Friendship continues to remain central to our lives. Friends often affect our health and energy. More and more people are increasingly turning towards their friends for support and sharing rather than just communicating with their relatives. We may have a very unclear understanding of what makes a friend but we all want to have a good number of friends around us. There are certain things you do to help you make friends or at least help you get close to people whom you want to make friends with.
The first step to make friends with people is to make them like you. If they don’t like you in the first place, it is unlikely that they’ll be eager to become your friends. To let someone know that you are interested in him, simple gestures like a little smile and calling him by his name can help. To make the other person feel important, you need to be a good listener and to encourage him to talk. Give your honest and sincere opinion, but do not make fun of him.
The second step is to develop trust in each other. You need to share opinions with this person and it is necessary for you to develop a habit of seeing things from his point of view. To become the best of friends, you must show concern and consideration for your friends’ desires and opinions.
The third and final step is to show your support and encouragement towards your friend. Moreover, you also need to be very clear about your expectations from your friend. If what you expect from the person you want to be a friend matches with what that person can and wants to do in friendship, the developing friendship between you and your friend is sure to be easy and successful.
【小题1】What can we learn about friends and friendship?

Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael 21._____ to his sister in Mommy’s tummy.
The pregnancy progressed 22._____for Karen. Then the labor pains came. Every five minutes ... every minute. But complications   23.__  during delivery. Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in serious 24._____. With siren （警报）howling in the night, the ambulance 25.____ the infant to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
26.______ inch by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope. " Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had 27.______ a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral.
Week two in Intensive Care. It looked as if a funeral would come 28 _____the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he said. Kids were never 29______in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind. She would take Michael 30._______they liked it or not.
She 31.______ him in an oversized scrub suit and 32.____ him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse33. _____him as a child, "Get that kid out of here now! " The usually 34._____ lady glared into the head nurse’s face, her lips a 35.____ line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby 36.____ the battle to live. And he began to sing 37._____ the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray"
38. ______ the baby girl responded. The pulse rate became 39._____ and steady.
Keep on singing, Michael. "You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away — " The breathing became as smooth as a kitten’s purr.
Keep on singing, Michael. "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,… " Michael’s little sister relaxed as rest.
Funeral plans were 40______. The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s love!
【小题1】A. talked      B sang          C. played        D whispered
【小题2】 A. quietly      B peacefully     C hopefully      D normally
【小题3】 A. arose        B. raised       C rose           D aroused
【小题4】 A situation      B condition     C place          D position
【小题5】A took         B sent          C carried         D rushed
【小题6】A The years     B The months    C The weeks     D The days
【小题7】A fixed up      B made up       C built up        D set up
【小题8】 A until         B before         C after          D when
【小题9】A asked        B allowed        C admitted       D acquired
【小题10】 A no matter      B even if        C whether       D as if
【小题11】A put          B dressed         C wore           D fit
【小题12】 A marched        B forced         C hid           D followed
【小题13】A required        B replied         C recognized      D regarded
【小题14】 A   warm-hearted                B well-managed
C   mild-mannered               D cold-blooded
【小题15】 A firm           B strong       C hard           D tough
【小题16】 A losing         B lost          C to lose         D having lost
【小题17】A in            B on           C at             D with
【小题18】A Finally        B Instantly       C Patiently       D Interestingly
【小题19】A calm          B quiet          C slow          D fast
【小题20】 A put off        B put away       C put up         D put down

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

A beggar, carrying a shabby(破旧的) old wallet, was begging alone from house to house. As he complained about his 36 , he kept wondering that people who lived in 37 houses should always be unsatisfied, 38 rich they might be, and they should go so far as to 39 all they have.

         “Here, for example,” he said, the former master of this house succeeded in trading, and made himself very rich. By then, instead of stopping, and handing over his 40 to another, and spending the rest of his years 41 peace, he took to(从事) equipping ships. He expected to get mountains of gold; but the ships were 42 , and his treasures were lost. Now they all lie at the bottom of the sea, and he has found his 43 disappeared like those in dreams. In short, examples of this are 44.

         At this moment Fortune suddenly appeared to the beggar and said, “Listen! I have long wished to 45 you. Here are a lot of gold coins I have found. Hold out your wallet, and I will fill it with them; but only on this condition: All shall be gold that falls into the wallet, but if 46 of them falls out of the wallet to the ground, it 47 become dust. Consider this well. I have warned you I shall 48 keep my word. Your wallet is old, don’t fill it 49 its power.” The beggar was almost too overjoyed to breathe. He 50 felt the ground below his feet. A stream of coins were poured 51 it. The wallet soon became rather heavy.

         “Is that 52 ?” “Not yet,” “Isn’t it 53 ?” “Never fear.” “Consider, you are a millionaire.” “Just a little more, just 54 a handful,” But at that moment the wallet broke, the gold coins 55 dust and Fortune disappeared. The beggar had nothing but his empty wallet and remained as poor as before.

【小题１】A. plan            B. fate                                  C. idea                                  D. dream

【小题１】 A. dark                    B. poor                                 C. clean                                D. rich

【小题１】A. how              B. so                     C. however                         D. whatever

【小题１】A. win                  B. lose                  C. throw                              D. forget

【小题１】A. business               B. debt                  C. money                             D. chance

【小题１】A. to                                   B. on                             C. with                      D. in

【小题１】A. bought                             B. sold                   C. missed                           D. robbed

【小题１】A. luck                        B. riches                              C. trade                               D. future

【小题１】A. countless              B. wonderful                       C. helpless                          D. funny

【小题１】A. admire                        B. help                     C. encourage                      D. excite

【小题１】A. little                      B. much                               C. any                D. lots

【小题１】A. must                     B. may                  C. shall                                 D. can

【小题１】A. mostly                  B. simply                C. possibly               D. strictly

【小题１】A. beyond                  B. within                              C. during               D. by

【小题１】A. really                   B. actually                           C. hardly                              D. nearly

【小题１】A. for                              B. into                           C. on                          D. from

【小题１】A. so               B. enough                            C. true                D. right

【小题１】 A. trembling           B. shaking             C. breaking                         D. rolling

【小题１】A. try                      B. put                   C. leave                                D. add

【小题１】 A. cleared up          B. brought up            C. fell into             D. turned into

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater,  1 a bar of chocolate if given the choice, but, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the     2   he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
3    as high as he could, but even at his tallest  4  , he was unable to touch it. He began to  5 up and down , as high as he could, at the  6  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of 7 .   Not giving up , he thought , if only he had something to  8 on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  9  the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Game boy. Looking around, he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or , with luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use. He had tried everything he could think to do. Without seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk   10  . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  11  , and how he really wanted that apple .The more he  12 like this , the more unhappy he became.
However ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted .He started to say to himself . This isn’t    13 ,I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s 14   more I can do to get the apple-that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to  15  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 1 a bar of chocolate if given the choice,     2   , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the    3   he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
4  as high as he could , but even as his tallest  5 he was unable to touch it. He began to 6  up and down , as high as he could, at the  7  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of 8  .
Not giving up , he though , if only he had something to 9  on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  10  the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and  Gameboy . Looking   11  , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or ,   12  luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use .
He had tried everything he could think to do .   13  seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk  14 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  15  , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he  16  like this , the more unhappy he became.
17  ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what  he wanted .He started to say to himself ：This isn’t  18    , I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  19  more I can do to get the apple  that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to  20  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?