1、. 阅读理解AWe have most friends at the age of 26 after having spent the first quarter of our lives building up our friendship circle, a new research has claimed.The research into friendship shows that our social circle peaks at 26 years and 7 months, at which we typically have five close friends. Women
2、are most popular at 25 years and 10 months, with men hitting the highest friendship point a little later at 27 years and 3 months.The research, by Forever Friends, shows that about a third of adults meet their closest friends when at school, with about a fifth saying they meet them at work.Social ne
3、tworks such as Facebook and Twitter now also play a major role in building new friendship. The research points out that 25 to 34-year-olds make 22 friends via Facebook, compared to 18 to 24-year-olds who make 12, and 35 to 44-year-olds who make just 4.Forever Friends relationship coach Sam Owen says
4、, “It is no coincidence that over a third of us meet our best friends at school. It is a key time in our lives when friendship is growing through sharing notes, giving gifts, seeing each other regularly and laughing a lot. As adults we can often forget how powerful these small things are and how the
5、 little things can make a difference. ”Later in life we find ourselves losing friends. Over half of us lose friendship through moving, while 36% say that over time they grow apart from close pals. Having children also causes 19% to drift away from childhood friends.With growing pressures being put o
6、n friendship these days, its important to make time for our friendship.【文章大意】研究表明, 我们在26岁时拥有最多的朋友, 但是随着时间的推移, 我们的朋友会减少。1. How many friends can a 20-year-old college student make via Facebook?A. 4. B. 12. C. 18. D. 22.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句中的“via Facebook, compared to 18 to 24-year-olds who make 12”可
7、知, 通过脸谱网年龄在18到24岁之间的人可以交到12个朋友, 故B项正确。2. In Paragraph 5, the author is trying to tell the readers_.A. how important making friends isB. that friendship is not easy to keepC. how much has been done to keep friendshipD. that friendship at school is important【解析】选D。根据第五段Sam Owen所讲的“It is a key time in
8、our lives . . . other regularly and laughing a lot. ”可知, 学校时代是人生中建立友谊的重要阶段, 这时候的友谊成长于分享笔记、赠送礼物、定期互相探望、一起欢笑中, 故D项正确。3. The underlined phrase “drift away from” in Paragraph 6 means “ _”.A. make sense of B. lose contact withC. feel sorry for D. make up with词义猜测题。根据倒数第二段的第二句“Over half of us lose friends
9、hip . . . apart from close pals. ”及划线词组所在句“Having children also causes 19% to . . . childhood friends. ”可以判断, 划线词意为“失去联系”, 故B项正确。4. This passage is most probably taken from _.A. Facebook or Twitter B. an advertisementC. a textbook D. a newspaper文章出处题。根据第一段中的“a new research has claimed”以及最后一段中的“these
10、 days”, 再结合选项可以判断, 本文最可能摘自报纸, 故D项正确。B世纪金榜导学号79060273Moksh Jawa, 16, a student at Washington High School in the US, has already become a legend(传奇) among students. “Why not? ” might be his favorite question to ask.As a seventh-grader, he taught himself coding(编程) by studying on the Internet.As a high
11、 school freshman, he passed the AP Computer Science A exam with a 5, the highest score possible.As a sophomore (高中二年级学生), he developed his own online course and helped his classmates get through it because his high school didnt teach coding.Everything he did came from his own interest. His father se
12、nt him a link to Codeacademy, an online coding training program, in middle school. He learned a programming(编程) language all by himself after signing up to the website.“I just fell in love with computer science, ”Jawa said. Along the way, he lit a fire of curiosity and passion among classmates to le
13、arn coding too.“All of my friends, especially the girls, were really, really afraid of computer science, ” he said. But the subject and exam werent things to be feared, he said, “Computer science is all about logic(逻辑), not about how smart you are. ”To make his knowledge available online, Jawa set a
14、bout creating his own online course, with easy-to-follow lessons. He included quizzes and tests too.The course has so far attracted 3, 200 students across the US and in 120 countries and regions, including China, Ukraine and Algeria. It shows, Jawa said, the huge need for coding lessons.When video l
15、ecturing, “I deliver it like Im talking from one high school student to another, ”Jawa said. “Its always great to make it as clear and fun as possible, and to try to keep my voice as energetic as possible. ”He also does that, when teaching members of the computer science club he founded at his high school.“His tutorials(辅导) were great, ”said Taj Shaik, the clubs co-president, who took the whole course last year. “Im definitely one of the early adopters(使用者) of Moksh. ”“Hes pretty amazing, ”said Bob Moran, principal of Washington High School, who saw him lea
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