1 . One of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have friends, you have to be a friend. But how can you be a good friend at school?

Listen - Listen when they are talking. Don’t say anything unless they ask you a question. Sometimes it’s not necessary for you to have anything to say; they just need someone to talk to about their feelings.

Help them - If your friend is ever in need of something, be there to help them. You should try to put them first, but make sure you don’t do everything they want you to do. Try to take an extra (额外的) pencil or pen with you to classes in case (以防) they forget one. Have a little extra money in your pocket in case they forget something they need.

Be there for them - Try to make something for your friend to help make them feel better in hard times. Making cards and encouraging them are among the nicest things you can do for a friend. Marilyn Monroe, a famous U.S. actor, once said, “I often make mistakes. Sometimes I am out of control. But if you can’t stay with me at my worst, you are sure not to deserve (值得) to be with me at my best.” Always remember this! If you don’t want to stay with your friends when they’re in hard times, then you don’t deserve to be with them when they’re having a good time!

______   Try to make plans with your friends. Go shopping, go for ice cream, have a party, go to a movie and so on. Take time to know each other even better by doing something you both enjoy. By planning things together, you both can have a good time. And you’ll remember these things when you’re all old!

1. While your friend is talking to you about his or her feelings, you should _____.

A．give him or her some advice	B．just listen unless asked
C．calm him or her down	D．share your feelings as well

2. When we provide help for our friends, we should _____.

A．try to do everything for them	B．ignore their faults
C．change their bad habits first	D．put them before ourselves

3. What can we learn from Marilyn Monroe’s words?

A．Life without a friend is death.	B．A friend is easier lost than found.
C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.	D．A man is known by his friends.

4. Which of the following can be put in the blank of the last paragraph?

A．Make plans.	B．Enjoy yourself.
C．Understand your friends.	D．Play with your friends.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．How to find a good friend.	B．How to help friends in trouble.
C．How to be a good friend.	D．How to make more friends.

2 . My dear grandmother passed away 18 years ago. However, I still ________ her every single day. She is such a(n) ________ part of my life. My Mom, Dad, brothers and I lived in her old house for most of my ________. And when I close my eyes and open my heart. I could see her ________ face. I could hear her say “HELLO” in a high ________, as I opened the door after school. And then she would open her ________ to give me a big hug and kiss. And when she ________ me, I could feel the love and joy coming from her ________ into mine.

I thought I ________ everything about my “Nana” but ________ I am still learning more about her even today. Just yesterday a(n) ________ family friend stopped to talk to me at the local post office. She told me what happened once when she ________ my Nana when I was still a little boy. They were ________ around the dining-table, chatting. Our ________ noticed the lovely earrings my Nana was ________. She told Nana how much she liked them and asked if Nana could ________ them to her in her will. Without a second ________ my sweet Nana took them off and gave them to her on the spot.

After our friend left, I stood there for a few minutes in ________. I had never known this and as far as I could tell, Nana never ________ it to anyone. That was just like her. She may have been excited and temperamental (喜怒无常的) at times but she was the person who loved others deeply and she ________ freely. She lives in my heart forever.

1.

A．indicate

B．remember

C．miss

D．respect

2.

A．accessible

B．believable

C．evident

D．important

3.

A．memories

B．childhood

C．achievements

D．adulthood

4.

A．tiring

B．artificial

C．embarrassing

D．kind

5.

A．noise

B．voice

C．position

D．quality

6.

A．arms

B．hands

C．legs

D．fingers

7.

A．noticed

B．hugged

C．blamed

D．helped

8.

A．heart

B．appearance

C．reflection

D．motivation

9.

A．forgot

B．resisted

C．classified

D．knew

10.

A．increasingly

B．amazingly

C．fortunately

D．gradually

11.

A．humorous

B．passive

C．old

D．troublesome

12.

A．opposed

B．appreciated

C．admired

D．visited

13.

A．going

B．turning

C．sitting

D．pushing

14.

A．friend

B．neighbor

C．doctor

D．grandpa

15.

A．cleaning

B．watching

C．holding

D．wearing

16.

A．distribute

B．deliver

C．leave

D．lend

17.

A．thought

B．assumption

C．remark

D．performance

18.

A．disappointment

B．surprise

C．delight

D．horror

19.

A．mentioned

B．demonstrated

C．recommended

D．introduced

20.

A．donated

B．invested

C．gave

D．interrupted

3 . I don’t know why the train was unusually full today. I sat down in the only seat _____   beside a middle-aged man who had his head down and seemed to be lost in ______. I was glad that he didn’t notice me as he just ______ to look down towards the floor.

