1 . “I feel lonely and hopeless, ” said Lisa, a bright teenager from a loving home. “It seems that nobody wants to become my friend. What’s wrong with me?”
Like Lisa, many of us experience loneliness. The truth is that all people, no matter what their age or character-even the most outgoing, wealthy and popular-experience loneliness at least sometimes. It’s healthy and natural to want to be around people who care. After all, we’ve all heard “No man is an island.” That’s true. We all need others in our lives.
Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, explains that if we want friends, we must be friendly and reach out to others. But it has risk. Because we are often afraid of rejection, many of us are unwilling to reach out to others. We take a safer way and wait for others to make friends with us. But if we want friends, we’ve got to get beyond this.
If making friends is your goal as well, you need to consider taking some measures.
Be willing to take the initiative (主动). If you see someone whom you would like to know, don’t wait for her to make the first move. Get close to her and begin a conversation. Let her know in a non-aggressive (无攻击性的) way that you are interested in being friends with her.
Reach out to those who are lonely. When you see someone at school sitting alone, go over and talk to her. And don’t let popularity decide whom you reach out to. You’ll often be surprised at the beautiful qualities behind a shy appearance. Ask questions. Start your first conversation by asking this possible friend what she likes to do or asking about her family. Be sure to ask questions that cannot be replied with “yes” or “no”. For example, don’t ask “Do you have a dog?” Instead, say “So, tell me about your pets. ” Avoiding asking “yes” or “no” questions makes your possible friend not end your communication with a one-word answer.
1. Why does the author begin the text with Lisa’s worry?| A．To set a sad tone. |
| B．To share Lisa’s pain. |
| C．To teach readers a lesson. |
| D．To introduce the topic. |
| A．Putting ourselves in danger. |
| B．Being treated in a rude way. |
| C．Being refused by others. |
| D．Losing interest in communicating. |
| A．Popular people are often easy-going. |
| B．Just waiting for chances will help you make friends. |
| C．Shy people are hard to talk to. |
| D．A suitable way is important in making friends. |
| A．It is considered unfriendly. |
| B．It isn’t good for keeping a conversation going. |
| C．It will leave a bad first impression. |
| D．It shows the poor quality of the speaker. |
2 . Lately, I have been struggling to connect with my dad because our conversations have seemed unimportant to him. In a half-hearted attempt to find something that
“Did Mom tell you I got a bunny?” It was a strange question. To my surprise, my dad’s
I shouldn’t be
A few months later, I came prepared with more photos and videos of Jay on my laptop so my dad could see them more
Our love for animals is the
| A．connects | B．comforts | C．inspires | D．interests |
| A．gifts | B．photos | C．videos | D．posters |
| A．spirits | B．feelings | C．eyes | D．hands |
| A．point at | B．glance at | C．go over | D．watch over |
| A．unexpected | B．unfinished | C．unimportant | D．unsuccessful |
| A．disappointed | B．annoyed | C．satisfied | D．surprised |
| A．chat | B．routine | C．bridge | D．fog |
| A．Plus | B．Thus | C．Meanwhile | D．Instead |
| A．Respecting | B．Loving | C．Researching | D．Catching |
| A．easily | B．gradually | C．patiently | D．quickly |
| A．pleased | B．ashamed | C．worried | D．discouraged |
| A．cheered | B．stood | C．gave | D．looked |
| A．trick | B．privilege | C．bond | D．routine |
| A．need | B．help | C．harm | D．chance |
| A．hope | B．joy | C．success | D．freedom |
1.感谢他的款待；
2.表示自己在新加坡玩得很开心，新加坡的风景和美食令人印象深刻；
3.邀请他来中国旅游。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear David，
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Yours，
Li Hua
My mother’s gift
A dandelion (蒲公英) in my dictionary always reminds me of my lunchtimes with my mother.
When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had painstakingly (费力地) practised my lines with me. But no matter how easily I delivered them at home, as soon as I stepped onstage, every word disappeared from my head. Finally, my teacher took me aside. She explained that she had written a narrator’s part to the play, and asked me to switch roles.
I didn’t tell my mother what had happened when I went home for lunch that day. But she sensed my unease, and instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day and the rose leaves were turning green. We could see yellow dandelions popping through the grass in bunches, as if a painter had touched our landscape with a little bit of gold.
I watched my mother casually bend down by one of the dandelions. “I think I’m going to dig up all these weeds,” she said, suddenly pulling a flower up by its roots. “From now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,” I protested. “All flowers are beautiful — even dandelions.” My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded, pleased that I had won her over. “And that is true of people too,” she added. “Not everyone can be a princess, but there is no shame in that.”
Relieved that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry as I told her what had happened.
“But you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her. “The narrator’s part is as important as the part of a princess.”
Over the next few weeks, with her constant encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. Lunchtimes were spent reading over my lines and talking about what I would wear.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Backstage on the night of the performance, I felt nervous.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1. 礼物已收到；
2. 表示谢意；
3. 回赠礼物
注意：1. 词数 80 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头与结尾已给，不计入总词数。
Dear Nancy,
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Yours,
Li Hua
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。
My mother is my the best friend. She loves me and cared for me. When I am in any kind of trouble, I seek help and supports from her. She gives me many of her time, and does all she can to comfort me and make me happily. My mother always wishes her good health, happiness and success. I cannot thanking my mother enough for all that she does to me. I always feel that anyone who have such a wonderful mother as mine should be truly thankful. I love my mother and want make her proud of me.
