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　　Life is filled with challenges, and as we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are．It is the same with the challenges that come with friendship．

　　When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two choices．We can try to resolve it, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn’t worth the trouble and call it quits．Although there ate certainly times where calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most cases all that is needed is commitment and communication．

　　When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how painful or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to face it and work it through rather than run away from it．Communication is making a space for discussion and talking about how you feel an opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong．If you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt, ” rather than “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to resolve the problem much faster．

　　In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will present to you, try to see them for what they are：small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life．Nothing is so big that it is impossible to ________, and hurt only serves to make us stronger．It is all part of growing up, it happens to everyone, and some day you will look back on all of this and say, “As hard as it was, it made me who I am today．And that is a good thing．”

1．What’s the best title for the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Difficult as it was, friendship is so good that can make me successful．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．When you are faced with a challenge, what can you do?(Please answer it in your own words within 30 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese．

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　　“Make new friends; keep the old．One is silver; the other is gold．”

　　If you haven’t made new friends in a while, updating your definition of friendship and increasing your skills at meeting people will be worth your while．

　　First, consider what being a friend means to you．Once you have a clear idea of the kinds of friendships you would enjoy, you can decide to create more of them in your life．This can be done in two ways：

　　Make changes in your current relationships．Ask your friends to participate in activities you enjoy, and spend more time with the friends whose style of friendship best complements your own．

　　Create new friendships．Reach out to coworkers or your neighbors and invite them to accompany you in a favorite activity or for coffee．As an alternative, you may want to join a discussion group focused on literature, film, or painting, or take a class in yoga, or cooking．If you spend time with people who have similar interests, _______．

　　If you find that you don’t have enough friends, here are some methods for making new ones you can choose from．

1．If you want to meet people with whom you have something in common, do things on a regular basis that involve? others．Activities can range from taking classes, joining hobby clubs, volunteering, playing a sport or game, hiking, or any pursuit that meets regularly．The people you meet will share your interest, and you’ll have something to talk about and enjoy together．

2．Don’t ignore people you know．While you’re making new friends, don’t forget the people you already know．Is there a favorite family member you’d like to see more often?Call him or her and suggest going for a walk or to lunch．Are there acquaintances at work, at church, in your neighborhood or elsewhere with whom you could develop a friendship?Consider reaching out to them．Let these people know that you’d like to share events and activities．

Spending quality time with friends is beneficial to your emotional, mental and physical health．If you follow the above steps, you’ll find that it isn’t as difficult as you think to make friends．

1．What does the passage mainly tell us?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Please fill in the blank in the fifth Paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentences．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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3．In the author’s opinion, why should we spend more time with our friends?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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4．Do you have any friends in your daily life?And what’s your idea about friendship?

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5．Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese．

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　　TOKYO, May 7－Defending champion China won their sixth title here on Sunday(May 7), beating Denmark 3-0 in the final of the 2006 Thomas Cup(汤姆斯杯)badminton championships．

　　Chinese women won their fifth title in a row at the Uber Cup(尤伯杯)here on Saturday by blanking the Netherlands 3-0 in the final．

　　The Thomas and the Uber Cup are the most prestigious men’s and woman’s team event for badminton．

　　“When Lin Dan took the first singles, I know we have gained an upper hand to win the title, ” said Chinese head coach li Yongbo．Li also said that “the ‘unity’ of the Chinese team and the scientific training and managing systems are the keys to the victory of our men’s and women’s teams．”

　　Thomas Lauridsen, coach of Denmark, admitted that they were overwhelmed by the Chinese vigor．He said that they just played OK today．“ _______ we are missing again to take the trophy, ” said Lauridsen, adding that this was their eighth time to enter the final but failed for the fifth time in the Thomas Cup which was dominated by the Asians from the start of the men’s team event in 1948．

　　The opening singles of the China-Denmark clash was repeat of the final in 2004 Thomas cup．World number one Lin Dan totally controlled the game, winning the first singles against European Champion Peter Gade at 21∶17 and 21∶19．

　　“I tried my best, but Lin Dan played very sharply at the net, ” said Peter Gade, who ranked third in the world．He admitted that Lin played better than him today．

　　“This big point was seen as the key to the match for both teams, so we are mot competing by means of technology but mentally, ” said Lin Dan．

　　Chinese pair Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng and single Bao Chunlai both defeated Denmark team by 2∶1．

1．What is the best title for the passage?

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2．Please fill in the blank in Paragraph five with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．

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3．Which sentence can be replaced by the following one?

We are confident that we are on the way to success．

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4．Translate the underlined sentence in the first Paragraph．

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5．What’re the reasons for Chinese teams winning the championships?

