People all need friends because nobody wants to be lonely and a friend can help you in good and bad times.You’ve made friends since childhood，but you still don’t know who your true friends are.Here are some signs to tell you if your friend is a true friend：

Always honest

Honesty is important to keep a relationship alive.A true friend always tells you the truth.It may be hard sometimes but lying can destroy a friendship.It is important that your friend speaks honestly and never makes up stories.

________________________

There are always periods in your life when you have problems or difficulties.A true friend will always have time to listen to your problems and give advice.It may not be able to offer a solution to your problems but the fact that your friend made time to listen is a sign he/she cares for you.Your friend is not a true friend if he/she can never make time for you when you are in trouble.You also need to be reasonable and accept that your friend also has other things to do so he/she can’t always listen immediately to your problems.

Always respectful (尊敬的)

A true friend will always respect your opinion no matter whether he/she agrees or not.Your true friend may disagree but never insists that he/she is correct.

Always understanding

It is possible that some problems will arise between you and your friend.A true friend will always be forgiving (体谅的) and understanding，even if it isn’t his/her fault.We are all different people and we all make mistakes.A true friend is always forgiving and understanding because he/she doesn’t want to take the risk of losing his/her best friend.

[语篇解读]　什么样的朋友才是真正的朋友呢？本文给出了答案

1．What’s the best title for the third paragraph?

A．Always there for you.

B．Keep your secrets.

C．Always happy for you.

D．Remember your important days.

2．According to the passage，a true friend will always________.

A．follow your advice

B．offer a solution for your problems

C．listen immediately to your problems

D．respect your opinion even if he/she disagrees with it

3．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Never tell lies to friends.

B．Making time for friends.

C．Sharing fun with friends.

D．Paying attention to a friend’s opinions.

4．A true friend will always forgive and understand you because________.

A．he/she wants to help you

B．he/she doesn’t want to lose you

C．he/she wants you to feel confident

D．he/she doesn’t care about your mistakes

5．What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To teach us how to make true friends.

B．To find out how long a friendship can last.

C．To introduce his experience in making friends.

D．To tell us how to find out if a friend is a true friend.

Yesterday I had a walk with a friend in the street.When we were passing by a house，I__1__a BlackBerry cellphone.I picked it up and it still__2__！I started checking the contact list and calling numbers.I wanted to see__3__I could get some information about the owner of the phone.__4__，only one person answered and she didn’t recognize the__5__that I was calling from.In the end，she said，“It is just so nice that you are trying to__6__whose phone it is.”

Since that lady didn’t know whose phone it was，my friend__7__me to go back to the street.I__8__.We went back to the street and to the house__9__which we had found the BlackBerry cellphone.I__10__the door.Two college students__11__and said they hadn’t lost their phones.But when I told them the story and__12__some names on the contact list，one of them said that he__13__had those names so it must be the phone of one of his__14__.

They said it was__15__that I took the time to find the__16__.I really didn’t have anything to say because in my mind I was just doing the__17__thing.I never considered__18__the phone—it wasn’t mine.I immediately tried to find the owner because that is exactly what I would want__19__to do if any of my family members__20__their phones.

