3 . One of the most important ways to help your child with their friendships is to have open communication with them.    1    . This is more important than you focus on telling them what you think. However, here are a few points to pass on to your teenager when talking about friendships.

Meeting possibilities

    2    . Sometimes, friendships are developed because of shared interests, or activities. Other times, social relationships develop between people who may not seem to have much in common but for whatever reason.

Practicing forgiveness

Friends sometimes hurt each other, but they can always apologize and forgive each other.    3    . However, also be sure to pass on the message that some friendships may not be worth saving, particularly for some bad behaviours. In those conditions, it’s fine to walk away.

    4    

Who your teen chooses to be their friend is important. They might choose friends who share similar interests and histories with them. The most important things to look for are whether or not the person will be a good friend and if your teen enjoys spending time with them.

Putting in the work

It takes many learned skills to make and keep a friendship. It also takes many skills to end a friendship. The reality is that most friendships will experience conflict, and friends will have to work through it to keep the relationship or part ways.    5    .

A．Building closeness

B．Choosing friends wisely

C．Moreover, aim to listen to what they have to say

D．A good friend will make you feel good about yourself

E．Everyone is allowed to have many friends and many types of friends

F．If a friendship is becoming hurtful, ending the friendship is a clever choice

G．Good relationships are worth the work to repair the damage caused by any miscommunications

4 . 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.

When coming to this city for high school, I moved into the new house with my parents. We were very grateful to the owner for renting us this house at a cheap price. The house was really comfortable to live in. It was warm inside and full of life outside.

A tree in the front yard attracted my attention, and all I could confirm was that it was a fruit tree. My father thought it was a fig(无花果) tree, and sure enough, as the months went by, the tree grew huge leaves and finally bore the fruit—figs, the size of my fist. How wonderful they were! I took many pictures of the fig tree. And then we wondered how to deal with the figs. My mother thought for a while and said, “Why not try making fig jam?” I responded quickly, “That’s a good idea!”

Jack, one of our neighbors, just visited us and asked if he could pick some figs from our tree. Certainly, we encouraged him to take as many as he liked. In fact, Jack was extremely polite and friendly to us. He introduced himself at the first sight of us. He always waved to me as he came home or as he left for work.

When I picked the figs with him, he told me about how he had been living in the house next door for close to twenty years. He said, “Bruce, the owner of the house you live in now, used to be my best friend. And we had planted this very fig tree a few years before he went to the nursing home.” I was amazed to know that we actually enjoyed the fruit of his work. He told me that he was so impressed by the quality of the fruit this year. I found a fruit box for him to put the figs in. Both of us enjoyed the pleasure of sharing.

When Jack set out for his home, I turned to my parents and advised doing something in return for Jack and Bruce’s kindness and friendliness.

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.

Finally, we decided to invite Jack and his family to dinner that night.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The next day, our family and Jack visited Bruce in the nursing home.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。

A school talent show would be held three weeks later. I told my best friend, Tina, the news. My older brother had been teaching me juggling（玩杂耍）, and I knew he’d help me with my act for the show. Tina ran over to the noticeboard and read the poster. But when Tina asked me what our act was going to be, I didn’t know how to speak up for myself. I held on to my books tightly. Tina laughed and pointed to the poster. It said acts can be individuals, partners, or small groups. My grip（紧握）on my books now became uncomfortable. I asked Tina if she wanted to do an act with me. She nodded. I hesitated for a second before continuing. “I’ve got an idea and …” Tina interrupted me immediately. “Yeah, me too; let’s talk about it over lunch.”

During math, I tried to think of how I would tell Tina that I wanted to do my own act. After all, we were best friends; we should be able to see eye to eye about this. The problem was Tina always took charge. I never spoke up, and then I ended up feeling angry. I desperately wanted to win, but it was more than that. I wanted to win on my own—with an act that was all mine.

At lunch, Tina started talking as soon as we sat down. She had it all planned out. She said we could sing along to a song and do a dance routine, and her mother could make us costumes. However, I got up the courage and told her about my juggling act. Tina said she didn’t think she could learn to juggle in three weeks and that she would probably drop the balls. She didn’t want to be embarrassed. I didn’t say anything, but after school, I ran around the track a couple of times just to let off steam.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
My grandmother drove over to pick me up.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
When we got home, I took 12 deep breaths before I called Tina.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7 . Scientists have long believed that humans need meaningful social connections to survive.     1     Knowing that we have people to depend on and who care for us makes us feel confident and safe. And the stronger our relationships are, the more likely we are to thrive. So how do we strengthen the existing friendships in our lives?

    2     —sharing your time, attention or resources with them. People want to be and stay friends with people who value them, and generosity is a way to express that.

You can think about what your skills and talents are and find a way to turn them into generous acts.     3     Or if you’re great with kids, you might offer to babysit for your friends who are parents.

And talk about your struggles, happiness and guilty pleasures. Think about how good it feels to tell a friend you secretly like a boring TV show and hear them say “Me too!”. We feel a deeper connection to our friends when our weakness is met with support.    4    

Talk about your disagreements. It’s hard to deal with conflict in friendships     5     It might be painful at first, but it shows you want to be sincere with them—and that you want to make your relationship better. So if you have an issue with a friend, don’t sweep it under the rug. Try talking about it.

