一、完形填空
Last year, I learned from a newspaper that some sick kids needed help. I phoned the newspaper and they asked me to 1 a little girl named Lisa, who had mental (精神的) illness.
A short time later, I went for a 2 to Lisa. After staying at the mental hospital for years, the doctors 3 her to go back home. In the beginning, I did most of the talking. Lisa, however, was too quiet, shyly sitting in the corner of the sofa, listening. She was not 4 enough to look into my eyes. Over time, Lisa felt more comfortable little by little 5 I was by her side. Our weekly get-together usually 6 sharing a cup of hot coffee, window shopping or taking slow walks in the countryside.
Lisa never talked about how she felt about our friendship, even after we finished our first year together. However, she knew she could always 7 me.
Then one day I got a call from our volunteer group. "Mary, would you and Lisa like to be interviewed (采訪) on a TV news show?" I was very 8, but answered, "Wait! Let me talk about it with Lisa first. Maybe Lisa would be uncomfortable going on television." But to my surprise, Lisa wanted to be interviewed too.
At the interview, she said, "If I can help other people understand how important our friendship is, and how it has helped me, maybe they'll volunteer too. Mary, wouldn't that be great?" With tears (眼淚) running down, we 9 at each other.
From then on, Lisa never missed a chance to plant seeds (種子) about the volunteer group with others. Her face lit up whenever she talked about our true friendship.
( ) 1. A. help B. take C. teach D. tell
( ) 2. A. swim B. visit C. trip D. way
( ) 3. A. taught B. invited C. allowed D. hoped
( ) 4. A. proud B. brave C. patient D. creative
( ) 5. A. but B. until C. before D. when
( ) 6. A. needed B. went C. meant D. enjoyed
( ) 7. A. help B. support C. understand D. trust
( ) 8. A. angry B. excited C. sad D. worried
( ) 9. A. smiled B. shouted C. pushed D. laughed
( ) 10. A. never B. sometimes C. seldom D. always
答案：1. A 解析：根據(jù)前文“some sick kids needed help”可知，作者是去幫助Lisa，選A。
2. B 解析：“go for a visit to sb.”表示“去拜訪某人”，符合語(yǔ)境，選B。
3. C 解析：“allow sb. to do sth.”允許某人做某事，醫(yī)生允許她回家，選C。
4. B 解析：她太害羞，不夠勇敢去看“我”的眼睛，“brave”勇敢的，選B。
5. D 解析：當(dāng)“我”在她身邊時(shí)，她逐漸感到舒適，“when”當(dāng)……時(shí)，選D。
6. D 解析：我們每周的相聚通常是享受（enjoyed）分享熱咖啡等，選 D。
7. D 解析：盡管她不談?wù)撚颜x，但她知道可以信任“我”，“trust”信任，選D。
8. D 解析：接到電視采訪邀請(qǐng)，作者擔(dān)心Lisa會(huì)不舒服，“worried”擔(dān)心的，選D。
9. A 解析：感動(dòng)得流淚，互相微笑，“smiled”微笑，選A。
10. A 解析：從那以后，Lisa從不缺席傳播志愿者精神的機(jī)會(huì)，“never”從不，選A。
二、閱讀理解
Someone's friend invite you over and give you a delicious dinner. Someone lends you his car while yours is wrong with yours. You are sick, and a friend brings you a meal and looks after you. How do you show your thanks?
Sometimes simply saying "thank you" is enough. At other times, it is thoughtful to say thank you in a different way. Be sure to tell the person why you are thankful. Here are some ways to say that you are thankful.
You can write a thank-you note. People are very busy these days. A handwritten note shows you take the time to tell someone you are thankful to him or her. Or you can call and thank the person. You would be surprised how this can make someone's day. Another idea is to send a thank-you email. This is not quite as personal, but it still shows your thanks.
To say thank you in a creative way, you can:
★ Choose some flowers from a shop. Write a thank-you note.
★ Give the person a basket of fresh fruit or a homemade treat.
★ Invite the person for a film, meal, snack or coffee. That way the person can pick out a favourite film or eat out.
★ Give a gift card for a bookshop or a restaurant.
★ Find out what the person likes and give something related (相關(guān)的) to that.
★ To say a big thank you to someone, have a party for that person.
As you can see, there are many ways to say thank you. Think of some ways of your own. You will feel good trying one of the ideas, and the person being thanked will feel good too. It's a win-win situation!
( ) 1. According to the passage, you should say thank you when ______.
A. a friend takes care of you
B. you have a delicious dinner
C. your car is broken
D. you are writing something
( ) 2. The underlined phrase "make someone's day" probably means "______".
A. spend someone's money
B. make someone happy
C. take someone's time
D. make someone busy
( ) 3. Which of the following is talked about in the passage to express your thanks?
A. Hold a party for the person.
B. Invite the person to do sport together.
C. Give the person lots of money.
D. Help the person's family members.
( ) 4. Which might be the best title for this passage?
A. Ways to Show Your Thanks
B. Gifts for Saying Thank You
C. Things to Be Thankful for
D. Reasons for Saying Thank You
答案：1. A 解析：根據(jù)第一段“You are sick, and a friend brings you a meal and looks after you. How do you show your thanks?”可知朋友照顧你時(shí)要道謝，選A。
2. B 解析：打電話道謝會(huì)讓對(duì)方開心，“make someone's day”意為“讓某人開心”，選B。
3. A 解析：文中提到“To say a big thank you to someone, have a party for that person.”，選A。
4. A 解析：文章主要介紹了表達(dá)感謝的多種方式，標(biāo)題應(yīng)為“Ways to Show Your Thanks”，選A。
