完形填空（每小题1分，共20分）

A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A   21   friend is someone who stays with you for life”.   22   teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily   23  .

It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place   24   enough for true

friendship to develop. However, there can be   25   disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.

To most of us, friendships are considered very important,   26   we need to

have it clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or   27   at arm’s length? Do we want to   28   ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are   29   enough. And that’s all right. But at some   30   we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark   31   is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must   32   slowly and carried on only if there are   33   of interest and action in return.

What are some of the   34   of our friendship? The greatest is to   35   too

much too soon. Deep relationships   36   time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention.   37  , friendships require actions in return. In other words, you must   38   as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend   39   time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die   40   .

1. A. useful            B. fair-weather         C. school           D. true

2. A. Knowledge     B. Hardship             C. Experience       D. Schooling

3. A. formed        B. understood           C. realized             D. produced

4.A. certain            B. long                 C. patiently            D. Fortunately

5. A. some          B. any              C. no               D. great

6.A. and            B. but              C. or               D. while

7. A. remained      B. left                 C. stayed               D. kept

8. A. share         B. deepen           C. strengthen           D. hide

9. A. less          B. not              C. quite                D. very

10.A. degree            B. places               C. point                D. length

11. A. clothes         B. dreams           C. clouds               D. Letters

12. A. be undertaking   B. be undertaken  C. have been undertaken  D. have been undertaking

13. A. signs            B. marks                C. sciences             D. sights

14. A. disadvantages    B. differences      C. requirements     D. difficulties

15. A. command      B. pull out             Ｃ. expect          D. develop

16. A. waste            B. take                 C. kill                 D. spend

17. A. Surprisingly    B. Differently       C. Strangely            D. Similarly

18. A. act             B. possess           C. give             D. walk

19.A. considerate   B. reasonable           C. wonderful            D. comfortable

20.A. away          B. down             C. out              D. off

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t   31   the change in him. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even seem like the same person.

    When I first knew Bill, back in   32  , he was one of the most carefree people I had ever met. He was always ready to have a party. He thought   33   of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning   34   driving 50 miles to see an old movie he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and   35   was never dull when he was   36  . With him there was one wild   37   after another. Sometimes I wonder how we   38   to study for our exams.

    Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.   39  , I wasn’t even sure it was   40  . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really   41   until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He   42   most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had   43  ! Back when we were in college, the   44   thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main   45  . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never imagined Bill changing so much. My image of him   46   the one I had formed at the time when we were college students together.

    I suppose it’s   47   to expect people to remain the same, especially   48   I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I   49   the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he   50   the same way about me.

