Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the week end with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we've both always ___1___ the few times a year when we can see each other.

.Over the ___2___, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was ___3__ around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with ___4___ and was into other ___5___ behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been ___6___ to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn't want her ___7___ him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she ___8__ better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.

I tried to ___9___ her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting ___10___. I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was ___11__ to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

By the time she left, I was really worried about her and ___12___ by the experience. It had been so frustrating, I had come ___13___ to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to ___14___ our friendship - but I didn't. I put the power of ___15___ to the ultimate test. We'd been friends for far too long. The chance was that she ___16___ me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could ___17___ anything.

A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our ___18___, and then she told me that she had ___19___ with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly ___20___ moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.

1. A. worried about              B. looked forward to C. paid attention to     D. think of

2. A. weekend               B. months    C. years                D. days

3. A. working               B. falling in love    C. hanging                 D. keeping in touch

4. A. books                   B. girls                  C. friends                     D. drugs

5. A. self-destructive      B. self-respecting  

C. self-confident           D. self-defensive

6. A. explaining            B. reasoning          C. declaring                  D. lying

7. A. on                        B. beside               C. around                     D. to

8. A. did                   B. deserved                C. had                        D. got

9. A. told                 B. convince               C. force            D. warn

10. A. somewhere   B. everywhere               C. nowhere     D. anywhere

11. A. acceptable    B. believable              C. reliable             D. admirable

12. A. exhausted     B. surprised                  C. satisfied            D. terrified

13. A. almost         B. nearly                      C. close          D. over

14. A. stop             B. continue                C. start           D. make

15. A. love            B. friendship   C. truth          D. justice

16. A. thought        B. remembered      C. valued             D. hated

17. A. mean           B. conquer             C. tell                  D. prove

18. A. friendship    B. relationship              C. quarrel              D. conversation

19. A. broken away       B. broken down     C. broken up   D. broken out

20. A. demanding   B. challenging   C. frustrating      D. rewarding

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My parents operated a small restaurant in Seattle.It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week.And my first real job,when I was six years old,was  21  the diners’ shoes.My father had done it when he was young,so he taught me  22  to do it efficiently,telling me to  23  to reshine the shoes if the customer wasn’t  24  .

Working in the restaurant was a cause of great   25   because I was also working for the good of the family.But my father  26  that I had to meet certain standards to be part of the team.I  27  to be punctual,hard-working,and polite to the  28  .

I was  29  paid for the work I did at the restaurant.One day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he  30  give me $10 a week.He said,“OK.How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And  31  the times you bring in your friends for free soft drinks?” He  32  I owed him about $40 a week.

I remember returning to Seattle after being  33  in the US Army for about two years.I had just been promoted to Captain at that time.And full of pride,I walked into my parents’ restaurant,but the  34  thing Dad said was,“How about your  35  up tonight?” I couldn’t  36  my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didn’t   37 as far as Dad was concerned,I was just  38   member of the team.I reached for the mop(拖把).Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a  39  is above all.It has nothing to do with  40  that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army.w.w.*w.k.&s.5*u.c.om

A. cleaning             B. shining                     C. removing                 D. keeping

A. why                   B. what                        C. when                       D. how

A. offer                         B. refuse                      C. love                         D. learn

A. interested            B. annoyed                   C. relaxed                  D. satisfied

A. fun                    B. pride                        C. trouble                            D. effort

A. got it right             B. kept it a rule             C. made it clear      D. took it for granted

A. had                    B. tended                      C. hated                       D. managed

A. family                   B. workers                    C. customers                 D. friends

A. never                    B. always                            C. seldom                  D. ever

A. must                    B. should                      C. might                       D. could

A. at                        B. before                      C. around                            D. for

A. worked out       B. found out                 C. put out                     D. thought out

A. alone                   B. away                        C. outside                     D. off

A. usual                   B. last                          C. next                         D. first

A. washing w.w.*w.k.&s.5*u.c.om                                  B. taking                      C. cleaning                   D. moving

A. ignore                 B. follow                      C. believe                  D. understand

A. happen                B. care                         C. go                           D. matter

A. no                       B. other                        C. some                        D. another

A. team                    B. family                      C. leader                      D. restaurant

A. why                    B. whether                    C. when                       D. How

When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was badly crippled (跛脚), and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare, I would be ashamed of the unwanted attention. If ever noticed or bothered, he never let on.
It was difficult to walk together—and because of that, we didn’t say much as we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace. I will try to follow you.”
Our usual walk was to or from the subway, which was how he got to work. He went to work sick, and even in bad weather. He almost never missed a day, and would make it to the office even if others could not. It was a matter of pride for him.
When snow or ice was on the ground, it was impossible for him to walk, even with help... Such times my sister or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y., on a child’s sleigh to the subway entrance. Once there, he would try to grasp handrail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept ice free. In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside again until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
When I think of it now, I am surprised at how much courage it must have taken for a grown man to suffer from shame and disability. And I am also surprised at how he did it—without bitterness or complaint.
He never talked about himself as an object of pity, not did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able. What he looked for in others was a “good heart”, and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him.
Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people, even though I still don’t know exactly what a “good heart” is. But I know the times I don’t have one myself.
He has been away for many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he sensed my reluctance to be seen with him during our walks. If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, how unworthy I was, how I regretted it. I think of him when I complain about my troubles, when I am envious of another’s good fortune, when I don’t have a “good heart”.
【小题1】How did the man treat his father when he was young?

A.He helped his father happily.B.He never helped his father.
C.He helped his father, but not very happily.D.He only helped his father take a walk after supper.
【小题2】As a disabled man, his father____.
A.didn’t work very hardB.didn’t go to work from time to time
C.hated those who had good fortuneD.was happy and satisfied, and never lost hope
【小题3】What does the underlined word “reluctance” mean in the article? It means ____.
A.angerB.sadnessC.happinessD.unwillingness
【小题4】How did the father get to work usually?
A.By subway. B.By bus. C.By wheelchair. D.By bike

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