We’ll have our picnic in the place _____ most of us like best.

A．where            B．which            C．who              D．as

It will take a lot of time and_____ to finish the task on time.

A．power            B．pressure          C．struggle           D．energy

If the service is awful, a customer has the right to _____ to the manager.

A．react             B．apply             C．complain          D．suggest

Bill Gates is so _____ that he has given away most of his money to charity.

A．brave            B．smart             C．generous          D．skilful

All his free time is _____ by charity work, but he feels it meaningful.

A．put up            B．given up          C．picked up         D．taken up

The thieves ran away as soon as the alarm _____.

A．gave off           B．put off            C．showed off        D．went off

—If people make small changes, like taking buses instead of driving cars, it will make a big difference.

—_____. Then the traffic will be much better.

A．That’s all right                         B．You are dead right

C．I don’t quite agree                     D．Oh, come off it

Roy died at an old age with many memories. His life was full of both good and bad memories, but he  26  to remember mostly the good. The bad memories that broke his heart and that he  27 with friends, involved the big war－World War II. So many things about his war experience he remembered  28 great detail.

Roy survived the attack on Normandy－he was part of the second wave that landed. He 29 with him the memories of water mixed with the blood of fallen soldiers. He experienced 30 , sweat, blood, fire and salt water just to get to the beach. In terror-filled moments that would forever change his life and the history of our world, his life was robbed of innocence（天真）  31  the realities of war engulfed（吞噬）him.

Not too many months later, he found himself cold and  32 . Close to being completely 33 from air supplies（供给）because of the weather, Roy and his fellows hung on to what little hope they could have. Then Christmas morning came, the weather cleared long enough for supplies to be  34 and word to spread that other troops would soon be there.

Many of the young men who began with Roy did not make it home  35 . They gave their lives to fighting against the Nazi. Those who did survive would never be the same. Many of them were the most patriotic（爱国的）people you would  36 meet, but most of them  37 war. They had experienced it. They knew its final realities－things got blown up while people were killed, and robbed of their beloved ones.

It is Memorial Day in the United States today. We all pray for an end for the world’s need for young men and young women to be placed in harm’s way. We also need to remember those who paid the huge  38 of wars－costs not counted in dollars, but in lost lives, broken hearts, forgotten innocence, broken families, and terrible memories. And as we remember to  39 those who paid this awful price, we also remember in hopes to see an end to war itself.

Please, in their honor, don’t forget their sacrifices（牺牲）. Please, for our world’s sake, don’t forget to pray for  40 .

1.                A．refused        B．chose          C．promised D．planned

2.                A．shared         B．lost            C．fought    D．valued

3.                A．at             B．in             C．for D．with

4.                A．took           B．got            C．brought   D．carried

5.                A．fear           B．disappointment   C．excitement    D．courage

6.                A．but            B．as             C．since     D．so

7.                A．sad            B．lonely          C．wounded D．hungry

8.                A．cut off         B．kept away       C．left behind    D．put down

9.                A．taken          B．sent           C．dropped  D．shipped

10.               A．healthy         B．strong          C．alive D．safe

11.               A．never          B．ever           C．already    D．yet

12.               A．hated          B．liked           C．experienced    D．missed

13.               A．money         B．efforts         C．attention D．costs

14.               A．find           B．help           C．honor     D．understand

15.               A．luck           B．life            C．peace     D．happiness

I can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. She had just moved into the neighborhood and her grandmother brought her down to meet me. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother, scared to look at each other.

Soon, we lost the shyness and started playing with each other, bike riding to each other’s house and having sleepovers. In 7^th grade she was going through family problems. However, every summer we would always sit at each other’s house and watch movies on TV and talk about all the boys we liked.

It was last year when I noticed the problem. She suffered from clinical depression（抑郁症）, and had to go to a hospital during the day. I was very sorry for her at first. But with the late night calls, and meeting each other halfway up the street at midnight, we still stayed in touch. I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend left her, and I knew I still cared about her like a sister.

Yesterday she came to me and said this. “I never knew what a best friend was until you were the only person that would stop me from cutting myself; the only person that ever made me feel better about myself and my problems. You didn’t know this but I was trying to kill myself that very night you called me and I was crying. I owe you so much, and you didn’t even know you were helping me. ”

We both cried. And I guess a kind of lesson from my life so far is to never give up your friends. Even if they aren’t as cool as others, or people think they are crazy, they need someone there. If you leave them, you will only be very sorry. So if friends need you, and you care for them, you should be always there for them.

1.Why did the two girls hide behind their family members when they first met?

A．Because they were playing a game.

B．Because they didn’t like each other.

C．Because they quarreled before.

D．Because they were both shy.

2.What would have happened to her friend if the author had not cared about her?

A．She would have lost her new best friend.

B．She would have killed herself that night.

C．She would have run away from her family.

D．She would have stayed in hospital for a long time.

3.What lesson does the author learn from the story?

A．Always care for your friends.

B．Don’t care about others’ opinions.

C．Never owe your friends too much.

D．Try to be as cool as others.