Life affects friendships. As we grow, marry, fight in wars, move across the country or change jobs, old friendships fall away and new ones form. As long as we live, the things around us change, and as long as things change, friendships are affected.
When we were children we had best friends. No matter what happened we were still friends. We live our lives, however, and do what life calls for us to do, and as we get older, memories fade, faces blur, and even friends' names from childhood are forgotten.
Do you have a question about friendship? Do you wonder what to do with a friend who is no longer friendly? Perhaps you will see that you can't control others. If someone wants to be your friend, it is their choice. All you can do is treat them well and do the best for them when you are with them. Then you wish them well when they leave.
You can talk to old timers and they will tell you that life is full of incredible joy and incredible sorrow, and that what bothers you today will one day becomes a memory and the sting(痛苦) will be gone. Seniors might tell you that you will learn more as you get older. They will tell you that friendships come and friendships go. Sometimes when they go it will hurt, but you will be okay with it. It's the way life works, after all.
1.What can we learn about friendship, according to the text?
A.Friendship can not be easily affected by one's family.
B.Friends are always around us and will never go away.
C.Friends in childhood are the best no matter what happens.
D.Friends in childhood are sometimes forgotten by us.
2.What should we do with friends who are no longer friendly according to the text?
A.Do our best to control them and make them listen to us.
B.Forget them and make new friends who have a lot in common with us.
C.Find the reason why our friendship has changed.
D.Care about them and do the best for them when we are together.
3.The text mainly tell us _________.
A.how to face the changes in friendship
B.how to deal with unfriendly people
C.that childhood friendship is valuable
D.how to share happiness with friends
Cheating happens a lot in our city. It can be hard to know who is really in 1 and who is trying to take advantage of other people's 2 .
Recently, I was finishing my work at home 3 the dog barked letting me know that 4 was at the gate. I rushed to see who it was and there I saw a 5 weak woman in her late fifties. I said to her, "May I ask you what you 6 ?" She 7 , "Hello, my name is Mary. My husband and I live in the slum nearby. We earn our living 8 working at construction sites. A few days ago my 9 tripped on the stairs while
10 a heavy load. He is 11 hurt and hasn't been able to 12 for the past five days, so we have no food. Now he is at home in bed with a high fever. Please help me! I need to take my husband to a doctor!"
"Oh!" I said. "Please 13 here." I went into the room. I felt really bad about her 14 but--- Was she telling me the 15 or trying to cheat me out of my money?
Finally, I 16 to help her. But first I said a simple prayer, "Dear Lord, you know 17 I earn my pennies, so please make sure that my hard earned money helps those who 18 need it. Amen." I went out with a fifty note and
19 it to her. The moment she got the money she broke down in tears. She took my hand and said, "May god bless you, my dear! Thank you so much!"
I was so 20 , and turned back to my work smiling.
1. A.need B.case C.use D.Control
2.A. braveness B. kindness C. interest D envy
3. A.since B.until C.when D.after
4. A.somebody B.anybody C.everybody D.nobody
5. A.popular B.proud C.poor D.busy
6. A.want B.notice C.enjoy D.recognise
7. A.refused B.expressed C.showed D.replied
8. A.by B.to C.in D.for
9. A.son B.father C.brother D.husband
10. A.gathering B.dropping C.carrying D.choosing
11. A.hardly B.badly C.probably D.actually
12. A.work B.drive C.remove D.operate
13. A.stop B.rest C.come D.wait
14. A.solution B.situation C.action D.position
15. A.hope B.news C.truth D.result
16. A.decided B.agreed C.tried D.expected
17. A.when B.whether C.how D.what
18. A.only B.naturally C.really D.formally
19. A.handed B.put C.reminded D.ordered
20. A.worried B.moved C.tired D.frightened
—Go for a picnic this weekend, ok?
— _______. I love getting close to nature.
A.I don’t think so.
B.I believe not.
C.I couldn’t agree more
D.I am afraid not.
------I will not come here tomorrow.
--------___________to me, because I don’t care.
A.It does n’t make any difference
B.It makes much difference
C.It does n’t make no difference
D.It makes a difference
David said that it was ____________ his strong interest in computers that he chose the course.
A.next to B.far from C.in all D.due to
It’s not what we do once in a while _________ shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
A.which B.that C.how D.when