1 . According to some recent research, healthy, stable friendships can protect against depression and anxiety, increase life satisfaction, and improve health. Those who don’t have strong social connections, meanwhile, have a risk of disease.    1    . How can they achieve it?Some experts have shared their favorite ways as follows.

Invest time consistently

Making time for the people you care about and having shared experiences play an essential role in deepening friendships.    2    . So you are supposed to invest time and effort. If you find you continually fail to put in time with your friends, add a section for connection to your to-do list and take action.

Get vulnerable.

One way to grow stronger friendships is allowing yourself to be weak. Start by sharing small opinions, and then dive even deeper by telling your friends what you’re currently struggling with and what scares you.    3    .And eventually, you and your friends will be closer together.

Mix in something new

    4    .That goes for both conversations and activities. Carve out moments of communication that you and your friends are familiar with. And brainstorm new adventures you can take on together, like traveling to your shared dream destination or joining a sport team.

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Every friendship will unavoidably arrive at some situations that are concerning: the highs and lows in life that affect how we label our relationships. Were you there when your friends got a promotion or were diagnosed with something scary? The answer plays a large role in determining how much you value that friendship. Do remember: Your company matters.

A．Value your shared memories

B．Show up for the important moments

C．Putting new energy into friendship is another key

D．Obviously, it’s necessary for people to strengthen friendships

E．You may feel like you are burdening people if you are vulnerable

F．Being vulnerable conveys that you like your friends and trust them

G．Research suggests that it takes over 200 hours to strengthen friendship

2 . We all have childhood best friends and we often assume that these persons would still be our friends when we are all grown-ups and even until the day we die.     1    . However, most people just grow apart and sadly, some childhood best friends just become people who used to know each other.

    2    . There are many reasons why a best friend from childhood can be forgotten. One of the most common reasons would be distance. Moving away and growing apart from each other can have the biggest effect on friendships.

Another reason why we may forget our best friend is that we meet new best friends. The friends we made when we were young may not share the same interests that we have when we reach the teenage years.     3    . We find new people who share our new interests and leave behind people who no longer have things in common with us.

    4    . We make new best friends in high school and some in college. These friendships are often the ones that last the longest.

If we are lucky enough to have the gift of friendship, we must make sure that we do not lose it.     5    . If we want to keep our friends in our lives, we must do more than look back upon the past and make an active effort to maintain our relationship with our friends. It could be a call, a text, or even an e-mail.

A．So there is a natural falling apart.

B．What are the factors that affect friendship?

C．What do we have to do to make new friends?

D．Some people are lucky to keep their childhood best friends.

E．Like all relationships, friendships need to be worked on too.

F．As we grow older, we meet new people and build new friendships.

G．It may not be that difficult to keep friends if we never stop being one.

3 . 假定你是班长李华，班里转来了一位交换生Tom，他一时无法融入新的班集体中，感到很苦恼。请根据下列要点用英语给他写封信：
1. 表示理解并给予安慰；
2. 提出建议并说明理由。
(如：了解同学的喜好；多帮助同学；多参与班级活动)
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 信的开头与结尾已为你拟好，不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
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Best regards,

Li Hua

4 . Friendships can have a major impact on your health and happiness, but it’s not always easy to develop or maintain friendships. It’s necessary to understand the importance of social connection in your life and how to meet new friends.

Good friends are good for your health. Friends can help you celebrate good times and provide support during bad times. Friends prevent isolation and loneliness and give you a chance to offer needed companionship, too. Friends also play a significant role in promoting your overall health. Adults with strong social connections have a reduced risk of many significant health problems, including depression, high blood pressure and an unhealthy body mass index (BMI). In fact, studies have found that older adults who have meaningful relationships and social support are likely to live longer than their peers with fewer connections.

