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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, 1 must be willing to take actions. You must first go 2 there are people. You won't make friends 3 home alone. 4 a club or group, for talking with those who like the same things as you do is 5 . Or join someone in some activity. Many people are nervous(紧张的) when talking to people. After all, meeting strangers means facing 6 . And it's human 7 to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.

　　Most of our fears about dealing with new people 8 doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are judging us, 9 us too tall or too short, too this or too that. 10 don't forget that they must be feeling 11 way. Try to accept yourself 12 you are, and try to put the other person at ease. You'll 13 feel more comfortable.

　　Try to act self－confident(自信) even if you don't feel that way. 14 you enter a room full of strangers, such as new classroom, walk tall and straight, look 15 at other people and smile. If you see someone you' d like to 16 to, say something. Don't wait for the other person to 17 a conversation.

　　Just meeting someone 18 doesn't mean that you will make friends with that person. Friendship is 19 on mutual liking and “give and take”. They take time and 20 to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.

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　　Popular music in America is 1 every student likes. Students carry small radios 2 earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars 3 large speakers and play music 4 as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music 5 the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. 6 of the radio programmes are music.

　　Pop or popular music singers make 7 money. They make CDs or tapes 8 radio stations in many places broadcast (广播). 9 the popular singer 10 all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes 11 the singer. 12 the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer 13 a pop star.

　　There are other kinds of music that are popular 14 Americans. One is called folk music. It 15 stories about the common life of Americans. 16 is called western or country music. This 17 by cowboys who 18 sing at night to the cows they were 19 . Today, 20 music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.

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　　In the past, 1 didn't have to think about the protection of his environment. There used to 2 few people on the earth, and natural resources 3 to be unlimited.

　　Now things are 4 . The world has become too crowded. We are using our natural materials too quickly. At the same time, we keep 5 our environment with dangerous chemicals. Dustbins fill up with cans and bottles that once 6 beer or paint or coffee or coca－cola. Here and there people are always throwing away wrappings from food or clothes and all kinds of unwanted things, some of 7 are difficult to 8 .

　　 9 modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. Fish 10 at sea so that fishing boats do not have to return home quickly with their catch, and can fish farther from the coasts. Fishermen even use 11 to give themselves 12 about where the fish are. If too many fish 13 from the sea, there will soon be 14 left. On the other hand, rivers and seas are polluted with waste products from factories. There are 15 laws to stop this.

　　We know if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and 16 machines to cut down more and more trees. We know too if the population of the world continues to 17 at the present rate, in a short period of time there will not be enough food.

　　What shall we do?

　　If we eat more vegetables and less meat, there will be more food for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops feeds five times more people than land where animals 18 . We must practise 19 our natural resources to make them 20 longer. And birth control is probably the most important thing for a better and richer planet in the future.

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　　Having said goodbye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one－year－old son, set off back home: 1 excited, Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily. And even little Alax 2 from time to time. The family were 3 from trip.

　　But about three hours later things began to 4 . It was starting to snow. Alvin sped up the car, 5 to arrive home before dark. But it was too dangerous to drive fast now. Because it was snowing more and more heavily. So Alvin had to 6 down. The snow on the 7 was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to 8 on it. Their car slipped(滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow 9 the engine refused to start again.

　　“The snow doesn't seem to 10 . Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked. Clare said she 11 to walk. So they got out of the car with their son and began walking. But 12 was to come. Soon they lost their 13 and had to walk aimlessly on and on.

　　Night came. They were not afraid of the dark. But they were 14 that poor Alax would die of cold. However, their faith to keep Alax 1 5 made them filled with courage, warmth and strength. They 16 and rested in turn and then continued their walk. They had countless falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their 17 again.

　　One, two, three, …seven days passed. On the eighth day, I 18 at last came from Alvin's parents, the police and local people. But the young 19 had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frost－bites(冻伤). Fortunately, there was 20 seriously wrong with little Alax.

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　　The word “sport” first meant something that people did in their spare time. Later it often meant 1 wild animals and birds. About a hundred years ago the word was first used for 2 games. This is the 3 meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of their free time 4 football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Many people play because they 5 6 people are paid for the sport they play. These people 7 professional sportsmen. They may be sportsmen for only a few years, but 8 that time the best ones can earn a lot of money.

　　For example, a professional footballer in England earns more than ￡300 000 a year. The stars can earn 9 . International golf and tennis, champions can 10 more than ￡500 000 in a year. Of course, only a few sportsmen can earn 11 . It is only possible in sports for individuals(个人), 12 golf, tennis and motor racing. Perhaps the most 13 thing about sportsmen and money is this: the stars can earn 14 money from advertising(广告) than 15 sports. As advertisement 16 sports equipment doesn't simply 17 “Buy our things.” It means “Buy the same shirt and shoes 18 …” Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies 19 their names or photos of them and they are paid for this. Sports are no longer 20 something for people's spare time.

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　　Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper. That is 1 men first began to write, six thousand years ago or 2 . The alphabet we now use 3 down to us over a long period of time. It was 4 from the picture writing of ancient Egypt.

