a Friday or Saturday night. I simply couldn't understand what was so great about girls and parties. But I was hurt when he finally made me know that our friendship was at an end. Of course, he didn't really mean to hurt me, but it was a long time before I realized that it was an age problem that caused the break. There were a world of differences between the ideas and interests of a 17-year-old and a 12-year-old. Now that I?m over sixteen myself, I realized this, and the hurt I got then has become happy memories of the good times we were once together. I wonder if millions of other boys and girls have had a similar experience.
当我开始回忆我所有的朋友的时候，我很快的得出了一个结论，杰瑞是最重要的，在我的生命中起了最重要的作用。当我十岁的时候，他家就搬到了我们这个街区。当时杰瑞十五岁，但是事实上他比我大这么多似乎对他来说并没有什么不同。我很高兴他能喜欢我，我们一起散步，他会给我讲他从电视上或者收音机里听来的故事。
但是数个月过后，我们的友谊有了变化。杰瑞几乎不再来我家。每次我去他家或者给他打电话，他就会以一些接口拒绝我，比如，我正在学习或者我正在帮我妈妈做事。当我们在路上遇见的时候，他还是会给我一个温暖的微笑，有好的挥手并“你好”，可是他几乎不会再停下来和我说话。最后我意识到他不再对我有趣了，他的风格变了。偶尔的一次我看见他和一个女孩一起，好几次在一个星期五或者星期六的晚上看见他从自己家车里出来。我一点都不明白，女孩和聚会会如此重要。
当最后我知道我们的友谊结束了时候，我很伤心。当然他的本意并不是伤害我。之后很长的一段时间我才意识到是年龄问题促使我们友谊的分裂。12岁和17岁孩子的想法和兴趣还是有很大差异的。我现在过了16岁了，我那时受到的伤害在现在看来是我们曾经在一起的美好时光的快乐回忆。我在想，是不是上百万的其他那还女孩也有过类似的经历。
1. When the writer and Jerry first met, Jerry was 5 years older than the writer. 当作者和杰瑞第一次见面的时候，杰瑞比作者大五岁。 A：T B：F
2. Their friendship lasted for a few years. 他们的友谊持续了好几年。
A：T B：F
3. Jerry stopped playing with the writer because he was busy with his study. 杰瑞不和作者一起玩是因为他学习很忙。 A：T B：F
4. When a change came in their friendship, the writer started going to parties with girls。当他们的友谊发生变化的时候，作者开始和女孩们去聚会。 A：T B：F
5. The main idea of the passage is that the age difference plays a part in friendship. 这篇文章的主要意思是年龄差距在友谊中的有一定的作用。 A：T B：F Key: ABBBA
Passage 30
Younger people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about life, work and play. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in peace. Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as
members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. The aim is not just to keep busy but rather to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make furniture and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photography or painting. Others sit around talking and singing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time. koukou:28638354 weiyizhengban
When people live together, rules are always necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. The group discusses the problem. They ask, \
One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience: \You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group. \
年轻人和年纪大的人的意见并不总是一致。有时候，他们对生活，工作和学习的理解是不同的。但是，在纽约州一个特殊的项目里，成年人和少年和平共处。每年夏天，200名少年和50名成年人作为特殊工作组的成员生活在一起8周。每个人每天都工作几个小时。目的不仅仅是为了忙碌，更是为了找到工作的意义和乐趣。一些少年在树林里或在附近的农场里工作。一些孩子学做家具和造房子。而成年人叫他们如何做好这些事情。
每天都有几个小时的空闲时间。周末也休息。在空闲时间内，一些孩子学习摄影和画画，其他人坐在附近聊天唱歌。每个人尽情的根据自己的喜好来度过空闲时间。
没有规矩不成方圆。在这个项目里，少年和成年人一起制定规则。如果有人违反，大家共同面对。通过小组讨论这个问题，他们会问：为什么会发生这样的问题？我们该怎么办？
其中一个少年这样描述这个经历：你不再仅仅关注自己，你得站在整个小组的立场考虑问题。
1.The passage is mainly about how adults and teenagers live together in a special group.
这篇文章主要是关于成人和青少年共同生活在一个特殊的群体。 A：T B：F
2.The special program offered every winter in New York city.
这个特别的项目每年冬天都在纽约市举办。 A：T B：F
3.People will make more rules when someone breaks a rule.
当有人违反了规则人们会设立更多的规则 A：T B：F
4.To find a way to solve the generation gap is NOT stated directly in the passage as a purpose of the program. 没有说要找到一种方法来解决代沟是该计划的直接目的
A：T B：F
5.Some teenagers learn photography when they are free. 一些青少年学摄影时,他们都是免费的
A：T B：F KEY:ABBAA
Passage 31
When Li Chen got married, his wife's mother came to live with them. She was not an easy woman to live with. She was always complaining and never seemed to stop talking.
Li Chen loved his wife but her mother was making his life miserable. Unfortunately, his wife would not listen to any criticism of her mother. \and so must you.\
As the months passed Li Chen became more and more unhappy. If only, he thought, there was some way of stopping his mother-in-law from talking all the time. Then one day she was ill. She complained, of course. She was hot. She was cold. Her head ached. She couldn't eat. She couldn't sleep.
At last, Li Chen sent for the doctor. The doctor arrived. He examined her and then put a thermometer in her mouth. He wanted to take her temperature. \open your mouth.\Li Chen watched with surprise as his mother-in-law lay in bed with the thermometer in her mouth closed.