Many adults find it hard to develop new friendships or keep up existing friendships. Friendships may take a back seat to other priorities, such as work or caring for children or aging parents. You and your friends may have grown apart due to changes in your lives or interests. Or maybe you’ve moved to a new community and haven’t yet found a way to meet people. Developing and maintaining good friendships takes effort. The enjoyment and comfort friendship can provide, however, makes the investment worthwhile.

So, what are some ways to meet new friends? It’s possible to develop friendships with people who are already in your social network. Think through people you’ve interacted with— even very casually— who made a positive impression. If anyone stands out in your memory as someone you’d like to know better, reach out. Ask mutual friends or acquaintances to share the person’s contact information, or— even better— to reintroduce the two of you with a text, email or in-person visit. Extend an invitation to coffee or lunch.

To meet new people who might become your friends, you have to go to places where others are gathered. Don’t limit yourself to one strategy for meeting people. The broader your efforts, the greater your likelihood of success. Persistence also matters. Take the initiative rather than waiting for invitations to come your way and keep trying. You may need to suggest plans a few times before you can tell if your interest in a new friend is mutual.

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

A．Challenge.

B．Relaxation.

C．Separation.

D．Determination.

2. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．Friendship can help people live longer.

B．Support from friends during tough times.

C．Some suggestions on how to make friends.

D．Friendship’s positive impacts on people’s health.

3. How many difficulties in developing and maintaining friendships are mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4

D．5.

4. Which of the following way of making friends is mentioned in the passage?

A．Make one strategy for meeting people.

B．Wait for invitations to come your way.

C．Contact those who ever impressed you a lot.

D．Share your personal contact information online.

5 . Defining what an ideal friend is like is not an easy task.     1     However, generally speaking, there are certain qualities that most people would consider as characteristics of an ideal friend.

The ideal friend knows how to show weakness. The ideal friends don’t try to prove how successful they are.     2     They show how much they trust us by admitting failings and sorrows. They offer us the gift of their vulnerability (脆弱).

    3     More often than it’s comfortable to admit, we don’t quite know what we think until a proper friend gently asks us to expand on a thought, to explain why we’re impressed by it and to find good answers to possible objections. They see the potential in what we’re saying when we can’t.

The proper friend helps build our self-understanding. There are so many things we don’t entirely comprehend about who we are. We find it hard to pin down our goals.     4     We might have some strong opinions, but it can be difficult to explain really why these ideas matter to us. The right friend listens and helps us piece together the best account of our fears and excitements.

They help us to like ourselves. Normally we’re intently alive to our own shortcomings; it’s more obvious, from our point of view, what’s disappointing about us than what’s attractive. We need a friend because we’re likely to be so very unfriendly towards ourselves.     5    

A．A true friend helps us think.

B．We get defensive and we don’t really know why.

C．Loyalty is a common quality given to ideal friends.

D．The good friend likes us in ways we’re not easily able to.

E．Everyone has their own understanding of what the ideal friend is like.

F．On the contrary, they let us know embarrassing things about themselves.

G．They care for your well-being over any issues that may arise between you and them.

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Missy was absolutely my best friend in the whole world. We had known each other since first grade, and we literally did everything together. We frequently visited each other’s homes, we knew each other’s families like they were our own. The interesting thing about our relationship, however the fact was that the older we got, the more our values seemed to differ. We still enjoyed a lot of the same things, but I was a bit more settled while she loved being associated with popular people and things. Although she was basically a good person, she had no problem with forcing things to go her way.

Perhaps this is why it seemed that her family actually trusted me more than they trusted her. So, on the day when Missy showed up at my house with a huge dent (凹痕) in her father’s car, I knew that we were in for a troublesome time.

