Question

Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying: Friends are God's way of taking care of us. But      do you find real friendship and keep it?"

        The Care and Keeping of Friends      American author Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. 

        Sally says finding friendship is just like    a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.

        First, you should       a friend. What       a good friend? It is not      a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be         and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should       your complaints (抱怨) and do their      to help. To make a friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and       your lives.

        But things cannot always be      . Even the best friends have fights. What should you do when you have a    with your friend? You have to talk to them. When there is no one around, have an honest talk.

If he or she doesn't want to    , you could write a letter.

        Sally says there are three steps to being       again: Tell him or her how you are ___   ; say what your friend has done wrong, and       why you did this or that. The book also has       on some small but      things like celebrating your friends' success.      you haven't had a real friend before, you will start to think of having one if you       this book. because the book tells that friendship is the most important thing in your life.

1.A. How      B. Why             C. where     D. when

2.A. for        B. in               C. with       D. by

3.A. Watering   B. planting         C. cutting     D. burning

4.A. Hunt      B. Communicate   C. choose     D. exchange

5.A. gets       B. Makes           C. Takes      D. changes

6.A. unless     B. what             C. while      D. because

7.A. handsome  B. kind             C. smart     D. rich

8.A. listen to    B. get away from    C. care about  D. watch out

9.A. Work      B. task             C. best       D. service

10.A. share      B. Live             C. discover    D. cheer

11.A. sad        B. sorry            C. worried    D. happy

12.A. tour       B. fight             C. talk       D. agreement

13.A. say        B. tell              C. speaks     D. talk

14.A. friends     B. Students         C. teachers    D. e-friends

15.A. think       B. feeling          C. doing       D. consider

16.A. Correct     B. understand      C. explain     D . describe

17.A. advice      B. experience       C. expression  D. exercise

18.A. Basic       B. Particular       C. important   D. simple

19.A. Even though B. As if            C. In case      D. Only if

20.A. buy        B. read            C. Hear        D. know

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了The Care and Keeping of Friends 一书的内容。在书中作者介绍了一些交朋友的方法。比如朋友间要友善，要有耐心，要善于倾听。如果发生争执了，要及时沟通，解释清楚自己的原因，并且要告诉对方自己的感受等。

1.. 副词辨析。A. how 如何；B. why为什么；C. where 哪儿；D. when何时。文章整篇介绍交朋友的方法，由此推断此处是问如何交朋友，选A。

2.. 介词辨析。A. for 为；B. in 在里面；C. with 带有；D. by被。此处是介词短语做后置定语，表达某人写的书，by“由，被”，故答案选D。

3.. 动词辨析。A. watering 浇水；B. planting植树；C. cutting 切割；D. burning燃烧。根据后文You plant the seed可知作者把交朋友比喻成种树，需要精心培养，选B。

4.. 动词辨析。A. hunt 打猎；B. communicate交流 ；C. choose选择；D. exchange交换。根据下文内容可知此处指选朋友，其他不符合语境，选C。

5.. 动词辨析。A. gets得到； B. makes制作，成为； C. takes 花费；D. changes改变。Make可以指“有条件成为”，比如you will make a good player.

6.. 连词辨析。A. unless 除非；B. what 什么；C. while同时；D. because因为。根据上下文内容判断此处是解释什么样的人才可以做朋友，不是因为一个人有钱或者长相好看就能做朋友，选D。

7.. 形容词辨析。A. handsome英俊；B. kind 友好；C. smart聪明；D. rich富有。根据and后面的patient可以判断此处是指朋友应该具有的品质，四个选项中只有kind才可以和patience并列，表示人的内在品质，选B。

8.. 动词短语辨析。A. listen to 听；B. get away from远离；C. care about 在乎 ；D. watch out小心。根据后面名词your complaints可知选A，表示好朋友要善于倾听。

9.. 名词辨析。A. work 工作；B. task任务；C. best最好；D. service服务。固定短语“do one’s best”尽某人所能，选C。

10..A. share 分享 ；B. Live生活；C. discover发现； D. cheer欢呼。上文内容介绍了好朋友应该如何去做，从情理判断好朋友要分享生活中的快乐和痛苦，选A。

11.A. sad悲伤； B. sorry 抱歉；C. worried 担忧；D. happy快乐。上文讲述的是朋友在一起的快乐，这句话起着过渡的作用，故答案选D。

12.. 名词辨析。A. tour 旅行；B. fight战斗；C. talk交谈； D. agreement同意。根据前句内容Even the best friends have fights.判断选B，指如果朋友间发生冲突摩擦时应该如何去做。

13.. 动词辨析。A. say说；B. tell 告诉；C. speaks说话；D. talk交谈。根据上文提示When there is no one around, have an honest talk.，可知选D，指朋友不想谈心的时候可以动手写信。

14.. 名词辨析。A. friends朋友；B. students 学生；C. teachers 教师；D. e-friends网友。上下文都是关于朋友间出现矛盾后如何和朋友和好的内容，由此判断此处指如何重新成为好朋友，选A。

15.. 动词辨析。A. think思考；B. feeling 感觉；C. doing做； D. consider认为。Feel可以是系动词表示“感觉”，后面可以用形容词做表语，而其他三个词均为及物动词，需后面跟宾语，how是疑问副词，不做宾语，故答案选B。

16..A. correct 改正；B. understand 理解 ；C. explain 解释； D . describe描述。根据后句内容why you did this or that.可知此处解释原因，选C。

17.. 名词辨析。A. advice建议；B. experience经验； C. expression表达 ； D. exercise练习。根据上文内容可知本文主要是介绍一些交朋友的方法和建议，根据also可以判断选A。

18.. 形容词辨析。A. basic基础的；B. particular特别的 ；C. important重要的；D. simple简单的。根据but判断此处是表示转折关系，再根据下文的例子可知这里指小但是重要的事情，选C。

19.. 短语辨析。A. Even though即使； B. As if 好像 ；C. In case 万一 ；D. Only if 如果。根据空格后内容可知这里是一种假设，意思是即使你从没有交过朋友，你也可以开始考虑去交个朋友。

20.. 动词辨析。A. buy买 ；B. read读；C. hear听见； D. know知道。根据情理以及后面动词tell可以判断作者指人们在读了这本书以后就可以知道如何去交朋友了，选B。

考点：考查社会生活类短文阅读