_____ this house with that one, you’ll find this house is better.

You can’t imagine the difficulty he _____ onto the cliff and saving the boy in trouble.

I walked out of the cinema, ______ to return to see the wonderful film next Sunday.

The other day I heard a few local musicians talking,

“I hate all the terrible pianos in this town. I hate that rubbish they play on the radio. They can’t even understand a bit of music.”

“I’m never playing in that club again. Too many drunks and nobody listens to us.”

But, one younger musician said, “There are a few clubs that book my band a few nights a month, and I’m trying to find other places to play. I’m also looking to book a few summer festivals this year.”

I’ve heard that you are the average of the five people whom you spend the most time with, or to put it another way, you are who your friends are.

Attitudes are important. Whether they’re positive or negative, they’re rubbing off on you. If you’re around people who complain about lack of work and about other musicians, or blame others, and you play the role of victim, chances are you will start to as well. So it’s time to take a look at the people you call “friends”.

This is an easy exercise: Make a list of the people who you hang out with, and simply stop spending time with the negative people on your list. Set a new standard for yourself and don’t become friends with people who fall below that standard.

Keep successful people around you and your own chances for success will be much better. Ask them how they do it. Ask if they will help you get the work you’re looking for, or maybe give you some advice to help you on your career path.

64. The underlined sentence “they’re rubbing off on you” in Paragraph 6 means ______.

A. they’ll push you ahead

B. they’ll influence you

C. they’ll cover your shortcomings

D. they’ll help you achieve your goal

65. The musicians’ words at the beginning are written mainly to show ______.

A. the musicians’ living conditions are quite poor

B. people have poor taste in music

C. people have different attitudes towards the same thing

D. young people have greater chances of succeeding

66. By taking the exercise mentioned in Paragraph 7, you can ______.

A. improve a lot in making more friends

B. come to the right way of making friends

C. develop a better relationship with your friends

D. arrange the time with your friends properly

67. The passage is mainly written for ______.

A. musicians       B. managers     C. negative people     D. people wanting to succeed

第二节 书面表达

假如你是陈华，你的美国朋友Robert要来中国学习汉语语言文学，就读于你所在学校附近的西南大学，希望你向他提供相关信息及建议，包括：

1．   学校简况（如学习、交通、食宿等）；

2．   如何交友；

3．   学习汉语和中国文化的最好方法；

4．   你可以帮助他做的事情。

注意：1. 词数:100左右（信的开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数）；

2．可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Robert,

I’m glad that you’ll come to China to study Chinese and Chinese culture. Here’s some information for you to refer to.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Chen Hua  

He will not fail       the driving test if he keeps      .

this novel and that one, you’ll find the latter is very boring.

—How about your design of the building?

—It was       by the committee. I am glad about that.

Tom was deeply       by the story of the hero. Which of the following is not right?

The population of this city is larger than ____ of New York.