40 , but long-distance friendships -even close ones -may require more  conscious effort to sustain. Try to seek out chances to renew friendships. How  to do it? Just spend face-to-face time together whenever possible.

A. Remember important dates

B. Compensate by writing letters

C. It is also helpful for yoto be a friendship keeper

D. Try to find a time that works for both of yoand stick to it

E. Friends need to talk about their preferred methods of communication

F. It is easy to have a sense of connectedness through social media

G. Yomay be the friend who left or the one who was left behind

语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Young children across the globe enjoy playing games of hide and seek. For  them, there's something highly exciting about 41 someone else's glance and  making oneself unable to be seen.

However, we all witness that preschool children are remarkably 42 at  hiding. They often cover only their eyes with their hands, leaving the rest of  their bodies 43 .

For a long time, this ineffective hiding method was 44 as evidence that  children are hopelessly "egocentric"(自我中心的)creatures. But our 45 research  results in child developmental psychology 46 that idea.

We brought young children aged 2-4 into our Minds in Development Lab at  USC. Each 47 sat down with an adult who covered her own eyes or 48 . We then  asked the child if she could 49 or hear the adult. Surprisingly, children  replied that they couldn't. The same 50 happened when the adult covered her own  mouth: 51 children said that they couldn't 52 to her.

A number of 53 ruled out that the children misunderstood what they were  being asked. The results were clear: Our young subjects 54 the questions and  knew 55 what was asked of them. Their 56 to the questions reflected their true  57 that "I can see yoonly if yocan see me, too." They simply 58  mutual(相互的)recognition and regard. Our 59 suggest when a child "hides" by  putting a blanket over her head, it is not a result of egocentrism. In fact,  children consider this method 60 when others use it.

41. A. following B. taking C. escaping D. directing

42. A. clever B. bad C. scared D. quick

43. A. exposed B. examined C. untouched D. imbalanced

44. A. supported B. guaranteed C. imagined D. interpreted

45. A. disappointing B. mixed C. surprising D. desired

46. A. explained B. confirmed C. contradicted D. tested

47. A. parent B. child C. researcher D. doctor

48. A. feet B. nose C. hands D. ears

49. A. see B. help C. reach D. fool

50. A. event B. thing C. action D. accident

51. A. Yet B. Now C. Soon D. Once

52. A. speak B. listen C. tum D. wave

53. A. instructions B. descriptions C. experiments D. assumptions

54. A. comprehended B. predicted C. explored D. ignored

55. A. partly B. honestly C. vaguely D. exactly

56. A. responses B. approaches C. contribution D. sensitivity

57. A. ability B. belief C. identity D. purpose

58. A. hold back B. relate to C. insist on D. make up

59. A. limitations B. requirements C. theories D. findings

60. A. tentative B. impressive C. creative D. effective

第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

May 21st this year marks the first International Tea Day, which was named  officially 61 the United Nations on November 27th, 2019. To celebrate 62  festival, a number of events took place at the Chinese Businessman Museum in  Beijing on Thursday.

The chairman of the China Culture Promotion Society 63 (address)the opening  ceremony. "As a main promoter of the International Tea Day, the birthplace of  tea and the 64 (large)tea-producing country, China has a 65 (responsible)to work  with other countries to promote the healthy development of the tea industry. It  can help to build a community with a 66 (share)future for mankind," he said.