Shortly after the train left I found myself ______ what this man was thinking about. What could be so ______ that he didn’t even see me sit next to him? I tried to forget about it and started to read my paper. ______, some inner voice kept encouraging me to talk to this man. I tried to ______ but I failed.

Finally I ______ an excuse to ask him a question. When he ______ his head and turned his eyes towards me I could see that he must have been really ______. I can’t describe the sadness which was so ______. We talked for about 20 minutes and in the end he seemed to be doing ______. As we were leaving the train he thanked me again and again.

Several weeks later, when I watched TV at home, I received a strange ______, which only had the word Angel written on it. After I read it I was ______ touched (感动). It was a letter from the man I met on the ______. That day he planned to ______ his life. In his letter, he went on to ______ that he had said to God that if God really ______ him he would send someone to prevent him killing himself. In his eyes I was that Angel sent by God.

I don’t know what that voice was that made me take a ______ and talk to a stranger but I do know that it made a ______ in someone’s life that day. So the next time you hear your inner voice, just listen to it.

1.

A．offered

B．left

C．laid

D．missed

2.

A．daydreams

B．sight

C．thought

D．scenery

3.

A．continued

B．planned

C．wanted

D．liked

4.

A．worrying

B．guessing

C．considering

D．wondering

5.

A．valuable

B．important

C．necessary

D．strange

6.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Instead

D．So

7.

A．ignore

B．remember

C．realize

D．accept

8.

A．call for

B．ask for

C．came up with

D．make up for

9.

A．nodded

B．shook

C．dropped

D．raised

10.

A．kind

B．worried

C．sad

D．excited

11.

A．heavy

B．special

C．popular

D．familiar

12.

A．worse

B．better

C．harder

D．less

13.

A．email

B．message

C．letter

D．newspaper

14.

A．easily

B．already

C．often

D．deeply

15.

A．train

B．street

C．Internet

D．TV

16.

A．begin

B．save

C．change

D．end

17.

A．complain

B．introduce

C．explain

D．express

18.

A．called on

B．cared about

C．sent for

D．gave up

19.

A．chance

B．hike

C．time

D．seat

20.

A．mark

B．decision

C．difference

D．start

4 . Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son’s soccer team. It was the final quarter. The score was two to one, my son’s team in the lead. Parents surrounded the playground, offering encouragement.

With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball suddenly rolled in front of my son’s teammate Mickey O’Donnel. With shouts of “Kick it!” echoing across the playground, Mickey turned around and gave it everything he had. All around me the crowd erupted (沸腾). O’Donnel had scored!

Then there was silence. Mickey had scored all right, but in the wrong goal, ending the game in a tie. For a moment there was a total hush. You see, Mickey has Down syndrome (唐氏综合征) and for him there is no such thing as a wrong goal. All goals were celebrated by a joyous hug from Mickey. He had even been known to hug the opposing players when they scored.

The silence was finally broken when Mickey, his face filled with joy, hugged my son tightly and shouted, “I scored! I scored. Everybody won! Everybody won!” For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would react. I need not have worried. I watched, through tears, as my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five salute and started chanting, “Way to go Mickey! Way to go Mickey!” Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his goal.

Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied. “It was a tie. Everybody won.”

1. What was the result of the soccer match?

A．Two to two, equal to both the teams.

B．Three to one in Mickey’s team’s favor.

C．Two to one in the opposite team’s favor.

D．Nobody won because of Mickey’s goal.

2. The underlined word “hush” in paragraph 3 means “________”.

A．cheer	B．silence
C．laughter	D．cry

3. What did the author worry about when Mickey scored and hugged his son?

A．The result would disappoint his son.

B．His son would shout at Mickey for his goal.

C．Mickey would again hug the opposing players.

D．The opposite team would laugh at Mickey’s goal.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．both teams liked and respected Mickey

B．both teams were thankful for Mickey’s goal

C．Mickey didn’t mind though his goal was wrong

D．Mickey was a kind-hearted boy and hoped everybody won

5. The purpose of the author in writing the passage is ________.

A．to tell a joke to make readers laugh

B．to suggest we should not mind losing

C．to show enjoying a game is more than winning a game

D．to present his son’s fine qualities of understanding others

5 . 请按照下列要求，根据自己的亲身经历，用日记体裁，记述一段难忘的家庭往事。
要求：1. 日记体裁，时间自拟，星期和日期要写完整单词；
2. 记述一件发生在家庭成员之间的事件, 要有细节描写；
3. 要有自己对这件事情的看法或感受；
4. 提示：注意体裁和时态；
5. 字数：80个单词左右。
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6 . Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted whether such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you____.

