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When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say: “Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.
When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair(失望)and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.
For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think:“Yes, I must tell….”We have never met.
It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist（心理学家），who will only fill up the healing（愈合的）silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.
In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to ______.
A. become serious about her study B. go to her friend’s house regularly
C. learn from her classmates at school D. share poems and stories with her friend
In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means ______.
A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us
B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London
C. our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared
D. we parted with each other in London
According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend _______.
A. call each other regularly B. have similar personalities
C. enjoy writing to each other D. dream of meeting each other
In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to ______.
A. seek professional help B. be left alone
C. stay with her best friend D. break the silence
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W: Hi, Fred．Where have you been?
M: I’ve been to the l____76____ and borrowed some English books． 76．
What’s wrong?
W: I t___77 ___ you’d been to the post office． 77．
Did you notice the money I left on the desk?
M: Yes, $10 altogether．But I didn’t know what it was f___78____． 78．
W: Didn’t you see the note I left you with the money?
M: Note? What note? I didn’t see any note．
W: R___79___? That’s very strange．I left the money with a note 79．
saying I wanted you to go to the post office and get some
e___80___ and stamps for me．I also put the ink bottle on 80．
them in case they might not draw your a___81____． 81．
M: I see now．Why can’t you go and get them y__82___? 82．
The post office is only about 30 minutes’ walk from here．
We often walk there after supper．
W: Of course I know how far it is from school．I can’t go there myself because
I’m very busy doing some chemistry e___83___ in the lab． 83．
And what’s more, I have to p___84___ for my English exam． 84．
You know I f__85__ the last one．If I can’t pass this time, 85．
a hard time will be waiting for me．
查看习题详情和答案>>In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, sending and reading messages. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no 36 for stillness.
And when we are 37 to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train, we often 38 something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, other will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re 39.
This comes at a 40 : we lose that time for 41 , for observing and listening. We lose peace.
And 42 yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get 43 done.
Take a moment to think about 44 you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering 45 checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always 46 through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your 47 ? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be 48 . Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already. 49 be in the moment.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d 50 it to be. See your life with less move anent, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration, more 51 .
Then be that vision.
It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. 52 you’re gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too 53 . slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of 54 for it.
1.A． place B．chance C．freedom D．time
2.A．forced B．ordered C．invited D．told
3.A．have B．find C．buy D．get
4.A．familiar with B．curious about C．used to D．interested in
5.A．cost B．risk C．moment D．danger
6.A．play B．food C．sleep D．consideration
7.A．further B．worse C．farther D．deeper
8.A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
9.A．how B．where C．why D．whether
10.A．questions B．problems C．phones D．messages
11.A．walking B．rushing C．stepping D．going
12.A．school B．youth C．work D．life
13.A．silent B．patient C．still D．quiet
14.A．Nearly B．Ever C．Just D．Already
15.A．like B．decide C．choose D．need
16.A．activity B．research C．study D．peace
17.A．Because B．Until C．Once D．Unless
18.A．frequently B．slowly C．fast D．quickly
19.A．asking B．sending C．calling D．waiting
20.A．Value B．Miss C．Owe D．Hold
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We often provide our children with toys,footballs or basketballs, _______ that all children like these things.
A. thinking B. think?
C. to think D. thought?
查看习题详情和答案>>On the whole, it’s not something we parents shout about, but one in four of us does it. Hiring private tutors for our children is now widespread.
“It’s expensive, but worth it,” says Ashan Sabri, whose daughter Zarreen, is having tuition in biology and chemistry in preparation for A-levels this summer. “My husband and I tried to tutor her at home, but we found all our knowledge was out of date and we were only confusing Zarreen. We also tried a group revision course but all the children were sitting in a room for different kinds of exams. On the whole, we think one-to-one tuition works best.”
The real reason is: does tutoring do any good?
“It’s not the magic bullet,” says Professor Judith Ireson, author of a 2005 Institute of Education report on the subject. “It’s still up to the child to do the learning. If he or she isn’t interested, sending them to a private tutor won’t do any good. However, we did find that students who had private tuition in mathematics during the two years before GCSE achieved on average just under half a grade higher than students who did not have a tutor.”
In which case, surely it’s time to break open the champagne? Not necessarily, says Elaine Tyrrell, head of The Rowans School, Wimbledon, a preparation school which regularly gets children into the best private schools.
“While we recommend private tutoring for a few children whose first language isn’t English, we don’t encourage it for the others. With the level of education they get here, children really ought to be able to pass the entrance exams without any extra teaching. And our worry is that they might just get used to getting help from last-minute tutoring, but, once they actually get to that school, they won’t be able to cope.”
But Mylene Curtis, owner of Fleet Tutors, one of the biggest tutoring agencies in the country, holds a different view.
“In some respects, the hurdles children have to leap in order to get into these schools are set at a higher level than the reality,” says Curtis. “We often find that, once a child has got into a school, the standard of work isn’t as high as was feared. The trick is to do well enough in the exam to win a place.”
What does Ashan Sabri think of the group revision course?
A. It’s expensive but worthwhile because it works the best.
B. It confuses students because the knowledge taught in it is out of date.
C. It isn’t effective because it doesn’t focus on specific exams.
D. It is effective because it doesn’t focus on specific exams.
What do the underlined words “magic bullet” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Something that cannot help to solve problems at all.
B. Something that solves a difficult problem in an easy way.
C. Something that seems useful but has no use at all.
D. Something that encourages interest in study.
According to Elaine Tyrrell, private tutoring is _______.
A. effective in language learning but not for exams
B. effective for foreign students but not for local students
C. unnecessary in most cases and may harm the further study of students
D. unnecessary in secondary school but helpful to further study
What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A. Fleet Tutors and the Rowans School are competitors.
B. Entrance exams to schools are too difficult for most students.
C. Further study isn’t as difficult as was first thought.
D. Private tuition is worth the financial investment.
What attitude does the author hold towards home tutoring?
A. Critical B. Objective C. Supportive D. Uninterested
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