I have known Ting for a long time. She was a friend of mine in high school. Ting used to see me as her best friend in my class because, as she said , it was easy to be friends with me . Therefore ,when we had time in school,she often came to me and we would talk about many things. Though I didn’t have special feelings about this friend, I was fine with this because I didn’t see the reason why I should say “no” to a friend I didn’t hate.

But there was a while when she came to me, and usually said nothing meaningful. I started to feel tired and then tried not to meet her. After that she never came to me. Though guilty, I started to feel free about my life and never thought of anything about her feeling.

After a month or two, I heard from other friends that Ting’s father had passed away six months before. I was so shocked! Then I suddenly realized why Ting had often come to me but said nothing special. She needed my company (陪伴). I felt so bad about myself that I went to find her the next day. But I only found that she had moved away to another place.

At that time, I found myself so selfish that I only thought of myself but didn’t even try to ask a friend what happened in her life.

1.“I was fine with this because ….” What does “this” mean here?

A. Ting’s coming to the writer.???????? ????????????? B. The things Ting said.

C. The writer’s own feeling.??????????? ????????????? D. Ting is easy to be with.

2.What did the writer think of Ting in the beginning?

A. The writer didn’t like Ting.

B. The writer felt bored with Ting.

C. Ting was considered the best friend.

D. The writer had no special feelings about Ting.

3.What is the story about?

A. About happiness.???????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. About friends.

C. About the meaning of life.????????????? ????????????? ??? ????????????? D. About how to be with friends.

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage????????

A. Ting is not the writer’s best friend.

B. Ting told the writer that her father died.

C. The writer didn’t care enough about her friend.

D. The writer is sorry for what she has done to her friend.

A friend’s grandfather went to America from Eastern countries. After he was processed （移民入境检查） at Ellis Island, he went into cafeteria （自助餐厅） in lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for a waiter to take his order.

Of course no waiter came at all. At last, a woman held a plate full of food and sat down opposite him. When she saw the old man without any food, she told him how a cafeteria worked.

“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay. After you pay for the food, you can bring it here and eat it.”

“I soon knew how everything works in America,” the grandfather told a friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring to you. You have to get up and get it by yourself.”

1. Maybe the old man came from ________.

A. Poland              B. India                 C. Canada              D. Egypt （埃及）

2. Who came when he sat down at an empty table?

A. A waiter.           B. A man.              C. A woman.         D. No person.

3. From the text, we know if you want to get success in America, you should ________.

A. get help from your friends               B. know how a cafeteria works          

C. get up again if you fail              D. try to get it by yourself

4. At last, the grandfather________.

       A. got the food himself               B. was very angry with the waiter

       C. ate the woman’s food              D. had nothing to eat

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. From Eastern countries to America  B. Life is Like a Cafeteria in America

C. How to Eat in a Cafeteria                D. Eating in America

(同义句改写) I have no friend here.

I _____ have ____ friends here.

Michael and Derek are good friends, but they like to pull each other’s leg sometimes. One day during the holidays they decided to go to London together. They went to the station and bought their tickets. When the train came in, Michael broaden in first and without knowing it, dropped his ticket in the platform as he got into the carriage（车厢）. Derek, who was close behind saw the ticket fall and quickly picked it up. Without a word to his friend, he put it in his pocket.
After they had been in the train a little while, they heard the ticket inspector coming down the corridor, shouting, “tickets, please!” Michael looked for his and of course couldn’t find it.
“Oh, dear, I can’t find my ticket, Derek,” he said.
“Have another look, Michael, it must be somewhere,” said Derek.
“No, I can’t find it anywhere. What shall I do?”
“Perhaps you had better hide under the seat, then the inspector won’t know you are here.” So Michael crawled under the seat as fast as he could and lay perfectly still. Presently the door opened and in came the inspector, “Tickers please!” he said.
Derek handed him two tickets and said, “This is mine. The other belongs to my friend, who prefers to travel under the seat.”
【小题1】Michael lost in his ticket________.