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Sharon called about four times today. At least it shows she"s trying to explain something to me. I feel
a little better.
December 3
This morning Sharon said she had only told one person and didn"t know why everyone seemed to
know. Yes, I am an adopted (收养的) daughter. But she had promised to keep it a secret for ever!
December 5
I wish I had a friend I could really trust all of the time. I thought I found that friend, but I haven"t and
it"s making me miserable (痛苦的)! It"s wrong to tell her all about it. She gains my trust, and then loses it.
December 7
I have a nice room, beautiful house and everything I"ve ever wanted. My adoptive parents will give
me all the things I"ve ever dreamed of. Yet all the money in the world can"t buy what I want now. I want
for Sharon to be my best friend again.
December 10
Sharon just called. She said she thought it might help if we spent more time together. She worried
that I would switch schools (转学). She is the best friend I"ve ever had. When I"m with Sharon, I can
be myself. I need Sharon"s friendship. I need it more than I"ve ever known.
December 16
I just had the most fantastic two days of my life! This was the best time I"ve had for a long, long while. Yesterday, we walked five times around the park and today we walked along the river for twenty minutes. We talked so much. Sharon, Sharon, no brick wall between us now.
B. Why she switched schools.
C. Her family life.
D. Her friendship with Sharon.
ret B. didn"t like the author any more
C. told the author"s past life
to everyone D. often refused to h
elp the authorB. wonderful
C. sad
D. lucky
B. became good friends a
gainC. would switch to another school together
D. could hardly understand each other
答案
核心考点
举一反三
his or her second year of high school is required to take a class in driver"s education. However, unlike
other courses, it is not given during the regular school year. Instead it is a summer course.
The course is divided up into two parts: class time for learning laws and regulations, and driving time
to practice driv
ing. Class time is not unlike any other class. The students study the basic traffic laws froma text to pass the wri
tten driving test that is given to anyone who wants to get a driver"s license.Driving time is a chance for the students to get behind the wheel and practice starting steering, backing up, parking, switching lanes, turning corners, and all the other maneuvers (操作) required to drive a car.
Each student is required to drive a total of six hours. The students are divided up into groups of four. The
students and the instructor go out driving for two hour blocks of time. Thus, each student gets half an hour driving time per outing. The instructor and "driver" sit in the front seats and the other three students sit in
the back.
After the student has passed the driver"s education course and reached the appropria
te age to drive (this age differs in every state but in most cases the person must be 16 years old),they can go to a
designated (指定的) state office to take their driver"s test, which is made up of an eye examination, a
written test, and a road test. The person must pass all three tests in order to be given a driver"s license.
If the person did well in his or her driver"s education class, he or she will pass the test with flying colors
and get a driver"s license.
B. get half an hour driving
C. drive for two hour blocks of time
D. go out driving for twelve times
B. They must be 16 years of age.
C. They should go to have their driver"s test.
D. They ought to do well in their driver"s course.
B. quickly
C. colorfully
D. successfully
ad means "Yes". But some people will probably be puzzled when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, he often shakes his head. They might think
that the Indian does not like what he said, but on the contrary he is expressing agreement.
The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesn"t mean
"No", but "Yes".
If a person doesn"t know this, it might cause misunderstanding.
At one time a foreigner in Indian told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver
shook his head. The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the
foreigner shouted angrily, "Drive me to my office at once!" The driver said in a low voice, "Yes, sir,"
smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.
B. No; Yes
C. Yes; Yes
D. No; No
Because _________.
B. the foreigner promised to give him only a little money
C. the driver felt uncomfortable at that time
D. in India shaking the head means agreement
B. he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head in India
C. he asked the driver to send him to his office, but the Indian driver didn"t say any words
D. the Indian driver asked him for a lot of money
B. clear difference between two things
C. doing what you want to do
D. on the other hand
Are you truly happy? _____1_____ These are important questions for anyone who is looking for
happiness to ask themselves. The following are a few tips to create happiness in my life.
Make a plan for achieving goals that you believe will make you happy. You
r moods (情绪) will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.
Try to stay with happy people. _____2______ However, if you are around people who are happy,
their emotional state will be infectious (感染的).
When something goes wrong, try to find out a way instead of being buried in self pity. Truly happy
people don"t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can
turn the environment back.
_____3_____ These few minute
s will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in yourlife and will lead you to continuous happiness.
______4_____ You can treat yourself to lunch, take a relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra
minutes on your appearance. Then you will be subconsciously(下意识地) putting yourself in a better
mood.
Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that
would otherwise make you happy.
Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. _____5_____
A. It is easy to begin to think negatively (消极地) when you are surrounded by people who think that
way.
B. Being overweight or not eating good foods has a negative effect on your mood.
C. Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?
D. It"s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.
E. Is it hard for you to reach your goal?
F. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.
G. Speak your trouble
out to your close friends openly.Phillips arrived in Sydney with 11 ships and 1,024 passengers (including 770 prisoners) from Britain.
Today there are 2.5 million people in Sydney. It is the biggest city in Australia, and one of the most
beautiful cities in the world.
There are over 20 fine beaches close to Sydney. Its warm summer climate and cool winter have made
it a favorite city for immigrants (移民) from overseas. There are three things that made Sydney famous-its beautiful harbor, the Sydney Harbor Bridge,and the Sydney Opera House.
But there are many more interesting things in Sydney: beautiful shops and restaurants, for example, rows
of interesting old houses built everywhere in the 19th century. Summer or winter, day or night, Sydney is
an outdoor city.
Some Americans think it is very British. Some British visitors think it is like America. There is some
truth in both these opinions, because Sydney takes from both the Old World-Europe, and the New
World-America, and makes it into something that is neither British nor American but truly Australian.
B. Sydney is a busy city.
C. Sydney is a new city.
D. Sydney is a common city.
B. with 11 ships and only 700 prisoners
C. with 1,024 passengers besides 700 prisoners
D. with only more than ten ships and some helpers
B. Immigrants from Britain, the beautiful Harbor and ships.
C. Beautiful shops, modern restaurants and interesting old houses and seas.
D. The Sydney Opera House, interesting old houses and interesting restaurants
B. warm all the year round
C. neither too hot nor too cold
D. cool all through the year
B. is very British
C. is neither British nor American but truly Australian
D. takes from Europe
living in, or it can be very 2 . Some stories are told 3 they were true. Real people 4 live in a normal
world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other
stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not 5 . They are characters and creatures that are very
different from us and do things that would be 6 for us.
7 there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only
imagined. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when
we read about Harry Potter, we 8 seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry
studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than 9 . Reading, like writing, is an
action. It is a way _10_ living. When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look
at words on a page. We use our 11 -which is real-and our imagination-which is real in a different
way-to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) 12 the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make
us think. When we read 13 realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just
like us, even though we 14 that we are real and they are 15 . It sounds strange, but it works. When
we read, we fill in missing information and 16 about the causes and effects of what a character does.
We help the writer by pretending that 17 we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book,
too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our 18 when we are reading. We pick
up a book and lose 19 in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel
20 we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic
of books.