Ⅰ. Pre-reading.
Enjoy the following poem and
answer the questions.
A Friend for Life
A friend loves at all times
A friend helps at all times
A friend trusts at all times
A good friend lasts a lifetime
A friend gives at all times
A friend cares at all times
A friend endures at all times
A good friend lasts a lifetime
1. Why do you think friends are important to you?
Because I can share my happiness and sadness with my friends. /Because we can help each other.
2. What do you think a good friend should be like? Discuss in pairs and try to write out the words that describe the qualities of a good friend as many as possible.
honest, friendly, brave, humorous, funny, wise, patient, kind, open-minded, responsible, helpful, warm-hearted, selfless, easy-going, . . .
Ⅱ. Skim the passage and fill in the chart below.
Ⅲ. Read the text and try to tell if these sentences are TRUE(T) or FALSE(F).
1. In the text Anne’s best friend referred to her father. (　)
2. Anne kept a diary because she could tell everything to it. (　)
3. She felt very lonely because she couldn’t meet the members of her family. (　)
答案：1～ 3. FTF
4. They had to hide because Jews were caught by Nazis and put away. (　)
5. Anne named her diary Kitty because she wanted it to be her best friend. (　)
答案： 4 ～5. TT
Ⅳ. Choose the best answer for each question according to the passage.
1. Anne Frank made her diary her best friend because＿＿＿ .
A. she could tell everything to it
B. it would laugh at her
C. it would not understand what she was going through
D. there was nobody else in her family she could make friends with
答案：A
2. It could be inferred(推断) from the passage that＿＿＿ .
A. she and her family hid away for two years
B. Anne liked setting down a series of facts in a diary
C. Jews were caught by Nazis and killed during World War Ⅱ
D. Anne and her family were discovered and killed at last
答案：C
3. Anne didn’t dare open the window when the moon was bright. That’s because＿＿＿＿.
A. they might be discovered　
B. her family might be disturbed
C. it was very cold
D. a thief might get into the room
答案：A
4. Anne said she had grown crazy about nature because＿＿ .
A. her interests in nature had grown
B. she had been indoors too long
C. she had been outdoors too long
D. she had always been so
答案：B
Ⅰ. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentences from the passage.
1. While＿＿＿＿the dog, you were careless and it got loose and was hit by a car.
A. walked　　　　　　　　B. being walked
C. walking　　　　　　　 D. to walk
【解析】选C。题中while walking the dog =while you were walking the dog, 省略了walk 的逻辑主语you 和be 动词were, 以避免重复。当连词when, while, before, after等引导的时间状语从句的主语与主句的主语一致时，可将从句中的主语和 be动词省去。
2. Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything＿＿ , like your deepest feelings and thoughts?
A. /　　　B. to　　　C. on　　　D. from
【解析】选B。考查定语从句中介词的选择。先行词是friend，由tell sth. to sb. 可知选B。这里介词to 可以提到whom之前。
3. I haven’t been able to be outdoors for ＿＿＿ long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.
A. so　　　B. such　　　C. too　　　D. enough
【解析】选A。so + adj. + that-clause 意为“如此……以至于……”。句意为：我已经很久未能去户外了，以至于我变得对一切与自然界有关的事物都无比狂热。
4. It was the first time in a year and a half that I ＿＿＿ seen the night face to face.
A. have　　　B. was　　　C. didn’t　　　D. had
【解析】选D。固定句式：it / this / that +is(was) +the first /the second /. . . time sb. has( had) done sth. . . . 某人第一次/二次/……次做某事。注意从句的谓语动词常用现在完成时或过去完成时。is与has /have done 对应； was 与 had done对应。句意为：那是我一年半以来第一次目睹夜晚。
5. I wonder if ＿＿＿ because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.
A. this is　　　B. I’m　　　C. it’s　　　D. /
【解析】选C。if宾语从句中含有一个强调句式。强调because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long. . . 。强调句型的结构为：It is/was + 被强调的部分 + who/that + 句子的其他部分。
Ⅱ. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1. She and her family hid away for nearly twenty-five months before they were discovered.
她和她的家人躲藏了差不多25个月之后才被发现。
2. I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.
我已经很久不能去户外了，以至于我变得对一切与自然界有关的事物都无比狂热。
3. I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound.
我记得非常清楚，曾有一段时间，湛蓝的天空、鸟儿的歌唱、月光和鲜花，从未使我心醉神迷过。
4. For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself.
比如，有天晚上天气很暖和，我熬到十一点半故意不睡觉，为的是独自好好赏赏月。
5. Why did Anne no longer just like looking at nature out of the window？
为什么安妮不再是仅仅喜欢看窗外的大自然了呢？
Ⅲ. Find out the sentences similar in meaning to the ones below in the passage.
1. Unlike most people, what I write in my diary is not exactly the facts, but I look on my diary as my best friend.
I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend.
2. I have had no chance to go out for a long time. I want to know if that’s the reason why I’ve become so mad about everything to do with nature.
I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.
3. I stayed upstairs before the window had to be closed.
I didn’t go downstairs until the window had to be shut.
Ⅳ. Fill in the blanks with the proper words and phrases according to the text. 　　
　　Anne was very 1. upset that her family had to move. However, she knew that she had got to go 2. through all the difficulties with her family. She found it difficult to settle and 3. calm down in the hiding place, because she was 4.concerned
about whether they would be discovered. Lonely, Anne had to make a new friend—her diary Kitty in order to 5. set down a series of facts.
What she really missed was going 6. outdoors and 7. walking the dog for her neighbor. It was such fun to watch it run 8. loose in the park. She wished she could tell her neighbor 9. face to face that she was sorry not to be able to do it 10. any longer, but she knew that was too dangerous!