If there is one thing that matters in high school－and for your whole life－it is friendships．
My latest novel，THE UNWRITTEN RULE，is about a girl，Sarah，who falls for her best friend Brianna’s boyfriend，Ryan，but it’s more about wrestling with feelings for a guy that you know you shouldn’t have．A lot of the book deals with friendship，the kind of lifelong friendship that means the world to you．．．a(chǎn)nd what happens when you realize that maybe it isn’t what you think it is．
Maybe your best friend isn’t your best friend．Maybe she isn’t even a friend at all．
Friendships are tricky things．You can he sure everything is fine，and that your friendship is going to last forever．．．a(chǎn)nd it can just end．No explanation，no anything．And it is not easy．In fact，I think losing a friend is worse than losing a boyfriend，especially when it is a friend you’ve had in your life for a long time．
One of the things that Sarah struggles with in THE UNWRITTEN RULE，beyond her feelings for Ryan，is her friendship with Brianna—how long they’ve been friends，how she understands Brianna in a way no one else does，and what to do when a crack appears in their friend ship，not because of Sarah’s feelings for Ryan，but because Sarah begins to wonder if maybe Brianna isn’t her best friend after all．
Having a friendship end is incredibly painful and one of the things I hated when I was younger—and that I still hate now—is how people say．“Oh，it’ll be okay．You’ll move on，you’ll be fine．”
It is true that you will eventually move on and that you will be fine．But you will also always carry that lost friendship with you．It may not take up all of your heart like it does at first，but it will take part of it．
And that，I think，is something no one ever talks about and that I wish we could — and would．
What do you do when someone you are friends with decides your friendship is over? How do you deal with it?
Maybe my latest novel can provide something for you．
47．From the passage we can infer that_____．
A．it may takes Sarah a long time to recover after she lost Brianna’s friendship
B．Sarah and Brianna are still best friends after a long period of time
C．Sarah does not value Brianna’s friendship at all
D．Ryan would feel puzzled about his real love
48．What do you think the book THE UNWRITTEN RULE is mainly about?
A．Friendship．    B．School life．   C．Love．  D．Wrestling with feelings．
49．What’s the writer’s attitude towards friendship?
A．We will all lose some friends in our life．
B．Ending a friendship is worse than losing a boyfriend．
C．It’s usual when a crack appears．
D．You will eventually move on after you lose a friendship．
50．What do you think is the best title for the passage above?
A．My Latest Novel．    B．Tricky Friends．   
C．Sarah and Brianna．    D．Unforgettable Friendship

If there is one thing that matters in high school－and for your whole life－it is friendships．

My latest novel，THE UNWRITTEN RULE，is about a girl，Sarah，who falls for her best friend Brianna’s boyfriend，Ryan，but it’s more about wrestling with feelings for a guy that you know you shouldn’t have．A lot of the book deals with friendship，the kind of lifelong friendship that means the world to you．．．a(chǎn)nd what happens when you realize that maybe it isn’t what you think it is．

Maybe your best friend isn’t your best friend．Maybe she isn’t even a friend at all．

Friendships are tricky things．You can he sure everything is fine，and that your friendship is going to last forever．．．a(chǎn)nd it can just end．No explanation，no anything．And it is not easy．In fact，I think losing a friend is worse than losing a boyfriend，especially when it is a friend you’ve had in your life for a long time．

One of the things that Sarah struggles with in THE UNWRITTEN RULE，beyond her feelings for Ryan，is her friendship with Brianna—how long they’ve been friends，how she understands Brianna in a way no one else does，and what to do when a crack appears in their friend ship，not because of Sarah’s feelings for Ryan，but because Sarah begins to wonder if maybe Brianna isn’t her best friend after all．

Having a friendship end is incredibly painful and one of the things I hated when I was younger—and that I still hate now—is how people say．“Oh，it’ll be okay．You’ll move on，you’ll be fine．”

It is true that you will eventually move on and that you will be fine．But you will also always carry that lost friendship with you．It may not take up all of your heart like it does at first，but it will take part of it．

And that，I think，is something no one ever talks about and that I wish we could — and would．

What do you do when someone you are friends with decides your friendship is over? How do you deal with it?

