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, too good not to share.

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 changed into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.

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 in 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 the 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.

For almost four years I have had a 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…” we have never met.

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

61. 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

62. 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 feelings about London disappeared

D. we parted with each other in London

63. 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

64. 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

65. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Unforgettable Experience        B. Remarkable Imagination

C. Lifelong Friendship                 D. Noble Companions

 I wondered what difficulty he had _________ the plan?

A. to carry out    B. carrying out         C. carried out     D. with carrying out

 -- If only I _______ the teachers instructions, in which case I ______ not so unlucky now.

   -- It’s high time that you _______ yourself.

   A. followed; am; should reflect          B. had followed; would have been; reflected

   C. would follow; would be; reflect       D. had followed; would be; reflected

. She_____ Japanese when she went to Japan for holiday. Now she can speak it freely.

  A. picked up 　　     B. turned up　　      C. made up 　　          D. took up

 I can’t remember __________  you started to do the work.

A  when it was that      B  when was it that

C  it was when             D  that it was when

The school dinning room _______ as a meeting place for teachers and students.

A．treats                      B．admits            C．functions               D．uses

. Bob,  your driving performance didn’t reach the required conditions, ____ ,you’ve failed it.

  A. in a word      B. in other words     C. as a result     D. on the whole

—Who is the man, actually?

       —I don’t know for sure. But I think he can be _______ but a teacher.

       A．anything       B．anyone             C．nobody            D．something

Mrs. Taylor has  ________8-year-old daughter who has  _____gift for painting 。She has won two national prizes.

A. a, a                   B. an, the                     C. an, a                 D. the, a

What do you think of British people and American people? You might think that there are no differences between the people in the two countries. After all they speak the same language, don't they? But if you ask a British or an American person, the differences are quite great.

   What do British people think Americans are like? The British think Americans are very strange. They make a lot of noise and they laugh too loudly. They are rich, and they only think about money. But the British do say that Americans are kind, friendly people. They are happy to help you if you are in trouble.

   What do Americans think of the British? Well, they think the British are cold and very unfriendly. They are not interested in success or in making lots of money. They think Britain is the best country in the world. They look down upon other countries. But Americans say that the British are quite good workers. They are brave and honest. And in time of trouble they face difficulties happily.

   You can see that these ideas can cause misunderstanding between the British and Americans. But when American and British people become friends, they usually find things are not as bad as they expected.

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74. What do you think of the differences between British and American people?

  A. Their differences are very small.

  B. The differences are very great.

  C. There are no differences between them.

  D. Some people think there are, but some people don’t think so.

75. What do the British think Americans are like?

  A. They are strange but friendly.

B. They are poor.

  C. They are rich but unfriendly.  

D. They are happy in trouble.

76. The American and British people usually get along quite well ____.

  A. when misunderstanding is caused between them

  B. once they become friends

  C. after they fight

  D. when they help each other