Question

    Gossip means talking about other people's lives, which may be unkind or not true.

"We are going to do a gossip column (专栏) for the school newspaper," Emily said. "We take our notebooks whenever we go and write down everything happening around us."

"I already have _______ said, Austin, "I heard Lucy saying that she saw Julia's new haircut and it makes her look like a funny watermelon."

Jessica laughed. "I had _______ that, too."

This gossip-column idea was making _______ very uncomfortable. "Hold on," I said. "Don't you think kids will feel terrible to have that spread in the school?"

Emily shrugged (耸肩) . "Maybe, _______ people love gossip."

"Is that a good _______ to do it, though?" I said.

"Well, we are _______ reporting what we see and hear." said Jessica.

Austin cut in. "_______, I think Arizona was right. Gossip would make people feel bad."

Jessica said, "So does anyone have an idea for a different column?"

Emily suggested, "What if we do a friendly gossip column instead?"

"Good idea!" said Austin.

And that's exactly what we did then. We wrote down the good things or stories we saw. Here are a few good ones in our _______: Kate was seen picking up other people's rubbish and throwing it into the garbage bin. And Zoe was very _______ explaining a math problem to a classmate.

So, dear friends, "If you can't    ________ anything nice, give up spreading the gossip." Even better, spread the word about the kind things people are doing.

(Adapted from Ask Arizona: The True-Friend Test)

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

2.A.beaten B.noticed C.left D.needed

3.A.him B.her C.me D.them

4.A.but B.and C.so D.or

5.A.way B.reason C.design D.spirit

6.A.just B.still C.already D.nearly

7.A.In the end B.In fact C.Above all D.After all

8.A.magazine B.diary C.newspaper D.novel

9.A.surprisingly B.patiently C.happily D.angrily

10.A.hear B.say C.smell D.see

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.B

【解析】

本文主要讲的是我们要为学校做一期关于八卦的栏目，我们就“同学的发型”展开了讨论，最后告诉我们，如果八卦的是不好的事情，那么要停止传播，否则这样会伤害到别人。

1.

句意：我已经有想要八卦的事情了，奥斯丁。

something某事；anything任何事物；nothing没什么；everything一切。根据句意结合选项可知，这里表达的意思是有想要八卦某些事了，故选A。

2.

句意：我也注意到了。

beaten打败；noticed注意；left离开；needed需要。根据上文“I heard Lucy saying that she saw Julia's new haircut and it makes her look like a funny watermelon.”可知，她们在讨论茱莉亚的新发型，由此可推断，这里应该是杰西卡也看到了，结合选项，只有B符合句意，故选B。

3.

句意：这个八卦专栏的想法让我很不舒服。

him他；her她；me我；them他们。根据“Hold on”我叫停她们的讨论，可知，这个想法让我很不舒服。故选C。

4.

句意：可能会，但是人们喜欢八卦。

but但是，表转折；and和，表承接；so因此；or或者，表选择。根据上下文可知，艾米丽虽然同意我的说法，但与后文“人们喜欢八卦”之间是转折关系，故选A。

5.

句意：“然而，那是去这样做的好的理由吗？”

way路；reason理由；design设计；spirit精神。根据上下文并结合选项可知，我不同意她们那样做，而艾米丽说人们都喜欢八卦， 所以我觉得那不是应该这样做的理由，只有B符合句意，故选B。

6.

句意：我们只是在报道我们看到的和听到的。

just只是；still仍然；already已经；nearly几乎。根据句意结合选项可知，杰西卡觉得，她们只是在报道她们看到听到的，仅此而已，只有A符合句意，故选A。

7.

句意：其实，我觉得亚利桑那是对的。

In the end最后；In fact事实上，其实；Above all首先；After all毕竟。根据“I think Arizona was right.”奥斯丁同意我的观点，结合选项可知，B选项符合句意，故选B。

8.

句意：在我们报纸上，这里有一些不错的建议。

magazine杂志，diary日记；newspaper报纸；novel小说。根据“We are going to do a gossip column (专栏) for the school newspaper”我们要为学校的报纸做一期八卦栏目，可知，这里指的是报纸，故选C。

9.

句意：佐伊正耐心地向同学讲解一道数学题。

surprisingly出人意料地；patiently耐心地；happily高兴地；angrily生气地。根据上文可知，这里讲的都是好人好事，结合选项可知，是耐心地讲解数学题，故选B。

10.

句意：如果你不能说一些好事，那就放弃散播流言蜚语吧

hear听见；say说，讲；smell闻；see看见。根据“Gossip means talking about other people's lives”可知，八卦是谈论别人的生活，也就是讲别人的事情，结合选项，故选B。