--- What’s up , Sharon?--- I just can’t help thinking of the

--- Sharon, remember to lock the door before leaving the house.
-- ______.

A．Yes, please

B．OK. I will

C．It’s hard to say

D．It’s my duty

Sharon called about four times today. At least it shows she’s trying to explain (解释) something to me. I feel a little better.
December 3
This morning Sharon said she had only told one person and had no idea why everyone seemed to know. Yes, I am an adopted daughter (养女) and my name was changed. But she had promised to keep it secret for ever!
December 5
I wish I had a friend I could really trust (信任) all of the time. I thought I found that friend, but I haven’t and it’s making me unhappy! It’s wrong to tell her all about it. She won my trust, then lost it.
December 7
I have a nice room and a big pool in my backyard and everything I’ve ever wanted. My adoptive parents will give me all the material things I’ve ever dreamed of. Yet all the money in the world can’t buy what I want now. I want Sharon to be my best friend again.
December 10
Sharon just called. She said she thought it might help if we spent more time together. She worried that I would go to another school. She is the best friend I’ve ever had. When I’m with Sharon, I can be myself. I need Sharon’s friendship. I need it more than I’ve ever known.
December 16
I just had the most fantastic two days of my life! This was the best time I’ve had for a long, long time. Yesterday, we walked five times around the park and today we ran slowly along the river for twenty minutes. I can’t describe how much fun I had. We talked so much. Sharon, Sharon, no brick wall between us now.
44. What does the author mainly care about?
A. Why she was adopted. B. Why she went to another school.
C. Her family life.D. Her friendship with Sharon.
45. Sharon lost the author’s trust because she ______.
A. didn’t keep the author’s secret B. didn’t like the author any more
C. often played a joke on the author D. often refused to help the author
46. The underlined word “fantastic” in the last paragraph probably means “______”.
A. funny B. wonderful C. sad D. lucky
47. What can we know about the author and Sharon from the passage?
A. They were not friends any more.
B. They became good friends again.
C. They would go to another school together.
D. They could hardly understand each other.

The doctor suggested Sharon ___ a green peach again.

A．not eat

B．do not eat

C．not to eat

D．eat not

Sharon has been a serious runner for six years. She has completed three marathons and several shorter races. Each week she runs about 20 miles.
Her favorite shoes? A $25 pair of Champion shoes she bought at Target. “I like running in simple shoes,” she said, “The more you pay, the more trouble you get.” She is right. Money often buys higher-quality goods, but not when it comes to running shoes.
Over the last forty years, running has been popular as a leisure (闲暇的) sport. In 2009, 476,000 runners took part in a marathon. In 1976, the number was just 25,000. Sales of running shoes reached a record $ 2.36 billion in 2009, 60 percent more than ten years earlier.
But some of those dollars may not have been well spent. In 2007, Scottish researchers tested running shoes at three price levels, ranging from $80 to $150, and found that low-cost and mid-cost shoes within the same brand protected runners’ feet just as well as high-cost ones, sometimes even better.
“The common idea is that if you pay more, you will get better shoes,” said Abboud, director of the Institute of Motion Analysis and Research at the University of Dundee in Scotland, “Our research did not show that.” Professor Abboud and his colleagues have just completed a similar study, as not yet published, with nearly the same results.
If you want to run well and run safely, consider fit first and price last. “You want a shoe that helps you keep a balanced position,” said Mark Montgomery, manager of the JackRabbit Sports store in Union Square in New York, “A more expensive shoe is not always the solution.”
“The less you think about a shoe, the better,” said Ms Bakoul, a marathoner.
小题1:According to Sharon, ________.

A．expensive shoes will give you more trouble

B．higher-quality shoes will protect your feet better

C．taking part in marathons is very important for runners

D．running about 20 miles a week is the best for your health

小题2:From the passage the reason why much money is not well spent is that ________.

A．it was spent on running

B．it was spent on high- cost shoes

C．running needs the cheapest shoes

D．money often buys higher-quality goods

小题3:From the passage we can infer __________.

A．running as a leisure sport will be no longer popular

B．Professor Abboud thinks the common idea is right

C．Ms Bakoul is against the research results

D．Mark Montgomery agrees with Sharon

小题4:What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The More, the Better	B．Run Well and Run Safely
C．The Less, the Better	D．Fit First and Price Last

My sister Sharon and I look very different. She’s tall, and I’m short. She has short curly dark (黑暗的，深色的) hair, and I have long straight blond hair. We both have dark eyes, but Sharon wears glasses, and I don’t. And she always wears large earrings (耳环). I don’t wear earring.
Sharon and I do many things together (一起). We watch movies together, and we often go shopping. We play tennis together every Saturday. Often, people don’t know that Sharon and I are sisters, because we look so different . But we are also good friends.
小题1:What does Sharon look like? She .

A．is tall and has dark hair	B．doesn’t wear earrings
C．has long straight blond hair	D．is short and dark hair

小题2: The sisters don’t together.

A．play the piano	B．play tennis
C．go shopping	D．watch movies

小题3: The two sisters both_ .

A．wear glasses	B．have blond hair
C．like earrings	D．have dark eyes

小题4:What does the word “ different” mean in Chinese?

A．一样的	B．困难的
C．不一样的	D．友善的

小题5: Which is the best title (标题) for this reading?

A．Playing Tennis	B．My Hobbies.
C．Two sisters	D．Meeting New Fiends