I have known Ting for a long time. She was a friend of mine in high school. Ting used to see me as her best friend in my class because, as she said , it was easy to be friends with me . Therefore ,when we had time in school,she often came to me and we would talk about many things. Though I didn’t have special feelings about this friend, I was fine with this because I didn’t see the reason why I should say “no” to a friend I didn’t hate.

But there was a while when she came to me, and usually said nothing meaningful. I started to feel tired and then tried not to meet her. After that she never came to me. Though guilty, I started to feel free about my life and never thought of anything about her feeling.

After a month or two, I heard from other friends that Ting’s father had passed away six months before. I was so shocked! Then I suddenly realized why Ting had often come to me but said nothing special. She needed my company (陪伴). I felt so bad about myself that I went to find her the next day. But I only found that she had moved away to another place.

At that time, I found myself so selfish that I only thought of myself but didn’t even try to ask a friend what happened in her life.

1.“I was fine with this because ….” What does “this” mean here?

A. Ting’s coming to the writer.???????? ????????????? B. The things Ting said.

C. The writer’s own feeling.??????????? ????????????? D. Ting is easy to be with.

2.What did the writer think of Ting in the beginning?

A. The writer didn’t like Ting.

B. The writer felt bored with Ting.

C. Ting was considered the best friend.

D. The writer had no special feelings about Ting.

3.What is the story about?

A. About happiness.???????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. About friends.

C. About the meaning of life.????????????? ????????????? ??? ????????????? D. About how to be with friends.

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage????????

A. Ting is not the writer’s best friend.

B. Ting told the writer that her father died.

C. The writer didn’t care enough about her friend.

D. The writer is sorry for what she has done to her friend.

用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）

Here is a history which I heard from my father yesterday evening. One of his friends had recently   61     to the Himalayas, the famous mountain range(山脉)in the world. When he was    62    along the mountain paths, he met a few other   63   . Among them there was an old lady and her grandson. The small child admired the beautiful mountains. He said to his grandmother, “   64    nice these mountains are! Can we take them home, Grandma?” The old woman smiled and said, “Dear, if some child like you had    65    them away yesterday, would you have a chance to see them? Now if we take these mountains away today, then tomorrow, _66_    child will not have the chance to see these beautiful things. Don’t you think they are so nice  67_   everyone should see and enjoy them?

What a noble(高尚的) _68  ! Our lives become meaningful only when we learn the value of everything for _69  . Just as the saying goes, “The rich man is not the one who has the most, but one who needs the   70_ .” 

I tried to call you ________ I heard from him, but nobody answered the phone.

A. since

B. while

C. until

D. as soon as

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