任务一 完形填空
Alisa doesn’t have many friends. She doesn’t like to talk much in front of others. She
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wants to be popular, but she wants to have someone to talk about her secrets and laugh
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.
Then it is time for her to go to middle school in another town. She has no idea how to make friends in the new school. The night before her first day, she lies in bed
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about what might happen.
But something happens on the first school day. And it changes Alisa’s life. In class, the teacher asks everyone to talk a little about
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. When it is Alisa’s turn, her voice shakes(颤动) a little as she
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. Yet to her joy, she notices some classmates listening with
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. One boy even nods(点头) when she introduces her hometown. The last question for each student is, “What do you want to
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this term?” Most of the students say they want to be better in all the subjects, pass the exams or something like these. But Alisa says something
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. She says that she wants to make just one good friend.
Nobody says
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for a moment. A few students glance(扫视) around. During the break, when some students are chatting, one student comes to Alisa. She says quietly, “Hi, I’m Jessie. I thought what you said was really honest and brave.” She stops for a second, then adds, “Maybe we could sit together at lunch?” Alisa is
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. Soon she smiles and says, “I’d like that!”
For the first time in a long while, Alisa didn’t feel lonely at all.
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) 1. A. always B. often C. only D. never
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) 2. A. by B. to C. at D. with
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) 3. A. dreaming B. worrying C. reading D. talking
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) 4. A. themselves B. herself C. others D. it
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) 5. A. thinks B. laughs C. speaks D. sings
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) 6. A. anger B. interest C. calm D. fear
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) 7. A. learn B. see C. do D. practise
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) 8. A. different B. true C. wrong D. funny
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) 9. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
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)10. A. sad B. surprised C. tired D. friendly
