【题目】Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They friendship to last forever. , even the best friendship can end.

As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) _ in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally_ _.

Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”

Peter explained. “We _ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.”

Sometimes friendships_ _ suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place.

Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we _ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”

Jack said, When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always_ with new jobs, so we didn’t keep _ touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him _ _ I went home.”

Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends say, “Generally it’s _ _ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely lost.”

No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always _ _ pain of loss. When nothing can be _ to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on _ _ new friendships.

May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!

【1】A. hope B. expect C. decide D. prefer

【2】A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Then D. So

【3】A. interest B. experience C. change D. Suggestion

【4】A. forgets B. disappears C. appears D. improves

【5】A. finished B. practiced C. continued D. started

【6】A. break down B. break away C. break off D. break in

【7】A. often B. seldom C. always D. never

【8】A. struggling B. satisfying C. pleased D. fed

【9】A. at B. by C. on D. in

【10】A. even if B. while C. before D. since

【11】A. strange B. true C. false D. impossible

【12】A. will be B. is C. will D. to be

【13】A. little B. some C. any D. no

【14】A. thought B. checked C. carried D. done

【15】A. to ask for B. forming C. to build D. beginning

【题目】When July comes, children know they'll have ____ examinations and the school year will end soon. Boys and girls will have a nearly two months' holiday, and they'll leave school____train or by car to return home to see their fathers and mothers.

The summer holidays are the _____ time of the year for most children. The weather is usually good, so one can _____ most of his time playing outside. If one lives in the country, he can ____ into the woods and in the fields. If one lives in a big town, he can usually go to a park to play.

The best place for a summer holiday is the ____. Some children are ____ enough to live near the sea. But for the others who do not, if they have the chance to stay at one of the big seaside towns for a week or two, they will talk about it all the following school year.

Now, ____ makes children like the seaside so much? I think it is the sand, the sea and ____, not anything else. Of course, there are ____ new things to see, nice things to eat, and interesting things to do. But the feeling of sand under their feet, of salt water on their skin, and the feeling of the warm sun on their backs make them happier.

【1A.they B.them C.theirs D.their

【2A.on B.by C.in D.at

【3A.best B.better C.worst D.worse

【4A.take B.use C.spend D.waste

【5A.go out B.go on C.go back D.go away

【6A.village B.seaside C.city D.part

【7A.lucky B.sad C.worried D.quiet

【8A.that B.which C.who D.what

【9A.the sun B.the moon C.the srar D.the water

【10A.little B.much C. lost of D.no

【题目】

(2014重庆)

Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May 27,1907.Her mother,Maria Carson,had been a schoolteacher.She loved books.She also loved nature.She showed Rachel the beauty of nature.She also taught Rachel a deep love for books.As a quiet child,Rachel liked to read and write stories.At a very early age,she decided she wanted to be a writer some day.Her story first appeared in a children’s magazine when she was ten years old.

Her first book.Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941.In 1948,Miss Carson began working on another book,The Sea Around Us.She always researched carefully when she wrote.She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us.When the book came out in 1951,it won the National Book Award.It was No.1 on the best-seller list for more than a year.The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous.

Rachel Carson’s most famous book,Silent Spring came out in 1962.In this book,she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(杀虫剂)like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well.Finally,in November 1969,the United States government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.

Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(环保主义者)and writerShe will be remembered by the world.

1Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of________.

A.her father

B.her mother

C.her sChool teacher

D.her brother

2Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when________.

A.she was very young

B.she was in college

C.she became aspan> teacher

D.she became famous

3The Chinese meaning of the word“decline”in this passage is probably“________”.

A.增加

B.减少

C.维持

D.翻番

4Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer

B.The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award.

C.In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment.

D.The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out.

B

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