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　　Reading letters from the children he has supported, in which they call him Dad, is the most enjoyable and happiest moments for singer Cong Fei, who is now confined to his sicked．

　　The 36-year-old singer, also a volunteer worker of the city, has spent at least 3 million yuan, nearly all his earnings from his performances, in paying the tuition fees of 178 children in poverty-stricken areas over the past 11 years．

　　He was diagnosed with stomach cancer in May, and the disease is already at the terminal stage．

　　One of the first things he requested after being diagnosed was that friends and family continue to fund the 100 students he has supported to put through school．

　　“Most of them are primary school students now．If they can’t keep on studying, what they can expect is a hopeless future．You must find ways to let them _______, ”Cong said．

　　It is hard to trace back Cong’s decade-long care for the youngsters as much of what he has done has not been reported．His first donation began at a charity performance for children who returned to school after dropping out in Southwest China’s Chongqing in 1994．

　　Seeing several hundred dropouts sitting in the auditorium, Cong donated all 2400 yuan(＄290)he had on him without hesitation．He was shocked to learn that the money could help 20 children complete two year’s education and realized how significant the donation was to the children．

　　The 24-year-old former air hostess supports her husband in everything．“When the children saw Cong Fei, they were so happy that they hugged him, calling him father．At that moment, I could fully understand the value of my husband’s devotion．” she said．(283 words)

1．What is the best title of this passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Can you find a sentence that can replace the following sentence?

Because we don’t know exactly what he has done, many people can’t easily find how he has looked after the young children in these ten years．

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3．Fill in the blank in the fifth Paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．What’s his wife’s attitude to Cong Fei’s devotion?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the seventh Paragraph into Chinese．

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　　Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures．The increasingly popular “design museums” that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role．Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public．These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall．

　　People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology．But their role is not simply a matter of sales－it is the honoring of excellently invented products．The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale．

　　One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits．Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled．This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do, and how design has improved the quality of our lives．Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding．

　　In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors．Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public’s growing interest in the field with new ideas．London’s Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins．The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than those to art museums, and visitors may also sense the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life．

1．Showcases in design museums are different from store windows because they show　_______．(Less than 10 words)

2．The author believes that most design museum visitors _______．(Less than 10 words)

3．The choices open to design museums are not _______．

4．The best title for this passage is _______．

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　　It’s not only rocket scientists and journalists who are following the course of “Shenzhou V”, or “Divine ship/vessel V”．There are also lexicographers, or dictionary compilers．The flight of the Spacecraft last week might help put some new words into orbit．

　　One of them is a western media coinage used to refer to the Chinese astronauts．It s a combination of the Chinese pinyin “taikong”, meaning space, and the English “astronaut”, from classical Greek：“star sailor/navigator”, for people who was going into space as a career．

　　In the Reuters and AP reports of October 15,“taikonaut” was used as a proper noun．For example：The long March 2F rocket carrying “taikonaut” Yang Liwei lifted off into a clear blue sky over the Gobi desert at 9 am and entered its orbit 10 minutes later．

　　A Long March 2F rocket called the Shenzhou V－“divine ship” in Chinese－carried a single “taikonaut” named Yang Liwei,38,following Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and American Alan Shepard in 1961．

　　The word “taikonaut” is not a newly coined term．It first emerged in November,1999,when China launched its first unmanned “Shenzhou Ⅰ” spacecraft．

　　At that lime, some English news media predicted that China would soon launch a manned space flight and created the word “taikonaut” for the Chinese astronauts．It was then borrowed by the Germans media．

　　But it was left out of mainstream dictionaries, such as the Merriam－Webster Dictionary and Cambridge Advanced English

　　Learner’s Dictionary．

　　However, the launch of the “Shenzhou V” will most likely help boost its status since there is already a word referring specifically to Russian astronauts in the dictionary entry．

　　An astronaut of Russian(or the former Soviet Union)is called a “cosmonaut”, from the Russian “kosmonaut”．The word was derived from classical Greek：“kosmonaut”(universal)and “nautes”．One might argue that “cosmonaut” is a Russian variation on the earlier word “astronaut”．

　　On March 14,1995,US astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to ride into space on-board a Russian launch vehicle, arguably making him the first American cosmonaut．

　　And if this trend of coinage continues, more English variations for astronaut will appear as more countries are able to send their own astronauts into outer space, what would Western journalists call an astronaut from India or Africa we’ll have to wait to see．

1．Give the best title of the passage．(within 10 words)

2．What is the influence to the dictionalry result after the launch of the “Shenzhou V” spacecraft？(within 15 words)

3．The reason why there will be more variations for the word “astronauts” is that．

4．The underlined word “coinage” means．

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　　One of the qualities that most people admire others is the willingness to admit one’s mistakes．It is extremely hard sometimes．

　　I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago．He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons(箱子)．Then he related an incident and I began to remember clearly the incident he was describing．

