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On a sunny day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.

Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once they'd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.

Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.

"Everything went quiet in my head," Tim recalls (回忆). "I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line."

Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. "At one point, I considered turning back," he says. "I wondered if I was putting my life at risk." After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, "Take down the umbrella!"

Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.

"Let's aim for the pier (码头)," Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. "Can you guys swim?" he cried. "A little bit," the boys said.

Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys' faces.

“Are we almost there?" they asked again and again. "Yes," Tim told them each time.

After 30minutes, they reached the pier.

1.Why did the two boys go to the sea?

A. To go boat rowing. B. To swim in the open water.

C. To get back their football. D. To test the umbrella as a sail.

2.What does "it" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. The beach. B. The wind.

C. The boat. D. The water.

3.Why did Tim raise his head regularly?

A.To check his distance from the boys.

B.To consider turning back or not.

C.To take in enough fresh air.

D.To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.

4.How did the two boys finally reach the pier?

A. They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.

B. They swam to the pier all by themselves.

C. They were washed to the pier by the waves.

D. They were dragged to the pier by Tim.

Considering the boys around Tom a bad influence on him, his parents don’t like him ______ them.

A. corresponding with B. fascinating with

C. associating with D. conflicting with

One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head 36 . Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with 37 and fear.

With growing 38 I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely 39 ours. This would be a good opportunity to 40 my children, so I explained their difficult 41 to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.

“We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll 42 what we have with them.”

I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously 43 the boys and I filled one box with canned food.

While I 44__ our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and 45 some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched 46 as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.

“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.

The boys placed the toys they had 47 to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll 48 tightly to her chest. She 49 in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a 50 kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.

“Oh, honey,” I said. “You 51 to give away Lucy. You love her so much.”

Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. 52 she’ll make that little girl happy, too.”

I stared at Meghan for a long moment, 53 how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.

It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but 54 to let go of things we cherish, isn’t it? 55 , the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.

1. A．off B．up C．down D．round

2. A．smile B．confusion C．joy D．anger

3. A．happiness B．friendship C．puzzle D．interest

4. A．matched B．equaled C．compared D．suited

5. A．help B．complain C．change D．teach

6. A．experience B．problem C．situation D．process

7. A．give B．share C．send D．spare

8. A．as B．since C．though D．because

9. A．came through B．broke through C．sorted through D．got through

10. A．donate B．leave C．keep D．sell

11. A．hopefully B．anxiously C．depressingly D．quietly

12. A．separated B．chosen C．bought D．confirmed

13. A．hugged B．tied C．grasped D．caught

14. A．settled B．regretted C．paused D．cried

15. A．precious B．final C．hearty D．lovely

16. A．wouldn’t like B．ought not C．had better not D．don’t have

17. A．Also B．Yet C．Maybe D．Though

18. A．knowing B．wondering C．realizing D．expecting

19. A．available B．necessary C．important D．hard

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

It’s a Friday night. Your girl friends are out at a bar and your boyfriend is playing soccer with his mates. Two text messages later, you’re eating pizza and watching action movies with three guy friends. Perfect.

“Guy friends” have the potential to enrich your life in ways that female friends and boyfriends just can’t. For starters, they provide an insider’s perspective on how men think, feel and behave. When dealing with male relatives, coworkers and even boyfriends, another man’s point of view can be incredibly useful. Three hours spent analyzing a situation in a café with your girlfriends can’t compete with a quick chat to a guy friend.

Many women find that time spent with male friends can be a liberating and somewhat refreshing break from spending time with the girls. Without the judgmental gaze of other females, there is less pressure to dress up and compete for attention.

Traditionally, girl-guy friendships are seen as hard to maintain. Most relationships between males and females that we come across in our day-to-day lives, whether in movies or books, are romantic by nature. These cultural images make girl-guy friendships seem impossible.

Yet in reality, as gender roles loosen and equality becomes a norm in the workplace, it has become much more common for platonic friendships to blossom.

“The belief that men and women can’t be friends comes from another era in which women were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for romance,” explains psychologist Linda Sapadin to Psychology Today magazine. “Now they work together and share sports interests and socialize together.”

