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Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much but we can call them or write to them. We can also make new friends. It is encouraging(鼓励) to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them. There’s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? Friends can make us feel happy. Being happy helps you stay well. If someone cares about you, you will take better care of yourself. ( )36. People often feels _________ if they have no good friends. A. happy B. sad C. lonely D. unpopular ( )37. All people need friends because they _________. A. often feel lonely. B. like to feel close to each other. C. often move away. D. want to live longer. ( )38. People make new friends when their old friends________. A. stay alone. B. are angry with them. C. move away. D. have new friends. ( ) 39. If we can’t see our friends for a long time, we ________. A. no longer love them. B. don’t get on well. C. can call them or write to them. D. will take better care of ourselves. ( ) 40. From the passage, we learn that if people have many friends, they ____ A. will be important. B. will have more good news C. needn’t make new friends D. will live happily. Passage C What do you call a school with no tests, no grades, no classes, and no teachers? Students of the Met School and their parents think it to be the best school in the world. The school is in Rhode Island, USA. Dennis Littky opened it in 1996. He was fired(解雇) from two other schools, because many parents of the school students were happy with his unusual ideas. The school takes poor kids who are failing(失败) at schools. Nearly(几乎) everybody has already given up (放弃)these students and their parents want to try anything. The Met School gives Littky a great place to try out his new ideas. “The word that most kids use when they talk about high school is ‘boring’,” says Littky. “But no one would say the Met was boring.” Advisors(指导老师) (not teachers) work with s mall groups of students for four years. Students spend almost half of their school time learning real-life skills(技能), such as working for business(生意), spending time with government(政府) people, and helping teach younger childre n. Instead of(代替) tests, the students give shows about their work outside school. In fact, students work harder here than in other schools. All the students from the Met graduate and can choose to go to a good university (大学). Now, Bill Gates is starting schools like this one around the USA. ( ) 41. ______ think(s) that the Met School is the best. A. The headmaster of the Met School. B. The student outside the Met School. C. All the students and their parents from the Met School. D. The teachers at the Met School. ( ) 42. What do most high school students think of normal(普通的) school? A. Interesting. B. Relax. C. Boring. D. Exciting ( )43.What does the underlined word “graduate” in the last paragraph mean in Chinese? A. 毕业 B. 离开 C. 结束 D. 搬离 ( ) 44. What do the students do at the Met School? A. They spend all their school time playing. B. They keep giving shows about their school. C. They only learn from working for business. D. Almost half of the time, they learn real-life skills. ( ) 45 .According to the passage, which of the following if TRUE? A. Life at the Met School is very easy because there are no tests. B. Teachers at the Met School give students much more homework than at normal school. C. Students can choose to go to a good university. D. Students at the Met School s pend all their time working outside school. (责任编辑：admin) |