A．Be generous with your friends.

B．Spend a little time with your friends.

C．In fact, they’re connected to our well-being.

D．It means they accept us for who we really are, the good and the bad.

E．However, being able to handle it in a healthy way can strengthen your friendships.

F．For example, if you have green fingers, give your friends some flowers you’ve tended.

G．For instance, if you are generous with your friends, treat them to big dinners frequently.

9 . When American Matt Stopera’s iPhone went missing, he thought, “Well, bad luck. These things happen.” One year later, Matt’s misfortune has turned to good fortune as he found a new friend and became an Internet celebrity in China.

You may already be familiar with this story since it spread on Weibo for weeks during the Spring Festival, but it started when Matt began seeing photos of a Chinese man in front of an orange tree on his photo stream (照片流). He wrote about it and some Chinese readers decided to see if they could find the mysterious man. They did. It turns out that “Brother Orange,” as he became known, owned a restaurant in Guangdong and the iPhone he was using, a gift from a nephew, was Matt’s old phone.

Matt and Brother Orange began messaging each other and a friendship blossomed with Matt invited to China to feast at Brother Orange’s restaurant on his delicious Hakkacuisine (客家菜). Matt was also overwhelmed by the warmth of the millions of Chinese who were following the story. When he opened a Weibo account he had 22 million followers almost overnight, many of them inviting him to their hometowns and offering to be his tour guide.

Matt’s story is another example of how powerful the Internet and social networking has become in bringing people together. But there is a darker side to this story and that involves how Matt’s missing iPhone turned up in China. Over three million smart-phones were stolen in America last year. Because of identification numbers, these phones can’t be used in America, so they are sent to other countries and many of them end up in China, where they can be re-activated. This is why Matt and Brother Orange could share the same iCloud account.

You should keep this in mind when buying a second-hand phone and check the serial number to see that it has not been stolen. Finding a friend through social networking is wonderful, but using a stolen phone isn’t really the best way to make the connection.

1. What happened to Matt one year after he lost his phone?

A．He was fortunate enough to get his phone back.	B．He became a famous figure on American website.
C．He gained friendship and became popular in China.	D．He lost another phone because of his iCloud account.

2. How did Matt and Brother Orange establish their friendship?

A．Brother Orange’s photo was found on the Internet.

B．Chinese readers tried their best to find Brother Orange.

C．Brother Orange received an iPhone from his nephew.

D．Brother Orange contacted Matt and invited him to China.

3. How did Matt’s followers react to his Weibo?

A．cautiously

B．enthusiastically

C．anxiously

D．humorously

4. What does the story indicate?

A．It’s wonderful to find a friend through social net-working.

B．A stolen phone is the best way to make connections.

C．People should be careful when buying a second-hand phone.

D．Matt and Brother Orange set a good example to us.

10 . The complaints started a few weeks after Frances moved into her new apartment. Last year, the health-care worker and her roommate began _______ messages from the building's security officer, passed on from the woman living in the unit below — they were too _________, moved chairs too often and their guests talked and laughed loud.

To Frances, the noises were part of everyday living. Her roommate tended to drop things. Frances' children _________ visited and ran around. "It was _________”says Frances. "Anything we did caused her to complain - and she owns and we rent, so if we couldn't solve it, we assumed it was we who would have to move.”

To make matters worse, Frances and her neighbor couldn't talk to each other. The key fobs for their building allowed _________ only to their own floors. Though they lived just meters _________ they had no way to reach out and bridge their divide---across which Frances could feel bad feelings _______, “When you don't know the person, you expect the worst," says Frances. "We thought this neighbor _________ us."

Frances had no way to know what her neighbour was thinking about or what she was like, so she found it easy to presume the worst. Social psychologist call it fundamental attribution （归因）error”, the act of believing that what a person does reflects their real _________ . "If we experience something as being negative __________ the effect it has on us, we automatically assume negative intention on the other person's part," __________ a conflict consultant. And that can create a spiral （螺旋形）of   __________ without end. If colleagues make a paperwork mistake, we think they are__________, when they might just be overworked. If someone __________ us off in traffic, we suppose they are careless, ________ possibly dealing with an emergency.

1.

A．accepting

B．taking

C．receiving

D．admitting

2.

A．noisy

B．joyous

C．impolite

D．strict

3.

A．officially

B．hardly

C．naturally

D．occasionally

4.

A．interesting

B．moving

C．frustrating

D．irritating

5.

A．way

B．access

C．road

D．route

6.

A．out

B．apart

C．down

D．above

7.

A．disappearing

B．rewarding

C．damaging

D．increasing

8.

A．hated

B．feared

C．liked

D．annoyed

9.

A．intelligence

B．character

C．appearance

D．ability

10.

A．in terms of

B．in search of

C．in charge of

D．in case of

11.

A．questions

B．asks

C．explains

D．argues

12.

A．discussion

B．competition

C．cooperation

D．conflict

13.

A．upset

B．cheerful

C．lazy

D．tired

14.

A．calls

B．cuts

C．sees

D．sets

15.

A．rather than

B．apart from

C．other than

D．more than