Few Americans remain in one position or one place for a lifetime. They move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where they raise their children to the home where they plan to live in retirement (退休). With each move they are forever making new friends, who become part of their new life at that time.
For many of them summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible.
The word “friend ” can be applied to a wide range of relationships ---- to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant (知己).
【小題1】. Many Americans move from place to place for the following reasons except           .

A.going to college
B.getting a better job
C.finding a place to live in retirement
D.saving money
【小題2】. Summer is a special time when many Americans           .
A.enjoy the sunlight B.feel strange
C.travel to other countries D.get a new job
【小題3】 When summer comes, many Americans             .
A.hope to meet new people
B.expect to find some close friends
C.want to begin lasting friendships with new people
D.Both A and B
【小題4】 From the passage it can be seen that a “friend” can be             .
A.a(chǎn) fellow worker B.a(chǎn) football teammate
C.a(chǎn) boy or a girl D.a(chǎn)ll of the above
【小題5】. Which of the following is the topic sentence of Paragraph 2?
A.For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships.
B.Today millions of Americans vacation abroad.
C.No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friendship.
D.But surely the beginning of friendship is possible.


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】D
【小題5】A

解析試題分析:本文介紹了美國人的生活。美國人一生當(dāng)中總是在搬遷,或者是因?yàn)樯蠈W(xué)的緣故,或者是因?yàn)楣ぷ鞯脑,還有的是因?yàn)橥诵莺笳覀好地方養(yǎng)老。如今,很多美國人喜歡在夏天出國旅游,除了觀光還希望能夠開始一段友誼。
【小題1】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容可知因?yàn)樯蠈W(xué),工作或者是退休養(yǎng)老的原因,人們會到處搬家,D選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容不是美國人不斷搬家的原因,選D。
【小題2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第二段內(nèi)容介紹了夏天是美國人到處旅游,結(jié)交新朋友的時候,數(shù)百萬美國人都去國外度假,故答案選C。
【小題3】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people.可知選A。
【小題4】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章末段內(nèi)容可知朋友的范疇很廣泛,a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman,都提及了,故答案選D。
【小題5】A主旨大意題。文章第二段開頭提出 For many of them summer is a special time for forming new friendships.,然后進(jìn)一步介紹夏天是如何不同的,提到人們在夏天去國外旅游,結(jié)交新朋友,所以判斷A選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容是本段主題句。
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One, two, three … seven days passed. On the eighth day, help at last from Alvin’s    , the police and local people. But the young    had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frostbite (凍傷).      , there was nothing serious wrong with little Alex!

【小題1】 
A.worried B.sorry C.excited D.a(chǎn)nxious 
 
【小題2】 
A.cried  B.laughed C.smiled  D.coughed 
 
【小題3】 
A.enjoying  B.having  C.taking D.starting 
 
【小題4】 
A.happen B.change  C.come D.finish 
 
【小題5】 
A.climbed  B.turned  C.took  D.sped 
 
【小題6】 
A.get  B.look C.go  D.slow 
 
【小題7】 
A.land  B.highway C.fields  D.car 
 
【小題8】 
A.walk  B.stay  C.wait  D.depend 
 
【小題9】 
A.set  B.a(chǎn)llowed C.refused D.prepared 
 
【小題10】 
A.end  B.fall C.continue  D.melt (融化) 
 
【小題11】 
A.liked B.preferred  C.decided D.wished 
 
【小題12】 
A.better  B.something  C.worse  D.nothing 
 
【小題13】 
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【小題14】 
A.thought  B.feared  C.wanted D.supposed 
 
【小題15】 
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【小題16】 
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【小題17】 
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【小題18】 
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【小題19】 
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A.Then B.Finally C.Fortunately D.Therefore 
 

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【小題2】 The Whites did not blame Amy for Jane’s death because _____.
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B.in order of space 
C.by listing reasons 
D.in order of time 
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If you do not even know what a Kong Long (dinosaur, referring to an ugly looking female) or a Qing Wa (frog, referring to an ugly looking male) is, you will possibly be regarded as a Cai Niao!
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B.suggest common Internet language
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D.draw our attention to Internet language
【小題2】What does the writer think about the term "PK"?
A.Fathers can't possibly know it.
B.The daughter should understand it.
C.Online game players may know it.
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B.can be understood very well
C.a(chǎn)re welcomed by all the people
D.cause trouble to our mother tongue
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“I will never marry,” the future Elizabeth I declared at the age of eight, and, to the terror of her people, the Great Queen kept her word.
For four centuries, historians have guessed why Elizabeth never married.In her own day, her decision to remain single was considered absurd and dangerous.A queen needed a husband to make political decisions for her and to organise and lead her military campaigns.More important, she needed male heirs to avoid a civil war after her death.
There was no shortage of suitors for the Queen, both English courtiers (朝臣) and foreign princes, and it was confidently expected for the best part of 30 years that Elizabeth would eventually marry one of them.Indeed, although she insisted that she preferred the single state, she kept these suitors in a state of permanent expectation.This was a deliberate policy on the Queen's part, since by keeping foreign princes in hope, sometimes for a decade, she kept them friendly when they might otherwise have made war on her kingdom.
There were, indeed, good political reasons for her avoiding marriage.The disastrous union of her sister Mary I to Philip II of Spain had had an unwelcome foreign influence upon English politics.The English were generally prejudiced against the Queen taking a foreign husband, particularly a Catholic one.Yet if she married an English, jealousy might lead to the separation of the court.
There were other, deeper reasons for Elizabeth's unwillingness to marry, chief of which, I believe, was her fear of losing her autonomy as Queen. In the 16th century, a queen was regarded as holding supreme dominion(統(tǒng)治權(quán))over the state, while a husband was thought to hold supreme dominion over his wife.Elizabeth knew that marriage and motherhood would bring some harm to her power.
She once pointed out that marriage seemed too uncertain a state for her. She had seen several unions in her immediate family break down, including that of her own parents.
Some writers, based on very fragile evidence, have argued that Elizabeth was frightened or incapable of the sex act, but it is more likely that she feared childbirth. Two of her stepmothers, her grandmother and several acquaintances had died in childbed.
Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, had had her mother, Anne Boleyn, killed; her stepmother Catherine Howard later suffered the same fate. When Elizabeth was 14 she was all but attracted by Admiral Thomas Seymour, who also went to the prison within a year. Witnessing these terrible events at an early age, it has been argued, may have put Elizabeth off marriage.
Elizabeth had to decide her priorities. Marriage or being single? Elizabeth was far too intelligent.The choice she made was courageous and revolutionary, and, in the long run, the right one for England.
【小題1】To the suitors including English courtiers and foreign princes,Elizabeth ________.

A.held back the truth
B.gave a definite answer “no”
C.kept them expecting deliberately
D.said she preferred the single state
【小題2】If Elizabeth had married a foreign prince, there might have been ________.
A.prejudice against her
B.separation of the court
C.jealousy among English courtiers
D.a(chǎn) negative impact on English politics
【小題3】Which of the following implications is right according to the passage?
A.Queen Elizabeth was not a Catholic.
B.Some foreign princes made war on Britain.
C.Catherine Howard was killed by Anne Boleyn.
D.Admiral Thomas Seymour was killed by Henry VIII.
【小題4】What is the attitude of the author towards Queen Elizabeth never marrying in her life?
A.Pitiful.B.Approving.
C.Negative.D.Neutral.

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