I wanted to do something very ____ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ____ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ____ it looked almost new. I was so ____ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet (头盔) and a riding outfit (装备).

I could ____ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to ____ the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a ____: “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so____. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could____lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one.” was my husband’s ____.

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ____ this expensive gift.

Of course, the ____ awoke, and my son was thrilled (激动的) with my reaction. Many kisses were ____, and I immediately wanted him to ____ my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ____ what I was expecting. Then I ____ that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother ____ on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still ____ and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to ____ this story.

Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1.

A．hope

B．advice

C．support

D．courage

2.

A．polite

B．similar

C．special

D．private

3.

A．played

B．studied

C．traveled

D．worked

4.

A．after

B．before

C．unless

D．until

5.

A．sure

B．fond

C．proud

D．confident

6.

A．perhaps

B．really

C．almost

D．hardly

7.

A．prepare

B．cook

C．set

D．serve

8.

A．note

B．notice

C．word

D．sign

9.

A．disturbed

B．confused

C．astonished

D．inspired

10.

A．give

B．take

C．draw

D．teach

11.

A．reason

B．request

C．comment

D．response

12.

A．present

B．afford

C．find

D．order

13.

A．neighbor

B．building

C．room

D．house

14.

A．exchanged

B．experienced

C．expected

D．exhibited

15.

A．tear

B．open

C．check

D．receive

16.

A．purely

B．basically

C．obviously

D．exactly

17.

A．realized

B．remembered

C．imagined

D．supposed

18.

A．only

B．still

C．ever

D．even

19.

A．works

B．exists

C．matters

D．counts

20.

A．send

B．publish

C．share

D．write

7 . There is an old Chinese proverb that states “One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade,” and this is how it should be with mothers and daughters. The relationship between a mother and a daughter is sometimes confusing. The relationship can be similar to friendship. However, the mother and daughter relationship has unique characteristics that distinguish it from a friendship. These characteristics include a hierarchy (等级) of responsibilities and unconditional love, which preclude mothers and daughters from being best friends.

Marina, 27 years old, said, “I love spending time with my mom, but I wouldn’t consider her my best friend. Best friends don’t pay for your wedding. Best friends don’t remind you how they carried you in their body and gave you life! Best friends don’t tell you how wise they are because they have been alive at least 20 years longer than you.” This doesn’t mean that the mother and daughter relationship can’t be very close and satisfying. This generation of mothers and adult daughters has a lot in common, which increases the likelihood of shared companionship. Mothers and daughters have always shared the common experience of being homemakers, responsible for maintaining and passing on family values and traditions. Today contemporary mothers and daughters also share the experience of work and technology, which may bring them even closer together.

Best friends may or may not continue to be best friends, but for better or worse, the mother and daughter relationship is permanent, even if for some unfortunate reason they aren’t speaking. Sometimes this is not an equal relationship. Daughters don’t always feel responsible for their mother’s emotional well-being. But mothers never stop being mothers, which includes frequently wanting to protect their daughters and often feeling responsible for their happiness. The mother and daughter relationship is a relationship that is not replaceable by any other. Mothers always “trump (胜过)” friends.

1. What does the underlined word “preclude” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．differ.	B．benefit.
C．prevent.	D．change.

2. What can we learn from what Marina said?

A．Best friends will not spend money on her wedding.

B．Best friends will not remind her of important issues in life.

C．Her mother is wiser on account of her age.

D．Her mother is anything but her best friend.

3. Why can a mother and a daughter build a closer relationship?

A．Because they share advanced technology with each other.

B．Because they work together to support the whole family.

C．Because they experience the same values and traditions.

D．Because they have common experience in life and work.

4. What do we know from the text?

A．The mother and daughter relationship can be replaced by a best friend.

B．A mother’s love brings her and her daughter a close friendship.

C．Marina has a troubled relationship with her mother.

D．The mother and daughter relationship goes beyond best friendship.

5. What is the text mainly about?

A．How to build a good mother and daughter relationship.

B．A mother-daughter relationship is irreplaceable.

C．Mothers want to be daughters’ friends.

D．A daughter is a mother’s best friend.

8 . Life affects friendships. As we grow, marry, fight in wars, move across the country or change jobs, old friendships fall away and new ones form. As long as we live, the things around us change, and as long as things change, friendships are affected.

When we were children, we had best friends. No matter what happened we were still friends. We live our lives, however, and do what life calls for us to do, and as we get older, memories fade, faces blur（变得模糊），and even friends’ names from childhood are forgotten.

