刷题课时练 5

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

What a day! I started at my new school this morning and had the best time. I made lots of new friends and really liked my teachers. I was nervous the night before, but I had no reason to be. Everyone was so friendly and polite. They made me feel at ease. It was like I'd been at the school for a hundred years!

The day started very early at 7：00 am. I had my breakfast downstairs with my mom. She could tell that I was very nervous. Mom kept asking me what was wrong. She told me I had nothing to worry about and that everyone was going to love me. If they didn't love me, Mom said to send them her way for a good talking to. I couldn't stop laughing.

My mom dropped me off at the school gates about five minutes before the bell. A little blonde (金发的) girl got dropped off at the same time and started waving (招手) at me. She ran over and told me her name was Abigail. She was very nice and we became close straight away. We spent all morning together and began to talk to another girl called Stacey. The three of us sat together in class all day and we even made our way home together! It went so quickly. Our teacher told us that tomorrow we would really start learning and developing new skills.

I cannot wait until tomorrow and feel as though I am really going to enjoy my time at my new school. I only hope that my new friends feel the same way too.

【语篇解读】　本文是记叙文。作者在文中主要描述了自己新学期的第一天。

1．How did the author feel the night before her new school?

A．Tired. B．Excited.

C．Worried. D．Relaxed.

答案与解析：C　细节理解题。根据首段中的“I was nervous the night before”可知，作者在开学前夕感到紧张不安。

2．What did the author think of her mother's advice?

A．Clear. B．Funny.

C．Reasonable. D．Excellent.

答案与解析：B　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Mom said to send them her way for a good talking to. I couldn't stop laughing”可知，作者觉得妈妈说的话很好笑。

3．What happened on the author's first day of school?

A．She met many nice people.

B．She had a hurried breakfast.

C．She learned some new skills.

D．She arrived at school very early.

答案与解析：A　推理判断题。根据首段中的“I made lots of new friends and really liked my teachers”和“Everyone was so friendly and polite. They made me feel at ease”以及下文作者详细介绍自己遇到的朋友可知，作者在开学第一天遇到很多友好亲切的人。

4．What can we infer about Abigail?

A．She disliked Stacey.

B．She was shy and quiet.

C．She got on well with the author.

D．She was an old friend of the author.

答案与解析：C　推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“She was very nice and we became close straight away. We spent all morning together”和“we even made our way home together”可知，Abigail和作者相处得非常好。

B

Researchers in Australia, who studied 1,500 people and their lifestyles, have found that having good friends can help you live longer. An American study of 10,000 students, over a period of 35 years, also found that if you make more friends than the average (普通的) person at school, you'll receive a higher salary (工资) in later life. People need good social skills at work to manage people and work in a team successfully. These are the same skills we use to make friends at school.

On average, teenagers aged between 15 and 17 have 500 “friends” on their favourite social networking site. Adults (成年人) have 130. So if you believe this research, you might live for a long time and be very rich.

However, according to Professor Robin Dunbar from the University of Oxford, it probably won't make any difference. Dunbar studied the number of messages between users of a popular social networking website, each of whom had between 200 and 2,000 friends. He found that they always communicate with a maximum (最大量) of 150 people.

Among these 150, Dunbar believes that around five people are close friends. You've most likely known them for a long time; they are probably old friends and you share all your good and bad experiences with them. Then there are ten more friends. Although they're close to you, you may not keep in touch with them every week. Next there are 35 people who you might spend time with because of a shared interest. You aren't close. And finally, there's a large group of 100. You see or speak to these people at least once a year, but you don't know them well. Beyond (超过) this_number,_Dunbar says, it's impossible to make any relationship meaningful.

If you have a lot of online “friends”， try this experiment: First take away anyone you haven't been in touch with for a year. Then remove people you can't remember and, finally, take away friends who you wouldn't mind losing touch with. How many do you have left? How many of these people are actually good friends? According to the research, these are the only people that really matter.

【语篇解读】　本文是说明文。研究表明，朋友的质量比数量更重要。

5．What are the studies mentioned in the first paragraph mainly about?

