上海市长宁区2018届高三下学期教学质量检测（二模）英语试题

2018届长宁区第二学期教学质量检测（二模） 高三英语试题 A Great Friendship Thomas Jefferson and James Madison met in 1776. Could it have been any other year? They worked together and started to further American Revolution and later to shape the official new plan of government, ____21____ (develop) a close friendship, which lasted for 50 years. There were ____22_____(share) purposes and a common end on both sides. Four and a half months ____23___ he died, when he was ill and worried about his family, Jefferson wrote to his longtime friend. His words and Madison’s reply remind us that friends are friends till death. “The friendship which _____24_____ ( exist) between us for half a century, the harmony of our political principles and pursuits have been sources of constant happiness to me through that long period. It's also been a great comfort to me ____25____ (believe) that you are engaged in vindicating(证实) to the younger generation the course that we’ve pursued for preserving to them. If ever the earth has not