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When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. __21___, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so ___22___.
As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly___23__ cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.
With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move __24__ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also ___25___. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something _26__. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need ___27___. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes. ”
“Airport? You ___28___ are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers ___29___ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and ___20___ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the ___31___ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no ___32__ you’ll get there in five minutes!”
“Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll _33__ in time.”
The ___34___ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it ___35___ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something ___36___ happened. The car began changing. First, its color __37___from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, __38___ just above the ground. As the car ___39___ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling ___40___, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
1．
A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Otherwise
2．
. A. brave B. excited C. curious D. stubborn
3．
A. fell B. seemed C. proved D. grew
4．
A. aside B. around C. forward D. backward
5．
A. arrived B. stopped C. stayed D. started
6．
A. gathered B. existed C. dropped D. moved
7．
A. help B. gas C. rest D. water
8．
A. necessarily B. normally C. basically D. certainly
9．
A. if B. until C. unless D. as
10．
A. drive B. walk C. follow D. march
11．
. A. address B. signs C. notices D. guidance
12．
A. doubt B. room C. time D. way
13．
A. have it B. get it C. make it D. finish it
14．
A. door B. window C. headlight D. wheel
15．
. A. passed B. rushed C. turned D. continued
16．
A. strange B. sensitive C. imaginable D. horrible
17．
A. developed B. appeared C. spread D. changed
18．
A. rolling B. floating C. drawing D. flashing
19．
A. pointed B. returned C. broke D. rose
20．
A. tune B. voice C. sound D. tone
Every summer a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the
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are in seasonal work, mainly connected with wourism and
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The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the
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of travel. You can pick grapes on farms in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are
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jobs in hotels and restaurants.
But it is not easy now to find work. “
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you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,” says Althea Ellis, an adviser in
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for students.
“If you work with a family in Italy, you’ll have to speak Italian. When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Pairs, the owner will expect you to speak
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. British students only have a language
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for jobs in the USA and Australia.”
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enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been
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.One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was
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home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the
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they made, and what’s worse, Sarah herself was robbed on her only
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evening of the entire trip. “ I did visit a lot of new places,” she says,“ but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was
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and it really was a 24-hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”
“The troubles is, students expect to have a(n)
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time of it.” Althea Ellis points out. “After all, they see it as a
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.In practice,
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,you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual (临时的) work. You’ll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. In the other words, you’ll work if it’s convenient for the company that
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you. But you have
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employment rights. As soon as the holiday season
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,they’ll get rid of you.”
21． A. works B. challenges C. changes
D. hardships
22． A. service B. industry C. business D. science
23． A. pains B. comfort C. difficulty D. excitement
24． A. always B. hardly C. never D. seldsom
25． A. If
B. Unless C. Because D. Although
26． A. health care B. vacation work C. language studies D. tourist safely
27． A. Italian B. English C. French D. Spanish
28． A. chance B. ability C. possibility D. advantage
29． A. No one B. None C. Not everyone D. Everybody
30． A. abroad B. employed C. sad D. respected
31． A. driven B. ridden C. left D. flown
32． A. friends B. decisions C. noise
D. destruction
33． A. busy B. free C. tiring D. pleasant
34． A. nice B. reasonable C. fair D. poor
35． A. hard B. easy C. difficult D. ordinary
36． A. holiday B. job C. festival D. study
37． A. besides B. therefore C. however D. meanwhile
38． A. fires B. employs C. recommends D. appreciants
39． A. few B. little C. all D. much
40． A. starts B. lasts C. approaches D. finishes
It was the second day of a winter holiday in Queenstown, New Zealand, three years ago. When we decided to explore the beautiful scenery, our landlady
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us,揗ake sure you are well wrapped up today. The weather is
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. Head back when you see snowfal l.?t
The day was bright and sunny, and I started to wonder if she was being too cautious. When snow began to fall at 6:00 pm, I was not worried, thinking we抎 have no
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in catching a taxi back. However, we waited for a while, and all the drivers shook ltheir heads when told of our
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.