Do you have a question about friendship？Do you wonder what to do with a friend who is no longer friendly？ Perhaps you will see that you can’t control others. If some   people want to be your friends, it is their choice. All you can do is treat them well and do the best for them when you are with them. Then you wish them well when they leave.

You can talk to old-timers and they will tell you that life is full of incredible（难以置信的）joy and incredible sorrow, and that what bothers you today will one day become a memory and the pain will be gone. Seniors might tell you that you will learn more as you get older. They will tell you that friendships come and friendships go. Sometimes when they go it will hurt you, but you will be okay with it. It’s theway life works, after all.

1. According to the text, what can we learn about friendship？

A．Friendship cannot be easily affected by one’s family.

B．Friends are always around us and will never go away.

C．Friends in childhood are sometimes forgotten by us.

D．Friends in childhood are the best no matter what happens.

2. In the author’s opinion, what should we do with friends who are no longer friendly？

A．Care about them and do the best for them when we are together.

B．Forget them and make new friends who have a lot in common with us.

C．Find the reason why our friendship has changed.

D．Do our best to control them and make them listen to us.

3. What the old-timers and seniors in the last paragraph tell you about friendship will ______.

A．make you have no good friends

B．help you have healthy understanding of friendship

C．remind you to always help your friends

D．lead you to be a powerful man WNIW HH

4. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage？

A．How to share happiness with friends

B．How to deal with unfriendly people

C．How to make good friends

D．How to face the changes in friendship

9 . On a flight from Dallas, Texas, to Cincinnati, Ohio, to visit a friend in 2013, event planner Paige Chenault daydreamed about the grand birthday parties she’d throw for her daughter one day. (Paige was five months pregnant at the time.) Then, flipping through a magazine, she saw a photo of an impoverished Haitian boy, skinny. “I thought, this kid has nothing,” Paige says.

The image stayed with her, and she resolved to do something to help. “I decided I would use my talents to throw birthday parties for homeless kids,” Paige says. For the next four years, Paige and her husband, Colin, took time out from parenthood to visit shelters to determine how best to pull off the parties.

Finally, in January 2017, Paige launched the Birthday Party Project, a nonprofit organization, and recruited friends and family to help decorate Dallas’s 75- occupant Family Gateway Shelter with balloons and streamers, celebrating the birthdays of 11 boys and girls, with 60 more homeless kids in attendance. “That first party was better than I could have ever imagined,” says Paige.

Now Paige and her staff of three paid employees work with regional volunteers to plan monthly themed parties at 15 shelters across the country, some of which house abused or abandoned kids. Each child celebrating a birthday that month gets a $30 gift, a decorative place mat, and an individual cake or cupcake.

One of Paige’s favorite parts of each party is when the kids make a wish and blow out the candles. “They rarely get a chance to dream big,” says Paige.

Her daughter, Lizzie, now seven, often helps out at the parties. Paige says, “The one thing I’ve always wanted is for my kid to be generous.”

1. What was it that made Paige want to help the homeless children?

A．A flight from Dallas to Ohio.	B．Her daughter’s birthday.
C．The photo of a Haitian boy.	D．Her talent for throwing parties.

2. What does the underlined word “impoverished” mean?

A．adorable

B．poor

C．talented

D．frustrated

3. What can be learnt from the passage?

A．A total of 75 full-time workers are employed by Paige at present.

B．After unsuccessful attempts, Paige finally threw a wonderful party for the homeless kids.

C．Kids can spend $30 to celebrate their birthday.

D．Paige devotes herself to the cause of helping the homeless kids.

4. What kind of person do you think Paige is?

A．Kind and perseverant.	B．Ambitious and honest.
C．Caring and sensitive.	D．Responsible and disciplined.

5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Bring Sunshine to the Homeless

B．A Warm story Between Paige and her daughter

C．Paige and Her Birthday Party Project

D．How to Light Up the Life of the Abandoned Kids

10 . In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand (木架)with a small notepad(记事本)and a hole for a pencil.

I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil. The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.

“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”

My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in those days.”

Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”

This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible(看不到的) exhibits at every meal.

1. Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?

A．To leave messages.	B．To list her everyday tasks.
C．To note down maths problems.	D．To write down a flash of inspiration.

2. What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand?

A．It has great value for the family.	B．It needs to be replaced by a better one.
C．It brings her back to her lonely childhood.	D．It should be passed on to the next generation.

3. The author feels embarrassed for ________.

A．blaming her mother wrongly

B．giving her mother a lot of trouble

C．not making good use of time as her mother did

D．not making any breakthrough in her field

4. In the author’s mind, her mother is ________.

A．strange in behavior	B．keen on her research
C．fond of collecting old things	D．careless about her appearance