The author offers insights as to why friends end. The friends face may change. The friends may change. One or both of the friends might the friendship. can also cause the end of friendships.

Why do friendships end? The author ofers some 1into the question. Friendships end because thesituations friends are in.2. These changes can'thelp but 3 a friendship. Next, the friends .4 maychange. The breakups canbe 5 or one-sided. Ithurts less when 6 friends change. What tends to_ 7_most is when just one friend changes. A thirdreason is that as much as two people might want afriendship to survive, one or both of them might_ 8neglect it. Lastly, 9can cause the end of afriendship, since most friendships have breaking. 10_under pressure.

A unintentinally; B.mutual; C change; D.affect;E.both; F.conflicts; G insights; H.themselves; I.hurt;J.points

Which of the following does the author view as the key points of Paragraph 6?I. Imperfect as it is, technology has not failed us.II. The wasteful use of technology in transport is an example to change climate. III. Problems created by technology can only be solved by technology itself.

A．I and II

B．II and III

C．I and III

D．I, II and III

Which of the following does the author mention as crucial evidence concerning the manner in which the Byzantine revival began?

A．The Byzantine military revival of the 860's led to economic and cultural advances.

B．The Byzantine cultural revival lasted until 1453.

C．The Byzantine economic recovery began in the 900's.

D．The revival of Byzantine began toward the end of the eighth century.

It can be inferred that the author would define as "political" (Line 1, Para.3) the questions that _____.

A．cannot be resolved without extensive debate.

B．are primarily academic in nature and open to abstract analysis.

C．are contested largely through contention over power.

D．will be debated by both men and women.

It can be inferred from the passage that the author is LEAST likely to agree with wihich of the following?

A．Words can be categorized into different grammatical functions.

B．Some relationship between signifier and signified can be articulated.

C．Every signifier points to a single pre-existing signified.

D．Words may name imaginary, non-physical things.

E．The use of categories is essential to the operation of language.

It can be inferred from the passage that the author is LEAST likely to agree with which of the following?

A．Words can be categorized into different grammatical functions.

B．Some relationship between signifier and signified can be articulated.

C．Every signifier points to a single pre-existing signified.

D．Words may name imaginary, non-physical things.

E．The use of categories is essential to the operation of language.

It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics, "The Art of Eating Spaghetti(意大利面条)" caught my eye. The word "spaghetti" brought back the 【B1】 of an evening at Uncle Allen's in Belleville 【B2】 all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 【B3】 spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic(外来的) treat in 【B4】 days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and 【B5】 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be 【B6】 it. What laughing 【B7】 we had about the 【B8】 respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. 【B9】 ,I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to 【B10】 it down simply for my own 【B11】 ,not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher. 【B12】 ,I would write some thing else.

When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no 【B13】 left to write a proper composition for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to 【B14】 my work. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the 【B15】 papers. He said, "Now, class, I want to read you a composition, The Art of Eating Spaghetti."

My words ! He was reading my words out 【B16】 to the whole class. 【B17】 laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show 【B18】 , but what I was feeling was pure happiness, 【B19】 my words had the power to make people 【B20】 .

【B1】

A．memory

B．thought

C．knowledge

D．experience

The author mentions which of the following as advantages of amorphous materials for solar cells over silicon crystals?

A．The relative thinness of amorphous materials.

B．The cost of amorphous materials.

C．The size of solar ceils which can be made of amorphous materials.

D．All of the above.

As for winning over skeptics, the author would most likely suggest______.

A．collecting a huge amount of data showing global warming

B．presenting global warming in a more agreeable way

C．offering guidance in approaching to global warming objectively

D．providing more and better science on global warming