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heated 3. He pretended ____________ (read) an important paper when the boss entered. 答案: to be reading 4. Gee is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I’ d rather he focused more ____________ its culture. 答案: on 5. It’ s bad manners ____________ (speak) ill of someone in his absence. 答案: to speak 6. Mary often argues ____________ her friends about small things angrily, which sometimes makes them very unhappy. 答案: with 7. The child was told to ____________ (apology) for being rude to his mother. 答案: apologize 8. While we can’ t change the body type we are born with, we can’ t blame our genes ____________ making us fat. 答案: for 9. Every time he sees people ____________ trouble, he always lends them a hand. 答案: in 10. Supply has to keep pace ____________ increasing demand. 答案: with Ⅱ 閱讀理解 People seem to have a natural need for friends and with good increase your enjoyment of life and relieve feelings of even can help reduce stress and improve your good friends is especially helpful when you are going through any kind of hard time such as when you are experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, or depression. When you are with good friends you feel good about yourself, and you are glad to be with friend is someone who ?you like, respect, and trust, and who likes, respects and trusts you ?doesn’ t always understand you, but accepts and likes you as you are, even as you grow and change ?allows you the space to change, grow, make decisions, and even make mistakes ?listens to you and shares with you both the good times and the bad times ?respects your need for secrets, so you can tell them anything ?lets you freely express your feelings and emotions without judging, teasing,or criticizing you ?accepts the limitations you have put on yourself and helps you to remove them A person once said,“ Friendship is a continuing source of bonding(連接 ),releasing, and creating in yourself and with the other is an emotional bond between the two people.” A good friend or supporter may or may not be the same age or the same sex as you, and may not have the same educational, cultural, or religious background,or share interests that are similar to also have different are closer to the heart and some more superficial, but they’ re all useful and good. 【解題導語】 文章主要講述了好朋友在生活中所起的作用 , 友誼是兩個人之間的情感橋梁 , 不分種族 , 不分性別和宗教。 1. Which of the following is NOT a function of a friend? A. He brings you some happiness. B. He helps you feel less lonely. C. He helps you get over the difficulties. D. He helps you cheat on the exam. D 解析:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的 Friends increase your enjoyment of life and relieve feelings of even can help reduce stress and improve your good friends is especially helpful when you are going through any kind of hard time such as when you are experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, or depression.可知 , 朋友可以增加生活的樂趣 , 減少孤獨 , 減輕壓力 , 改善健康狀況 , 度過困難的時光 ,而沒有提到 D項。 2. The underlined word “ superficial” in the last paragraph means “ ________” . A. deep B. hard C. shallow D. close C 解析:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的 Friendships also have different are closer to the heart and some more superficial, but they’ re all useful and , 有些會貼近內(nèi)心 , 有些會很淺 , 但他們都是有用的 , 都是好的 , 故選 C項。 3. Which is the best title for the passage? A. A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed B. What Kind of Person a Friend Should Be C. To Be a Good Friend D. How to Get on with Your Friend B 解析:標題歸納題。文章在講好朋友在生活中所起的作用 , 友誼是兩 個人之間的情感橋梁 ,不分種族,不分性別和宗教,故 B項更符合文意。 Ⅲ 完形填空 Good friends mean a lot in our used to have some friends who I could