阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Everyone needs friends．There is an old saying “Friends are God's way of taking care of us．” But how do you find real friendship and 　　1　　 it?

　　The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart 　　2　　 to find friends．Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree．You plant the seed and take care of it to 　　3　　 it grow．

　　First, you should choose a friend．　　4　　 makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks．A good friend should be kind and 　　5　　．For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should 　　6　　 your complaints(抱怨)and do his or her best to help．To make a friend, you can not be too shy．You should make each other happy and share your 　　7　　 ．But things cannot always be happy．Even the best have fights．What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her．When there is 　　8　　 around, have an honest talk．If he or she doesn't want to talk, you could write a 　　9　　．

　　There are three steps to being friends again：

　　Tell him or her how you are feeling; say what your friend has done wrong, and 　　10　　 why you did this or that．Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life．

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　　Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and 　　1　　 all the time．If you see the world with your warm heart, you'll 　　2　　 the whole world smiling to you．

　　On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk 　　3　　 yourself．Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain．Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather．But dear friends, why 　　4　　 sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops(庄稼)in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest(收成)．

　　Everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, 　　5　　 life isn't a bed of roses．It's very common to meet difficulties on the way 　　6　　 success．In fact, difficulty isn't terrible．The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it．Difficulty is like spring(弹簧)．If you are 　　7　　, it will be strong．Attitude(态度)decides 　　8　　．With an optimistic(乐观的)attitude, life is easy and 　　9　　．So when you meet difficulties, don't give up．Instead, you should face them with a smile．Remember these five rules：Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect 　　10　　．

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根据短文内容，在A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项

　　People live in different houses．You may know a wooden house or a paper house．But do you know a(n)　　1　　 house?

　　In 2008, the first ice house in North America opens its 　　2　　 to welcome some visitors．The floors, windows and walls are all made of ice．It has ten bedrooms 　　3　　 twenty people can stay there each night．Visitors to the house 　　4　　 in ice beds, sit on ice chairs and eat from ice plates．Well, the toilets are not made of ice, of course．

　　It's usually below zero so it is very 　　5　　 inside the house．However, do the visitors just sit there to 　　6　　 warm? No, visitors have to 　　7　　 special clothes．These can make 　　8　　 feel warm until morning．

　　Workers 　　9　　 about four weeks designing the ice house．Visitors can only stay in this ice house in winter．It isn't 　　10　　 in hot summer．Because this house is so special, it is becoming popular with young people．

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　　When you speak, write a letter or make a telephone call, your words carry a message．People communicate(交流)with words．Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are 　　1　　．Tears in your eyes tell others you are sad．When you 　　2　　 your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to 　　3　　 something or ask questions．You 　　4　　 your head from side to side, and people know you are saying no．

　　Other things can also carry messages．For example, a sign at the 　　5　　 helps you know which bus you can take here．A sign on the wall of your school helps you 　　6　　 the library．Signs on the doors tell you 　　7　　 to go in or out．Have you ever noticed that there are lots of signs round you and that you receive messages 　　8　　 them all the time? Books, newspapers, TV, radios and 　　9　　 all help us to communicate with other people．They all help us 　　10　　 what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about．

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Bertha Ingram had been collecting them for more than 40 years．Every once in a while she would bring home a new book．She'd sit with it on her leg, looking at the meaningless black marks without moving the eyes and cry．

　　She was not stupid．She simply had not had the 　　1　　 to learn to read．Her parents were sharecroppers in Florida in the 1920s．Sharecroppers did not own the 　　2　　 they farmed．Instead, they gave a part of their crops(plants grown on farms for food)to the owner．It was quite a hard way to 　　3　　 , and both of Bertha's parents worked hard in the fields．Often Bertha had to leave school to help．Before she was a teenager, Bertha's schooling was 　　4　　．

　　Bertha Ingram didn't learn to read 　　5　　 her early married life, 　　6　　．She wanted to, but she was always too busy．She worked all day．

　　Bertha Ingram's mind was sharp(敏锐地)．　　7　　 a housekeeper for other people, she had to memorize telephone messages．She became a good cook too, but she had to 　　8　　 everything she did because there was no cookbook she could read, and she couldn't write down what she had done．

　　In 1978 Bertha Ingram became very ill with a stroke(中风)．This illness 　　9　　 her to lose the use of one arm and both legs．It also weakened her ability to speak．　　10　　 she began to get better, she had a 　　11　　 thought for the first time in her life．Because she couldn't work, she had the time to learn to read．

　　In her town there was a special program that taught adults to read, but Bertha Ingram was quite 　　12　　．Would people laugh at her? Would they 　　13　　 to teach her? It didn't happen that way．She had a teacher who worked very hard with her．

　　After the first day Ingram could 　　14　　 wait to get to the library．As she learned to read, Ingram got more and more confidence in herself．She became a reader at religious(宗教的)services, joined neighborhood groups, and 　　15　　 at meetings in city hall．Finally she wrote a book telling about her life．At age 63, Bertha Ingram proved that learning never comes too late．

