What’s a good friend like? One may have different answers to this question at different ages.
When he is very young, he may think a good friend must be together with him all day. And they can share everything together. If his friend doesn’t give him food to eat once, he doesn’t think they are good friends any more. But they will play together happily again very soon.
When he grows older and studies in a middle school, his idea about a good friend changes. He thinks a good friend should be helpful and honest. A good friend should always help him with his lessons. A good friend should come to him when he is sad. And he is always ready to tell everything to his friend. If his friend tells others about his secrets, he may hate the friend.
When he grows up, he may not think it’s necessary for a good friend to be always honest. Everyone has his secrets. If the truth(真相) may hurt the friend, it’s better to keep it secret from him than tell him about it. And he may think a good friend can give him some good advice when he has problems. He comes to understand that he shouldn’t just ask friends for help and that he should also learn to do something for his friends.
1.The writer thinks when a person is very young, ____________.
A. he doesn’t have any friends
B. he has a poor memory
C. he usually likes generous friends
D. he doesn’t want others to share his food
2.We should keep it secrets from our friend when ________.
A. he is very young B. he grows up
C. he is unhappy D. the truth may hurt him
3.What does a person want to get from his friends when he is in trouble?
A. Money. B. Advice. C. Food. D. Humour.
4.The passage mainly tells us _____________.
A. what a good friend means for a person at different ages
B. how to keep secrets for our friends
C. how to make friends
D. how important it is to be an honest friend
Mr White’s house was less than two miles from his office, so he could drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars outside his house and there was no room（空间）for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he walked back home. This made him very angry.
He put up a board in the garden facing the road. The board said, “No Parking”. But nobody noticed（注意）it. People seemed to obey（服从）only a police notice（公告）with white letters on a blue board:
POLICE NOTICE NO PARKING |
Mrs White asked his husband to steal（偷）a police notice but he was afraid to do so. Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice. Mr White said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr White made a blue board with white letters.
POLITE NOTICE NO PARKING |
“Oh!” Mrs White said, “You told me you weren’t going to use the word ‘police’, but why
do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked. “Look again,” she started to laugh. “You are really clever”.
1.Mr White was angry because __________.
A. he found no room to park his car outside his house
B. he had nothing to eat for lunch at home
C. he lost the way when he drove back home one day
D. he couldn’t make a police notice outside his house
2.In the end, Mr White made a notice board and it __________.
A. was the same as a police notice
B. was different in color from a police notice
C. just looked like a police notice
D. said “POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING”
3.We can infer（推断）that __________ after he put up the blue board.
A. more people will park their cars outside his house
B. more policemen will park their cars outside his house
C. fewer people will park their cars outside his house
D. fewer people will visit him at noon later on
I think the Buddy Club is great. I really enjoy talking with the older students about school life and growing up. They can tell me a lot. One student told me how he relaxed (放松) before exams. Another student told me about great websites about learning History and English.
The Buddy Club is also a good place to just forget about school altogether! One of the older students taught us origami (日本折纸). We made paper planes, birds and hats together.
The table tennis tournament（锦标赛) was a great idea. I didn’t do very well, but I learnt a lot from watching the doubles tournament won by a fourteen-year-old girl and a seventeen-year-old boy.
Last year, we had the annual (每年的) Buddy Club Picnic. Everyone enjoyed the games we played. After I learnt how to fish, I caught two fish in the lake. I think it might be a good idea to change the Buddy Club Picnic to a weekend camping trip. We could learn how to put up tents and how to find our way through a forest. Many of the older students know how to do this already, and I think they would like to teach the younger students.
I want to say again how much I enjoy the club. When I’m older, I will make friends with younger students. Then, I can tell them all about school life and growing up.
1.What does the writer enjoy doing at the club?
A. Learning Japanese.
B. Talking to older students.
C. Losing at table tennis.
D. Surfing the Internet.
2.What websites did the writer learn about?
A. Paper planes. B. Origami.
C. History and English. D. Relaxing.
3.How does the writer want to change the picnic?
A. He wants more fish to be caught.
B. He wants to make it shorter.
C. he wants to have it in a tent.
D. He wants to change it to a camping trip.
4.What does the writer want to learn?
A. How to put up a tent and make a fire.
B. How to put up a tent and find his way through a forest.
C. How to make clean water and find his way through a forest.
D. How to find his way through a forest and climb a mountain.
Years ago, my friend and I went to the Caribbean(加勒比海). We stayed at the Winding Bay Hotel first. The owner of the hotel, Mr. Emeritus, was nice and was always _________ to help others. A few days later, we were planning to stay for four days at the Cable Beach Hotel at another place. Mr Emeritus told _______ that he knew the owner of it. He gave us his _______ and told us to give it to the front desk when we got there. We thought that we might receive a fruit basket or something like that, because the _______ knew each other.
_______ we arrived at the Cable Beach Hotel, I gave the card to the front desk. The man
_______ us up to our room. We enjoyed our time at the hotel. When we would leave, the man told us we only needed to _______ one phone call. I told him that he made a mistake（错误）. However, he told us that Mr Emeritus paid for everything else. We were so __________.
After we returned home, we sent a letter to the owner and thanked him for making our _______memorable (难忘的). For years, we kept _______ Christmas cards to him, and he sent them to us, too!
1.A. hard B. ready C. honest D. true
2.A. us B. you C. them D. him
3.A. money B. number C. card D. address
4.A. hosts B. hotels C. waiters D. owners
5.A. When B. Before C. If D. So
6.A. taught B. took C. caught D. carried
7.A. look for B. wait for C. pay for D. ask for
8.A. generous B. afraid C. popular D. surprised
9.A. taste B. advice C. trip D. practice
10.A. buying B. sending C. wanting D. hoping
—Our team won the basketball competition today! —__________.
A. I hope not. B. I'm not sure.
C. I know. D. That's great!
The weather in Heilongjiang is much colder than _______ in Hainan.
A. this B. that C. these D. those
