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SHANGHAI — With a dazzling light show set to begin at midnight, a huge crowd of people had gathered for an outdoor New Year’s Eve in this city’s riverfront district. n Shanghai, the Bund (外滩) is1.最受欢迎的旅游景点之一。 “2.我们当时就是想走上台阶看灯光秀，”and then people at the top began pushing their way down,” said a 20-year-old man. “Then I heard someone scream。”
3.By Thursday afternoon, at least 36 people had died in the accident and 47 were known to be injured. Most of the visitors were Chinese in their teens and 20s, who had hoped to ring in 2015 partying in the area, the Bund. In the Changzheng Hospital, 4.the mother of a 16-year-old girl dropped to her knees when told that her daughter died.
In China, New Year’s Eve celebrations are a new affair, far less significant than the lunar Chinese New Year celebrations , usually in late January or early February. And yet, every year, 5.the crowds that gather in major Chinese cities on Dec. 31 seem to get bigger and bigger.
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通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They ________ friendship to last forever. ________, even the best friendship can end.
As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) ________ in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally________.
Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”
Peter explained. “We ________ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.”
Sometimes friendships________ suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place.
Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we ________ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”
Jack said, “ When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always________with new jobs, so we didn’t keep ________ touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him ________ I went home.”
Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends say, “Generally it’s________ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely ________ lost.”
No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always ________ pain of loss. When nothing can be ________ to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on ________ new friendships.
May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!
1.A. hope B. expect C. decide D. prefer
2.A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Then D. So
3.A. interest B. experience C. change D. Suggestion
4.A. forgets B. disappears C. appears D. improves
5.A. finished B. practiced C. continued D. started
6.A. break down B. break away C. break off D. break in
7.A. often B. seldom C. always D. never
8.A. struggling B. satisfying C. pleased D. fed
9.A. at B. by C. on D. in
10.A. even if B. while C. before D. since
11.A. strange B. true C. false D. impossible
12.A. will be B. is C. will D. to be
13.A. little B. some C. any D. no
14.A. thought B. checked C. carried D. done
15.A. to ask for B. forming C. to build D. beginning
The woman is the most important in my life is my mother.
A. which B. who
C. whom D. what
I know he's been curious about everything, but that's . Be patient!
A. what do kids like B. what kids like
C. what are kids like D. what kids are like
Running man is a very relaxing TV program_______is hot among the young people.
A. what B. which
C. who D. whom
---- David asked______ in China.
----- Of course not. Chinese usually shake hands with a lady as a greeting.
A. why he can greet a lady by kissing her
B. Why he could greet a lady by kissing her
C. Whether he can greet a lady by kissing her
D. Whether he could greet a lady by kissing her