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　　Ring…Ring” the telephone rings．Sam gets up to answer the call．It is his aunt．

　　“Sam, 　　1　　 are you still at home? ” she asks in surprise(惊讶)．

　　Sam looks at the clock．It is already 7∶30 a．m．

　　“Oh, my goodness! There 's an important 　　2　　 today．” Sam shouts out．

　　He runs to wash his face and gets dressed．He runs quickly to the 　　3　　 and puts his books into the bag．He then goes to the bus stop to go to school very 　　4　　 , When he gets into the classroom．His classmates are 　　5　　 writing．

　　“Why are you so 　　6　　 ”asks the teacher．

　　“I'm sorry, sir, ” Sam answers, afraid of looking up, “It is my clock．It didn't wake me up this morning and …”

　　“Don't say anything about it! ” his teacher 　　7　　 him, “Don't try to come late next time! ”

　　Sam says “yes” and walks to his 　　8　　 quickly, But when he tries to do the paper(试卷), he can't 　　9　　 right way, He puts his head on the desk and says, ”What a 　　10　　 day it is for me! ”

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先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

The world of out-of-doors is full of secrets．And they are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them．All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers．The facts about how they 　　1　　 and grow are as interesting as anything could be．Do you know that one of the greatest presidents of the USA spent hours and hours 　　2　　 birds? A businessman who lives near New York city became so 　　3　　 in insects that he began to collect them．He now has more than one thousand different kinds carefully 　　4　　 in glass boxes．Come then with me, and I will help you find some of nature's secrets．Let us go 　　5　　 through the woods and fields．Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger．We shall 　　6　　 a mother bear and her young ones as they look for 　　7　　 and get ready for winter sleep．We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let other bees know 　　8　　 they can find food．I will show you many other interesting things, but the thing that I can 　　9　　 you is to keep your eyes and ears 　　10　　 when you go out of doors．Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully．

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　　I used to live selfishly, I should admit(承认)．But one moment changed me．

　　I was on my lunch break and had 　　1　　 the office to get something to eat．On the way, I saw a busker(街头艺人)，with a hat in front of him．I had some 　　2　　 in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would 　　3　　 use the money to feed his addiction(瘾)to drugs or alcohol．He 　　4　　 like that type-young and ragged(衣衫褴褛)．　　5　　 what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then 　　6　　 I had no right to place myself above 　　7　　 just because he was busking．

　　I 　　8　　 and dropped all the coins into his 　　9　　, and he smiled at me, I watched for a while．As selfish as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment-a feeling of 　　10　　 or satisfaction, for example．But nothing happened．Disappointedly, I walked off．“It proved to be a waste of 　　11　　,” I thought．

　　On my way home at the end of the 　　12　　, I saw the busker again and he was 　　13　　．I watched him pick up the hat and walk to a cafe counter．There he poured the total contents into a tin collecting 　　14　　 an earthquake fund-raising(募捐)event．He was busking for charity！

　　Now I donate any 　　15　　 I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving．

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

　　“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I'm going to have a dance performance tonight．I hope you'll come．Here is the ticket．Don't forget!” Then she 　　1　　 in a hurry．

　　“What? Dance? Is that 　　2　　?” I asked myself．Mary was not such kind of girl．She was a quite 　　3　　 one．I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes．In fact, she really did not know 　　4　　 to dress up．What a terrible thing!

　　“I should go to, I must go to．” I thought．

　　I arrived at the hall with the ticket, found my 　　5　　 and sat down．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would have a 　　6　　 time before her turn, for I had no sense of art, 　　7　　 her performance was worth watching, no matter how long I would wait．

　　Time went 　　8　　, I tried my best not to fall asleep．

　　Just then, came the 　　9　　, “Let's welcome the next exciting dance－Latin!”

　　Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible, 　　10　　 to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shiny skirt, Mary appeared．She 　　11　　 with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying…．I could 　　12　　 believe my eyes．

　　After all the performances ended, I 　　13　　 her at the gate．

　　“Hi! ” She stood in front of me with her crystal(水晶)shoes．“How do you feel?”

　　“Fantastic!” I answered．

　　“Ha, ha．I knew 　　14　　 would be．” She could not hide her excitement, laughing 　　15　　 a child．

　　At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．

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　　When July comes, children know they'll have 　　1　　 examinations and the school year will end soon．Boys and girls will have a nearly two months' holiday, and they'll leave school 　　2　　 train or by car to 　　3　　 to see their fathers and mothers．

　　The summer holidays are the 　　4　　 time of the year for most children．The weather is usually good, so one can 　　5　　 most of his time playing outside．If one lives in the country, he can 　　6　　 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 　　7　　．Some children are 　　8　　 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, 　　9　　 makes children like the seaside so much? I think it is the sand, the sea and the sun, not anything else．Of course, there are 　　10　　 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．

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