Dear Abby,
I am a very conservative woman. I don’t drink, dance, wear makeups or pants. I enjoy the company of friends despite（尽管）our differences and thought they enjoyed mine.
On our most recent outing, however, they laughed at my religious jewelry, commented on my “lack of fashion,” and made me feel guilty for not wanting to stay out late.
Despite this, they are great friends and would help me at the drop of a hat. I don’t bring up their being overweight, or that I think some of the clothes they wear are ugly. I don’t criticize them for sleeping around. I wish they would accept me for who I am.
I am considering not going out with them the next time they ask, but I don’t really want it to come to that. Any suggestions?
—Just an Old-Fashioned Girl
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Dear Old-Fashioned Girl,
Just this: It’s time for you to start cultivating relationships with people whose values are more like your own. The friends you have described may be lovely, but their comments were out of line and folks are known by the company they keep. If you spend a lot of time with the women you have described, people will begin to make assumptions(臆断) about you.
—Abby
【小题1】 The underlined word “conservative” is closest in meaning to ________.

One day last month after I received my salary, I went shopping with my little son.  21   in the  22   store, I had my pocket  23   and my whole salary was gone with it. I was so angry that I almost lost  24   of myself. What could I do? We were not very rich. The money was really not a small sum for my family. It would  25   our life greatly. How could I tell my wife?

I felt very sad and even  26   for losing the money then I got home. To make up for my  27   mistake, I gathered all my strength to give our house a thorough cleaning and then prepared a wonderful meal and cooked a special dish my wife loved to  28   her.

When she came home, I  29   a smile to 30   her. She was  31   to see the neat house and delicious meal. We sat at the table and began to eat. I told my story   32   . She did not  33   .It was as if she had not heard my words.

“I’ve lost my salary,” I murmured to her again.

“I see,” she did not shout at me as I had   34   . She didn’t lose her   35   . So I was afraid she was trying hard to   36   her anger.

A moment later, my wife was still  37   and seemed to be enjoying her favourite dish. At last I could not keep asking, “I’ve lost the money. Why not shout at me?”She   38   her eyes, looking at me and said, “oh, on the contrary, I’m thinking about how to   39   you. It’s   40   who is to blame.

A．Fortunately   B．Unfortunately  C．However        D．Surprisingly

A．big           B．modern         C．crowded         D．new

A．robbed        B．stolen          C．picked            D．harmed

A．control        B．heart         C．interest           D．patience

A．offer          B．affect           C．please             D．improve

A．worried        B．sorrow          C．ashamed         D．guilty

A．careless      B．unforgivable    C．important        D．big[

A．tell         B．give            C．please             D．surprise

A．made         B．forced          C．pretended          D．gave

A．meet        B．greet         C．receive           D．accept

A．glad         B．surprised        C．pleased           D．angry

A．nervously    B．gladly           C．extremely       D．calmly

A．respond       B．answer          C．hear            D．shout

A．wished     B．expected       C．hoped             D．wanted

A．way         B．interest         C．control           D．temper

A．hide         B．express          C．take             D．show

A．sad          B．silent         C．happy             D．worried

A．opened     B．closed           C．raised             D．shut

A．shout at       B．beat           C．thank           D．comfort

A．you          B．the thief      C．the policeman     D．your wife

The police set about arresting the suspect ______ they found enough evidence to prove him guilty.

Most of the evidence was destroyed in the fire. ______, it would be almost impossible to prove Jim guilty.

A．Anyhow          B．Thus             C．However          D．Besides

The cars were honking （鸣叫） on the road one morning as I was walking to the park．I walked on and soon found the cause — a little taxi that had got stuck in the middle of the road．There was sweat on the driver's face as he tried to start the engine again and again — nothing happened．"No petrol,"

       I said to myself and then found myself getting angry．"Why doesn't the fool move his taxi to the side?" I thought, so did all the others who honked and shouted．

       He got up tiredly, and the passenger in the taxi got out．He was a young man in a white shirt, who watched the driver try to push it to the side．"Stupid guy!" I said．"Can't he lend a helping hand? "

       I watched as the poor driver pushed it to the side．Cars, buses and trucks went past cursing （咒骂 ） the poor man．The young man took another taxi and went off．

      The taxi driver began mending his taxi．"Stupid passenger!" I said to him．"He didn't help you!" The taxi driver slowly got up．"Sir!" he asked, "Did you?" I looked at him guiltily, then looked away, and walked away fast, asking myself, "Did I help the poor man push his taxi?"

       What had I been doing as the traffic jam took place? How had I helped deal with the problem? Did I help the poor man push his taxi? I’d done my bit, with my mouth．But never had I moved to solve the problem．I was shocked with guilt as I heard him asking, "Sir! Did you?"

Why did a traffic jam happen on the road when the author was walking to the park?

       A．There was too much traffic in the street．

       B．Truck drivers attempted to go ahead of others．

       C．A taxi driver couldn't start his engine．

       D．A young man wasn't good at driving．

The author's attitude toward the passenger is that of __________．

       A．anger       B．respect              C．sympathy  D．guilt

Why did the author feel guilty?

       A．Because he blamed the driver wrongly．

       B．Because he didn't help the driver, either．

       C．Because he tried to help but failed in the end．

       D．Because he didn't persuade the passenger to help．

From the incident, the author learnt a lesson that we should     _________．

       A．criticize those who don't help

       B．hurt the self-respect of others no more

       C．think more of those who are in need

       D．stop talking and start to help