1 . How to Make Friends

Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits. It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leave us without a friend.     1     But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.

1. Associate with others.

The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.

2. Start a conversation.

Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends.     2     You can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people.

3.     3    

Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together. Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.

4. Let it grow.

It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend.     4     The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

5. Enjoy your friendship.

The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves.     5     Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.

A．Be cheerful.

B．Do things together.

C．Do not wait to be spoken to.

D．Try not to find fault with your friends.

E．Making new friends comes easy for some people.

F．For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.

G．So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.

2 . Love your parents

Even if you think that your parents are mean-spirited at times, loving your parents is a normal and fulfilling （满意的）part of life. You love them for the fact that they created you, raised you, and are in part a source of who you are. Here are some ways to love your parents.

    1     A gentle "good morning" and "I love you" will warm a coldest heart. Remember that they brought you into this world. Without your parents, you might sill wander at an unknown corner in an unknown world.

Respect them more and cherish（珍惜）these moments. You can use these moments to learn from them when you're off on your own. It's OK to get angry but angry actions don't help you or your parents. Act calmly, cool off, journal about your feelings, or talk to a friend.     2    

Obey their requests. It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them. It may seem like you are going through hell when you don't get what you want or you have to clean. However, you had better remember they keep a roof over your head when it's cold, raining, snowing, or too hot. Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes.     3     Since you can forgive your friends, why not forgive your parents?

Keep company with them. Do things with your parents like watching TV, or go somewhere with them.       4     Listen to their old stories and learn from them. You will find they are your teachers in this way or another.

Some people simply may not be able to love their parents. .    5     Look for help if you are being abused violently. Parents do not have a right to harm you.

A．There can be realistic reasons for this, family violence for example.

B．Anyway, spend as much time with them as you can.

C．Tell them you love them every morning.

D．Forgiveness is the key.

E．Parents will turn express their love to you.

F．After this, share your feelings with your parents.

G．Please remember parents are as important as friends.

3 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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。
删除：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 deskmate Liu Xiao is warm-hearted. He is such kind a boy as we all like. Young though he is, he had read many books, especially stories about hero. Deeply inspired, he has made his mind to do as many good deeds as possibly. Every day he gets up earlier to help his neighbor, an old man living alone, do some cleaning. Beside, no matter who is in the trouble, he will lend a helping hand. Admire him so much, we also join him to help others.

Such is Liu Xiao, a boy of who I really feel proud.

4 . My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard.     1     Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.

My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon.     2     She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.

    3     Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high-quality clothes for us.     4     She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.

Often, she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is!     5     This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.

A．As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.

B．She enjoys listening to classic music.

C．She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.

D．She loves her students and cares for them.

E．My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.

F．Can you tell us something about your mother?

G．I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.

5 . I was 11 when you were born , and in your first few years I often looked after you, bathed and dressed you and took you out for walks. I have _______ memories of your childhood. Of _______ you up as a "rock star". Of watching you dance _______ nightclothes. Of your insistence that I make your school lunch _______ I put so much more peanut butter on your _______ than anyone else. Of the _______ phone call we ever had—•an echo of my own university years-when you wanted to _______ university and study dance.

Since we have grown up, I have lived through you, although you may not know it. You had the opportunity I so_______ wanted but never got — to train in the dancing art. I encouraged our parents to support you because 1 have always _______ how my life would be if they hadn't chosen a(n) ________ career path for me, their eldest child.

I know you have ________ to hunt for work and confidence, and that you probably wonder sometimes if you made the right choice. ________, I am happy for you and proud that I played some small role in helping you to ________ a dream.

There is a ________between us now. It has grown since I first left home, and in the ________ I missed your teenage years. That ________ me greatly. I imagine that you believe we have very little in common-----a ________ in the city and a biologist in West Africa-but in you 1   ________ some of my own dreams realized.

But beyond that, even at 12 or )3 I felt as much a mother to you as an older sister. So, on the rare ________ when we see each other, I want to know everything, from your worries, hopes to delights.

I wish I, as an adult, could hold you at arm's ________. I hope we can one day be sisters or friends again. I still make a tasty peanut butter sandwich for you.

1.

A．vivid

B．admirable

C．awful

D．painful

2.

A．coming

B．dressing

C．putting

D．picking

3.

A．with

B．as

C．in

D．for

4.

A．although

B．because

C．when

D．if

5.

A．lunch

B．pies

C．bread

D．sandwiches

6.

A．longest

B．farthest

C．simplest

D．loudest

7.

A．give in to

B．look away from

C．drop out of

D．go in for

8.

A．hardly

B．naturally

C．perfectly

D．badly

9.

A．wondered

B．understood

C．regretted

D．believed

10.

A．musical

B．traditional

C．official

D．individual

11.

A．managed

B．struggled

C．preferred

D．threatened

12.

A．Besides

B．Instead

C．However

D．Otherwise

13.

A．support

B．choose

C．have

D．follow

14.

A．quarrel

B．promise

C．plan

D．distance

15.

A．conversation

B．process

C．environment

D．direction

16.

A．shocks

B．moves

C．upsets

D．comforts

17.

A．dancer

B．conductor

C．professor

D．rock star

18.

