We, Patty and I, had been best friends since Grade Four. Just about everywhere we went, people____we were best friends. We____secrets about popcorn（爆米花）and soda year after year. The best part about having a best friend was taking____sleeping over on Friday nights.
Then in Grade Eight everything changed. Suddenly, my interest in make-up and clothes____my mom. I____believe Patty started the first day of school____the same pigtails（辫子）she had worn forever. What was happening? Other girls seemed more____than Patty.
I started avoiding her and making excuses____, during the middle of the year, as we were sitting in the backyard, the____broke out. I said, “Go home, Patty, and don’t come back.” Then I ran into the house crying. Mom sat me down and I told her____I’ll never forget her words. She said, “____will come and go in and out of your life forever. You are____and it’s okay for both of you to make new friends____is happening is hard but perfectly____.”
Time healed（治愈）a lot of the____, and over the next few years we clearly walked along____paths. Still, when I saw her in the halls of high school, I____a strange sadness. I thought if I went back and “fixed” everything between us, we could somehow start all over____friends. But that was a fantasy（幻想）. Our differences were too great, and I could only____she understood.
I’ll always remember the years when Patty and I were best friend, but Mom was right____can change, and we have to let them go when it’s time.

【小题1】

A．realized B．believed C．knew D．understood

【小题2】

A．shared B．spared C．kept D．remembered

【小题3】

A．beds B．places C．turns D．sides

【小题4】

A．surprised B．scared C．frightened D．satisfied

【小题5】

A．wouldn’t B．shouldn’t C．couldn’t D．needn’t

【小题6】

A．wearing B．dressing C．keeping D．staying

【小题7】

A．boring B．interesting C．pleased D．exciting

【小题8】

A．Finally B．Naturally C．Generally D．Especially

【小题9】

A．tears B．words C．anger D．hate

【小题10】

A．matter B．everything C．trouble D．nothing

【小题11】

A．Interests B．Friends C．Sadness D．Childhood

【小题12】

A．changing B．studying C．quarreling D．imagining

【小题13】

A．What B．Which C．Why D．When

【小题14】

A．common B．ordinary C．regular D．normal

【小题15】

A．unhappiness B．loneliness C．memory D．emotion

【小题16】

A．different B．same C．hard D．separate

【小题17】

A．remembered B．thought C．felt D．lost

【小题18】

A．like B．as C．with D．on

【小题19】

A．suppose B．believe C．hope D．suggest

【小题20】

A．Environments B．Opinions C．Friendships D．Attitudes

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A lot of people, who spend half their time dreaming up ways 【小题1】 (become) rich, are determined to become a millionaire. In fact, even if some of them get rich, they are not content with 【小题2】 (they) lives at all. 【小题3】, Charles Gray isn’t such 【小题4】 person. Today Charles Gray, who used to be a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house, lives in a small dormitory room 【小题5】 there is only second-hand furniture. But Charles appreciates this change. He feels happy to give 【小题6】 the lifestyle of a rich man, 【小题7】 (get) clothes or other things from charity shops.

A few years ago, Charles 【小题8】 (be) aware that there were a lot of people who were lacking in food, so he donated all his money to charity 【小题9】 (organization). In Charles’s opinion, most people never make much money and having only a little money 【小题10】 (make) one freer and happier.

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Last week, my schoolmates and teachers were organized to climb the East Mountain located 20 kilometers away from their school. As soon as we arrive at the foot of the mountain, we set about climb with great passion. On our way up, we had so much difficult walking along the steep hill that we were tiring out. But with the teachers 'help, we managed to reach for the top of the mountain that we were greeted by the bright sunshine and beautiful view. Seeing from the top, the city looked like a huge garden. This mountain climbing activity turned out to be great success. Not only did we take a break from our heavy school work, and we also had a chance to get close to nature.

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Last week, I have the honor of experiencing teaching. Our school asked some volunteer to teach some kids which lived in the countryside.

I treasured this chance so much and joined in the team. When I met those kids, they were so happily to see me and listened to me carefully. Given the warmest welcome by them, I enjoyed being their teacher. However, I tried my best to teach them and play games with them.

Back to school, I missed our students so much. They liked me a lot but some of them even kept in the touch with me. I felt so proud being a teacher. This precious experience helped me make up my mind to realizing my dream.

Grandpa Nybakken loved life — especially when he could play a trick on somebody. At those times, his large Norwegian frame shook with laughter while he pretended innocent surprise, exclaiming, “Oh, forevermore!” But on a cold Saturday in downtown Chicago, Grandpa felt that God played a trick on him, and grandpa wasn’t laughing.
Grandpa worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some boxes for the clothes his church was sending to an orphanage abroad. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church. His search proved fruitless.
Suddenly, he realized what had happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the boxes, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses were heading for China!
The Great Depression was at its height, and Grandpa had six children. He had spent twenty dollars for those glasses that very morning.
“It’s not fair,” he told God as he drove home in frustration. “I’ve been very faithful in giving of my time and money to your work, and now this.”
Several months later, the director of the orphanage was on vacation in the United States．He wanted to visit all the churches that supported him, so he came to speak on Sunday night at my grandfather’s small church in Chicago. Grandpa and his family sat in their usual seats among the small congregation (教堂会众).
“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the glasses you sent last year.”
“Even if I had the money, there was simply no way of replacing those glasses．Along with not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day, so my co-workers and I were much in prayer about this. Then your boxes arrived．When my staff removed the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on the top.” After a long pause, he continued, “Folks, when I tried on the glasses, it was as though they had been custom-made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!”
The people listened, happy for the amazing glasses. But the director surely must have confused their church with another, they thought, there were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas.
But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized__________had used him in an extraordinary way.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT true about Grandpa Nybakken according to the passage?
A. He was an outgoing man and held an active attitude towards life.
B. He had a large family to support.
C. He was a carpenter working in the church.
D. He was a loyal Christian.
【小题2】The people in the church but Grandpa felt confused at what the director said because ________.
A. Grandpa didn’t tell the director that he was the owner of the glasses
B. the director wanted to return the glasses even though he liked it
C. the director could not get such glasses in their own country
D. the glasses were not included in the donation list
【小题3】Who does “the Master Carpenter” in the last paragraph probably refer to?
A. Grandpa’s master.     B. One of Grandpa’s friends.
C. God.     D. Grandpa’s co-worker.
【小题4】Which can be the best title of the passage?
A. Grandfather’s life.    B. The Helpful Donation.
C. The Perfect Mistake. D. An Impressive Speech.