She had banged the car into a tree while out that day, and she knew her father was going to have an explanation. So she stopped by my house in order to make up a story that would lessen her father’s rage. Missy decided to tell him that while in a parking lot, someone must have backed into the car and dented it. Looking at the dent with some crashed leaves and bark still sticking there, I attempted to perish (打消) her thought. “I don’t think your father will buy it.” “ Don’t worry,” she insisted,“even if my dad doesn’t trust me, he’ll trust you.” My role was to confirm for her. Now keep in mind that I had strong objections to lying and I wanted absolutely nothing to do with the situation. I loved her parents just like my own, and I did not want to be a party to this lie that Missy was creating. Nevertheless, after much request and a general questioning of my loyalty to our friendship, I decided that the least I could do was to act as a silent witness. That way, I wasn’t actually lying; I just wasn’t telling the full truth.

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。
Paragraph 1: An hour or so later, we presented Missy’s father with the car and the inquiry began.
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Paragraph 2: Her father looked at me with great disbelief.
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7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文，续写词数应为150左右。

After I stepped into the school library, I went straight to the shelves filled with books at once. It was break time and I had dropped by the library to borrow a book. Just as I was looking through some books, a girl in my class, Alice, came up to me. Alice was a pain in the neck as she would often make fun of others. That day, Alice laughed at me about my deepest secret -that I had come last in class in the mid-year examinations.

I blushed(脸红)hotly in shame. At the same time, I became extremely angry. My best friend, Lynn, was the only one who knew my secret. How could she betray(背叛)me?

My anger grew as thoughts about my friendship with Lynn flashed through my mind. We had been good friends since Primary 1. We hung out together, studied together and stayed up till the early hours of the morning to exchange our dreams. We were closer than sisters. When she needed a shoulder to cry on, I would be there. How could she do this to me? I was so mad that I could not control myself.

Brushing aside Alice’s taunts(嘲弄), I stormed to the place where Lynn usually went - the school field. Lynn looked at me with a welcoming smile on her face. The sight of her treacherous(背信弃义的)face made me mad and crazy.

“How could you do this to me? I thought we were friends!” I shouted at Lynn. “I hate you!”

A look of bewilderment(迷茫)crossed her face as she said,

“Wha ... What’s wrong? What did I do?”

Lynn cried out but I was cold and I didn’t show any kindness to her at all. I told her, “You are no longer my friend!”

And then I stormed away and returned to the library to calm myself down.

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。

Paragraph 1: About 5 minutes later, one of my classmates came up to me and handed me my diary.

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Paragraph 2: Luckily, Lynn was still in the field.

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8 . 假如你是李华，你的英国好友George即将参加“汉语桥Chinese-bridge”决赛。他来信询问学习汉语的方法，现在请你用英文给他回信。
内容要点包括：1. 祝贺进入决赛；2. 给予学习方法建议；3. 表达美好祝愿。
注意：请尽量正确地使用必修一所学的单词短语和句型写作(此为主要得分点)
1. 字数100词左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 不要出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；
4. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：congratulate somebody on something祝贺某人某事
Dear George,

Knowing you have successfully made it to the final round of the Chinese-bridge competition, I am eagerly writing to

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Yours,

Li Hua

9 . 你是李华。你的外国笔友Pete在北京国际学校读书，刚参加完期中考试，现在有一个星期的假期，计划去旅游放松下。但他对去哪里度假有点迷茫，写了邮件向你咨询。请你给Pete回邮件，要点如下：
1. 推荐旅游地：有着“天府之国”雅称的四川。
2. 特点：
(1)风光宜人，文化丰富。
(2)省会成都：正宗川菜，慢生活，适合放松。
(3)观赏国宝大熊猫。
要求：约100词。
参考词汇：天府之国：Heavenly Land,     国宝：national treasure
Dear Pete,

I am glad to hear that you have finished your mid-term exams and now have time for a trip.

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Any questions, please feel free to let me know.

Enjoy your holiday!

Your friend,

Li Hua

10 . 假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter给你发来一封邮件，告诉你他被推选为学校篮球队队长。请你用英语给他回一封邮件。
要点包括：1. 对他的祝贺；
2. 你对此事的看法       
3. 对他的祝愿。(80字左右）