A．guess

B．see

C．keep

D．remember

19.

A．stages

B．vacations

C．spots

D．occasions

20.

A．width

B．height

C．length

D．depth

6 . 假设你是李华，你的网友David 刚随父母搬家并换了一所新学校，他希望在新学校交到新朋友，并希望得到你的帮助。请你给他写一封电子邮件，提供在新学校交朋友的建议。
内容包括：1.对他搬新家表示慰问；2.提供在新学校交朋友的建议（至少两点）。
要求：1.词数100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a     1     business career and study music. My parents, though     2     and sharing my love of music,     3     of it as a     4    . This was     5     in view of the family background. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Springhill College and,     6     much beloved and respected in the     7    , earned     8     enough to provide for his large family.     9     a consequence of this example, my parents     10     upon college instead of a conservatory of music.

8 . One Saturday afternoon, I went to a fast food restaurant to have some food with my kids. As we were walking into the restaurant, I noticed a woman smoking a cigarette outside. While we were waiting in line, with about ten other people, we saw the woman rush back into the store to help the busy staff.

A customer standing next to us started yelling at the employee who had begun filling brown paper bags with fries, burgers, and nuggets, “I saw you,” she said. “I saw you out there smoking; then you came in straight and touched our food! It’s disgusting! Why would you do that?” The woman wouldn’t stop. Everyone was staring. The employee was getting teary. It looked as if she just wanted to find a place to hide. The manager came over and told her to wash her hands and leave the floor for a while. He then apologized to the customer.

“That’s disgusting,” my oldest son whispered to me, “But I do feel bad for her.” I was glad he followed it up with that last sentence. His comment showed me that he’d probably never treat someone the way that customer had treated that employee.

You are allowed to be angry at others’ improper behavior and tell them how you feel. However, you don’t need some audience or witnesses when you are making negative comments on others. Doing that in public doesn’t strengthen your point.

I’m willing to bet that the woman being criticized was so shamed that she wasn’t able to hear the message that was being forced down her throat. However, had the customer taken her aside, and said in a quiet voice, “I noticed you didn’t wash your hands after your smoke break; can you please go to do that now?” The employee would have had the opportunity to do just that. The message the customer wanted to convey would have gotten to that employee more effectively, and her entire day would not have been ruined.

1. Why was the customer so angry?

A．The employee smoked in front of her.	B．She was yelled at by people around her.
C．She had to wait in a long line for her food.	D．The employee touched food without washing hands.

2. How did the employee respond after hearing the customer’s words?

A．She felt confused and annoyed.	B．She turned to her manager for help.
C．She was very sad and embarrassed.	D．She dealt with the problem calmly.

3. The comments of the author’s oldest son indicated that he           .

A．had sympathy for the employee	B．supported the customer’s behavior
C．cared little about the employee’s action	D．had experienced the situation many times

4. What’s the author’s attitude to the other customers?

A．Supportive.

B．Sympathetic

C．Objective.

D．Neutral.

5. What does the author mainly want to convey?

A．We should treat every person equally.	B．We should always mind our behavior.
C．We should admit our mistakes bravely.	D．We should avoid criticizing someone in public.

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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 grandpa was a firefighter for a long time. Besides controlling and put out fires, he saved people from burning buildings. He did a lot of another things, too. After the fire, he had to check and clean his tools so that they were always ready to the next fire. He also learned of new ways to put out fires and new things to help him did his job. Now, he has new job. He does not go into burning buildings anymore. Grandpa visits schools to share knowledges about fire safety. He showed students the burn marks on his old coat. He tells everyone how to prevent fires and how to do if there is a fire and how to be safely. My grandpa is a hero.

10 . I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. Mother was pulling out quilt after quilt from the boxes, _____ showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to ______ and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the ____ of one box.   

“What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.” 

I _____ the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together;   irregular

designs,   childish pictures, a winding line on the right.

“Grandmother made this?” I said, ______. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This _____ didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.

“Yes, right before she died. I _____ it home with me last year and made some   changes ,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”

I looked at it more ___. At the center of the quilt, she had sewn a piece of _____with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines _____. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it ______. Her last quilt.” 

“Oh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It ______ to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own _____. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family

____. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and ______ with the loving hands of another.

1.

A．proudly

B．frankly

C．politely

D．generously

2.

A．push

B．lift

C．cover

D．fold

3.

A．top

B．bottom

C．back

D．front

4.

A．pressed

B．spread

C．packed

D．raised

5.

A．excited

B．depressed

C．surprised

D．delighted

6.

A．almost

B．certainly

C．partly

D．probably

7.

A．robbed

B．bought

C．dropped

D．brought

8.

A．disappointingly

B．closely

C．nervously

D．gratefully

9.

A．paper

B．bread

C．wood

D．cloth

10.

A．strong

B．hidden

C．straight

D．bent

11.

A．finished

B．removed

C．produced

D．prepared

12.

A．happened

B．appeared

C．occurred

D．struck

13.

A．skill

B．mother

C．show

D．quilt

14.

A．shame

B．responsibility

C．desire

D．treasure

15.

A．continued

B．stopped

C．declined

D．disappeared