Question

“You know,Ann,” my friend Nick said, “Lisa and Anita were just talking about you.”  I immediately got 11.  “They said that you join the Students Union just because the teacher likes you, not because you are excellent.”

I 12 to keep myself from crying, getting down to my knees. After Nick told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I felt I was 13 .

Lisa and Anita came in, acting as if(好像) 14  had happened.Lisa was still my deskmate and Anita was still my partner for our history project. I was 15 that they were able to pretend we had the perfect friendship. 16 they’d said such hurtful things.

I felt like I didn’t have a friend in the world, all because of rumor(谣言).

The tongue can be our worst 17 . Rumors do harm to friendship. They are like sharp knives, breaking one’s dignity(尊严) into pieces. When we say 18 things abut others, we’re hurting their hearts.

So how was I to act next? I thought of 19 them back. But instead, I told them directly they had hurt me. Lisa started 20 and Anita was speechless. I knew they were both sorry for what they had said. They said sorry to me, and I forgave them 21 I was still unhappy. Sure, things were a little embarrassing (尴尬的) at first, but soon enough everything was back to the way it had been before. I still 22  rumors from time to time. Talking about others is a part of our life, but the more I learn about the friendship, the more I realize the importance of tolerating others.

1.A.relaxed  B. nervous  C. scared  D. energetic

2.A.struggled  B. decided  C. continued  D. preferred

3.A.different  B. wrong  C. sick  D. alone

4.A.everything  B. something  C. anything  D. nothing

5.A.surprised  B. satisfied C. frightened  D. worried

6.A.simply  B. especially  C. obviously  D. probably

7.A.criminal  B. victim  C. suspect  D. enemy

8.A.unpopular  B. unlucky  C. unkind  D. unusual

9.A. attacking  B. arguing  C. bringing  D. pulling

10.A. shouting  B. keeping  C. fighting  D. crying

11.A. because   B. although  C. after  D. unless

12.A. play with  B. agree with   C. deal with  D. help with

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

【解析】短文大意：这篇短文主要介绍了朋友之间由于谣言引起的一次不快，从而告诉我们容忍别人的不足的重要性。

1.形容词辨析。A放松的；B紧张的；C 害怕的；D精力充沛的；结合语境可知句意为：当听到别人谈论你时，自己的感觉肯定是紧张的。故选B。

2.动词辨析。struggle是挣扎着;decide决定;continue继续;prefer更愿意，而句子意思明显是我挣扎着，努力使自己别哭。故选A。

3.根据文中第四段说“我感到在世界上没有朋友”，所以这里选alone比较合适。故选D。

4.不定代词辨析。something一些东西，一般用于肯定句及表示请求建议等含义的疑问句中；anything也是表示一些东西，任何东西，一般用于否定及疑问句中。Nothing没有东西，用于肯定句表示否定含义；everything每件东西；结合语境可知此处指的是好像是什么也没有发生过。故选D。

5.形容词辨析。surprised感到吃惊的；satisfied感到满意的；frightened感到害怕的；worried感到忧虑的。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是我吃惊于他们能够假装我们有完美的友谊。故选A。

6.副词辨析。simply简单地；especially尤其；obviously明显地；probably可能地。联系下文，可知此处指的是，尤其是，他们说了如此伤人的话。故选B。

7.名词辨析。A罪犯；B受害人，牺牲品；C嫌疑犯；D敌人。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是舌头是我们最恶毒的敌人。故选D。

8.形容词辨析。A不受欢迎的；B不幸的；C 无情的，不仁慈的；D 不寻常的。根据下文“伤了其他人的心”，可知这里是说些不友好话，故选C

9.动词辨析。A 攻击；B争吵；C带来；D拉伸，牵引。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是我想到过回击他们。短语 attack back，回击。故选A。

10.动词辨析。A 喊叫；B保持；C战斗，搏斗；D 哭泣。联系后一句描述，可知此处指的是丽萨开始哭泣。故选D。

11.连词辨析。A 因为；B虽然，尽管；C 在……之后；D除非，如果不。联系上下文，可知前后是转折关系。故选B，尽管我仍旧有点不高兴。

12.短语辨析play with和……玩；agree with同意；deal with 处理，涉及；help with 帮助。联系下文，可知此处指的是我仍旧不时涉及谣言。故选C。