　　Picture－writing was useful in many 5 . It could be used to express ideas as well as 6 . For example, a drawing of a 7 meant the object “man”. 8 a drawing of a man 9 on the ground with a spear(矛) in him meant “ 10 ”.

　　Besides the Egyptians, the Chinese 11 the American Indians also developed ways 12 writing in pictures. But only 13 much could be said 14 . Thousands of pictures would have been needed 15 express all the ideas that people might have. It would have 16 many more to express all the objects 17 to men. No one could 18 so many pictures in a lifetime. 19 could anyone learn the meaning of all 20 drawings in a lifetime.

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　　Every morning at eleven, a bright new car drove through the central park in New York. Inside the car 1 a driver and his boss, a well－known millionaire(百万富翁).

　　Each morning the millionaire 2 a poorly－dressed man 3 on a park bench. The man always sat 4 staring at the hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the millionaire was so 5 in the man that he asked his driver to stop the car and he 6 to the bench. He said to the poor man, “Excuse me, 7 I just have to know why you sit staring at my hotel every morning.” “Sir,” said the poor man, “I'm a failure. I have no job, no family and no 8 . I sleep on this bench and every night I dream that 9 day I will sleep in this hotel.” The rich man had 10 , He said to the poor man “Tonight your dream will come 11 . I'll 12 for the best room in that hotel for you for 13 .” The millionaire smiled and felt 14 of himself.

　　A few days 15 , the millionaire went by the poor man's room to ask him how he 16 himself, To his great 17 , he found that the poor man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the millionaire asked why, the man said, “You see, when I'm 18 here sleeping on the bench. I always dream I'm up there in the hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there in the hotel, I dreamed I was 19 here on this cold bench. It was 20 dream and I could not get any sleep at all.”

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　　Dear Abby,

　　In a recent column, a woman wrote to say that one of her guests at a dinner party had 1 a fork, and she didn't know how to recover it.

　　I wasn't that guest, 2 over the last 10 years I have taken three things from homes where I have been a 3 Abby, I can't understand 4 I took these things! I have thought over as to how 5 can get these things back!

　　I can't do it 6 and admit that I took them. This is a small town, and I'm well 7 here. If just one of these people talked about it, I would be 8 .

　　Abby, what's wrong with me? They are really 9 things. I thought about seeing an expert, but should I be 10 going to an expert, it would be all over town in no time. I'm sure thousands of people 11 me wish to have the courage to return 12 , should I just wait until it's 13 , then put the things in the mailboxes of their 14 owners?

　　Dear Guilty Conscience,

　　 15 . It will make you feel better, but it will not 16 your problem. You need to seek help to 17 out why you took those things so you won't 18 that behavior. See an expert in another town or city nearby to 19 your privacy(隐私).

　　Please take my 20 , and let me hear from you again. I care. Abby

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　　Everybody knows Charlie Chaplin, a world－famous funny actor. People 1 have laughed at Charlie Chaplin's films until tears run 2 their faces. From his very first appearance they know what will happen. The little man is always with black moustache, wide－open eyes, round black hat and 3 too large for his feet. He'll 4 through snow, and fall from windows. He'll fight men who are twice his size, fall in love with women, who 5 notice him and try to hug them.

　　The poor man that Chaplin 6 in dozens of films makes all kinds of stupid mistakes. He is always in trouble, but he never 7 . He dreams of becoming a great man.

　　Every people who 8 understand English can 9 Chaplin's films, because they are mostly 10 . It isn't what he says that makes people laugh. His comedy doesn't 11 words. It depends on little actions which means the 12 thing to people all over the world.

　　Chaplin raises his thick eyebrows or rolls his eyes. He hides behind a fat lady or under a table to escape from his 13 . He dresses well and pretends to be a 14 and important man. It is all so hopeless and 15 that he makes us laugh. This is the secret of his huge success.

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　　My neighbor's children love playing hide－and－seek(捉迷藏) as all children do, but 1 expected(预料) that a game they played last week would be 2 in the local newspaper.

　　One afternoon, they were 3 in the street just outside the 4 . Young Tom, who is only five years old, found the perfect place to 5 in. His sister, Mary, had 6 her eyes and was counting up to ten when Tom noticed that the small metal door of the letter－box 7 . The postman had just 8 all the letters out and had gone into the post－office to see if there were any parcels(包裹). Tom 9 into the letter－box and 10 the door from inside so hard that it 11 . Soon, realizing 12 he had done, he became 13 and started crying. At the same time, Mary was looking for him everywhere but could not 14 him. It was lucky she 15 to stop 16 the letter－box and hear her brother's cries. She immediately ran to 17 the postman who hurried out to unlock the metal door. Tom was now free, but he had had 18 a bad fright(惊骇) that he could not stop crying. The postman, however, soon 19 a way of making him laugh again. He told him that 20 he wanted to hide in letter－box he should remember to stick(粘贴) a stamp on himself.

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