1 . Friendship makes life more enjoyable and colorful. Here are some tips for you to make friends.

Make yourself available. Put yourself out there somehow in order to meet people. If you’re still in school, sit somewhere with two other people. If you see opportunities to meet new people, take them.     1    

    2     Be open to trying new activities to meet people around you who have common interests. For example, if you love books and want to meet like-minded friends, join a book club. People who have a passion (激情) for books will end up meeting people with the same interest.

Talk to others actively.     3     You can start talking to people by simply greeting them with a “Good morning, how are you?” as you pass them by.     4    You can talk to anybody: the person sitting next to you in public, or the person in front of you in the lunch line.

Use social media wisely.     5     Social media has given us the amazing ability to connect with people on the Internet and turn them into friends. Using social media like Facebook may be a perfect way to meet people who share the same interest as you.

A．Don’t be too picky.

B．Meet new people nearby.

C．We live in a digital world.

D．Follow people and have fun.

E．If someone invites you to a party, go for it.

F．We shouldn’t make friends on the Internet.

G．If you don’t actually talk to people, you still won’t make friends.

2 . 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。

Rose Flower Cake, one of Yunnan’s classic snacks, is a delicious dessert in Yunnan. According to historical     1     (record), flower cakes were invented by a cake maker during the Qing Dynasty more than 300 years ago.     2     (traditional), flower cakes were eaten at breakfast and as snacks.

As Yunnan’s typical dessert, rose cakes     3     (make) using Rosa rugosa, a kind of rose native to eastern Asia. However, the best quality Rosa rugosa is grown in Yunnan. With     4     (it) spring like weather year round, Yunnan is     5     ideal environment for plants in general, and roses in particular.

Rose Flower Cake is only available for part of the year because it’s made using the petals (花瓣) of roses,     6     have a limited flowering period. April and May are the     7     (good) time of the year to pick roses. After they are picked, they are frozen and taken in refrigerated trucks to factories for processing.

There     8     (be) more than a dozen varieties of flower cakes being offered now. The shelf life of flower cakes is from 7 to 45 days, depending     9     the ingredients (原料). In April, people wait in line     10       (buy) fresh flower cakes.

If possible, have a taste for the very traditional local dessert.

3 . Time to make lemonade out of life’s lemons

When you have an unexpected lockdown staring at you, take it one day at a time. Instead of getting bogged down by the thought, take each of those days as an opportunity to build new skills, explore hobbies and do things you’ve always wanted to.     1    .

1. Give your house a makeover

    2    ? With a lockdown in full progress, this may be a good time to give your home a fresh new look. Change the curtains, move your tables, chairs and sofas around the house to try out new combinations. Besides burning good calories, this activity could help you hit the reset button and let you escape the boredom of same-old.

2     3     There are at least half a dozen people, at any given point of time that you need to call back. An elderly aunt, that slightly touchy friend, or your former colleague — you really meant to call them back, but ... you know how it is. This is a good time to find out how your friends and family are doing. Spread the warmth and stay bonded.

3. Find the bookworm in you

This is a no-brainer to be honest. Besides being a great entertainer, this can be a great use of your me-time, simply because you will enhance your knowledge of people, society, history and culture.     4    .

4. Try digital housekeeping

Your home may be tidy and in order, but your digital life is a mess: photos all out of place, the music from god-knows-when, old text files that need to be cleaned up.     5    . Most importantly, you need to change your passwords and keep them safe.

A．Be a social butterfly — on the phone

B．Here is a list of ideas for you to explore

C．Also, research suggests that reading keeps you smarter

D．Used to the common setting of your routine workplace

E．Therefore, you are supposed to finish the following things

F．Not to mention a system backup and an update of your operating system

G．Tired of seeing the same old seating/dining arrangements, day in, day out

4 . 假定你是李华，是阳光中学学生会主席。学生会准备开展一次爱心进社区活动。请你写一则英语通知发布到学校英文网站上，号召同学们积极参加。内容包括：
1.活动时间和地点；
2.活动内容：清洁社区、看望孤寡老人等。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.通知格式已给出，所给内容不计入总词数。

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5 . One summer night in a seaside cottage, a small boy was in bed, sound asleep. Suddenly, he felt himself _________from bed and carried in his father’s arms on to the beach. Overhead was the clear starry sky. “Watch!” As his father spoke,_________, one of the stars moved. It _________across the sky like a golden fire. And before the _________of this could fade, another star leapt from its place, then another...

“What is it?” the child asked in _________.

“Shooting stars. They_________every year on a certain night in August.”

That was all: just an _________encounter of something magic and beautiful. But, back in bed, the child stared into the dark, with mind full of the falling stars.

I was the_________seven-year-old boy whose father believed that a new experience _________more for a small boy than an unbroken night’s sleep.

That night, my father opened a door for his child, leading him into an area of splendid_________.Children are naturally curious, but they need someone to_________them. This art of adding new dimensions to a child’s world doesn’t _________require a great deal of time. It simply_________doing things more often with children instead of for them or to them. Good parents know this: The most precious gift they can give a child is to spark their flame of _________That night is still deeply_________in my memory. Next year, when August comes with its shooting stars, my son will be seven.

1.

A．hidden

B．robbed

C．lifted

D．kicked

2.

A．incredibly

B．accidentally

C．apparently

D．actually

3.

A．exploded

B．circled

C．spread

D．flashed

4.

A．success

B．wonder

C．exhibition

D．discovery

5.

A．amazement

B．horror

C．relief

D．delight

6.

A．blow up

B．turn up

C．show off

D．give out

7.

A．uncomfortable

B．unbearable

C．undetected

D．unexpected

8.

A．curious

B．determined

C．fortunate

D．chosen

9.

A．worked

B．mattered

C．deserved

D．proved

10.

A．newness

B．emptiness

C．freedom

D．innovation

11.

A．protect

B．challenge

C．guide

D．believe

12.

A．absolutely

B．basically

C．possibly

D．necessarily

13.

A．involves

B．risks

C．admits

D．resists

14.

A．hope

B．curiosity

C．faith

D．wisdom

15.

A．trapped

B．set

C．lost

D．rooted