Directions: Complete the following passage by using OVE word that best firs the context.
You may become very unhappy sharing a room with a stranger. If you want to study quietly 48. your roommate keeps asking for nothing important or listening to rock music, you will get upset. If you feel very tired and sleepy while he turns over in bed making enough noise to keep you 49. , you are sure to become annoyed but can do noting about it 50. , in my view, sharing a room with a stranger is a good arrangement of living despite those disadvantages. First, you may not feel so lonely when you are far away from your home. 51. always have another person in the room to share your joys and sorrows. 52. , you can get a helping hand to overcome whatever difficulty you are in. You can ask advice from him on your work and study. Third, living with a stranger offers you 53.
chance of learning to get along with people. You do your best to make friends with him, thus adapting yourself 54. more complicated society upon graduation.
Therefore, I prefer to sharing a room with a stranger during my school life. I will manage to stay in harmony with my roommate. We can make progress together 55. leave a wonderful memory in both of our life.
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C, and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
When I was little, my family used to move frequently. Before I could even get acquainted with my schoolmates, my family was on the move again. I became very 36 because of this.
But a girl with dark skin and ling shiny hair changed me. Here best characteristics are her openness and 37 . She is always smiling, like a beautiful sunflower following the sun. without doubt I enjoyed being with her and soon we became good friends. As time went by, I 38 became a happy girl. But this joyful period didn’t last long. We were admitted to different colleges. I felt like I had gone back to my always-on-the-move childhood. I felt 39 and helpless and I was afraid that I would 40 her as my best friend. She stayed calm and said to me :“Rain, you can achiever more than I do, so 1 to your dreams and make a big effort! Real friendship doesn’t fade and we will be best friends forever.” Maybe she didn’t realize what a great 42 she was to me at that time.
However, it turned out that my concerns were well-founded(有根据的). I felt that the 43 between us was getting bigger and bigger. One day, she sent me a text message happily telling me that she had fallen in love with a handsome boy in her class.
I felt happy for her, but at the same time I was secretly worried about our friendship. I 44 her several times intending to tell her to think easefully about her relationship with the boy, but I got no more messages from her. I felt sad that perhaps our friendship would not 45 . I had almost given up hope until she visited me at my campus a week later. She looked 46 but was wearing the most beautiful smile. She gave me a big hug and said: “I’m sorry. I want to be myself and your friend forever!” We cried together, ignoring the people walking past. She told me her sad story, and we knew we had gone back to how it was before.
Now I firmly believer that distance and time can’t 47 you from a friend. If you care enough about each other, friendship never fades.
1.A.silent B.aggressive C.impatient D.greedy
2.A.faithfulness B.cheerfulness C.quietness D.kindness
3.A.gradually B.normally C.frequently D.regularly
4.A.scared B.shabby C.cold-hearted D.unreasonable
5.A.leave B.miss C.lose D.abandon
6.A.look forwardB.hold on C.get down D.give thought
7.A.burden B.example C.encouragement D.wonder
8.A.difference B.distance C.misunderstanding D.complaint
9.A.visited B.messaged C.telephoned D.wrote
10.A.negotiate B.develop C.survive D.accelerate
11.A.cheerful B.dynamic C.calm D.pale
12.A.protect B. prevent C.free D.separate
Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. you keep trying, you will achieve your goals in the future.
A.In case B.Even though C.As long as D.As soon as
how to solve the problem, the little boy turned to his father for help.
A.Not knowing B.Having not known
C.Not having been known D.Not known
Nowadays people are wasting too much energy, so we should lead a low-carbon life.
, we’ll suffer a lot in the future.
A.When possible B.If any
C.If not D.Where necessary
It turned out that she won the first prize in the competition, which was her modest expectation.
A.beyond B.to C.above D.beneath