[语篇解读]　作者捡到一部手机，她想尽办法找到机主，归还手机

1．A.bought                                                 B．dropped

C．repaired                                                  D．found

2．A.rang                                                    B．sang

C．worked                                                   D．shook

3．A.that                                                     B．if

C．what                                                      D．how

4．A.Probably                                              B．Interestingly

C．Finally                                                    D．Unluckily

5．A.number                                                B．street

C．man                                                       D．name

6．A.talk about                                             B．think of

C．find out                                                  D．care about

7．A.advised                                                B．pushed

C．helped                                                    D．showed

8．A.laughed                                                B．understood

C．argued                                                    D．agreed

9．A.at the back of                                       B．in front of

C．on the top of                                           D．far away from

10．A.turned to                                            B．looked for

C．knocked on                                             D．broke into

11．A.answered                                            B．shouted

C．ran                                                         D．passed

12．A.spelled                                               B．wrote

C．mentioned                                               D．remembered

13．A.sometimes                                          B．also

C．hardly                                                     D．always

14．A.kids                                                   B．parents

C．students                                                  D．friends

15．A.exciting                                              B．necessary

C．wonderful                                               D．impossible

16．A.phone                                                B．information

C．buyer                                                     D．owner

17．A.important                                           B．right

C．strange                                                   D．brave

18．A.giving                                                B．borrowing

C．mending                                                 D．keeping

19．A.them                                                  B．him

C．someone                                                 D．myself

20．A.lost                                                    B．described

C．needed                                                    D．lent

LONDON —A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake (假冒的）bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences.

It is believed that James McCormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectors — which were based on a kind of golf ball finder — to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

McCormick, 57，was convicted (判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people,’’ Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. “You have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.”

The detectors, sold for up to $ 42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.

McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

“I never had any bad results from customers,” he said.

39. Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?

A. He sold bombs.                              B. He caused death of people.

C. He made detectors.                              D. He cheated in business.

40. According to the judge, what McCormick had done ________ .

A. increased the cost of safeguarding

B. lowered people’s guard against danger

C. changed people’s idea of social security

D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

41. Which of the following is true of the detectors?

A. They have not been sold to Africa.

B. They have caused many serious problems.

C. They can find dangerous objects in water.

D. They don't function on the basis of science.

42. It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _________ .

A. sold the equipment at a low price

B. was well-known in most countries

C. did not think he had committed the crime

D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，题材是新闻报道。本文报道了一条卖假冒炸弹探测器的商人被判10年徒刑的新闻。

段落	关键词、句	大意推测
第一部分（Para. 1-3）	McCormick, 57，was convicted of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London	新闻案件的简介：57岁的McCormick上月被起诉诈骗并于周三在伦敦的Old Bailey court法庭被判刑。
第二部分（Para. 4）	cheating conduct, promoted a false sense of security, contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people	法官宣判：罪犯的欺骗行为增强了人们虚假的安全感并促使导致给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害。
第三部分（Para. 5-7）	But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use, sold…to… , never had any bad results	案件细节及当事人的反诉：假冒炸弹探测器被销往世界各地，但它根本没有科学依据，也毫无用处。罪犯狡辩假冒产品没有给用户带来任何不良后果。

【解析】

39. D。细节理解题。难度：中等。问题是“为什么McCormick被判刑入狱”。根据问题中的关键词sentenced to prison定位原文第一段。第一段说到McCormick是一位商人，生产了假冒的炸弹探测器，这是一种商业欺骗。选项D和其对应，为正确答案。

40. B。细节理解题。难度：难。问题是“根据法官的说法，McCormick的所为导致了什么样的结果”。根据问题中的关键词according to the judge定位第四段的第一句：your cheating conduct … promoted a false sense of security and … contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people（你的欺骗行为提高了人们虚假的安全感并助推给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害）。由此可见，McCormick的行为让人们有了安全感，但这种安全并不真实。B “降低了人们防范危险的安全意识”符合此意，为正确答案。

41. D。判断题。难度：难。问题是“下面哪种说法对探测仪来说是正确的”。

解题思路：根据问题中的关键词detectors，把四个选项具体对应到原文中一处。A对应文章倒数第二段的最后一句he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand。该句中的Kenya是非洲的肯尼亚，否定了A的说法。B对应第一段第一句“the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences”，法官只说罪犯没有关注潜在的致命后果，而不是已经导致严重的问题。C对应第五段的第一句话“were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air”提示，探测仪的功能只是据说，而不一定真的具备找到水中危险物品的功能。选项D定位第五段的最后一句“in fact they ‘lacked any grounding in science’ and were of no use可知，这种探测仪没有科学根据，也毫无用途，和D“没有科学根据的工作原理”相吻合，故最佳答案是D。

