1、1 课时限时训练（一）Friendship(2015 华北地区联考 )When my aunt, Holly, was 15 years old, she suffered from MS, a disease that attacks the central nervous system. Whats scary is that its not clear what causes MS or when it will _1_. When it first struck Holly, she had just finished her political science degree and
2、held an admirable _2_. Her legs weakened, and she _3_that felt like she was a little child again, relearning to _4_. We kept our fingers crossed that by _5_her legs regularly, she could return to normal. But soon, she lost both her job and her long-time boyfriend. The girl, _6_happy and active, beca
3、me moody（情绪多变的）and quiet，_7_to go out because her hands _8_so much when she held anything. Its a completely _9_feeling to watch a healthy relative take a turn for the _10_. But we, the whole extended family, all held on _11_Hollys illness. Instead of going golfing every week, Grandfather worked arou
4、nd the house. Grandmother, almost 70, continued to work to help pay _12_bills. My parents remained _13_all the time through my aunts worst mood changes. Even my sister and I were there just for _-14_The hardest part was the feeling that Holly was unable to _15_anything we did for her, complaining ab
5、out everything and everybody. Finally came the day when we saw her _16_, when we all went to cheer her on in the annual MS walkathon (a walk that MS patients take to recover). Despite the freezing wind, I _17_the rest of my family. When the walk was over, Holly _18_introduced my sister and me to her
6、 friends who had come along to support her. I was able to see how just a little care can mean more than physical _19_. Most importantly, Ive learned through this whole _20_ with my family that, no matter what we have to suffer, we have a wonderful support group around us that will always catch us be
7、fore any of us falls. 1. A Happen B. strike C. disappear D. lose 2. A. record B. job C. baby D. ambition 3. A. warned B. predicted C. joked D. announced4. A. walk B. run C. think D. speak 5. A. moving B. treating C. resting D. stretching 6. A. once B. later C. forever D. never 7. A. frightened B. di
8、scouraged C. disappointed D. embarrassed 8. A. waved B. shock C. clapped D. seized 9. A. strange B. real C. helpless D. meaningless 10. A. better B. more C. worse D. less 11. A. through B. to C. with D. after 12. A. individual B. extra C. private D. medical 13. A. relaxed B. concerned C. active D. c
9、razy 14. A. relief B. comment C. profit D. reward 15. A. notice B. receive C. appreciate D. believe 16. A. joy B. devotion C. attitude D. change 17. A. joined B. left C. persuaded D. searched 18. A. quickly B. unwillingly C. enthusiastically D. forgetfully 19. A. punishment B. treatment C. beauty D.
10、 disability 20. A. accident B. movement C. training D. experienceNearly five years before, and with the help by my father, my sister and I planted some cherry tomatoes in our back garden. Since then -for all these year-we had been allowing tomatoes to self seed where they please. As result, the plan
11、ts are growing somewhere. The fruits are small in size, but juicy and taste. There are so much that we often share them with neighbors. Although we allow tomato plants to grow in the same place year after year, but we have never had any disease or insect attack problems. We are growing wonderfully tomatoes at no cost!
