Both are so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic(理想的) friendship possible between persons of opposite sex? Let us try and understand.
What is friendship? Why do we call a person our friend? When do we call someone a very good friend? If we care for a person, if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person, they are our good friends. We can always count upon our good friends in an emergency. We are always sure that our friend will understand why we acted in a certain way. We need not explain anything to our very good friends. The friendship is so deep and the relationship is so close, that most of the things are automatically understood by our friends.
What about love? In a relationship of deep love, all the sharing that we discussed above are taken for granted. But love transcends(胜过，超越) all these. During love, we are attached with a particular person, while in friendship, one may have many friends. A loving relationship makes one so much attached to the other, that one gets pained if his/her beloved is hurt! Love also involves a physical element. Friendship does not have that. This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the species can go forward. Nature does not give us friendship.
Your heart beats will never increase in expectation of meeting your friend. You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend. You will not feel totally lost, if you don't meet your friend for a few days. You will not have dreams in your eyes thinking about your friend. But in love, you will do all these and much more. Indeed, there is no comparison between love and friendship.
1.What's the function of the first passage?
A．To come up with the question for the further discussion.
B．To explain the main idea of the following passage.
C．To tell us the whole meaning of the passage.
D．To advise us to make friends in different way.
2.How do you do to make real friends?
A．You should give others your everything.
B．You should share, help and understand each other.
C．You should have the same interests in everything.
D．Friend in need is a friend indeed.
3.If you are friends, you'll ________.
A．dream of him at night
B．lie awake at night and think your friend
C．feel you don't meet him for a long time
D．never feel excited meeting your friend
4.The writer gives us the article to ________.
A．tell us the meaning of love and friendship.
B．tell us relationship between friends and relatives.
C．tell us the difference between love and friendship.
D．tell us how to get friendship and love.
Low-Cost Gifts for Mother’s Day
Gift No. I
Offer to be your mother's health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctors’ visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say "no need," but another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The best part? This one is free.
Gift No. 2
Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. "Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life," Dr. Marie Savard said.
Gift No. 3
Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. "Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep," Savard said. "We know that good sleep is very important to our health."
Gift No. 4
Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother's Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构). Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things — many of which are "green" — and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.
1.What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?
A. Take notes. B. Buy medicine.
C. Be with her D. Give her gifts.
2.Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother’s sleep?
A. In Gift No. 1. B. In Gift No. 2.
C. In Gift No. 3. D. In Gift No. 4.
3.Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to ______.
A. enjoy good sleep B. be well-organized
C. get extra support D. give others help
书面表达
假设你是李华，打算下周五乘坐CA937号航班直达伦敦Heathrow机场，去英国看望你的朋友George。上面是他给你写的一封信，请根据来信内容用英语给他写一封回信。
注意：1. 词数100左右（开头结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）。
2. 可适当增加细节以使行文合理连贯。
Dear George,
I’m glad to receive your letter. I’d like to tell you some details about my trip to London.
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Looking forward to seeing you.
Yours,
Li Hua
短文改错
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Spare time means a lot to us, so know how to spend it after formal lessons is of great important. A successful student must know that how to spend it well beside going over his lessons.
Sports are very popular among students, and helps build our body and character. Doing some reading can also be good choice. Whatever we have a good chance, we shouldn’t forget to go traveling. I’m sure that a new experience can bring you some fresh feelings.
In short, we should not only work hardly at our lessons, but also planned our spare time properly. Only in this way can we lead a colorful and fruitful life.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号中单词的正确形式。
Wild rice is not 1.___________ (actual) a member of the rice family, although it is a grain-producing grass. Native to North America, this grain can2._________ (find) growing wild in the ponds and lakes of Wisconsin, as well as in neighboring states. Like rice, wild rice grows in water, but it requires much 3.__________ (deep) water than rice does.
Wild rice is very difficult to harvest because its stalks(秆) are so crispy 4.___________ many types of equipment cannot be used. It takes patience and hand work 5.___________(harvest) wild rice. As a result, this grain is expensive and often difficult to get.
Like other grains, its chaff(谷壳) must be separated 6.___________ the grain. It is harvested green, and after being separated, it may be set out to dry to prevent it from7.___________(go) bad.
Wild rice is quite sensitive to changes in the environment. With the widespread use of dams(水坝) in the United States, many areas 8.___________ wild rice once grew have not been able to keep their former populations of the grain. This is 9. ___________ pity for people who enjoy the crop. Many native people hold the grain in high respect and they support the 10. ___________(produce) of this special rice.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A few years ago the company I work for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a year. I’ve always loved ________ in the morning, so I was really ________ when I found out the house they had bought for us was next to Central Park. This meant that every ________ I could go for a run before I went to work.
________ a lot of people had told me to be careful of robbers(抢劫者) in the park, I didn’t usually take anything with me. How could they ________ me if I didn’t have anything? But this one morning my wife asked me to ________ some bread on the way home so I put a $10 note in my back pocket.
While I was running through the ________, another runner nearly knocked me over. He apologized and ________ running. I thought it was a little ________ so I checked my ________ and found that the money was missing. I ________ started to run after him. I ________ caught up and caught him by the arm. I started ________ and demanding(要求) that he give me the $10. I’m not ________ a hot-headed person but I really lost my temper(脾气) that day. This seemed to ________ him and he quickly put his hand into his pocket and ________ me the money. Then he ran away as ________ as he could.
I bought the ________ and went home. As soon as I got there I began to tell my wife my ________ “You won’t believe what happened to me,” I started. She immediately ________ me, “I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”
1.A. studying B. working C. running D. reading
2.A. proud B. nervous C. sad D. happy
3.A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
4.A. Unless B. Though C. If D. Because
5.A. find B. believe C. rob D. cheat
6.A. borrow B. taste C. eat D. buy
7.A. school B. park C. office D. house
8.A. continued B. practiced C. stopped D. started
9.A. different B. strange C. dangerous D. harmful
10.A. hat B. purse C. pocket D. bag
11.A. suddenly B. immediately C. generally D. calmly
12.A. finally B. nearly C. possibly D. hopefully
13.A. smelling B. shouting C. explaining D. asking
14.A. simply B. secretly C. usually D. especially
15.A. anger B. surprise C. hurt D. frighten
16.A. paid B. lent C. showed D. gave
17.A. fast B. early C. far D. safely
18.A. clothes B. milk C. bread D. newspaper
19.A. meeting B. story C. job D. holiday
20.A. disturbed B. trusted C. understood D. accepted
