单词拼写（15）

1.He was very _________ (失望的)with my performance．              _______________

2.The magician is ________ (表演)some astonishing tricks．             _______________

3.She showed us the athletics ___________ (奖品)she had won．          ________________

4.They export their products to markets__________ (遍及)the world．     _______________

5.I shall always ___________(珍视)the memory of our meetings．        ________________

6.I tried to persuade him，but with little or no e__________．           ________________

7. His first speech as president made a strong i________ on his audience.   ________________

8.Do you know what X r__________ in this equation(方程式)?           _______________

9.G__________ speaking，all of us felt happy this week．              _______________

10.Theory(理论) ought to be c_______ with practice.                   _______________

11. The audience were greatly i___________ by what she performed.       _______________

12.The story happened on a e__________ cold winter night.              _______________

13. Children under 18 are not p________ into such occasions.             _______________

14. In order to keep fit, I q__________ smoking .                        ______________

15.Folk songs hand down from one g__________ to another.              ______________

For better health, many people turn to doctors or self-help books．But they don’t realize that their friends could help them fight illness and sadness, slow aging and help them live a longer life．Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship in whole health．A 10-year Australian study found that old people with a large circle of friends were 22 percent less likely to die during the study than those with fewer friends．

“In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn’t well appreciated,” said Rebecca G．Adams, a professor of the University of North Carolina．“Friendship has a bigger influence on us than family relationships．” Why friendship has such a big effect isn’t clear．While friends can pick up medicine for a sick person, the advantages go well beyond physical help．

Last year, researchers studied 34 students at the University of Virginia, taking them to the foot of a steep（陡峭的）hill and fitting them with a heavy backpack．They were then asked to estimate the steepness of the hill．Some of them stood next to their friends during the research, while others were alone．The students who stood with their friends judged the hill to be lower than the hills in other students’ eyes．And the longer the friends had known each other, the less steep the hill appeared．

“People with stronger friendship feel like there is someone they can turn to,” said Karen A Roberto, director of the medical center at Virginia Tech．“Friendship is a great resource, but many people don’t realize it．The message of these studies is that friends make your life better．”

64．We can learn from Paragraph 1 that      ．

       A．friends could take the place of doctors and medicine

       B．researchers have studied the importance of friendship for a long time

       C．people with few friends usually die at a young age

       D．people with many friends can live longer

65．Which of the following is RTUE of Professor Adams?

       A．She thinks friends affect us more than family members．

       B．She likes making friends with different people．

       C．She advises people to choose a close friend．

       D．She knows the role of friendship in her life．

66．The underlined word “estimate” in Paragraph 3 means “       ”．

       A．judge          B．find       C．learn            D．imagine

67．What’s the best title for the passage?

       A．How to keep healthy             B．How to make friends

       C．The importance of friendship      D．The meaning of real friends

Complete the following sentences with proper modal verbs.

a)     You’ve been working all day. You ______ be very tired.

b)     (The door bell rings)I wonder who that is, it________ be Lisa. She’s still in the library at this time.

c)     It is a long time since we met last time. You ________ come and see us more often.

d)     I haven’t; decided where I’m going for my holidays. I ______ go to Australia.

e)     My father’s birthday is coming. What ________ I get him

f)      Why don’t you try on this dress? It__________ look nice on you.

g)     “Who was the man talking with your teacher?” “I’m not sure. It ___________ be her brother.

h)     I don’t know when the guests ___________ be here. They __________ arrive at any time.

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

　　Lisa is ten years old. She is handicapped(残疾) because she has brain damage. She could not do even the most simple thing until a year ago. She could not comb her hair or feed herself. Her parents loved her. But they treated her like baby.

　　Mr Ching has a daughter and a son. They are both grown. They live far from their father. Mr Ching felt lonely. He decided to do something about it. He decided to become a foster grandfather to a handicapped child. And that was how he met Lisa.

　　Foster grandparents are grandparents who are not related by birth. But foster grandparents love the children they care for. They love them just as natural grandparents love their grandchildren.

　　The foster grandparents also help the handicapped children in special ways. They help to dress and feed the children. They read to them and tell them stories. They also help with the handicapped children's therapy. Therapy is the treatment of a disease or disorder. It helps the children overcome their handicaps.

　　Mr Ching became a foster grandparent to Lisa when she was nine years old. At first, Lisa was shy. She was afraid because Mr Ching was a stranger. But he came to see her every day. Gradually, she began to trust him.

　　At last Lisa let Mr Ching do things for her. He came at lunch time and fed her. One day he handed her the spoon and guided it to her mouth. He told her she must learn to feed herself.

　　“Most of that lunch ended up on us instead of in Lisa's mouth,”Mr Ching remembers.“But it was a start for Lisa. She learned to feed herself in a few months.”

　　Then Lisa was ready for more therapy, thank to Mr Ching. She had learned to do one simple thing. She could learn to do other simple things. Mr Ching was trained to help with Lisa's therapy.

　　To become foster grandparents, people must be at least sixty years old and in good health. They must be willing to give their time to handicapped children. They are volunteers, so they are not paid. They are given money for expenses, such as transportation.

　　Mr Ching speaks for most foster grandparents when he says,“We all benefit. The handicapped children benefit because we help them live more useful lives. And we benefit because we know the children need us and love us. For any person, there's no greater happiness than that!”

1．Why did Lisa need help?

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A．She was a baby.

B．She had brain damage.

C．She did not want to do anything.

D．She was a blind girl.

2．How often did Mr Ching visit Lisa?

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A．Every day.　　　　　　B．Every other day.

C．Every week.　　　　　　D．Twice a week.

3．Which five things do foster grandparents do for handicapped children?

a．love them　　　　　　b．dress them

c．live in their homes　　 d．feed them

e．charge them money　　f．read to them

g．tell them story　　　　h．make fun of them

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A．abdef　　　　　　B．acefh

C．bcdfg　　　　　　D．abdfg

4．What does the word“foster”mean?

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A．elderly

B．related by birth

C．not related by birth

D．kind-hearted

5．How did Lisa first feel toward Mr Ching?

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A．shy　　　　　　B．friendly

C．angry　　　　　　D．happy