I thought things would get better, but（）it is they are getting worse.

A Good Lesson

After living in Europe for seven years, my parents decided that my family would move to the United States. We all looked forward to this. What would people think of us？ For me, I hoped to be the hero of the class.

I was not disappointed. All my classmates admired my experience, and I quickly became well known as “the French guy.”I was very popular for a time. However, I was not interested in many things my classmates did，and it was hard for me to connect with them. I enjoyed listening to classical music, never watched TV, and almost never watched movies.

I did not have a common background with my friends because I grew up in Europe. I had few friends，and fewer good friends. When I look back now, I realize I was a bit of an idiot to many people around me. I kept talking proudly about my experience. And I thought myself better than those around me because I lived in Europe but they didn’t.

I had decided I wanted better friends when my parents said that we were going to move again! I saw this as a perfect chance to get better friends，where people did not know of my unkind past.

When we moved to California, I did not show off as I had done for five years. I did not tell everyone that I lived in Europe. I still listened to classical music， but I just kept my music to myself. Sure enough, I found that people like someone who is not typical but does not boast about it.

Nothing can replace good friends，and if I had to control my tender and pride, it was well worth it.

11. When I first moved to the US，I was very popular because of my____ .

A.good appearance

B.outstanding talents

C.French accent

D.overseas experiences

1 had few good friends partly because I ____ .A.looked down upon my classmates

B.liked listening to classical music

C.never went to the movies

D.Came from a very rich family

The phrase “an idiot”(Line 3, Para.3) most probably means____ .B.an actor

C.a cheater

D.a fool

E.a loser

When we moved to California,，I stopped ____ .A.boasting about my experience

B.talking about people around me

C.enjoying the classical music alone

D.making friends with my classmates

The writer would probably agree that ____.A.good friends like the same kind of music

B.friends are more important than anything else

C.similar background is the key to friendship

D.a good friend never loses his/her temper

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

A. Let me see. I thought I got more stuff than I thought.

B. O. K. I really should take up some sport.

C. Oh , I' d like to , but I' ve got to go to the library to look up some things before my two o’clock class.

I learnt very soon in our relationship that Kathy was jealous. She did not like to think that I had anything that she did not have. We would have great fun going out shopping. However, if I bought, say, a dress for a party, and she thought my dress was better than hers, she would start to say slightly unkind things about it. I could not understand this at all, and even now it puzzles me.

The other problem was my mother. She thought Kathy was common. She thought Kathy had a bad influence over me. She even disliked Kathy’s way of speaking. She thought her pronunciation was common. Mum disliked Katy and looked down on her and kept telling me to stop seeing her. If ever I invited her into the house, she would be angry and tell me off as soon as Kathy was gone.

1、What is the best title for this passage？()

A.Friendship

B.Problems with our friendship

C.My friendship with Kathy

D.My good friend

2、What was Sarah’s attitude to her friend？()

A.Sarah thought she was common.

B.Sarah liked her, but didn’t like it when she was jealous.

C.Sarah was jealous of her.

D.Sarah hated her because she was jealous.

3、Sarah’s mother disliked Kathy because ______________________

A.She thought Kathy was common.

B.She knew Kathy was jealous of her daughter.

C.She thought Kathy was a bad influence on her daughter.

D.Kathy was common, and a bad influence.

4、Why was their friendship not perfect？()

A.Kathy was jealous.

B.Sarah’s mother didn’t like Kathy.

C.Sarah was too proud.

D.Both A and B.

5、Which of the following statements is not true？()

A.My friendship with Kathy was real friendship.

B.Sarah and Kathy enjoyed going out shopping together.

C.Sarah’s mother thought Kathy was a special girl.

D.Sarah does not know for sure which thing caused her to betray Kathy.

All right, then, I'll go to hell----and tore it up.

It was awful thoughts, and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never though no more about reforming.

1) Who was the I, which book was the passage taken from？ And by whom？ 2) Why did he think it was awful thought？ Analyze it.

3) Analyze the characteristic of the hero.

(c) (i) Provide three examples of personal financial planning protection products that would be of use in

Henry’s situation. Justify your selections by reference to the type of protection provided. (6 marks)

A.how would I like

B.whether I would like

C.if or not would I like

阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容进行判断，正确写“T”错误写“F”。

Xiaoyan,

I thought you'd like to know what has happened to your report about improving the website.

Last week I had a meeting with the designers. I gave them a copy of your report and I told them that we needed to have the website redesigned.

-- I've had the first page simplified.

-- I have asked them to make the icons large.

-- The colours are now different too.

-- There are more functions, as you suggested, so that customers will be able to transfer funds to an account in another bank.

I’m going to make a presentation about these changes at the Paris, conference and would like to talk to you about that. There are some things I can do myself, but I would like your help with some technical aspects. I must get some slides made too, and would like your opinion about them.

Have you got time for a coffee on either Wednesday or Thursday morning？

David

1. David had a meeting with the designers yesterday.（）

2. David had made the icons larger.（）

3. The speed of access has been made quicker.（）

4. David is going to make a presentation in Paris.（）

5. David would like some help from Xiaoyan.（）

阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容进行判断，正确写“T”错误写“F”。

Xiaoyan,

I thought you’d like to know what has happened to your report about improving the website.

Last week I had a meeting with the designers. I gave them a copy of your report and I told them that we needed to have the website redesigned.

-- I’ve had the first page simplified.

-- I have asked them to make the icons large.

-- The colours are now different too.

-- There are more functions, as you suggested, so that customers will be able to transfer funds to an account in another bank.

I’m going to make a presentation about these changes at the Paris, conference and would like to talk to you about that. There are some things I can do myself, but I would like your help with some technical aspects. I must get some slides made too, and would like your opinion about them.

Have you got time for a coffee on either Wednesday or Thursday morning？

David

1. David had a meeting with the designers yesterday.{T、F}

2. David had made the icons larger.{T、F}

3. The speed of access has been made quicker.{T、F}

4. David is going to make a presentation in Paris.{T、F}

5. David would like some help from Xiaoyan.{T、F}

For my part, I have never presumed my mind to be more perfect than average in any way; I have, in fact, often wished that my thoughts were as quick, or my imagination as precise and distinct, or my memory as capacious or prompt, as those of some other men.

And I know of no other qualities than these which make for the perfection of the mind; for as to reason, or good sense, inasmuch as it alone makes us men and distinguishes us from the beasts, I am quite willing to believe that it is whole and entire in each of us, and to follow in the common opinion of the philosophers who say that there are differences of more or less only among the accidents, and not among the forms, or natures, of the individuals of a single species.

According to the author, the three elements that comprise the perfect mind are ______.

A．tenacity of thought, capacious memory, quickness of mind

B．precise imagination, tenacity of memory, quickness of thought

C．quickness of wit, ease of conscience, quickness of thought

D．promptness of memory, distinctness of imagination, quickness of thought