I’m not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them-to be honest. We’d have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange emails, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Face Book, and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.

   Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via FaceBook. No longer hidden, they’re thrown in my face like TV commercials -unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.

   Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you’d find him warm, and self-effacing（谦逊的）.Read his FaceBook and you’ll realize he’s an unbearable, food-obsessed boring man. He’d pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man-and then write about it.

   Take Andy. You won’t find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now he’s a CEO without a company to run. So he plays Mafia Wars on FaceBook. He’s doing well-level 731. Thanks to FaceBook, I know he’s playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, you’ve run four companies-and this is how you spend your downtime? What happned to golf?What happened to getting another job?

   Take Liz. She is positive that the flu vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on FaceBook and once on Twitter.

   In real life, I don’t see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. They’re nice, smart people. But face to FaceBook, my friends is like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.

I’m left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend?Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine madman on FaceBook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he’s at a party and the wine isn’t up to his standard?

1. Who is opposed to the flu vaccine in the text?

A. Fred      B. Andy              C. Liz          D. Chris

2.What’s Andy probably busy in doing now?

A. He’s running his company

B. He’s playing golf all day

C. He’s looking for another job

D. He’s playing computer games

3.According to the text, FaceBook tends to _______.

A. present another side of people

B. offer some foods for free

C. show endless advertisements

D. get you to more parties

4.The text is developed mainly by _____.

A. giving examples                       B. following the time order

C. listing figures                            D. raising questions

I′m not so sure I like my friends any more．I used to like them—to be honest．We′d have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange e—mails，and they all seemed normal enough．But then came Facebook．and I was introduced to a sad fact：many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me．

Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook．No longer hidden，they′re thrown in my face like TV commercials—unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities．

Take Fred．If you were to have lunch with him，you’d find him warm, and down-to-earth．Read his Facebook and you realize he′s an unbearable，food．obsessed bore．He′d pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man—and then write about it．

Take Andy．You won′t find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now he′s a CEO without a company to lull．So he plays Mafia Wars on Facebook．He′s doing well—level 731．Thanks to Facebook，I know he’s playing about 18 hours a day．Andy．you′ve run four companies—and this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job?

Take Liz．She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine（疫苗）will kill us all and that we should avoid it．And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find，so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Faeebook and once on Twitter．

In real life，I don′t see these sides of people．Face to face．my friends show me their best．They′re nice，smart people．But face to Facebook，my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong．

I′m left with a dilemma．Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti．vaccine lunatic（狂人）on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he′S at a party and the wine isn′t up to his standards?

71．Who is opposed to the H1N1 vaccine in the text?

       A．Fred．                 B．Andy．                C．Liz．                  D．Chris．

72．What′S Andy probably busy in doing now?

       A．He′s running his company．                      B．He′s playing golf all day．

       C．He′s looking for another job．                      D．He′s playing computer games．

73．According to the text，Facebook tends to_________________．

       A．present another side of people                   B．offer some fbods for free

       C．show endless advertisements                       D．get you to more parties

74．The text is developed mainly by__________________．

       A．giving examples                                       B．following the time order

       C．1isting figures         D．raising questions

75．The author focuses on the question of______________．

       A．what is Faeebook                                     B．what happened to golf

       C．who is my real friend                                 D．who can help me

单句填词（10分）

1.He is an honest man, that is to say, what he says is always c______________ with what he does.

2.In the a_______________ of evidence, the police had to let Kelly go.

3.An idea that I was wasting my time s______________ me when I came out of her room.

4.She r_______________ her mother in appearance but not in character.

5.The table is too high for your son，so you can a______________ the table to his height.

6.It is ________________(使窘迫，使尴尬) that our streets are so dirty.

7.He stood silently with his arms _______________ (交叉).

8.I hope what I say can  ________________（澄清）the situation.

9.He was fined for breaking traffic  ___________________ (规则).

10.It is  _________________ （全世界，普遍地）acknowledged that one’s thinking directs one’s actions.

One day a young man called Jim was told to take the  1  examination the next day．He was   2   so much that he couldn’t get to sleep．He wouldn’t join the army because he was in love with a beautiful girl．“If only I could find a  3   to make the doctor believe there is something    4  with my body,” he thought and thought．Suddenly, a good idea crossed his mind.

The next morning Jim got to the   5   on time and was led into a large room．He hurriedly found a seat to sit down and took out an out-of-date newspaper,   6   to read it．Soon it was his turn to be examined．When he came up to the doctor, the old man took a quick and sharp look at him．Then in a  7   he ordered Jim to take off his clothes, go straight to a corner and sit down on a chair there．No sooner had he seated himself on the chair than he heard the doctor murmuring to his assistant: “Finished! The boy is  8   up to the standard.”

“How can you draw such a  9   like that before you give me a 10  check? Jim shouted at the doctor．

“Don’t be impetuous（冲动）, young man! Put on your clothes, and then I’ll  11   it to you,” the doctor said   12  .“You said we didn’t examine you carefully, but I don’t think it

  13   for us to do that．When I told you in a low voice to take off your clothes, you did it as I told you．It shows you have good  14  ．When you were asked to go and sit on the chair, you did so, too．It shows you can see any subject within a certain distance． 15  , you were found reading the newspaper just now, and we are certain you are a man of intelligence.

  16 , you’re perfect in mind and body.” 

Half a year later, Jim was killed on the battlefield．At the news his girlfriend nearly went

 17  ．She kept weeping．“Don’t be like that, my dear.” It was an old man’s  18   voice．“Your Jim died a real man．He   19  his life to the people all over the world．It is right that we should be proud of him…” Saying this, the old man, her father, was choked（哽咽）．His only   20   was that he had never had Jim know who he was．This old man was the medical officer who had given Jim the health check．

Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended , as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.

　　The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth ---- so I decided that my approach must be wrong.

　　I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“Would you like to buy a chair?”He looked it over carefully and said,“Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?”“Twenty pounds,”I said.“OK,”he said,“I’ll give you twenty pounds.”“It ‘s got a slightly broken leg,”I said.“Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.”

　　Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited.“What will you do with it?”I asked.“Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.”“I'll buy it,”I said. “What do you mean？ You’ve just sold it to me,”he said.“Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I'm sorry, I'll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.”“Your must be crazy,”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped.“I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.”“You’re right,”I said.“And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, Would you mend this chair for me　I wouldn't have agreed to do it,”he said.“We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?”He was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣）by the whole thing.

We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.

　　A. was rather impolite              B. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

　　C. was warmly received          　D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.

　　A. changed his mind　　　　　　　 B. accepted the offer

　　C. saw the writer’s purpose　　　　　D. decided to help the writer

How much did the writer pay?

　　A. ￡ 5.　　　　B. ￡ 7.　　　　 C. ￡ 20.　　　　D. ￡ 27.

From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________

A. honest　　　　B. careful　　　　C. smart　　　　 D. funny