Several years ago， a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker， another owned one of the largest companies in the world， and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

     The reporter was talking to them about being important.

     “How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker.

     The banker thought for a few moments and then said， “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”

     The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.

     The man shook his head， “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You‘d only be important if while you were visiting the President， there was a telephone call from the president of another country， and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”

     The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？”

     “No， I don‘t，” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”

     “Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked.

     “Oh， I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang， and the President picked up the receiver， listened and then said， ‘It’s for you.‘ ”

1. There are _______ in this passage.

    A. two men and two women       B. three men and one woman

    C. three women and one man      D. four women

2. The banker thought _______.

    A. he was really important because he was a rich banker

    B. the visitor to the White House was really important

    C. the visitor who met the President of the United States

    D. the reporter was really important

3. The owner of the very large company thought _______.

    A. she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies

    B. the banker was really important

    C. the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important

    D. the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President， the President would not answer any telephone call

4. The owner of many buildings thought _______.

    A. he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York

    B. the owner of the very large company was really important

    C. the visitor was really important if he talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor

    D. the person who worked in the White House was really important

Several years ago, I had a huge falling out with one of my best friends. So huge, in fact, that now I can’t even remember what happened.

In the past nine years, I’ve seen her twice, and each time we’ve been polite but distant. And that troubles me because we were once inseparable. I’d like nothing more than to go back nine years, and continue our friendship. But how? How do you reconnect with friends you’ve lost throughout the years?

Linking to your past

The desire to reconnect with lost friends isn’t unusual. Why? Because friends link us to the past. “Friends from years ago are custodians (监护人) of our past,” says Sandy Sheehy.

Although you can share information about your past with friends you’ve met recently, you don’t have a shared history with them. So you wind up only telling them about your past, rather than sharing it with them.

But many people never try to reconnect. Women especially have trouble taking the first step. Shyness or fear that the other person doesn’t want to reconnect often stops many women. And that shouldn’t be. Your friends probably want to be in touch with you as much as you want to be in touch with them.

Searching for friends

Fortunately, finding lost friends isn’t as difficult as it once was, thanks to tools like the Internet. Our experts offer these suggestions for locating contact information:

Search Internet sites designed to locate people like classmates.com and switchboard.com.

Contact your high school or college alumni (校友) office to request current address information.

Surf online yellow pages. Check current phone records from your friend’s hometown.

Network with other friends who might have known your friend.

Get in touch with any of her relatives, if you know where they live. If you know where she works, find the company’s website and search the directory of personnel.

1.What is the subject discussed in the passage?

    A. How to make new friends.                

B. How to rebuild friendship.

    C. How to develop healthy friendship.          

D. How to keep in touch with friends.

2.The underlined sentence “friends from years ago are custodians of our past” in Paragraph 3 means _____.

    A. years ago old friends kept something for us

    B. in the past old friends took care of us

    C. old friends are part of our life history

    D. old friends know what wrongs we did

3.What makes us unwilling to reconnect old friends?

A. Lack of money.     B. Busy time.    C. Regret and shame. D. Fear and shyness.

4.How can we make contact with the lost friends?

    A. By asking other friends of the information on your lost friends.

    B. By searching your friends’ telephone number on the Net.

    C. By asking the local post office about your friends’ new address.

    D. By putting an advertisement in your friends’ local town.

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Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband’s  employer's home．My friend，Arlene，was nervous，because the boss was very   21  with a fine home，and cars that  22  more than her house.

    The boss was a generous   23  , and took them to the __24__ restaurants. Arlene knew she would  25  have the opportunity to go to such places again, so she was  26  herself greatly.                                                                               

   They were about to  27  a good restaurant that evening when the boss stopped suddenly, looking __28__ at the road. Arlene wondered if she was supposed to __29__ him. There was nothing on the 30 except a penny.

  The boss reached down and  31  the penny. He smiled, and then put it in his __32__as if he had found a great treasure. Why would a man like this pick up a single __33__? Why would he even take the time to __34__?

   When they were in the restaurant she could  35  it no longer. She mentioned that her daughter had once had a coin  ___36__ , and asked if the penny had some value.

   A __37__ crossed the man's face as he took the penny out of his pocket.

   "Look at it," he said, "'In God We Trust'."

"In America, for those who trust in God, the name of God is holy, even on a coin.__38__ I find a coin I see those words. They can be __39__ on every single American coin,but people never seem to  40  them! For a short time, at least, I treasure each one as if it were gold."

1.A. mean           B. wealthy            C. rude              D. strict

2.A. indicate         B. expect             C. cost               D. equip

3.A. host            B. manager           C. master             D. guest

4.A. nearest         B. oldest              C. finest              D. warmest

5.A. often           B. already            C. never              D. ever

6. A. enjoying        B. improving          C. promoting          D. blaming

7.A. praise          B. leave              C. enter               D. reserve

8.A. over           B. down              C. close              D. for

9.A. support         B. pass              C. shout               D. help

10.A. ground         B. restaurant          C. floor                D. car

11. A. saved up        B. applied for         C. picked up            D. hunted for

12.A. pocket          B. wallet             C. bag                D. hand             

13.A. treasure         B. money             C. note               D. penny              

14.A. stop            B. prevent             C. wait              D. remain

15.A. stand           B. keep               C. doubt             D. avoid

16.A. box            B. collection           C. doll               D. memory

17.A. smile           B. look               C. sign               D. tear

18.A. Whenever       B. However            C. Whatever          D. Whoever

19.A. registered       B. printed              C. found             D. produced

20.A. notice          B. appreciate            C. share             D. seize

Several years ago they found in England a tomb of a man ____ from around 2,300 B．C．

         A．dated        B．dating     C．dates      D．to date

Recently, one of my best friends, whom I’ve shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’ve both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self-destructive behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didn’t want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn’t believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn’t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so frustrating, I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship，but I didn’t. I put the power of friendship to the final test. We’d been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.
56. In the writer’s opinion, her friend ________.
A. was a girl with no self-respect
B. could find a better boyfriend
C. was brave enough to stick to her own choice
D. didn’t value the writer’s suggestion
57. What did the writer worry about?
A. She would lose the friendship with her.
B. Her friend’s parents would be worried about their daughter.
C. Her friend would get into great trouble with the boy.
D. Her friend’s boyfriend would be in great trouble.
58. We may leam from Paragraph 3 that the writer ________.
A. didn’t want to go anywhere else
B. hated her friend’s hanging with her boyfriend
C. couldn’t believe that her friend’s choice was acceptable
D. doubted that she could in any way help her friend
59. What can be concluded from the passage?
A. Friendship starting from childhood is not reliable.
B. Friendship is a cure for any injury in life.
C. Friendship should be everlasting once begun.
D. Friendship can have magical power in life.