Pre-reading
1. Why do you need friends? Make a list of reasons why friends are important to you.
2. Does a friend always have o be a person? What else can be your friend?
3. Skim the first paragraph of the reading passage below and find who was Anne’s best friend.
Reading
Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend.
Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War II. Her family was Jewish so they had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis. She and her family hid away for they nearly twenty-five months before they were discovered. During that time the only true friend was her diary. She said, “I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.: Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 1942.
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Thursday 15th June 1, 1944
Dear Kitty,
I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. That’s changed since I was here.
…For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself. But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn’t dare open a window. Another time five months ago, I happened to be upstairs at dusk when I the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs until the window had to be shut. The dark ,rainy evening , the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power; it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face.
…Sadly…I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows. It’s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that must be experienced.
Yours,
Ann
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一、单项选择 45’
1. How much does that ?
A. add B. add up C. add to D. add up to
2. get a good seat, he set out early after supper.
A. In order to B. So that C. So as to D. In order that
3. You come to his office. Our boss won’t be back until next week.
A. haven’t to B. won’t have got to C. haven’t got to D. don’t have got to
4. This novel was concerned the Second World War, while most teenagers are more concerned the hero’s love story.
A. with ; for B. with ; with C. for ; about D. about ;with
5. He came here to discuss it with you.
A. on purpose B. by chance C. for purpose D. on design
6. I won’t allow you to make the trip alone, even if you do it.
A. dare B. dared C. daring D. dares to
7. The policeman asked with the old women.
A. what the matter was B. what was the matter C. what matter was D. what was the wrong
8. During the war, he much pain.
A. is suffered B. suffered C. was suffered D. was suffered from
9. She couldn’t her words by the students.
A. get…understanding B. get…understood C. get… to understand D. make…understand
10. As the project at the meeting, it drew our attention.
A. comes up B. was came up C. came up D. had been come up
11. it rains tomorrow, we’ll start out.
A. If B. As if C. Even if D. Even
12. The project was so tough that workers didn’t complete it on time even the famous engineer’s direction.
A. in B. under C. to D. with
13. The examination was very easy. , our monitor didn’t pass it.
- In other words B. What’s more C. Believe it or not D. all the same
14. I wanted to send my present to my teacher, so I called on her.
- especial ; especially B. special; especially C. special; specially D. especially; specially
15. Last night Li Ping watched the football match at my home, so he in his office.
- needn’t have worked B. mustn’t haven’t worked
C. shouldn’t have worked D. couldn’t have worked
16. Can you make sure _________ the gold ring?
A. where Alice had put B. where had Alice put
C. A. where Alice has put D. where has Alice put
17. Will you fetch me a ________ of today’s evening paper in a minute?
A. series B. set C. couple D. copy
18. It was ________ late to catch a bus after the party; therefore er called a taxi.
A. too very B. much too C. too much D. far
19. I was so excited as to ________ for the whole night.
A. hold awake B. stay awake C. hold wake D. stay wake
20. We were going out for a walk ________ it began to rain.
A. while B. before C. as D. when