　　I was about eight years old at that time, and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping．On that particular day, I must have found my way to the dairy food department where the incident took place．

　　There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons．The cartons were stacked three or four feet high．I must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks．Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons．For some unknown reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to work．

　　The manager heard the noise and rushed over to see what had happened．When he appeared, I was on my knees examining some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the criminal．He severely scolded me and _______．I protested(抗议)my innocence(清白)and tried to explain, but it did no good．Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, obviously the manager did not．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

3．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words)

4．If you are wronged in a particular situation like the author of the passage, what will you do then?(Please answer within 30 words．)

5．Translate the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph into Chinese．

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　　In the course of working my way through school, I took many jobs I would rather forget．But none of these jobs was as dreadful as my job in an apple plant．The work was hard; the pay was poor; and, most of all, the working conditions were terrible．

　　First of all, the job made huge demands on my strength．For ten hours a night, I took boxes that rolled down a metal track and piled them onto a truck．Each box contained twelve heavy bottles of apple juice．I once figured out that I was lifting an average of twelve tons of apple juice every night．

　　I would not have minded the difficulty of the work so much if the pay had not been so poor．I was paid the lowest wage of that time－two dollars an hour．Because of the low pay, I felt eager to get as much as possible．I usually worked twelve hours a night but did not take home much more than ＄100 a week．

　　But even more than the low pay, what made me unhappy was the working conditions．During work I was limited to two ten-minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch．Most of my time was spent outside loading trucks with those heavy boxes in near-zero-degree temperatures．The steel floors of the trucks were like ice, which made my feet feel like stone．And after the production line shut down at night and most people left, I had to spend two hours alone cleaning the floor．

　　I stayed on the job for five months, all the while hating the difficulty of the work, the poor money, and the conditions under which I worked．By the time I left, I ________．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(不多于10个单词)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

The worst job among all my jobs was working in an apple plant．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(不多于10个单词)

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4．Which of the conditions do you think is the most terrible? Why?(不多于30个单词)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese．(翻译句中画线的句子)

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　　One of New York’s most beautiful and valuable buildings is in danger．The New York Public Library, in the heart of the city at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, many have to close its doors．

　　The library is a very special place．Even though it is in the busiest part of the city, it has grass and trees around it, and benches for people to sit on．Even more unusual in crowded New York, its rooms are very large．The roof of the main reading-room is fifty-one feet high．Here, a reader can sit and think and work in comfort．

　　And what books are there to work with?The library has over thirty million books and paintings．It owns one of the first copies of a play by Shakespeare, a Bible printed by Gutenberg in the 15th century, and a letter written by Columbus in which he tells of finding the new world．

　　Every New Yorker can see and use the library’s riches－free．

　　But the cost of running the library has risen rapidly in recent years, and the library hasn’t enough money to continue its work．In the past, it was open every evening and also on Saturdays and Sundays．Now it is closed at those times, to save money．

　　The library is trying every possible way to raise more money to meet its increasing costs．Well-known New York writers and artists are trying to help．So are the universities, whose students use the library, and the government of New York City and New York State．But the problem remains serious．

　　Yet a way must be found to save the library because, as one writer said, “The Public Library is the most important building in New York City－it contains all our knowledge．”

1．What part of New York City is the Public Library at?

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2．What does the library have?

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3．When is the library open now?

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4．How much does a New Yorker have to pay to the library?

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5．Why is the library so important?

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　　In a society such as the United States or Canada, which has many national, religious and cultural differences, people highly value individualism－the differences among people．Teachers place a lot of importance on the qualities that make each student special．The educational systems in these countries show these values．Students do not memorize information．Instead, they work on their own and find answers themselves．There is often discussion in the classroom．At an early age, students learn to form their own ideas and opinions．

　　In most Asian societies, by contrast, the people have the same language, history and culture．Perhaps for this reason, the educational system in these Asian countries reflects society’s belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism．Children in China, Japan and Korea often work together and help one another on assignments(作业)．

　　There are advantages and disadvantages to both of these systems of education．For example, one advantage to the system in Japan is that students there learn much more math and sciences than American students learn by the end of high school．They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do．The system is difficult, but it prepares students for a society that values discipline(纪律) and self-control．________．Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized．

　　The advantage of the educational system in North America, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves．The system prepares them for a society that values creative ideas．There is, however, a disadvantage．When students graduate from high school, they haven’t memorized as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries have．

1．In this passage, the author mainly discusses what?(Answer within in 15 words．)

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2．Translate the underlined words in the second paragraph into Chinese．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words according to the context．(Answer within 10 words．)

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4．Why do you think the students in North America can learn to think for themselves?(Answer within 15 words．)

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5．Which educational system do you think is superior?Give your own opinion and reason．(Answer within 30 words．)

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