Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don’t know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice. It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.

Who choose your friends?

Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?

56. Many teenagers think their _______ know them better than their parents do.
A. friends 　 B. teachers　　　 　　 C. brothers and sisters 　 D.　 classmates

57. When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is to _________.

A. go to their friends　　　　　　　　 B. talk with their parents

C. have a discussion with their family　 D. talk with their friends on the phone

58. Which of the following sentences does the passage lead you to believe?

A. Parents should like everything their children enjoy.

B. In all families, children can choose everything they like.

C. Parents should try their best to understand their children better.

D. Teenagers can only go to their friends for help.

59. The main idea of this passage is that ___________.

A. Teenagers need friends　　　　　　

B. Friends can give good advice

C. Parents often choose their children’s friends for them

D. Good friends can communicate with each other

 A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and  36  as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered(走的路程).  37  enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and  38  as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He  39  riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was  40  or tired, he did not stop  41  he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was  42 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I  43  myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only  44  a very small area to  45  myself.”

       The above story is  46  to the journey of our  47 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more  48 , to gain power or recognition（承認）. We neglect(疏忽，忘記) our  49  , time with our family and to appreciate(欣賞) the surrounding  50  and the things we love to do. One day  51  we look back, we will  52  that we don’t really need that much,  53  then we cannot turn back time for what we have  54 .

       Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only  55  to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.

36. A. use             B. cover    C. work           D. get

37. A. Good     B. Strange C. Sure       D. Interesting

38. A. rode      B. ran            C. expanded        D. struggled

39. A. kept on   B. asked for       C. gave up        D. succeeded in

40. A. sad             B. excited    C. confused        D. hungry

41. A. but             B. so             C. because           D. if

42. A. sleeping     B. arguing     C. dying             D. smiling

43. A. push           B. make          C. destroy          D. prove

44. A. need           B. have          C. find               D. show

45. A. live            B. bury          C. support          D. sleep

46. A. useful     B. certain        C. similar        D. special

47. A. future     B. past        C. history              D. life

48. A. friends  B. progress   C. discoveries D. money

49. A. health     B. career         C. honor      D. freedom

50. A. things     B. condition C. people             D. beauty

51. A. before     B. when          C. unless        D. since

52. A. realize  B. regret      C. apologize  D. explain

53. A. or    B. until     C. however   D. but

54. A. saved      B. missed         C. reduced         D. won

55. A. possible  B. probable    C. necessary        D. suitable

The boy was ____ in the middle of his call because he had no more coins to

    put in the box.

A. cut off    B. broken in    C. hung up    D. put down

 If you don’t know that ____is the mother of success, you are sure to be____ in life.

A. failure, failure     B. a failure, a failure  

C. a failure, failure   D. failure, a failure

---What do you think made Bill so excited?

---_______ from his father in Britain.

　 A As he heard 　B. Heard　 C. Hearing 　D. Because of hearing

 I still remember______ to the Famen Temple and what I saw there.

A. to take     B. to be taken C. taking        D. being taken

 It is no use_____ without taking any action.

A. complain  B. complaining        C. being complained   D. to be complained

 It was________ John ____we succeeded at last.

A. because, who    B. thanks to, that  C. as, that   D. because of ,whom

 Butter and bread _____their daily food, but the bread and the butter _____ so far.

A.is, is eaten  B. are, have been eaten  C. are, are eaten  D. is, have been eaten

 Only after they had discussed the matter for several hours _____ a decision.

    A. they reached  B. did they reach  C. they reach   D. do they reach