It’s a Friday night. Your girl friends are out at a bar and your boyfriend is playing soccer with his mates. Two text messages later, you’re eating pizza and watching action movies with three guy friends. Perfect.
“Guy friends” have the potential to enrich your life in ways that female friends and boyfriends just can’t. For starters, they provide an insider’s perspective on how men think, feel and behave. When dealing with male relatives, coworkers and even boyfriends, another man’s point of view can be incredibly useful. Three hours spent analyzing a situation in a café with your girlfriends can’t compete with a quick chat to a guy friend.
Many women find that time spent with male friends can be a liberating and somewhat refreshing break from spending time with the girls. Without the judgmental gaze of other females, there is less pressure to dress up and compete for attention.
Traditionally, girl-guy friendships are seen as hard to maintain. Most relationships between males and females that we come across in our day-to-day lives, whether in movies or books, are romantic by nature. These cultural images make girl-guy friendships seem impossible.
Yet in reality, as gender roles loosen and equality becomes a norm in the workplace, it has become much more common for platonic friendships to blossom.
“The belief that men and women can’t be friends comes from another era in which women were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for romance,” explains psychologist Linda Sapadin to Psychology Today magazine. “Now they work together and share sports interests and socialize together.”
“My boyfriend has met all of my guy friends so he’s quite accepting of me hanging out with them,” says Nellie. “Because we’ve been dating so long, there’s a level of trust where he knows I will make the right decision when choosing who to be friends with.
“He understands that the kind of time that I spend differs between guys and girls. When I’m out with the girls, we’re gossiping or talking about clothes but when I’m spending time with the guys, it’s different. I think their carefree and ‘whatever goes’ attitude can sometimes be exactly what I need.”
1. What is the best title of the passage?
A．Platonic friendship can be fun and liberating.
B．Platonic friendship can take the place of boy-or-girl friendship.
C．Man friendship is far more exciting than woman friendship.
D．Both man friendship and woman friendship are necessary forgirls.
2. In writer’s opinion, girl-guy friendships_________
A．are hard to maintain in modern society.
B．are impossible for most boys and girls.
C．are quite reasonable and thought highly of by most people.
D．are quite interesting and accepted by more and more and moregirls.
3. Why did people think men and women can’t be friends in the past?
A．Becausemen were at home and women were in the workplace.
B．Becauseboth men and women are too shy to make friends.
C．Because they were hard to keep in touch and only bymarrying cantheystay in touch with each other.
D．Becausewomen were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for friendship.
4. According to what Nellie said, _______
A．Her boyfriend enjoys she and her guy friend stay together.
B．When I’m out with the boys, we’re not gossiping or talking about clothes.
C．Sometimes whatmy guy friends giveisjustwhatI need.
D．My boyfriend trusts me so heaccepts my decision.
Change Has Come to America
November, 04, 2008, Barack Obama
Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen.
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen. McCain. Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady Michelle Obama.
Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the new White House.
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.
To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's been a partner with me every step of the way.
To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
1. Why did Sen. McCain make a phone call to the writer?
A．To inform the writer of something important.
B．To share his happiness with the writer.
C．To congratulate the writer on his success.
D．To give him some good ideas on making a successful speech..
2. If Sen. McCain won the election, What would Palin do?
A．She would be a governor.
B．She would be the vice president-elect of the United States.
C．She would be the nation's next first lady.
D．She would be the campaign manager of Sen. McCain’s.
3. How many people did the writer thank in his speech?
A．5 B．6 C．7 D．8
4. What did the writer imply by saying “I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to?”
A．He is a failure rather than a success.
B．He still doesn’t know who this victory truly belongs to.
C．He thinks highly of his supporters.
D．He considers his success as people’s victory.
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All 34 of my students I taught at Saint Mary’s School in Morris，Minnesota were dear to me，but Mark was one in a million. His happytobealive attitude made even his occasional naughtiness_16_.
Mark 17consantly in class. I had to remind him again and again that talking without permission was18 What 19 me so much，though，was his sincere response every time I had to_20_him for misbehaving, “Thank you for correcting me，Madam！” I didn’t know what to make of it at first，but before long I became_21_hearing it many times a day.
One morning my_22_was growing thin when Mark talked once too often.I_23_Mark. “If you say one more word，I am going to tape your mouth shut！”
It wasn’t ten seconds later_24_Chuck blurted out，“Mark is talking again.” I hadn’t asked any of the students to help me_25_Mark，but since I had stated the_26_in front of the class，I had to act on it.
Taking out a roll of masking tape from the drawer of my desk，I_27_to Mark’s desk，_28_two pieces of tape and made a big X with them over his_29_.I then returned to the_30_of the room.
As I glanced at Mark to see how he was doing，he winked at me naughtily. That he did so funnily！I started_31_.The entire class_32_as I walked back to Mark’s desk，_33_the tape，and shrugged my shoulders. His first_34_were，“Thank you for correcting me, Madam！”
Several years passed until one cold rainy day when my father_35_the news to me that Mark was killed in Vietnam war，I broke down and cried in my heart，“Mark, I would give all the masking tape in the world if only you could talk to me！”
1. A．attractive B．delightful C．striking D．annoying
2. A．talked B．argue C．quarreled D．disrupted
3. A．troublesome B．shameful C．irresponsible D．unacceptable
4. A．annoyed B．impressed C．puzzled D．delighted
5. A．punish B．blame C．correct D．scold
6. A．accustomed to B．unbearable of C．fond of D．curious about
7. A．body B．patience C．confidence D．spirit
8. A．warned B．advised C．asked D．frightened
9. A．then B．when C．after D．until
10. A．criticize B．report C．watch D．inform
11. A．opinion B．view C．punishment D．evidence
12. A．threw B．flew C．walked D．pointed
13. A．tore off B．put up C．cut into D．took out
14. A．face B．mouth C．hand D．head
15. A．back B．center C．front D．entrance
16. A．screaming B．laughing C．complaining D．criticizing
17. A．cheered B．protested C．froze D．disturbed
18. A．stuck B．fastened C．recovered D．removed
19. A．expectations B．actions C．movements D．words
20. A．indicated B．brought C．presented D．unfolded
But for the fact that China ____ also affected by the global economic crisis, we ____ fewer unemployed workers now.
A．is; would have B．were; would have
C．was; would have had D．is; would have had
It suddenly occurred to Anne that money couldn’t ____ all that Bob had suffered in the past five years.
A．make up for B．look up to
C．put up with D．fit in with
Wind power is an ancient source of energy ____we may return in the near future.
A．on which B．by which
C．to which D．from which
