一、词汇运用 第一节 根据下列句子所给首字母，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。
1. Sometimes it's hard to u______ why my sister gets angry so easily.
2. My little brother is always e______ and runs around the house all day.
3. Lily chose the window s____ on the train to enjoy the beautiful view .
4. On rainy days, I often get b______ and just lie on the sofa watching TV.
答案：1. understand 解析：首字母为u，结合句意“很难理解为什么姐姐容易生气”，填understand（理解）。
2. energetic 解析：首字母为e，“总是充满活力，整天跑”，填energetic（精力充沛的）。
3. seat
4. bored 解析：首字母为b，“雨天感到无聊”，填bored（无聊的）。
一、词汇运用 第二节 请认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或词组，填入其正确形式。每个单词或词组仅用一次。
trustworthy encourage a little bit bored keep secrets active sense of humour
My best friend Tom is truly special. He's an (5) ______ person; joining in lots of school activities. Tom has a great (6) ______ and can make me laugh even on a boring day. He's (7) ______ and always (8) ______ for me. When I feel (9) ______ worried about schoolwork, he always (10) ______ me and helps me patiently. I'm so glad to have such a good friend.
答案：5. active 解析：“参加很多学校活动”，填active（积极的）。
6. sense of humour 解析：“能让我笑”，填sense of humour（幽默感）。
7. trustworthy 解析：“总是为我保密”，说明他值得信任，填trustworthy（值得信任的）。
8. keeps secrets 解析：主语he为第三人称单数，“为我保密”，填keeps secrets（保守秘密）。
9. a little bit 解析：“有点担心学业”，填a little bit（有点儿）。
10. encourages 解析：“鼓励我并耐心帮助我”，主语he为第三人称单数，填encourages（鼓励）。
二、阅读理解
Friends are important to us. “A friend in need is a friend indeed!” Friends help us a lot. “What's near cinnabar (朱砂) goes red, and what's next to ink it turns black?” Friends also influence (影响) us a lot. And poets write about it. Let's enjoy two friendship poems from Chinese and Western writers.
To Wang Lun
By Li Bai (Tang Dynasty)
I, Li Bai, you about to go,
sit aboard a ship to go.
When suddenly on shore
your farewell songs overflow.
However deep
the Lake of Peach Blossoms may be,
It is not so deep, O Wang Lun!
As your love for me.
A Time to Talk
By Robert Frost
When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still (静止) and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed (锄),
And shout from where I am,
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
Both poems are famous in their cultures. But they tell different stories. In Li Bai's poem, his friend was seeing him off. US poet Robert Frost wrote about a friend's visit while he was working. Li made a comparison (比较). His poem shows the friendship between him and his friend is deeper than the deep water. Frost's poem, on the other hand, tells the readers that we should stop what we are doing to talk with friends. The language is simple but sincere (真诚的).
( ) 1. In which column (栏目) of a newspaper can you find the passage?
A. Culture.
B. History.
C. Science.
D. Geography.
答案：1. A 解析：文章介绍中西方关于友谊的诗歌，属于文化范畴，故选A。