Jimmy loved ice cream. It was his favorite dessert. He wanted to eat ice cream all the time. His parents let him have a small dish each night after dinner, if he ate all of his vegetables. At home, Jimmy usually had chocolate. His mother spooned it out of the carton (硬纸盒) and into his bowl.
Jimmy liked eating ice cream at home, but he really loved going to the ice cream stand to get an ice cream cone. There were so many different flavors to try. Jimmy always did his best to try a new kind of ice cream each time.
When Jimmy turned eight, he had a checkup at the doctor’s office. Dr Katz said that ice cream wasn’t a very healthy snack. “It’s fine to have a little ice cream once in a while, but not every night,” she said.
After the doctor’s visit, Jimmy and his mom drove home. “Can I still have ice cream for dessert tonight?” Jimmy asked.
“I don’t think so, honey,” Mom said. “We should all try to be healthier.”
That night at supper, Jimmy ate all his vegetables. But there was no ice cream for dessert. Instead, Mom came up with a new rule. “If we want to eat ice cream, we’ll have to earn it by walking to the ice cream stand,” she said. Jimmy was willing to give it a try, so they decided to take their walk on Saturday afternoon. According to the map, the ice cream stand was a mile away.
Saturday was a hot and sunny day. Jimmy began to feel sweaty. The sun was so bright that he had to squint (眯着眼). He kept his eyelids (眼皮) almost all the way closed, with just a small crack to stretch out of. “I’m hot,” said Jimmy. “How much farther is it?”
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Mom checked the map on her phone.
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When Jimmy told Mom to ready to turn around, he saw the purple flag at the top of the ice cream stand.
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增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线( \)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
My grandma is old and she has to walk with a stick. For years, she had been sharing one room with me so that I can look after her or she can also take care of me. One morning, I woke up a little of late and felt surprising that she had not woken me up. I got dressed in hurry and rushed out. I asked the man sells breakfast if he saw my grandma. He told us she had bought all his pancakes and walk away. As I turned a corner, I saw she was giving the food away to some workers, what were eating the pancakes with smiles on their face.
9 . Mother’s Day is coming. A group of distinguished women recently wrote about the best gift their moms gave them to show their love for Mom. Their essays are collected in the new book What My Mother Gave Me.
The book springs out of editor Elizabeth Benedict’s personal experience. The last gift she received from her mother was a black wool scarf, embroidered (绣花的) at each end with yellow, “pink and blue flowers.” “As soon as I began wearing it, people started commenting on how beautiful it was,” Benedict tells Tell Me More host Michel Martin. “And after she died, I wore it all the time in winter. I was confused by how I could feel this attachment to it.”
Benedict went on to wonder about the experiences of other women. “It is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on what Mom gave me, ” says Muñoz. Muñoz received a wok from her mother, whose relationships with everyone in the family largely related to food. She was a homemaker and accomplished chef. “We didn’t see her as a working woman, because she didn’t like makeups. But she managed it so she could take me to music lessons and take my brothers to debate practice. Being a traditional mom, she managed to do all that,” Muñoz says.
The book includes diverse voices. Benedict says she wanted a real range of experiences so the book would feel like the actual world. The objects are modest: a photograph, quilt, cake pan, plant, even a cracked vase. They are not financially valuable, but the value of these gifts increases over time. The value comes from how people move through their lives with their mothers.
1. Why did some women write about the best gift their moms gave them?| A．To compare their gifts. | B．To show their love for Mom. |
| C．To celebrate Mother’s Day. | D．To share their stories with Mom. |
| A．is familiar with | B．is similar to | C．comes from | D．differs from |
| A．A wok. | B．A scarf. | C．A photograph. | D．A cracked vase. |
| A．They are of no value. |
| B．They will be more and more valuable. |
| C．Their value comes from the money they cost. |
| D．Their value comes from the person receiving them. |
It was difficult to be in school on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1967. Every child wanted to be outside to enjoy an unseasonably warm day.It was65 degrees in Chicago. We tried to steal a few hours of outdoor fun after school.
We awoke the next day to a more normal(正常的)temperature of31 degrees, but that was short-lived since the temperature continued to drop. Our Channel 2 weather man P.J.Hoffon his evening broadcast of Jan. 25, told us to expect freezingrain(冻雨)，but the snow started falling in the early morning hours of Thursday,Jan. 26.We were told to prepare for 4-8 inches of snow - not the 23 inches that would finally arrive.
The city was paralyzed(瘫痪)by the snowstorm Mayor Daley ordered the city workers to work around the clock to clear the streets. but the snow fell faster than they could plow(清扫). By Friday the whole city was shut down.
No one at our house went to work or school.Ten feet of snow blocked our door. At first it was fun to be free of school, but we soon earned we would be locked in our home Little did we know that our snow day would grow into four days of being trapped inside our house.
After a good 24 hours of staying at home, my sister, brother and I were all very bored and driving the adults in the house crazy.They suggested we take our shovels(铲) and gooutside challenging us to dig a way to the street.
We were excited to have something to do.Before we made it out the door, our mother asked us to take our brother Robert, who was only about 4 years old at the time.
We began digging, but not thinking ahead we threw each shovel full of snow over our shoulders,filling in the road behind us. When we reached the street, we turned to admire our work only to realize we had filled in the road back to the house.We would need to start shoveling all over again.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
It was then that we realized we had lost little Robert.
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Then suddenly we noticed a little hand sticking up out of the snow.
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