Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school．Jane has   1   economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works   2   a maid．Although her mother works very hard, she can   3   support the family．Jane is very bright and gifted at   4   and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a （n）  5  for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons．

Alice became friends with Jane and would   6   talk to her at lunch．She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids  7   her．

       On her birthday last month, she   8   her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come．Alice wanted her to be   9  so much that she   10  on her coming．Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any   11   clothes that I could wear at your birthday party．” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a   12   from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I   13   a skirt from you?”

Alice was happy that her friend would be   14   to come and hurried home to ask her Mum   15   she could lend her friend one of her skirts．To her surprise, her Mum said, “No．” The daughter was very   16  and angrily said to her Mum, “  17   I could, I would give my friend all my clothes．” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well   18  ．

Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s   19  ．Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes．” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her   20   with her．

So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto．真正的友谊追求的是给予, 而不是索取; 是帮助别人, 而不是被人帮助; 是为人服务, 而不是被人服务。

1．A．personal              B．extra                 C．limited                 D．adequate

2．A．for                       B．with                   C．like                  D．as 

3．A．hopefully               B．obviously             C．hardly                 D．temporarily

4．A．music                  B．drawing               C．maths                 D．biology

5．A．bonus                  B．allowance           C．donation              D．pension

6．A．secretly                B．happily                C．quietly                 D．eagerly

7．A．pointing at            B．shouting at          C．laughing at           D．glaring at

8．A．took                     B．invited                 C．accompanied       D．sent

9．A．happy                   B．independent         C．confident            D．present

10．A．depended            B．insisted                C．focused               D．agreed

11．A．casual                 B．comfortable         C．nice                    D．tight

12．A．shirt                   B．jeans                   C．handbag              D．necklace

13．A．get                    B．copy                  C．order                  D．borrow

14．A．free                   B．able                     C．glad                   D．willing

15．A．how                  B．when                 C．why                   D．whether

16．A．stubborn            B．upset                 C．firm                 D．enthusiastic 

17．A．If                       B．When                C．Unless               D．Though

18．A．treated                B．controlled           C．educated            D．behaved

19．A．cleverness          B．character           C．circumstances     D．competences

20．A．study               B．friendship           C．sympathy           D．performance 

根据所给中文意思，完成下列句子。（共5小题，每空0.5分，共5分）

1.我想解决这问题的关键是兴趣而不是强迫。

   In my opinion, the key ___________ ___________ the problem is to be interested rather than to force yourself.

2.如果你继续以这种方式行事，最终会像老话说的那样：搬起石头砸自己的脚。

   If you continue like this, you will ___________ ___________ lifting a stone only to have it drop on you own foot, as the old saying goes.

3. 他们坐在草地上，有说有笑。

   They were sitting on the grass, ___________ and ___________.

4.总统随后讲话并解答了记者的提问。

   The President then took __________ ___________ and answered the journalists’ questions.

5.没有免费的午餐。

   There is ___________ ___________ thing as a free lunch.

 

根据所给中文意思，完成下列句子。（共5小题，每空0.5分，共5分）

我想解决这问题的关键是兴趣而不是强迫。

   In my opinion, the key ___________ ___________ the problem is to be interested rather than to force yourself.

如果你继续以这种方式行事，最终会像老话说的那样：搬起石头砸自己的脚。

   If you continue like this, you will ___________ ___________ lifting a stone only to have it drop on you own foot, as the old saying goes.

他们坐在草地上，有说有笑。

   They were sitting on the grass, ___________ and ___________.

总统随后讲话并解答了记者的提问。

   The President then took __________ ___________ and answered the journalists’ questions.

没有免费的午餐。

   There is ___________ ___________ thing as a free lunch.

随着科技的进步，多媒体已走进很多学校的课堂。课间休息时，有些学校利用它来播放音乐。你班就“课间是否要播放音乐”展开讨论。请你根据下表所提供的信息用英语写一篇短文，陈述讨论结果及你个人的看法、建议 。（字数 120 词左右，不计开头 ）

    1.大多数同学认为能活跃气氛 ；能使大脑得到放松，减轻学习的疲劳，使大家在快乐的氛围中做好下一堂课的准备 ；能给大家带来快乐.

2.部分同学认为课间时间太短 ，播放音乐达不到预期的效果；课间需要的是安静而不是嘈杂的声音 。

3.个人看法…  …

   Our class held a discussion about whether music should be played during the break or not 。。