1 . Friendship needs care and attention to keep it in good health. Here are five ways to sustain (保持) long-distance friendships.

·Set a regular date

Long-lasting friendships share the characteristic that both sides equally contact (联系) and share with one another. With busy schedules, squeezing in phone calls can be a challenge.     1    .

·More isn’t always merrier

Make sure you have communicated with your friend about how frequently each of you wants to be contacted and what method works best for you both.     2    . There are alternatives to constant written communication, such as leaving voice messages or having a group chat.

·Practise empathy (共情)

    3    . The friend who is remaining needs to be sensitive to all the additional time demands placed on the friend who has moved. The one in the new environment should be sympathetic to the fact that your friend may feel abandoned.

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Anniversaries and birthdays carry even more weight in long-distance friendships. Although technology might make day-to-day communication possible, extra effort goes a long way on special days. Simply keeping a diary that keeps track of friends’ birthdays and other important dates will make sure nothing slips by you.

·Don’t rely on technology alone

    5    , but long-distance friendships — even close ones — may require more conscious effort to sustain. Try to seek out chances to renew friendships. How to do it? Just spend face-to-face time together whenever possible.

A．Remember important dates

B．Compensate by writing letters

C．It is also helpful for you to be a friendship keeper

D．Try to find a time that works for both of you and stick to it

E．Friends need to talk about their preferred methods of communication

F．It is easy to have a sense of connectedness through social media

G．You may be the friend who left or the one who was left behind

2 . What can we learn from the conversation?

A．Mr. Jones is busy now.

B．Mr. Smith has taken over Mr. Jones's work.

C．The man mistook Mr. Smith for Mr. Jones.

3 . We may think that communication is as simple as our words. This is not the case. The fact is that we receive far more information than what we say.    1    Part of what completes the message is our body language. How can you use your body language to communicate more effectively?

    2    Our emotions and thoughts are expressed through our body language. If you want to communicate better with others, consider imitating their body language. This is not a baby imitating someone else but expressing empathy through your body language. This can help your messages be received more easily by others.

Let people see your hands.    3    When people can’t see our hands, they wonder if we are hiding something. Your hands are part of your communication repertoire (全部本领), so use them and avoid any negatives that might come from hiding them from others.

Slow down.    4    Slow down your speech, and slow down your gestures and movement. Although speed can transfer energy, our body language can show anxiety, tension and even dishonesty. Take a deep breath and slow down just a bit.

We all can work on these things above. But the receiver of our message is the judge. Their perception (感知)of our body language rules the day. When we apply the ideas above, we will increase the chances that their perception is positive.    5    

A．Be a mirror.

B．Words alone aren’t enough.

C．Use encouraging body language.

D．We all use them to communicate.

E．Some of us rush our communication.

F．Words are the most effective form of communication.

G．If so, better communication and relationships will follow.

4 . Mark, a professor at Stanford University, published a paper named The Strength of Weak Ties. Until then scholars had agreed that a person’s happiness depended mainly on the quality of relationships with close friends and family.     1    . You should know those about the “weak ties”.

Weak ties or strong ones, which are more important?

One way to think about any person’s social world is that you have an inner circle of people whom you often talk to and feel close, and an outer circle of people whom you see infrequently or just for a short time. Mark named these “strong ties” and “weak ties”.     2    .

Someone people knew may bring more opportunities.

Mark studied 282 Boston-based workers and found that most of them got their jobs through someone they knew.     3    . 84% got their job through those weak-tie relationships.

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Sandstrom, a senior lecturer in psychology, found that people with larger networks of weak ties tended to be happier in general, and that on days when a participant had a greater number of casual interactions(互动) with weak ties — a neighbour, a member of yoga class — they experienced more happiness.

When do weak-tie interactions happen?

    5    , particularly when we’re taking part in an activity of some kind, like singing or cycling. A study showed that regardless of nationality or age, people who were members of groups such as sports teams or church communities enjoyed an increased sense of meaning and safety.

A．Mark showed that quantity(数量) matters, too

B．Only the people with strong ties can feel it

C．Weak-tie interactions happen when we are out

D．People get happiness from weak-tie relationships

E．Mark even went to interview these people in person

F．But only a minority got the job through a close friend

G．He stressed weak ties are more important to us than strong ones

5 . What’s the relationship between the speakers?

A．Friends.

B．Salesman and customer.

C．Boss and employee.