“My boyfriend has met all of my guy friends so he’s quite accepting of me hanging out with them,” says Nellie. “Because we’ve been dating so long, there’s a level of trust where he knows I will make the right decision when choosing who to be friends with.

“He understands that the kind of time that I spend differs between guys and girls. When I’m out with the girls, we’re gossiping or talking about clothes but when I’m spending time with the guys, it’s different. I think their carefree and ‘whatever goes’ attitude can sometimes be exactly what I need.”

1. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Platonic friendship can be fun and liberating.

B．Platonic friendship can take the place of boy-or-girl friendship.

C．Man friendship is far more exciting than woman friendship.

D．Both man friendship and woman friendship are necessary forgirls.

2. In writer’s opinion, girl-guy friendships_________

A．are hard to maintain in modern society.

B．are impossible for most boys and girls.

C．are quite reasonable and thought highly of by most people.

D．are quite interesting and accepted by more and more and moregirls.

3. Why did people think men and women can’t be friends in the past?

A．Becausemen were at home and women were in the workplace.

B．Becauseboth men and women are too shy to make friends.

C．Because they were hard to keep in touch and only bymarrying cantheystay in touch with each other.

D．Becausewomen were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for friendship.

4. According to what Nellie said, _______

A．Her boyfriend enjoys she and her guy friend stay together.

B．When I’m out with the boys, we’re not gossiping or talking about clothes.

C．Sometimes whatmy guy friends giveisjustwhatI need.

D．My boyfriend trusts me so heaccepts my decision.

Jaime Nared is nearly 6-foot-1 and blessed with Michael Jordan-style skills. In games, the 12-year-old girl performed more excellently than boys, sometimes scoring 30 points or more.

And there, according to her coach, lies the problem.

She’s so good, Michael Abraham said, so she makes the boys look like scrubs (灌木丛). So she has been told she can no longer play in boys’ teams at The Hoop, which organizes a league (联赛) in which Abraham’s teams compete.

The trouble started last month, when some parents told The Hoop management they didn’t like Jaime playing with the boys. The Hoop officials informed Abraham that Jaime, after years in one of his boys’ teams, was banned. Neal Franzer, The Hoop’s director of operations, said Thursday that the parents were adamant (坚决的),
but their complaints had nothing to do with Jaime’s skills.

“They said the problem was the boys were playing differently against her because she was a girl,” he said. “They’d been taught not to push a girl, and the focus had shifted from playing basketball to noticing a girl was on the floor with them.”

The Hoop officials e-mailed Abraham to remind him of the rules. Abraham, Jaime and her parents don’t buy it. “I think the complaints come from parents who don’t like seeing a girl who plays better than their sons,” Abraham said.

Jaime, who said she “fell in love” with basketball when she was 8, likes the boys’ team because boys play a fast-paced game.

Jaime’s mom, Reiko Williams, said the issue boiled over after a particular game. “She scored 30 points,” Williams said. “I remember one play. She stole the ball and made a behind-the-back pass to a teammate. He missed it, and she grabbed the rebound and put it in. I think it was just too much for some of those parents.”

56. Michael Abraham is .

A. Jaime Nared’s coach B. Jaime Nared’s father

C. Jaime Nared’s teammate D. The Hoop’s manager

57. How did the boys feel when playing against Jaime Nared?

A. Proud. B. Angry. C. Interested. D. Ashamed.

58. The boys’ parents wanted Jaime Nared to leave boys’ teams because .

A. Jaime Nared had better skills than the boys B. Jaime Nared was too rude on the court

C. the boys couldn’t get focused when playing with her

D. the boys didn’t like to play with a girl

59. Why was Jaime banned according to her parents?

A. Because she is too tall. B. Because she doesn’t obey the rules of basketball.

C. Because she plays better than boys. D. Because she takes advantage of the boys.

60. We can learn from the passage that .

A. Jaime Nared has great talents for basketball

B. Jaime Nared doesn’t know how to defend while playing

C. Jaime Nared always plays best in the team

D. Jaime Nared’s mother doesn’t want her daughter to play with boys

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