1 . How to Make Friends at a New School

Starting with a new school can be difficult. Everything seems to be different, and you don’t even know where to go for your own classes.     1     However, if you use these skills, you can quickly turn some of those strangers into friends.

Be yourself

    2     If some people don’t accept you, they’re not the kind of friends you need. People often stay together because they have similar interests. For example, someone who does a lot of sports may make friends with those who also run or swim a lot.

    3    

Remember to be nice to the people you meet at your new school. If you think that you will say something that may make them feel sad, do not say anything and just nod your head if they talk to you. Also, remember to be as helpful as possible!

Believe in yourself

A smile goes a long way. When you walk in the halls, don’t keep your eyes on the floor. Raise your head and make eye contact with other people.     4     Introduce yourself. Tell them your name and where you’re from.

Remember people’s names

You like it when people use your name, and so do other people.     5     Besides, ask them in a kind way if they have a nickname. You’d be surprised how often this may come in handy.

A．Be friendly to others.

B．Making new friends can be hard, too.

C．Join after-school activities like

D．Never change what you are to try and fit in.

E．If you see someone you know, smile or say “Hi”.

F．People may become angry if you just begin by saying ”Hey“ each time.

G．Don ‘t sit at the back of the classroom where other people don’t notice you!

2 . When you visit America, you will see the word “motel” on signs and notice boards. It is made up of “motor” and “hotel” and it is really a hotel for people who arrive by car (however, you don’t need a car to stay at one). You have to pay when you arrive for your room, which usually has a bath. Meals are not provided, but there will certainly be a cafeteria (自助餐馆). Along the main roads there are a lot of motels. Some provide television in every bedroom while others have swimming pools. Motels are especially useful when you are in the country, far from a town or city. You will also find them in the big National Parks.

In these great National Parks, you may meet guests you don’t expect to see. An American friend told me a little story. In the middle of a moonless night she heard strange noises outside her motel window in the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Thinking it might be a thief, she jumped out of bed, opened the door and crept(悄悄地缓慢行进) towards a dark shadow. As she got close, she saw the thief. She was dreadfully frightened: It wasn’t a human thief—it was a big black bear. The bear was turning over some empty tins(罐) with its paw, looking for tasty bits of food. My friend decided to leave that particular thief alone!

There are also, of course, places called “rooming houses”, where they receive lodgers (房客). You will see such signs as Tourists or Rooms Rent, and you could try one of these. A word of warning—looking for a room in New York during the tourist season is like looking for gold on the moon!

1. What can we know about motels?

A．The word “motel” is formed by two words.

B．They are free for people who arrive by car.

C．If you want to stay at a motel, you must have a car.

D．You can only find motels in the big National Parks.

2. Which of the following is not provided by motels?

A．TV.

B．Baths.

C．Meals.

D．Swimming.

3. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?

A．A little story of the author’s.	B．The experience of the author’s friend.
C．Bears usually look for tasty food at night.	D．A thief crept into the author’s room.

4. What does the underlined part mean?

A．Tourists cannot find gold there.	B．It is easy to admire the moon there.
C．Tourists can have a sweet dream there.	D．It is difficult to find a room there.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone has a childhood. And childhood     1     (memory) are often very funny. It’s    2     (extreme) true that children brighten up a home.

I often recall my childhood, the years    3    many interesting things happened. When I was a two-year-old child, both my parents were always very busy    4    their work. My mother worked as a sales manager in    5     company while my father was in the army, so I lived with my grandma in a village. Every now    6    then I was waiting for my parents to see me at the front door. Once my father    7     (send) us a photo of his in a soldier’s uniform. Then one day, my mother finally came    8     (see) me and we went shopping together. On the way we saw a group of soldiers. And when I caught sight of    9     (they), I became very excited. I said in a ringing voice pointing to them, “This is my father, and this is my father, and that is my father, too!”

My mother said she would remember that     10     (embarrass) moment all her life.

4 . It was a very foggy day in London. The fog was so thick that it was impossible to see more than a foot or so. Buses, cars and taxis were not able to________ and were standing by the side of the road. People were trying to________their way about on foot, but they were still________their way in the fog.

Mr. Smith had a very important meeting to attend at the House of Commons. He had to get there before 9 o'clock, but________could take him there. He tried to________, but soon found that he was quite________. Suddenly he knocked into a stranger. The stranger asked if he could help him. Mr. Smith said he________ to go to the Houses of Parliament. The stranger offered to________him there.

Mr. Smith________him and they started to walk. The fog was getting________every minute but the stranger had no ________ in finding the way. He went along one street, turned down another, crossed a square, and after about half an hour's walk, they arrived at the Houses of Parliament.

Mr. Smith couldn't ________how the stranger found his way. “How do you find the way in this ________?” he asked.

“It is no________ to me,” said the stranger. “I am________.”

1.

A．run

B．come

C．stop

D．start

2.

A．cut

B．find

C．give

D．change

3.

A．making

B．losing

C．getting

D．keeping

4.

A．something

B．anything

C．nobody

D．somebody

5.