42. D。推理判断题。难度：中等。

解题思路：返回原文，将选项与原文一一进行比较。

本题主要考查第四段和第七段。A“以低价销售设备”与原文第四段第一句不符，因为该句提到法官指控McCormick通过卖一些无用的设备来巨额利润。B“在大多数国家很有名”与文中提到的区区几个国家和地区Iraq，Belgium，Saudi Arabia，Kenya，Hong Kong，Egypt和Thailand购买他的探测仪不符。C“认为他没有犯罪”和第七段对应，其中他所说的“I never had any bad results from customers”和C符合，Ｃ是正确答案。Ｄ“他没有赚取文中提到的那么大利润”在原文没有语言根据。

语篇理解

　　Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes．To some extent（从某种程度上说） our intelligence（智力） is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius（天才） out of a child born with low intelligence．On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring（乏味的） environment（环境） will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings．Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether of not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment．This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways．

　　It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with．The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence．Thus if we take two unrelated people at random（随意地） from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different．If on the other hand we take two identical twins（双胞胎） they will very likely be as intelligent as each other．Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar（相同的） intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth．

　　Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments．We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring．We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates（表明） that environment as well as birth plays a part．This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other（联系）, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence．

1．The writer is in favor of the view that man's intelligence is given to him ______．

[　　]

A．at birth

B．through education

C．both at birth and through education

D．neither at birth nor through education

2．If a child is born with low intelligence, he can ______．

[　　]

A．never become a genius

B．still become a genius if he should be given special education

C．exceed（超过） his intelligence limits in rich surroundings

D．not reach his intelligence in his life

3．In the second paragraph “if we take two unrelated people at random from the population…” means if we ______．

[　　]

A．pick up any two persons

B．choose two persons who are relatives

C．take out two different persons

D．choose two persons with different intelligence

4．The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately is to show ______．

[　　]

A．the importance of their intelligence

B．the role of environment on intelligence

C．the importance of their positions

D．the part that birth plays

5．The best title of this passage can be ______．

[　　]

A．Surroundings

B．Intelligence

C．Dependence on Environment

D．Effect of Education

语篇理解

　　My brother Martin is really for the birds! He has pictures of birds on the walls of his room. He reads books about birds. He even goes on bird-watching trips. I used to think that was pretty silly.

　　Martin decided we needed more birds in our yard. He began building bird feeders. He built them out of wood, jar lids, plastic bottles, tins�you name it! Our yard was full of bird feeders.

　　After a while, a surprising thing happened. I started watching the yard more and more. It was so much fun to see the different birds coming and going! I liked to hear them sing, too. Pretty soon, I started running to Martin when I wanted to know the name of a new bird. Before I knew it, I was a bird watcher, too ! If you want to bring birds to your yard or apartment windows, here are a couple of easy bird feeders you can make.

　　1)Pop some popcorn. Take a needle and thread. String the popcorn onto the thread. Tie a knot at each end. Hang it out for the birds.

　　2)Find a pine cone. Tie a string around one end. Spread peanut butter on the pine cone. Stick sunflower seeds into the peanut butter.

(1)What is the author's purpose in the last paragraph?

[    ]

A．To tell a funny story.

B．To tell why you should feed birds.

C．To give information about how to make a bird feeder.

D．To tell many kinds of birds need feeding.

(2)Which of these would be the best title for the story?

[    ]

A．"For the Birds"

B．"The Story of Martin"

C．"The Surprising Thing"

D．"To Save the Birds"

(3)Martin likes birds because ______　

[    ]

A．he likes birds in his yard to eat insects

B．he likes to observe them

C．he likes to listen to them

D．the birds can sing many songs

(4)Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

[    ]

A．Martin knows many names of birds.

B．"I" never like birds.

C．We can make birds feeders with many things.

D．You have to spend time on it if you want to watch birds.

(5)From the story we know ______.　

[    ]

A．we can never change our ideas

B．birds always get food from bird watchers

C．we must take good acre of birds

D．interest is easy to have but you've got to put your heart into it