he had them．
His hands 12 as he opened the envelope．He took out the letter, and sighed with 13 ．It was OK．He hadn't done 14 , but his grades were good enough．He had got a place at the University of Rummidge．The course started in 15 ．
When he got off the train at the main station in Rummidge, he felt 16 at last．The whole world was before him．Rummidge wasn't a beautiful place, but that didn't 17 to Ali．He was looking forward to 18 new things．
The University was a short 19 from the city center．It was much more attractive than the 20 of the city．Rummidge wasn't the oldest university in Britain, nor the most prestigious(有影响力的), but Ali didn't mind．For him, it was a new world, a new start．
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