50．What is the best title for the passage?

A．Unforgettable Experiences

B．Remarkable Imagination

C．Lifelong Friendship

D．Noble Companions

Key:

49．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

48．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

47．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

46．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

75．According to the writer of this passage，the best way of taking notes is　　 ．

　 　A．the one that saves the reader’s time　

　 B．the one that can be read easily by everyone else

　 　C．the one that can be used for future writing

　 　D．the one that’s helpful for the reader’s creative ideas

Key: ACAD

(E)

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．

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．

　 ( Paragraph 3) When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend．He was in despair 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 that 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．

　 ( Paragraph 4) 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…．”, though we have never met．

　 It is such comforting companions I wish to keep．One bright hour with their kindness is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist(心理学家)，who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend．

74．In this passage，Paragraph 4 mainly tells us　　　　　 ．

　 　A．how to write a topical note　　 B．how to take notes effectively

　 　C．a sentence note can save time　 D．a topical note can save time

73．We know from the passage that it is wise to　　　　 ．

　 　A．copy a paragraph without being sure of what it means

　 　B．remember what you have copied from an encyclopedia

　 　C．write brief notes to remind yourself of the facts you wish to express

　 　D．copy the information from an encyclopedia word for word

72．It is much easier to remember　　　 if you can take notes．

　 　A．your own ideas after reading

　 　B．what someone else has said in a book

　 　C．the information found in an encyclopedia

　 　D．the writer’s vocabulary that can be easily understood

68．The purpose of writing the article is to　　　　 .

　　　 A．point out the importance of noticing everyday science

　　　 B．give background information about a latest study

　　　 C．prove that ears and eyes help us to walk

　　　 D．explain why we can’t walk in strictly straight line

Key: 65．D　 66．A　 67．C　 68．D

(D)

In school and out，many people need to put the information they find in an

encyclopedia(百科全书)into words of their own．The student who is writing a

composition，the businessman who is writing a report，and the housewife who is

preparing a talk for a woman’s club often need the kind of information they

can find in an encyclopedia．But no one wants what he writes to read as if it were copied

from an encyclopedia．what you write should read as if it came from you．

　 Even if you have every intention of rewriting the material in your own words，it

is unwise to copy information from an encyclopedia word for word．Instead，write

brief notes to remind yourself of the facts you wish to express．Later，with the

encyclopedia closed，you can expand(拓展)those notes into sentences and

paragraphs of your own．

　 The advantage of note-taking over copying is that it forces you to think for

yourself at least twice--first when you are reading and second when you are using

your notes．It is easy to copy a paragraph without being sure of what it means．But to

make a note expressing the meaning of a paragraph in your own words requires you

to prove to yourself that you have understood that paragraph．Note-taking also

helps you to remember what you have read．It is much easier to remember what you

have said in a note than what someone else has said in a book．Eyen if an author’s

vocabulary is easily understood，it isn’t the vocabulary you naturally think of．

Putting his ideas into your vocabulary makes those ideas yours，and yours are the

ideas you best remember．

　 Some people write notes in complete sentences．Others write notes that are

phrases of topics．For example，a sentence note on the paragraph above might be

“Notes help you remember．”A topical note for the same paragraph might be “Notes

as memory helps．”Both of these are four-word notes，and therefore either has a

advantage to save time at the moment of note-taking．

　 Remember that the purpose of taking notes is always for some future use，often

for some future writing that you will do．Notes that make you think as you write are

better than notes that merely help you remember information．The thinking writer is

the one who creates something new，something that no one can point to and say，

“Oh，I’ve seen that same paragraph in an encyclopedia．”