| A．healthy something | B．healthy nothing |
| C．something healthy | D．nothing healthy |
Many friendships go through tough times, but a difficult fight may leave your relationship beyond repair. However, if you really care about this person, it will be worth the effort to fix a broken friendship.
Be the first one to reach out. If you aren’t talking to each other, someone will have to make the first move. Let it be you this time!
Apologize (道歉) to them and accept their apology. Even if you didn’t do anything and you believe the situation is their fault, opening with an apology sets the tone. You could say, “I’m really sorry that things have gotten to this point.
Take things slowly. If you and your best friend had a major falling out, hanging out every day after school as you used to do probably isn’t the healthiest way to rebuild things.
This will give you both time to heal and rebuild your friendship together.
| A．Communicate about the problem honestly and openly. |
| B．It shows that you’re serious about settling things. |
| C．Examine the way you treat each other. |
| D．The following tips will help you know how to make it. |
| E．I want things to be better between us. |
| F．Instead, you should start slowly with occasional hangouts or phone calls. |
| G．Thus, you should stop making an argument and trust your friend. |
3 . When we see a person in trouble, the first idea that comes to our mind is to lend a hand. But what if we see an animal in trouble, does the same rule apply?
This question was raised after a group of penguins (企鹅) were saved from an icy gully (峡谷) in Antarctica. It was filmed for the BBC wildlife series Dynasties. The film crew were anxious when they saw that a group of penguins had fallen into a gully and been trapped with their young. They built a slope (斜坡) so that a few of the penguins could save themselves.
The case has taken the international media by storm. Viewers watching this film sighed in relief. “I’m so glad. I understand not taking action directly, but a helping hand isn’t bothering, right?” viewer Kathryn Shaw said on her Facebook.
However, others think human interference (干涉) is unnatural. “You can’t have sunshine throughout your life. To have done anything else would only make matters worse.” said the show’s creator David Attenborough, according to The Times.
In this case, however, Mike Gunton, the executive producer of the series, said that this was a one-off situation. “There were no animals going to suffer by interfering. You weren’t touching the animals and it was just felt by doing this... They had the chance not to have to keep slipping down the slope.” he told the BBC.
Such cases are familiar to Paul Nicklen, wildlife photographer for National Geographic. He told Metro, “If it’s ever a predator (捕食者) situation, no matter how gut-wrenching (令人揪心的), you stay out of the way. Even when you’re watching a male polar bear eat a baby bear.
“There’s no rule book in those situations. You can only respond to the facts that are right there in front of you.” Will Lawson, the show’s director, told Daily Mail.
1. What has led to a heated media discussion?| A．Some penguins’ sufferings in a gully. | B．People’s various opinions on penguins. |
| C．The rescue (营救) of penguins from a gully. | D．Ways of filming the series Dynasties. |
| A．David Attenborough. | B．Will Lawson. | C．Paul Nicklen. | D．Kathryn Shaw. |
| A．We should save the baby bear. | B．We should lend a hand to the male bear. |
| C．We should not interfere. | D．We should shoot the male bear. |
| A．Necessity of Lending a Hand to Animals | B．Protect Animals From Dying Out |
| C．Human Interference on Dangerous Animals | D．Help Animals in Trouble or Not |
4 . Would you like to know a fun way to learn about math? Well, you can do that with model railroading (铁轨模型). Yes, it’s true. You can learn about many school topics without using a school book. Besides that, there are many other benefits that model railroading brings us as well. In this article, we will discuss just a few of those benefits of model railroading.
Patience and problem solving skills
When you build a model railroad, you have to plan your railroad out. You have to decide where the tracks will go, where to put buildings, where to put streets and any other things you would like to add to your model railroad. Also, you have to think about any problems you may have with the design you choose. How will you make railroad crossings (交叉路口)? How will you design hills, mountains, and rivers? Deciding on what to do with your model railroad takes a lot of thought and patience, but it is not as difficult as you may think.
Building skills
With model railroading, you learn how to put together plastic models of buildings. Also, you can learn how to build a table for your design, or make scenery for the geography of your design. Your model railroad runs on electricity, so you learn about electronics as well.
Fun for family and friends
Different from many video games, model railroading is a social bobby that lets you communicate with family and friends. This is because you have to communicate with family and friends as you build and run your model railroad. By spending time with the people in your life you love and care about, you learn to become closer and care more for each other. Of course, the best part about model railroading is running the trains. Watching the trains run around the track and make all the sounds and do all the things that real trains do gives people hours of enjoyment.
I hope you can learn to enjoy model railroading and experience all the benefits you just read about and many others. Happy railroading!
1. In order to build a model railroad, you have to be ______.| A．thoughtful and patient | B．an electrical engineer |
| C．skillful and confident | D．an expert in geography |
| A．it encourages us to complete it on our own |
| B．it improves the problem solving skills and creativity |
| C．it offers us chances to communicate with family and friends |
| D．it brings us hours of enjoyment and great satisfaction |
| A．Planning out the railroad. | B．Running the trains. |
| C．Putting streets and buildings. | D．Learning electronics and wiring |
5 . 亲爱的同学们，暑假如同一组灿烂多影的面卷，在我们面前展开，对于初中生而言，暑假不仅仅是两个月的经历么简单，它是一段充满探险、成长和反思的旅程，你可能与家人一同前往山区，那里山清水秀，空气消新，可山间徒步，这不仅是对身体上的锻炼，更是学会欣赏身边大自然一切美好的事物，你可能也利用暑假阅读了好多本书，书名像一扇门，为你打开了一个全新的世界，阅读让你学会思考，学会规划学习和休息，让每一天都充满了意义，你还可能与家人经历了一次如梦幻股的旅行，那是一场与大自然亲密接触，与历史文化深度交腔的难忘旅程。请你记录下意义非凡的暑假时光，都做了什么以及你的感受。要求：不少于80词. 书写工整，卷面整洁。
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8 . If the rose can be said to be a special flower, then the apple can be said to be a special fruit. It is very important in American culture.
About 220 years ago, John Chapman went across America to get apple seeds (种子) and plant apple trees in America. Then apples became an important fruit for the people of early America. Because of this, John Chapman became very popular and got his new name “Johnny Appleseed”.
One of the first sayings for American children is, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This short saying encourages (鼓励) children to eat fresh fruit to keep healthy. If someone always says good words to a person, people will call him an “apple polisher”. But it is not a good name. If someone is very dear to us, we say that he or she is the “apple of our eyes”.
Most people think that the fruit which Eve gave to Adam was an apple, although the Bible (圣经) never says so. So the apple is an important part of the language and stories of America.
In many parts of the country, a popular activity in autumn is to pick apples in an apple garden. Washington D.C. and New York are both famous (著名的) for their apples. When it’s time to take a vacation to American cites, one can always visit New York— “the biggest apple” of all the American cities.
1. The second paragraph is mainly (主要) about ________| A．John Chapman had a good trip to America |
| B．John Chapman grew apple trees across America |
| C．John Chapman got another name "Johnny Appleseed |
| D．John Chapman encourages children to eat fresh fruit |
| A．善解人意之人 | B．阿谀奉承之人 | C．伶牙俐齿之人 | D．狡猾奸诈之人 |
| A．New York is the biggest city in America. |
| B．People like to go on vacation to Washington best. |
| C．Picking apples is a popular activity in all the American cities. |
| D．People can pick apples in autumn in America. |
| A．Apples - some interesting sayings. |
| B．Apples - an important fruit in America. |
| C．Apples - an important part in American culture |
| D．Apples -the best ones in America |
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