4．解析：根据 “he was taking to the funeral house” 可知朋友的妻子去世了。pass away “去世，死”。

答案：B

3．解析：save表示 “保留，保存”，符合文意。朋友的妻子生前没舍得穿这件衣服，留着在特殊场

合穿。

答案：D

2．解析：从下文可知这包裹是朋友的妻子生前留下来的，所以对朋友来说这是非同寻常的，从文中

描述的 “用丝纸包着” 可知他很珍惜这个包裹，也可推知答案。

答案：B

[解题导语] 　“千万不要把东西留到什么特殊日子再用，其实生命中的每一天都是特殊的日

子……” 直到现在，我仍然认为这席话改变了我的生活。“将来某一天”、“总有一天” 之类的字

眼已从我的词典中彻底消失。对那些值得去看、去听或去做的事情，我都会立刻付诸行动，毫不耽搁。

1．解析：根据第二段中的 “stared at both the silk paper and the box” 可知答案。

答案：A

A

A friend of mine opened his wife’s underwear drawer and picked up a (n)__1__paper wrapped

package.

“This，” he said，“ isn’t a(n)__2__package.” He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.“She got this the first time we went to New York,8 or 9 years ago.She has never put it on.She was__3__it for a special occasion.”

He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house－his wife had just__4__.He turned to me and said，“__5__save something for a special occasion.Every living day is a special day.”

I still think those words changed my life.Now I read more and clean less.I sit on the porch without worrying about__6__.I spend more time with my family，and less at work.I understand that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to，not survived through.I__7__keep anything.I’ll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket，if I feel like it.I don’ t save my special perfume for special occasions.I use it whenever I want to.The words “Someday...” and “ One day...” are fading away from my__8__.If it’s worth seeing，listening or doing，I want to see，listen or do it now.

I don’ t know what my friend’ s wife would have done if she had known she wouldn’t be there the next morning，and nobody can tell this.I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.She might have called old friends to__9__over past quarrels.I’d like to think she would go out to Chinese restaurants for her favourite food.It’s these small things that I would__10__not doing，if I knew my time had come.

We often hope to get together with old friends but always say，“ Let’s find a(n) __11__.” We often want to hug our grown children，but we always wait for an appropriate moment.In fact，each morning when we open our eyes，we should tell ourselves that this is a special day.Each day，each hour，each minute，is so incredibly__12__.

1. A．silk　 B．elegant　 C．nice　 D．fiber

2．A.beautiful　 B．ordinary　 C．old　 D．new

3．A.protecting　 B．admiring　 C．paying　 D．saving

4．A.passed down　 B．passed away

C．gone out　 D．died away

5. A．Always　 B．Not　 C．Never　 D．Certainly

6. A．nothing　 B．something　 C．none　 D．anything

7. A．no longer　 B．any longer　 C．any more　 D．furthermore

8. A．memory　 B．story　 C．house 　D．dictionary

9．A.make peace　 B．keep peace　

C．make out　 D．keep up

10. A．prefer　 B．regret　 C．like　 D．choose

11. A．challenge　 B．opportunity　

C．advantage　 D．benefit

12. A．valuable　 B．beautiful　 C．hard　 D．easy

B

Ah，high school! You may find it hard to say that you love it or hate it.However，for many people，high school makes up the most memorable moments of their youth.

For me，high school is a door__13__a wider world.I used to be a dumb English learner.I was afraid of making mistakes and being__14__at when I spoke English.As a result，I__15__talked in English with my English teacher and my classmates.However，I became a brave English speaker__16__I attended a Christmas party，__17__was organized by my foreign teacher Edward.At the party，Edward encouraged me to speak out about Chinese__18__during the Spring Festival and he shared with me the British customs about Christmas.

It was the first time that I had ever talked with a foreigner for__19__long a time.The party was wonderful，__20__with games and talks，but most significantly I realized that my oral English was not that bad.Recently，a victory in an English speaking competition even won me the opportunity of a trip abroad.

5．解析：推理判断题。由文中第三段第二、三、四三句话可知，新加坡的一些地名和英

国的一样。

答案：A

4．解析：细节理解题。由文中第四段第一、二两句话及该段最后一句可知C正确。

答案：C

3．解析：细节理解题。由文中第二段第一、二两句话可知A中地名是以人名命名的。

答案：A

2．解析：词义猜测题。由上下文可知：在许多地区，旧的习惯不易立即改掉，在其意义

消失很久以后，这些地方仍会被人们以非官方的名字称呼。故此处die hard “顽固”，

同D意义接近。

答案：D