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r I knew an exam was a kind of petition. In petitions, there are always w_________ and losers. As I grew up, I got to know petition well. In one’s life, there must be petitions, so people can improve. Each time I saw children playing games and heard their laughter, I wished I were that age again. However, I remembered my parents’ words: “You must work very hard in order to have a good f__________.” So I picked up my pen and began to study hard again. I was still not sure what petition really meant. One day, I was taking part in an Englishspeaking petition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. I s__________ knew what petition was. It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, petition is the opposite: it is kind and necessary. I learned a lot from realizing this fact. Now I understand more about the world. Competition is important for us all. D. Answer the questions (根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問(wèn)題 ): (12 分 ) Jessica and Joyce were best friends in junior grade three. They did almost everything together. Then one day, after a misunderstanding (誤解 ), Joyce stopped talking to Jessica. For more than three months, Joyce refused to talk to Jessica or answer her notes. “During that time, I found out what a important friend she was,” Jessica says, “I couldn’t even give all my attention to my study, I just thought about how to heal (修復(fù) ) our friendship. ” The next term, Jessica tried again. This time, Joyce was also happy to work it out. It took some time and hard work, but the friendship was healed. Most of us have suffered the pain of broken friendship. But the good news is that most friendships can be healed. Oxford professor Michael Argyle recently finished a 15year study that found out what makes people happy. What did he find? The key to happiness is having one close relationship and a work of friends. Other studies show that our social connections make us healthier. Keeping healthy friendship is worth the hard work! If there’s broken friendship you’d like to heal, try the following advice: ) Use the following points as a reference.(以下問(wèn)題僅供參考 ) ◆ Who is the hero in your eyes? ◆ Why do you think he/she is the hero in your eyes? (Give one or two reasons.) ◆ What have you learned from him/her? (注意: 短文中不得出現(xiàn)考生的姓名、校名及其它相關(guān)信息,否則不予評(píng)分。Talk about the problem openly and kindly. At first, Jessica didn’t understand why Joyce stopped talking to her. Then Joyce finally explained that Jessica’s trick make her upset. “I finally found out she was angry because I made fun of her in front of the boys in our class.” Jessica explained. Jessica meant nothing by her trick and thought it shouldn’t make Joyce upset. But when she realized that it was embarrassing(令人難堪的 ) to Joyce, she stopped. Then their friendship could heal. It’s not strange for friendships to change. Problems e when one friend tries to keep on while the other friend lets go. If your friend isn’t ready to work things out, accept it and move on. 93. Why did Joyce and Jessica stop talking to each other? ___________________________________________________________________________ 94. How did Jessica feel when Joyce didn’t want to talk to her? ___________________________________________________________________________ 95. After some time and hard work, Jessica and Joyce became friends again, didn’t they? ___________________________________________________________________________ 96. According to Michael Argyle’s study, what is the key to happiness? ___________________________________________________________________________ 97. Is it strange or mon for friendship to change? ___________________________________________