A．The number of friends you should have.

B．The advantages of having a lot of friends.

C．Some social skills you may need at work.

D．Some useful advice on how to make friends.

答案与解析：B　推理判断题。由第一段中的“Researchers in Australia... found that having good friends can help you live longer”和“American study... found that if you make more friends... you'll receive a higher salary in later life”可知，交友可以对人的身心健康和财富产生正面的影响，故这两项研究是有关拥有好友的好处。

6．According to the American study, the most popular students at school ________.

A．are likely to spend more money

B．may not be as popular at work

C．seem to get better­paid jobs

D．will work harder in later years

答案与解析：C　推理判断题。由第一段中的“if you make more friends...you'll receive a higher salary in later life. People need good social skills at work... the same skills we use to make friends at school”可知，美国一项研究发现在校受欢迎的人具有较强的社交能力，他们在今后可能会获得高薪工作。

7．What does the underlined part “this number” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．10. B．35.

C．100. D．150.

答案与解析：D　篇章结构题。文章第三、四段是对Dunbar教授关于交友数量研究的介绍。由第三段中的“they always communicate with a maximum of 150 people”和第四段中的“Among these 150”可知，Dunbar教授认为人们通常能与最多150个人进行交流，超过这个数，有些联系则无实际意义了。

8．What does the text mainly want to show?

A．You need to spend more time with your friends.

B．There is a lot of research on the influence of friends.

C．Friends are sometimes more important than family.

D．It's more important to have good friends than lots of friends.

答案与解析：D　主旨大意题。由最后一段作者的建议“try this experiment：... these are the only people that really matter”可知，本文通过研究告诉读者，朋友的质量要比朋友的数量更重要。

Ⅱ.七选五

Self­love is the key to a happy life. After we have learned how to love ourselves, we will be able to love others. __1__ You have to learn some steps to develop self­love.

Accept yourself the way you are. Every person has his or her own advantages and disadvantages. Our advantages make us proud but our disadvantages make us unhappy. This isn't the right attitude towards life. __2__ In fact, no one on this earth is perfect. The key is to achieve a better balance (平衡) and try to be as happy as possible.

Stop worrying. __3__ It won't help you get the solution (解决办法). In fact, it will make you very unhappy. So, don't let your worries influence you. This will help you face the difficulties of life more positively.

Enjoy life. Take part in activities that you love and develop a hobby. __4__ Take some time to enjoy them at least once a week. This way you are doing something that you are good at, which will make you feel good about yourself，and make you start loving life and everyone and everything in it.

__5__ If your body is weak and suffering from some health problems，you aren't going to like anything about it. So you must take good care of your health. It includes eating fresh healthy food, taking enough rest and doing exercise.

A．Live a healthy lifestyle.

B．Make efforts to improve yourself.

C．It will hold you back from loving yourself.

D．They can be anything that makes you happy.

E．Worrying about a problem won't let you think clearly.

F．However, learning to love yourself isn't going to be easy.

G．The correct thing to do is accept the fact that you aren't perfect.

【语篇解读】　本文是说明文，主题语境是完善自我。本文主要介绍了如何爱自己。

1．答案与解析：F　该空上一句提到爱自己对拥有快乐的人生很重要，但学会爱自己也是一件不容易的事，你需要掌握一些方法，故选F项。

2．答案与解析：G　该空前一句说这不是对待生活的正确态度，后一句说世界上没有一个人是完美的，所以G项“正确的做法是接受你并不完美这一事实”符合语境。

3．答案与解析：E　根据该段的主题句和该空后的“It won't help you get the solution”可知，担忧会让人的思维受阻。

4．答案与解析：D　该空前一句提到了参加自己喜欢的活动或培养一个爱好，该空在解释应该参加什么样的活动和培养什么样的爱好，再结合本段的主题句可知，只要是能让你开心的活动和爱好，什么都可以。

5．答案与解析：A　该空为该段的主题句，根据该段中出现的“take good care of your health”及“eating fresh healthy food, taking enough rest and doing exercise”可知，该段内容与拥有健康的生活方式有关，故选A项。