We have most friends at the age of 26 after having spent the first quarter of our lives building up our friendship circle, new research has claimed.
The research into friendship shows that our social circle peaks at 26 years and 7 months, at which we typically have five close friends.Women are most popular at 25 years and 10 months, with men hitting the highest friendship point a little later at 27 years and 3 months.
The research, by Forever Friends, shows that about a third of adults meet their closest friends while at school，with about a fifth saying they meet them at work.
Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter now also play a major role in building new friendship.The research points out that 25 to 34yearolds make 22 friends via Facebook, compared to 18 to 24yearolds who make 12, and 35 to 44yearolds who make just four.
Forever Friends' relationship coach Sam Owen says, “It is no coincidence that over a third of us meet our best friends at school. It is a key time in our lives when friendship is growing through sharing notes，giving gifts, seeing each other regularly and laughing a lot. As adults we can often forget how powerful these small things are and how the little things can make a difference.”
Later in life we find ourselves losing friends. Over half of us lose friendship through moving, while 36% say that over time they grow apart from close pals. Having children also causes 19% to drift away from childhood friends.
With growing pressure being put on friendship these days，it's important to make time for our friendship.
1.How many friends can a 20yearold college student make via Facebook?
A.4. B.12.
C.18. D.22.
2.In Paragraph 5，the author is trying to tell the readers________.
A.how important making friends is
B.that friendship is not easy to keep
C.how much has been done to keep friendship
D.School time is an important period to develop friendship.
3.The underlined phrase “drift away from” in Paragraph 6 means “________”.
A.make sense of B.lose touch with
C.feel sorry for D.make up with
4.This passage is most probably taken from________.
A.Facebook or Twitter B.an advertisement
C.a textbook D.a newspaper
你校外籍教师Ernesto将在今年暑假期间在本市开一家西餐厅, 现登出校园广告为自己招聘一名口语翻译。假如你是即将毕业的高三学生李华, 愿意应聘，请写一封英文电子邮件, 需包括以下要点：
1. 说明你应聘的理由
2. 简述你应聘的优势
3. 联系方式：lihua@126.com
4. 期待对方答复
注意: 1. 词数：100左右。开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数;
2. 可适当增加细节, 使行文连贯。
Dear Ernesto，
I’m Li Hua, a Senior Three student in our school.
Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
For a long time I had been longed for a piano of my own to practice on. There was a piano shop on the street through that I went to the school every day. Whenever I passed the shop, look at the piano which stood in the corner of the shop window. What desperately I had been dreaming day and night to possess a piano like that. Unfortunate, my father was just a clerk, but he could not afford to buy me an expensive piano, though he knew that I was very anxious for one. In my birthday, I went as usual to the shop window to look at the piano, but to my surprised the piano had gone. In fact, I should not have been surprised, other had the right to buy it, if they could afford to. Tears filled my eyes when I thought of being able to see that piano any more.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容（不多于3个词汇）或括号中词汇的正确形式。
The amount and brightness of light from towns and cities around the world is at such a high level that it is reducing the darkness of night. Once upon a time, when night fell, we1.(leave) in darkness. Things are different today. A study2.(publish) in the journal Science Advances reports that artificial light at night is increasing3.(rapid) in most countries worldwide. Scientists say it grew by 2.2 percent a year4.2012 and 2016. The overuse of artificial light at nighttime is causing us many5.（problem）. According to the International Dark-Sky Association, it is affecting not only our view of the universe, but also our environment, our 6.(safe), and our health. Artificial light is a threat to our 7. (nature) environment. It threatens animals that are active at night. It has ecological effects 8.many creatures, including humans, and may reshape the entire social ecological system. Many environmentalists thought the9.(introduce) of LED lights would help the planet. However, cities are using more LED lights because they are cheaper,10.is adding to the light pollution.
At a gathering, we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank.
Frank began to tell us of his childhood. "I____________in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was____________making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to_____________the family."
He looked at us and said, "I __________you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for the___________. When you got close to him, he____________like the ocean. He would wear his old coat and his overalls. No matter how much my mother___________them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish."
Frank's voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad he would _____________me to school. He had this old truck that was older than he was. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to___________. He would_________ right in front of the school gate, and it seemed like everybody would be__________around and watching. Then he would__________over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so__________for me. I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"
He__________and then went on, "I remember the day when I said 'No' "
It was the first time I had ever talked to him that________, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, "Dad, I'm too_________for a goodbye kiss."
My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. I had never seen him_________.
He turned and looked out the windshield(挡风玻璃). "You're right," he said. "You are a big boy....a man. I won't kiss you anymore. "
Frank got a sad look on his face, and the tears began to__________in his eyes, as he spoke. "It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back." Tears were running down Frank's cheeks. He spoke again. "Guys, you don't know what I would__________to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek....to feel his rough old face...to smell the ocean on him...to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a__________, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss."
1.A. kept up B. grew up C. came up D. started up
2.A. hard B. absurd C. easy D. necessary
3.A. remove B. reach C. feed D. urge
4.A. prefer B. request C. suggest D. wish
5.A. fish B. favorite C. benefit D. glory
6.A. sounded B. looked C. smelled D. felt
7.A. processed B. washed C. handled D. managed
8.A. drive B. limit C. adapt D. devote
9.A. rise B. emerge C. fade D. disappear
10.A. back up B. pick up C. pull up D. speed up
11.A. seating B. standing C. sobbing D. seizing
12.A. lean B. hold C. run D. watch
13.A. frightening B. challenging C. embarrassing D. entertaining
14.A. recovered B. paused C. requested D. admitted
15.A. day B. time C. aspect D. way
16.A. old B. delighted C. anxious D. proud
17.A. sigh B. shout C. cry D. yell
18.A. break down B. hold back C. well up D. start off
19.A. demand B. give C. rush D. infer
20.A. boy B. seaman C. backbone D. man
The methods of practicing economy (实行节俭) are very simple.1. That is the first rule. A part should always be set apart for the future. The person who spends more than he earns, is a fool.
The next rule is to pay necessary money. 2.The person who spends more than he earns tends to get cheated; and if he often does so, he will easily get dishonest.
Another method of economy is, to keep a regular account of all that you earn. An orderly man will know beforehand what he requires, and will be provided with the necessary means for getting it. Thus his budget will be balanced. 3.
It is difficult to fix the limits of economy. Bacon says that if a man would live well within his income, he ought not to spend more than one half, and save the rest. This is perhaps too exact. He himself didn’t follow his own advice. That depends on circumstances.
Wherever there is a large family, the more money that is put to one side and saved, the better. Economy is necessary to the rich, as well as to the comparatively poor man. 4. If he spends all that he earns, he can help nobody. He cannot properly educate his children, nor put them in the way of starting fairly in the business of life?
Saved money, however little, will serve to dry up many a tear; will avoid many sorrows and heart burnings, which otherwise might damage us. 5.
A. tie will not spend money as he likes.
B. Without economy, a man cannot be generous.
C. Spend less than you earn.
D. Never run into debt.
E. You cannot expect anyone help you economically.
F. And his expense will be kept within his income.
G. By doing this, a person walks with a lighter step-his heart beats more cheerily.