A. describe    B. see  C. believe  D. understand

A. childhood   B. the army C. middle school    D. college

A. nothing B. much C. most D. none

A. or  B. but  C. while    D. so

A. exercise    B. life C. work D. exam

A. in  B. out  C. away D. around

A. adventure   B. mistake  C. chance   D. joke

A. determined  B. struggled    C. managed  D. hoped

A. First of all    B. At first C. Now and then D. All the time

A. that    B. us   C. there    D. he

A. sorry   B. surprised    C. sure D. confident

A. thought B. talked   C. worried  D. knew

A. lied    B. worked   C. tried    D. changed

A. first   B. last C. next D. only

A. interest    B. career   C. subject  D. problem

A. remained    B. accepted C. replaced D. compared

A. wise    B. foolish  C. normal   D. equal

A. because B. what C. how  D. when

A. remembered  B. respected    C. knew D. liked

A. felt    B. shared   C. behaved  D. considered

In Greek mythology（神话）, the gods punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a rock up a steep hill for eternity（来世）. But he was probably better off than if they’d forced him to sit and stare into space until the end of time, conclude the authors of a new study on keeping busy. They found that people who have something to do, even something pointless, are happier than people who sit around.
“The general phenomenon I’m interested in is why people are too busy doing what they are doing in modern society,” says Christopher K. Hsee, of the University of Chicago. “People are running around, working hard, the way beyond the basic level.” Sure, there are reasons, like making a living, earning money, and so on. But, Hsee says, “I think there’s something deeper: We have extra energy and we want to avoid idleness.”
In a study 98 students were asked to complete two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one. They were given a choice of either handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever option they chose, they received a chocolate bar. Not everyone chose to go to the faraway location. Two-thirds chose the lazy option. Yet those who chose to stay busy by going to the faraway location were found to be happier than those who had stayed put.
But if the chocolate bars offered at the  two locations were different, they were more likely to choose the far location—because they could make up a good and acceptable reason for the trip, Hsee and his colleagues say.
Hsee thinks it may be possible to use this principle—people like being busy, and they like being able to show being busy right or reasonable—to benefit society. “If we can find a way for idle people to engage in activity that is at least not harmful, I think it is better than destructive business,” he says. Hsee himself has been known to  give a research assistant a useless task when he doesn’t have anything to do, so he isn’t sitting around the office getting bored and depressed.

1. 1.

   The author starts the passage with the Greek mythology story to ________.

   1. A.
      make it easier to understand the passage
   2. B.
      draw readers’ attention to Greek culture
   3. C.
      show Greek people enjoyed being busy
   4. D.
      bring about the subject of the passage
2. 2.

   According to Hsee, people are busy in modern society because they want to _________.

   1. A.
      make others think they are not lazy
   2. B.
      keep their energy at the basic level
   3. C.
      earn more money to support their family
   4. D.
      avoid the state of having nothing to do
3. 3.

   The underlined phrase “stayed put” in Paragraph 3 probably means __________.

   1. A.
      remained there
   2. B.
      kept occupied
   3. C.
      got around
   4. D.
      stayed awake
4. 4.

   How does Hsee’s assistant probably feel while performing a task?

   1. A.
      Blue.
   2. B.
      Empty.
   3. C.
      Contented.
   4. D.
      Trapped.

A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life."_1_ teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily _2_.

It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough food _3_friendship to _4_. However, there can be_5_disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.

To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to have clear in our _6_ the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or _7_ at arm's length? Do we want to _8_ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are _9_enough—and that' s all right. But at some point we need to 10 that our expectations are the same as our friends' expectations. The sharing of_11_experience _12_ our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it _13_be undertaken(进行) slowly and carried on only if there are _14_of interest and action in return.

What are some of the _15_of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships _16_time. Another“major difficulty" is the selfishness to think one “possesses" the other, including his time and attention. Similarly, friendships _17_ actions in return. In 18words, you must give as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend _19_time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die _20_?.?

1. A. Knowledge        B. Teachers            C. Experience       D. Parents

2. A. understood         B. formed             C. realized         D. produced? 

3. A. true               B. common           C. deeply           D. actual?

4. A. design             B. intend             C. develop          D. appear? 

5. A. no                B. some              C. any             D. none?

6. A. hearts             B. thoughts            C. actions          D. minds? 

7. A. remained           B. left                C. kept            D. stayed? 

8. A. own               B. owe               C. share            D. spare? 

9. A. that               B. very               C. quite            D. not?

10. A. make sure         B. remember          C. expect           D. check out? 

11. A. social            B. ordinary            C. good           D. personal? 

12. A. includes          B. to include           C. including        D. included? 

13. A. can              B. need               C. will            D. must? 

14. A. marks            B. sights              C. scenes          D. signs? 

15. A. difficulties        B. differences          C. advantages      D. things

16. A. cost             B. spend               C. ask            D. take? 

17. A. require           B. request             C. depend         D. suggest? 

18. A. some            B. many               C. other          D. different?

19. A. reasonable        B. comfortable          C. less            D. a lot?

20. A. for              B. away                C. out            D. from

Nothing ________ after the terrible fire which had been caused by someone smoking in bed.

A. remained    B. continued  C. left     D. kept