A．improve

B．walk

C．shout

D．follow

6.

A．lost

B．silly

C．awkward

D．sorry

7.

A．pretended

B．preferred

C．happened

D．wanted

8.

A．schedule

B．track

C．take

D．advance

9.

A．recognized

B．impressed

C．thanked

D．cheated

10.

A．longer

B．quieter

C．thinner

D．thicker

11.

A．difficulty

B．strategy

C．solution

D．style

12.

A．admire

B．believe

C．realize

D．explain

13.

A．fog

B．street

C．path

D．dark

14.

A．failure

B．event

C．sweat

D．legend

15.

A．amazing

B．deaf

C．injured

D．blind

5 . Anyone who has studied a foreign language knows how difficult it is to become really fluent.     1    

Find a conversation partner

Try to find someone in your school who is a native speaker and ask him or her to meet with you regularly to have conversations in that language.     2    

Watch TV

Try to find a foreign language TV station and watch often. At first the actors will seem to speak too quickly, but try to recognize a few words or phrases.     3    Pay attention to patterns(模式) of pronunciation and the way that the voices rise and fall when questions are asked and statements are made. Children’s shows are great for learning and reviewing basic concepts(概念).

Go out and practice

If you are visiting a foreign country and trying to learn the language, you’ll want to take every chance to go out and practice.     4    Successfully making a purchase (购买) or getting information in a foreign language will help you become more confident. Going grocery shopping in your hometown may not be very interesting, but in a foreign country things are different.     5    

A．Later it’ll become easier to follow the dialogues.

B．They actually became less and less fluent speakers.

C．Below are tips to help you practice your language skills.

D．Any situation can be a really interesting learning experience.

E．Are you trying to learn a new language in a completely foreign land?

F．Talking to someone you know is a great way to get experience with actual usage.

G．Each day, try getting into the habit of going to a place like a shop, restaurant or bank.

6 . Have you run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Perhaps they were busy talking or texting without noticing what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” has kept rising, they have been given a new name — phubbers (低头族).

Recently, a cartoon put them under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers from all walks of life are buried in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfies (自拍照) in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.

Although the ending sounds overstated (夸大的), the damage phubbing can bring is real. Your health is the first to bear the result of it. “Continuously stretching (伸展) your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying. “Also, staring for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually.”

But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills. At reunions with family or friends, many people often stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported.

It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.

1. The author gives the example of a cartoon in Paragraph 2 ________.

A．to warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients

B．to show the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers

C．to inform people of the bad effects of phubbing

D．to advertise the cartoon made by students

2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase “be buried in” ?

A．live on

B．focus on

C．die of

D．cover over

3. A phubber may have all the possible problems except that________.

A．he will cause the destruction of the world

B．his social skills could be seriouly affected

C．his neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed

D．he might get separated from his friends and family

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards phubbing?

A．Positive.

B．Supportive.

C．Objective (客观的).

D．Negative (消极的).

7 . Nearly 96, when most are lonely and in poor health, Olga Murray, full of energy, has been eagerly planning a trip to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. How can she be in such good shape? Is it her good genes? (Her mother lived to 98.) Or her daily salads and three-times-a-week workouts?

Scientists increasingly are finding that the answer — living with purpose — can be a particularly healthy pursuit, which can improve the quality of those final years. Murray offers a vivid example of how to create a sense of meaning.

Murray’s story began in 1984, after she had worked 37 years as a lawyer and was starting to think about retirement (退休). At 59, while traveling in Nepal, Murray found herself amazed by the children there. “They were poor beyond anything I had ever experienced,” she recalled in a self-published memoir (自传) years later. “Yet they were the most joyful little kids anywhere on earth.” She wanted to put the rest of her life into helping educate Nepalese children.

Returning to Nepal the next year, she met Allan Aistrope, then a volunteer English teacher at the country’s only orphanage (孤儿院). The two began with organizing college scholarships for four of the orphans. After another five years, they had started the Nepal Youth Foundation, which by then was supporting several hundred scholarship students and raising 60 homeless children. In 1994, they hired Som Paneru, a former scholarship student, as executive director. She handed over the presidency to Paneru in 2012. Now, she is busy as usual, leading lots of fundraising campaigns.

1. How did Nepalese children impress Murray when she traveled in Nepal at 59?

A．They were eager to receive education.

B．They were interested in her memoir.

C．They liked to communicate with foreigners.

D．They lived a very poor but happy life.

2. What did Murray do first when she travelled to Nepal the second time?

A．She sent 60 homeless children to the orphanage.

B．She helped four orphans go to college.

C．She volunteered as an English teacher.

D．She started the Nepal Youth Foundation.

3. Which best describes Murray?

A．Confident and helpful.	B．Creative and positive.
C．Energetic and selfless.	D．Kind-hearted and graceful.

4. What’s the purpose of this text?

A．To inspire people to live a purposeful life.

B．To advise people to change their jobs.

C．To attract more tourists to Nepal.

D．To encourage people to exercise regularly.