It doesn’t matter if you have one friend or 20, because there are only a few people in this world that can make you truly happy. For me, my family and my three best girlfriends mean everything to me.
Some days I didn’t want to go to school because I felt so disappointed in myself but I don’t regret a thing. It makes you stronger as a person, and if you are able to mend your friendships as I have done, then you can do anything.
My mother always told me, “Stephanie, remember that a friend is a gift that you give yourself. A friend will make you laugh and be there for the good or bad. A true friend will never make fun of you. If a friend is a piece of work, then he or she has never been a friend at all. A friend is the biggest gift to yourself.”
Everyone is going to make mistakes but please don’t push them away, especially if it’s someone you really care about. I know when I make a mistake I beat myself up about it. I just wish someone would reach out a hand to help me back on my feet as my best friends did. If someone is new or doesn’t have a friend, please reach out and behind him/her because that small action could mean the world to him/her. Now that I’m older, I understand what my mom has been trying to tell me, and now I know that the friends that I choose will also be the kinds of friends that I would want to be surrounded by forever.
1.According to the passage, a true friend should be a person that _________.
A．often gives you gifts
B．makes you happy
C．does both good or bad things to you
D．seldom makes fun of you
2.It can be inferred from the passage that the writer _________.
A．understands what a friend means to her
B．doesn’t think that friends will make her truly happy
C．doesn’t have many friends
D．has nothing except her family and three friends
3.If you hope to have a friend, you should do the following EXCEPT_________.
A．giving advice and offering help if he or she makes mistakes
B．regarding him or her as a piece of work
C．considering him or her a valuable gift
D．trying to treat a newcomer as a friend
4.The last sentence probably means_________.
A．people around me are all my friends
B．I only choose the people around me to be my friends
C．the friends I choose will surround me every day
D．my true friends would always be by my side for my joys and sorrows
I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in a toy store. A nicely dressed little girl was looking through the teddy bears beside her father 38 she saw a little boy walk in and stop in front of the Pokémon toys. His jacket was obviously too small. He had money in his hand. 39 , it looked no more than five dollars at most. He was with his father as well, and 40 picking up the Pokémon video games. Each time he showed one to his father, his father 41 his head, “No”.
Rather 42 , the boy gave up the video games and chose a book of stickers 43 . After they walked away, the little girl ran over to the Pokémon video games. She excitedly picked up one 44 on top of the others, and hurried down toward the check-out. I picked up my purchases(购买物) and 45 the girl and her father.
Then, much to the little girl’s 46 , the little boy and his father got in line behind her and me. After the video was paid for and bagged, the little girl 47 it back to the cashier(收银员) and 48 something to her. The cashier smiled and put the 49 under the counter(柜台). I was putting things in my bag when the little boy came up to the cashier. The cashier said, “Congratulations. You’re my hundredth customer today, and you win a prize!” and she handed the boy the Pokémon game. The boy could only 50 in disbelief. It was, he said, exactly what he had wanted! The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway, and I saw the biggest and prettiest smile on that little girl I have ever seen in my life.
I suddenly understood that the world is not 51 into the strong who care and the 52 who are cared for. We must each in turn care and be cared.
1. A．while B．when C．after D．once
2. A．Then B．Therefore C．However D．Otherwise
3. A．stopped B．continued C．avoided D．kept
4. A．shook B．nodded C．moved D．held
5. A．upset B．disappointed C．angry D．anxious
6. A．also B．instead C．lastly D．indeed
7. A．laying B．lying C．to lie D．lain
8. A．walked B．helped C．kept D．followed
9. A．surprise B．disappointment C．joy D．sadness
10. A．put B．handed C．sent D．carried
11. A．whispered B．shouted C．gave D．showed
12. A．basket B．bag C．bear D．gift
13. A．cry B．look C．jump D．pay
14. A．divided B．changed C．destroyed D．cut
15. A．poor B．ugly C．unhappy D．weak
The boy’s father insisted that the boy ______ badly and that he ______ to the nearest hospital at once.
A．be hurt; should be sent B．be hurt; should be sent
C．was hurt; be sent D．was hurt; would be sent
In that terrible earthquake, ______ who were killed ______ more than 20,000.
A．the number of people; was B．a number of people; were
C．many people; were D．the number of people; were
--- What would you do if it ______tomorrow?
--- We have to carry it on, since we’ve got everything ready.
A．rains B．rain C．will rain D．is raining
The policeman warned the driver ______ so carelessly.
A．never to drive B．to never drive C．to not drive D．didn’t drive