6 . The world is designed for right-handed people, but why does a tenth of the population prefer the left?     1    

The answer to it remains a bit of a mystery. Since scientists have noticed that left-handedness tends to run in families, it’s assumed that left-handedness has a genetic(基因的) component to it.

    2     In fact, identical twins, who share the same genes, can sometimes prefer to use different hands. There are also plenty of theories on what else might determine which hand you write with, but many experts believe that it’s kind of random.

Historically, the left side and left-handedness have been considered a negative thing by many cultures.     3     In some areas, the left hand became known as the “unclean” hand. In many religions, the right hand of God is the favored hand. For example, Jesus sits at God’s right side. God’s left hand, however, is the hand of judgment. Various activities and experiences become rude or even signs of bad luck when the left hand becomes involved. In some parts of Scotland, it is considered bad luck to meet a left-handed person at the start of a journey.     4    A person giving directions will put their left hand behind them and even physically try to point with their right hand if necessary. In some Asian countries, eating with the left hand is considered impolite.

    5    People come to realize that left-handedness is natural. Some researchers find out that lefties are more creative and can deal with abstract thinking better. The left-handedness is more easily adaptable to the right-handed world as well. Being left-handed is no longer a sad story now; instead, it is a wonderful gift or maybe it is something you should take pride in.

A．In other words, left-handers are born that way.

B．Left-handedness used to be regarded as a disability.

C．The unfavorable associations of the use of the left hand among cultures are varied.

D．Why do they prefer to use their left hand rather than their right hand for routine activities?

E．Why do some parents force their left-handed children to become right-handed when writing?

F．In Ghana, pointing, gesturing, giving or receiving items with the left hand is considered rude.

G．Fortunately, nowadays most societies and cultures no longer reject left-handedness like before.

7 . You may not realize it, but you are doing more than just studying when you are at school. The school is also the place where you learn how to get along well with others.     1     What can you do if you just don’t like one of your classmates?

If you discover that you have problems getting along with your classmates or friends，the most important thing to learn is tolerance(宽容).     2     We cannot change the way that other people do, so it is important to learn to live happily with them.

    3     Knowing others constantly makes us understand others, differences. Something different does not exactly mean that it is bad. Tolerance teaches us to keep an even temper and an open mind.

You need to remember an old saying, “Treat others how you want to be treated.” You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so it is important to treat them kindly too. If you tolerate something, it does not mean that you have to like it. No one is asking you to change who you are or what you believe in.     4    

It is important to practice tolerance because it will make everyone’s life easier.     5     The world is very different, and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make a difference.

A．Learn to accept people for their different abilities and interests.

B．Tolerance will make everyone get on better with each other.

C．So it is important to learn to get on well with others.

D．Tolerance is the ability to realize and respect the differences in others.

E．Tolerance is a useful tool in everyday communication.

F．But this is not always easy.

G．Tolerance just means that you should respect the differences in others and not try to make them change.

8 . （2009.安徽卷）书面表达
假设你正在参加全省中学生英语演讲比赛，请你针对有些父母经常翻看孩子日记或书包这一现象，写一篇演讲稿，陈述你的观点。
演讲稿的主要内容应包括：
认为同学们不必为此苦恼；
希望能够体谅父母的苦衷；
建议与父母进行交流和沟通。注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Good morning, ladies and gentleman.
Some of us are having problems with our parents, as they often look into our schoolbags or read our diaries.
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Thank you!

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过3个）。

Friendship is one of the most important things in everyone’s life.     1     is very difficult to find a better definition(定义) of friendship. A true friend is the person     2    can share all our sadness and all our happiness. In time of trial(尝试) , he or she is always at our side to give us his or her help and comfort.

Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be very     3    (care) with our choice of a friend. We should     4    (choice) those people with a good character as our friends, but we must try to avoid    5    (make) friends with a bad man. Besides, we should forgive their mistakes and try to help them as much     6    possible.

A true friend can always be trusted, loved and respected. If you tell a friend your secrets, he or she     7     not tell others. Friends share their joys     8    unhappiness. They help each other when they are     9    trouble, and cheer each other up when they are sad.     10     most important thing is that a friend always understands you. In conclusion, when you have made a good friend, don’t forget him or her.

10 . 请你以“How to be popular”为题，写一篇英语短文。词数100左右，文章的题目和开头已给出，不计词数。
要点提示：1．衣着干净、整齐，保持微笑；
2．诚实，乐于助人；
3．懂得与他人合作；
4．其它。
How to be popular

Most people would like to be popular with others，but what is the secret to achieve popularity? In fact，it is very simple．

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