题目内容
Katie ________ a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.![]()
A.took up
B.made up
C.picked up
D.turned up![]()
Ask just about any college student you know,and he is likely to tell you that he is a member of facebook.com.Many students say they check their e-mail.It’s so popular “facelooking”has become a verb “Everywhere everyone is doing it,”college student Katie Silverman
said,“It’s like everyone’s center of life.”
Facebook is an online social meeting place where students create profiles (简介),share personal information, and meet other members. It is password protected and targeted to high school and college students;members must have an edu.email address to join.
Many students say it has changed their social lives, giving them an easy way to find and chat with classmates who share their interests.“Some people might be too shy to go t
o talk to someone they like in one of their classes,but on facebook it’s a lot easier to strike
up a conversation,”said Rahul Vanjani.
The website was founded by two Harward University students who wanted to meet more of their classmates.It became so popular that the website is at 2,200 colleges and at 22,000 high schools.It says that it has 6 million active users,two—thirds of whom are on it every day.Many of the facebook members said their parents had
no idea they were on it .“No way.My parents certainly don’t know about it,” said a college senior who asked us not to use his name.
To keep it popular,Facebook says it stops students posting improper information.Some students have paid the price.At Fisher College in Boston,two students were kicked out for using facebook.com to do something th
at is against the law.At North Carolina State University,four students were punished for posting photos about drinking.
【小题1】The passage is mainly about____.
| A.student’s idea about Facebook |
| B.the development of Facebook |
| C.the popularity of Facebook with students |
| D.the rules of Facebook |
| A.have an edu,e—mail dress |
| B.have your own profile |
| C.be a high school student |
| D.offer main personal information |
| A.will have to pay money for being on Facebook |
| B.always use Facebook to do something against the law |
| C.have been punished for doing some improper things on Facebook |
| D.often stop others from posting improper information on Facebook |
| A.the information that students offer to Facebook is secret to others |
| B.Facebook is at more colleges that at high schools |
| C.6 million active users of Facebook are on it every day |
| D.many students don’t want their parents to know they are facebooking |
It was a hot summer day. My dad and I were getting ready to go out for a ride on the boat with my friend Katie and the dog when the phone call came, the call that made that bright, beautiful day a cold, dark, gloomy one.
I had just put on my suit, shorts, and tank top, and packed my bag with sunscreen and everything else I would need for the day. I ran into my parents’ room to find Dad. When I saw him on the phone, he was crying. I’d never seen my dad cry before. My heart sank. What possibly could have happened?
"Max, I’m so sorry," I heard him say. That’s when it hit me. I knew that Suzie had died. Max has been my dad’s best friend for years. Suzie, his daughter, had a rare disease that mainly affected her body. Her brain was OK. She knew what was going on; she knew that she had problems and was different from other kids. Once she told her dad that she wished she could die and be born in a different body. Yet although she couldn’t live a normal life ,she was still happy.
When Suzie and I were little, we spent quite a bit of time together. As we grew up, we grew apart. She lived in New York, and I lived in the Midwest. When Suzie was ten she had to live in a hospital in Virginia. About eight months before she died, Max gave us her number at the hospital and we talked at least twice a week until the end. Suzie was always so excited to talk to us and wanted to know every detail about my life. She wanted to know everything I did and every thing I ate. In a way, she lived through me.
After we found out about her death, we made our plans to go to New York for the funeral. When she was alive, I sent her a Beanie Baby and she sent one back to me. I had bought her another one but never had the chance to send it to her, so I took it to put in her casket(棺材).
Her funeral was very different from any funeral I’d ever been to. After they lowered her casket, each one of us put a shovelful of dirt over her. I remember crying so hard, I felt weak. My cheeks burned from the tears. My whole body was shaking as I picked up the shovel, but I’m glad I did it.
When Suzie and I first started calling one another, I thought it would be more of a burden on me, but I was completely wrong. I learned so much from her. She gave me more than I could ever give to her. I will never forget her or the talks we had. I now know that I must never take anything for granted especially my health and the gift of life.
【小题1】What does the underlined part “In a way, she lived through me.” mean?
| A.Suzie got to know what life outside hospital was like by sharing my experience. |
| B.Suzie was financially dependent of me. |
| C.Suzie managed to pull through her illness with the help of my family. |
| D.Suzie was too weak to live her own life. |
| A.Suzie was the only person helping the author with difficulties. |
| B.The author feared that she might also get the same disease as Suzie. |
| C.The author benefited a lot from talking on the phone with Suzie. |
| D.The author didn’t understand Suzie was her true friend until Suzie’s death. |
| A.Never let go of a friend even if you are apart. |
| B.Be thankful for what we have in our life. |
| C.Talking with a friend can cure your illness. |
| D.We can learn more from our friends than they do from us. |