从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
16. It seems that the aged people _________ the H7N9 more easily from the recent cases.
A. set up B. mix up C. pick up D. use up
17. Twitter is hot nowadays. People like showing online what they did or _______.
A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing
18. — How much _______ do we need to make fruit salad?
— Two teaspoons should be enough. It can make it sweet.
A. oil B. honey C. milk D. wine
19. The postman cried out downstairs, “Mr. Anderson, here is a letter _______ you.”
A. of B. from C. with D. for
20. With the help of computers, writing does not seem so _________ as it used to be.
A. difficult B. less difficult C. more difficult D. the most difficult
21. He seems to be doing nothing, but _______ he is just waiting for his time.
A. casually B. especially C. exactly D. actually
22. If you ______ go, at least wait until the storm is over.
A. can B. may C. must D. will
23. —Where’s Lisa? _______ on the phone again?
— Yes, she talks on the phone for three hours every day.
A. Does she talk B. Is she talking C. Did she talk D. Has she talked
24. — Do you know _______ this dictionary belongs to?
— Let me see. Oh, it’s mine.
A. who B. which C. where D. whose
25. — I am too tired to walk any farther, Mike.
— ______ , Daniel! You can do it!
A. No problem B. No hurry C. Come on D. That’s all right
第二节 完型填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My grandmother used to say to me, “You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand.” For a long time I thought this was 26 . Because there are not so many true friends in our life. But later, I’ve discovered that my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only 27 a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends. There are many different 28 . Let me tell you about a few of them.
One type of friends is the type that I call the “soccer mum friend”. My neighbor Betty is a good 29 . We both have kids who play soccer, and someone has to take them to their practices and pick them up. Betty and I and two 30 mothers do this. We meet sometimes and have coffee and talk 31 what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we see each other. I 32 staying with these women, but we don’t do anything else together.
Another type is the “ 33 friend”. This is the person 34 you share(分享) an interest or a hobby with. Doug and Charles Fisher, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. They all 35 to a bird-watching club. Every few weekends the members of the club go on hikes to watch different kinds of 36 . There’s nothing romantic about my relationship with Doug and Charles, of course. We just share an interest in birds.
37 ,there’s the “other half of the couple(夫妇)” type of friends. Carmen is a friend that I’ve known 38 college. When Carmen married George, I knew that I would have to be 39 friend if I wanted to continue to be Carmen’s. George and I don’t share that many interests, but we do have a 40 relationship(关系). Because he is my good friend’s husband.
26. A. wrong B. beautiful C. friendly D. true
27. A. make B. take C. give D. find
28. A. rows B. types C. groups D. teams
29. A. kind B. friend C. example D. mother
30. A. another B. other C. more of D. the other
31. A. to B. with C. on D. about
32. A. enjoy B. wish C. hope D. dislike
33. A. club B. bird C. weekend D. hobby
34. A. when B. where C. that D. why
35. A. belong B. join C. turn D. point
36. A. persons B. animals C. birds D. friends
37. A. First B. Besides C. Therefore D. So
38. A. since B. before C. after D. until
39. A. Doug’s B. George’s C. Charles’s D. Betty’s
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