The first driver passed by and gave me a card with a number for me to
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help. I was filled with
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, but I had no choice but to lead my three sisters to a nearby place to make the
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. Then a taxi drew up and we climbed in. The driver did not appear very friendly. Then the light streaming from his headlights showed very
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why no taxi wanted to take us to our hotel. And I began to understand the driver’s apparently unfriendly silence — he was worried. The steep incline (斜坡) ahead was
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with snow. The taxi slowly made its way up the hill. Suddenly, we came to a dead stop, and the driver turned to us. 揕ook! Ito is very
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to go forward. You have to get out and walk. If I drive any further, the taxi will slide back,?he said. 揈r ... can you keep your headlight on and help my elder sister? The rest of us will follow you up,?I said. The driver
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. 揕o
We made it safely back to our hotel. Even though it
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for the rest of the days, we could see the silver lining in the cloud(一线希望): the generous soul who helped us.
41．A. protected
B. guarded
C. helped
D. warned
42．A. hateful
B. colorful
C. changeable
D. unforgettable
43．A. reason
B. time
C. trouble
D. opportunity
44．A. situation
B. destination
C. background
D. information
45．A. call for
B. wait for
C. give up
D. look up
46．A. confidence
B. pride
C. doubt
D. joy
47．A. appointment
B. call
C. way
D. invitation
48．A. clearly
B. weakly
C. Unwillingly
D. quietly
49．A. charged
B. covered
C. crowded
D. provided
50．A. dangerous
B. possible
C. limited
D. unacceptable
51．A. agreed
B. admitted
C. admired
D. applied
52．A. shone
B. blew
C. rained
D. snowed
Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it
patience. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to
some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home
.
Joining a club or group, talking to those who like the same things
you do is much easier. Or join someone
some activity.
Many people are
when talking to new people.
all, meeting strangers means seeing the unknown .And it’s human nature to feel a bit
about the unknown. Most of fears about
new people come from doubts about
.We imagine other people are
us——finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself
you are, and try to put the other at ease. You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to act self-confident even
you don’t feel that way when you
a room full of strangers. Walk tall and straight, look at other people directly and
.
If you see someone you’d like to
, say something. Don’t wait for
person to start a talk.
Just meeting someone
does not mean that you’ll make friends with that person.
is based on mutual(相互的) likings and “give and take”. It takes time to
friendship.
53．A. needs
B. costs
C. spends
D. wants
54．A. make
B. take
C. do
D. carry
55．A. alone
B. yourself
C .lonely
D. with you
56．A. that
B. which
C. as
D. what
57．A. with
B. to
C. on
D. in
58．A .shy
B. excited
C. afraid
D. worried
59．A .At
B. For
C. After
D. In
60．A. unhappy
B. usual
C. upset
D. unlucky
61．A. talking
B. meeting
C. visiting
D. speaking
62．A. yourself
B. himself
C. yourselves
D. ourselves
63．A. talking
B. saying
C. laughing
D. judging
64．A. like
B. what
C. as
D. that
65．A. when
B. as
C. if
D. what
66．A. come
B. go
C. enter
D. step t5o
67．A. smile
B. laugh
C. cry
D. jump
68．A. talk about
B. speak to
C. say to
D. call up
69．A. other
B. the other
C. another
D. others
70．A. new
B. young
C. old
D. little
71．A. Friendship
B. Relation
C. Connection
D. Feeling
72．A. start
B. develop
C. keep
D. Change
参考答案
1．B
2．A
3．D
4．C
5．B
6．D
7．A
8．D
9．B
10．A
11．B
12．D
13．C
14．B
15．C
16．A
17．D
18．B
19．D
20．C
【解析】 略
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【解析】略
42．C
43．C
44．B
45．A
46．C
