—George and Lucy got married last week．Did you go to their wedding?

—No, I ____________．Did they have a big wedding?

A．was not invited                                    B．have not been invited

C．hadn't been invited                             D．wouldn't been invited

We had wanted to finish our task by noon, but it didn't quite work out as ________．

A．expects              B．expect        C．expecting           D．expected

________all these groups have in common is that they ask ________ with respect, share the rights to work．

A．That; to be treated                            B．What; to be treated

C．That; to treat                         D．What; to treat

The students are ________ to go out of their school without permission to be sure they have enough time to study．

A．kept        B．allowed             C．forbidden           D．ordered

They had all the young trees taken good care of ________ the farmer pleased．

A．making           B．made          C．to make           D．being made

With the slavery____________, slaves gained their freedom and equal rights．

A．abolishing            B．to abolish         C．abolished          D．abolish

He has got tired of ________ stamps and become ________ in sports．

A．collected; interested                                     B．collecting; interesting

C．collected; interesting                                   D．collecting; interested

Two fifths of the land in the district ____________ with trees and grass．

A．is covered        B．is covering          C．are covered        D．are covering

A high school teacher once told us, "If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate．A true friend is someone who stays with you for life．"  1     teaches that he was right．Good friendship is just not easily   2   ．

       It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough to wait for   3   friendship to develop．However, there can be   4   disagreement for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want．

       To most of us, friendships are considered very  5   We also need to understand  6  

our minds the kinds of friendship we want．Are we to be close or   7   at arm's length? Do we want to   8   ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are quite enough and that's all right．  9   at some important points we need to   10   sure that our expectations are the   11   as our friends' expectations．The sharing of personal experience   12  our tears as well as our dark dreams   13   the surest way to deepen friendships．But it must be done slowly and carried on only if there are  14   of interest and action in return．

       What are some of the  15  of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon．To have deep relationships with each other will   16   time．Another "major difficulty" is the selfishness to think one "possesses" the other, including his time and attention．Similarly, friendships   17   actions in return．In   18   words, you must give as much as you take．Finally there is a question of taking care of the relationship．  19   you spend some time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, or doing things together,   20   will die away．

1．A．Knowledge            B．Money                C．Experience          D．Preparation

2．A．understood            B．formed                C．realized               D．answered

3．A．true                      B．common              C．free                    D．actual

4．A．some                    B．no                       C．any                     D．much

5．A．important              B．interesting            C．funny                  D．difficult

6．A．from                     B．on                       C．at                       D．in

7．A．got                       B．left                      C．kept                    D．stayed

8．A．own                     B．teach                   C．share                  D．spare

9．A．And                      B．But                     C．Or                      D．So

10．A．make                  B．think                   C．get                      D．keep

11．A．work                   B．thing                   C．one                     D．same

12．A．includes              B．to include            C．including             D．included

13．A．was                    B．is                        C．were                   D．are

14．A．marks                 B．sights                  C．scenes                D．signs

15．A．difficulties           B．differences          C．advantages          D．things

16．A．get                      B．spend                  C．ask                     D．take

17．A．require                B．suppose               C．depend                D．suggest

18．A．some                  B．many                  C．other                   D．different

19．A．Unless                 B．If                        C．When                  D．As

20．A．things             B．friendships        C．expectations       D．difficulties

I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday．The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills any day between 10 : 00 and 4 : 00．Since I work from 9 o'clock to 5 : 30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break．Unfortunately, the theatre on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good．But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes．Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus．By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip—so I give up and went back to the office．The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday．On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes．When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office．I heard one man say he has been waiting in line for over an hour．Realizing I would not have enough time to waiting in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town．By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi only which took me 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me．When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line．The reason, I quickly discovered , was that they had already sold all the tickets．

1．The writer is probably_________．

       A．a worker                                            B．a college teacher

       C．manager of a company                         D．a clerk

2．He learned ________________________ that there would be a concert last Friday．

       A．from his friends                                   B．from one of his classmates

       C．over the radio                                      D．from the newspaper

3．He tried to go to the theatre every day but only managed to get there ________________.

       A．once              B．twice        C．three times               D．four times

4．One day the writer took ________________________ to get to the theatre by bus．

       A．forty-five minutes                                                                B．fifteen minutes

       C．exactly twenty minutes                        D．exactly twelve minutes