For the first time since his marriage, he could not hear his mother-in-law's voice. He walked up to the doctor, pointed at the thermometer and whispered in the doctor's ear. \
李成结婚时，岳母和他们一起居住。岳母可不是容易相处的人，她总是在不停的唠叨，从来没有要停止说话的迹象。李成爱他的妻子，可是岳母使他的日子变得很难过。 糟糕的是，他的妻子毫不理会李成的抱怨，她说：“她是我妈，我必须尊重她，你也一样”。几个月过去了，李成越来越不开心。他想：要是要是有什么办法能让岳母不再唠叨该有多好！ 有一天岳母病了，她唠叨着:好热啊，好冷啊，腿疼啊，头疼.....
李成请来了大夫，大夫做了检查，把温度计放进岳母的嘴里，说：安静不要张嘴。李成看到岳母躺在床上不再说话，他很惊讶。自从结婚以来，他第一次听不到岳母的声音。 他走近大夫，指着温度计小声对大夫说，你这个温度计卖多少钱？
1.His mother-in-law was making Li Chen's life miserable. 李琛的岳母使他的生活痛苦
A：T B：F
2.Li Chen's mother-in-law came to live with him and his wife after she got ill. 李琛的岳母在她生病后来跟李琛和他妻子一块住。
A：T B：F
3.Li Chen's wife was respectful towards her mother. 李琛的妻子尊重她的母亲。
A：T B：F
4.The mother-in-law continued complaining when she was ill. 李琛的岳母在她生病的时候继续抱怨。
A：T B：F
5.Li Chen wanted to buy the thermometer because he saw this thing for the first time since his marriage. 李琛想买的温度计，因为他婚后第一次看到这个。 A：T B：F KEY:ABAAB
Passage 32
Today the official language of the United Sates and most of Canada is English. However, French almost became the official language because of a war.
The French and Indian War was fought between 1754 and 1763. The name of this war is not accurate because the war was actually between England and France. The Indian fought on the side of the French.
France and England were trying to gain control of North America. France held Canada, and England held part of what is now the United States. However, France tried to expand its land by moving southward into New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia. When the French built a fort on the Ohio River, the residents in Virginia sent George Washington to attack the fort in 1754. However, the French defeated Washington.
The French, aided by Indians, outsmarted（更精明） the English and won many early battles. Later, the British began to do well against the French. In the final battle in Quebec, Canada, General Wolfe of England faced General Montcalm from France. Both general died in this battle, but the English outlasted（比……持久）the French and won the battle. Thus, most of North America today has the English culture and language.koukou:28638354 weiyizhengban 今天美国和加拿大大部分地区的官方语言是英语。但是，法语曾经因为一场战争几乎成为官方语言。
法兰西印第安战争发生在1754年到1763年。但是这场战争的命名并不正确，因为这场战争事实上发生在英法两国间。印第安人和法国人结盟。
英法两国企图取得北美的主要控制权。法国控制加拿大，英国控制今日美国的部分领土。然而，法国想要向南方扩大领土到纽约，宾夕法尼亚，俄亥俄，弗吉尼亚。当1754年法国人在俄亥俄河建立据点的时候，弗吉尼亚人让乔治.华盛顿去攻打这个据点。然而，法国人打败了华盛顿。
法国人得到了印第安人的帮助，战胜了英国人赢得了早期的许多战斗。之后英国人对法国人取得了优势。最后的战役发生在在加拿大魁北克，来自英国的乌尔夫将军和来自法国的蒙卡尔将军对决战场，并且都在战斗中死亡，不过英国人最后坚持了下来并且赢得了最后的战斗。因此，今天绝大多数北美地区传承英国文化和英语。
1. A good title for this selection is The French and Indian War.文章好的标题为法兰西印第安战争
A：T B：F
2. Most of North America today has the English culture and language.今天,北美大部分地方都是英国文化和语言
A：T B：F
3. General Wolfe died in France.沃尔夫将军死在法国。 A：T B：F
4. Washington lost his battle at the fort on the Ohio River at the end of the war.华盛顿在战争结
束后失去了他的俄亥俄河堡。 A：T B：F
5. Both general died in the final battle.两位将军都在战斗中死亡。 A：T B：F KEY：AABBA
Passage 33
There was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back enough to buy his lunch in the office every day.
One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living-room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there.
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He waited for a few seconds and then added, \
\added angrily, \
从前有一个很胖的女人，却有一个很瘦小的老公。他在一个大企业工作，每周五都会发工资。周五他一到家，她的老婆就会让他交出所有的钱，然后给他一小部分，仅仅够他买他每天在办公室的午饭。
有一天他回家的时候非常激动，他冲进了卧室，她的老婆正在那里一边听收音机一边吃巧克力。
“你绝对猜不到今天我发生了什么事，亲爱的”他说 他停顿了几秒然后补充说“我买彩票中了一万英镑”
“太爽了！”他的老婆高兴地说，但是接下来她思索了几秒之后又生气地补充说 “但是，等一下，你是哪来的钱买彩票呢？！”
1. The small man was allowed to keep just enough to buy his lunch in the office every day. 小男人被允许保留一点足够的每天在办公室吃午饭的钱。 A：T B：F
2. The man won a lottery one day. 小男人一天赢得了彩票 A：T B：F
3. The woman is good-natured. 女人脾气很好。 A：T B：F
4. The woman was pleased yet suspicious when her husband won a lottery. 这位妇女还没怀疑的时候，很高兴她的丈夫赢得彩票。 A：T B：F
5. The man had to give almost all his money to his wife every week. 该名男子，每星期几乎把他所有的钱都给了他的妻子。 A：T B：F