Maybe my latest novel can provide something for you．

47．From the passage we can infer that_____．

A．it may takes Sarah a long time to recover after she lost Brianna’s friendship

B．Sarah and Brianna are still best friends after a long period of time

C．Sarah does not value Brianna’s friendship at all

D．Ryan would feel puzzled about his real love

48．What do you think the book THE UNWRITTEN RULE is mainly about?

A．Friendship．    B．School life．   C．Love．  D．Wrestling with feelings．

49．What’s the writer’s attitude towards friendship?

A．We will all lose some friends in our life．

B．Ending a friendship is worse than losing a boyfriend．

C．It’s usual when a crack appears．

D．You will eventually move on after you lose a friendship．

50．What do you think is the best title for the passage above?

A．My Latest Novel．    B．Tricky Friends．   

C．Sarah and Brianna．    D．Unforgettable Friendship

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” “Fifty cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it. “How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he required. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit impatient. “Thirty-five cents,” she said rudely. The little boy again counted the coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the bill and departed. When the waitress  came back, she began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what she saw. There, placed nearly beside the empty dish, were two five-cent coins and five one-cent coins---her tip.

1. In the days , an ice cream is ______________.

   A. dearer than usual                B. as dear as usual

   C. much cheaper than usual          D. as cheap as usual

2.How much money did the boy probably have in his pocket?

A. thirty-five cents.      B. More than fifty cents. 

C. only fifty cents.       D. Less than fifty cents.

3.Why did the little boy have only a dish of plain ice cream?

A．The plain ice cream cost him much less.

B．He enjoyed the cheaper ice cream better.

C．The coins were not enough for an ice cream sundae.

D.  He wanted to save some coins to tip the waitress.

4.We can infer that the waitress might have felt _____ when she got the tip.

A. very surprised.                B. a bit of shame

C. quite pleased                  D. a little worried

That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in  1 for seventeen years, I had no  2  about my ability to hold their attention and to  3  on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted, "  4  !" The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat  5  about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quickly  6  my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect—perhaps  7  their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.
My students  8  diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually  9  by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, "Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.  10  her next lecture will be better." Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a  11  theme. "Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical  12  for all the works we’ll study in class," I complained." How _13  they say I didn’t teach them anything?"
It was a long term, and it  14  became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as_15 of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise   16  questions and provide enough background so that students could  17 their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide _18_ information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
_19 , I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a  20  American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

When you put down your pens at the end of the college entrance exam, 12 hard years of study will have come to an end. Forget your studies for a while. It’s time to enjoy yourselves!

There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation. You can have photos taken with your classmates and teachers, or dine out together and exchange gifts.

High school students in western countries such as the United States and Canada usually have party to mark their graduation. It’s to mark the time when kids turn into young men and women. After the party, teenagers either go to college or find a job. It means they will no longer depend on their parents as before.

As the party, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties, though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed, in shiny or brightly colored materials.

Common party activities include dining, dancing, the crowing(加冕)of a ball king and queen, and just talking to friends. In some cases, high school students collect funds for their class party through the four years of their high school.

High schools in or near large cities may rent big rooms at expensive hotels or，to be unusual, on a pleasure boat．But often costs are out by simply using the school gym．Students make a lot of effort to decorate the gym to make the event special．The music played at the party will be the most popular kinds，like rock and hip-hop．

Sometimes teachers and parents also go to the party，but others like to go with friends，to whom they are soon going to say goodbye．

The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to          ．

A. tell an interesting experience of high school students

B. tell how the western students spend the last days of high school

C. introduce several ways of the western students’ killing time

D. tell how western high school students usually celebrate graduation

What does the party mean, for western high school students that are about to graduate?

A. They are adults and will not depend on parents．

B. These teenagers can find a job to support themselves．

C. They have grown up and need friends’ help．

D. They have finished high school and will go to college．

What does the underlined word“mark”in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Remember      B. Show      C. Sign   D. Celebrate．

From the fourth paragraph，we can infer that        .

A. the party is very interesting

B. graduates pay much attention to the party

C. boys wear as usual to attend the party

D. girls like to make themselves beautiful at all hours

All the following statements are true EXCEPT that     .

A. generally speaking，students will receive 12 years’ formal education before going to college 

B. girls wear formal dresses or dress in shiny or brightly colored materials in order to be noticed

C. using the school gym is cheaper and students don’t need to make a lot of effort

D. sometimes teachers and parents are also invited to the parties