Ellen 中学毕业后要去澳大利亚读高中，但她担心在陌生的环境里难以交到朋友。因此她给澳大利亚的笔友Andy写信，向他倾诉烦恼。请根据下面这封邮件，以Andy的名义给Ellen回信。
Dear Andy,
How is everything going? I’m excited to tell you that I’m going to study in Australia this September. But I’m a shy girl and don’t know how to make new friends there. What shall I do? Could you give me some advice?
Ellen.
参考词汇：be friendly to, the same hobbies, a good listener, smiling
要求：1. 可适当发挥，但必须包含表格所提供的信息；
2. 词数80~100（短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数）；
3. 文中不得出现真实的人名、校名与地名。
Dear Ellen,
I’m glad that you are coming to study in Australia.
Andy
单词拼写 (共10小题，计10分)
1.She always puts her children f_____ and puts herself last.
2.Bruce can’t work out the math problem w your help.
3.My father often listens to the news over the r_______ every morning.
4.The new book has c_______ the interest of many readers.
5.Uncle Tom was so busy that he h noticed the days pass by fast.
6.The pants are too big, so I’d like to try a________ pair.
7.We should stand in others’ s_____, it means we should think about others.
8.Daddy’s suggestion was really h for me to make a right decision.
9.W you may say, I’ll hold on my plan to study abroad.
10.It was raining at the beginning, but l______ the sun goes out.
Probably you have seen someone reading a book on an electronic reading device. Over the past few years, these small computers have become more popular. For that reason, more companies that make 1. paper books are now making electronic books (e-books). Most e-books are the same as paper books, 2. people download a file into a reading device rather than 3. the paper book. This way they can 4. many books.
Books companies are adding special features 5. some e-books. These extra features might include sound files, picture files, or video files. When the readers click on these files they learn more about the book, the story, or the writer.
The latest electronic readers are smaller and 6. , but they are also much more powerful. They can store much more information, so writers and book companies can do more with 7. e-books. They do not want to just add files to 8. completed book. They are making the sound, picture, and video files part of the story. Readers need these files to understand the whole story. Readers can 9. change the story.
Readers already have a lot of books to 10. from. If they can change the way stories end, they will have more choices!
请仔细阅读56—60小题及下面六个网站介绍(A、B、C、D、E和F)，选出符合Thomas、Melanie、Arthur、Darrel、David五人各自需求的最佳选项，其中有一选项为多余。
1.Thomas is a student from Japan, studying in Eastland High School. He has some problems with some English words and expressions. So he turns to some proper website for help.
2.Melanie is a high school student and wants to learn some hot technology news by reading some books in this field during the coming summer vacation. She wants to know where to get such books.
3.Arthur is a young school teacher and wants to take a long journey to Germany with his family by air. He hopes to get low-priced airline tickets and deeply discounted hotel rooms. In order to do this, he draws his attention to the websites.
4.Darrel’s father is a successful businessman. He is excited about his father’s job and decides to follow him. So he’d like to make good use of time in the summer holiday to learn some practical business English. How can he find a place where his dream can come true?
5.David is a student of English coming from Africa and used to have many difficulties in his English study. He decided that he would get some free English learning materials to read and with the help of his friends, he wanted to find a website for his purpose.
Money, jewels and important documents may not be the only valuables placed in banks these days. Some mothers store their breast milk (母乳) in banks.
There are ten breast milk banks across the United States, where mothers can donate their extra milk for other women’s babies.
Experts say breast milk is the best food for babies. The World Health Organization says it is the only food babies should get during the first six months of life, in most cases. Breast milk is especially important for babies born too early. Sometimes these premature babies must stay in the hospital for many weeks.
James Cameron is a doctor who treats newborns at Lutheran Children’s Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He says breast milk is almost like medicine. Doctor James Cameron says, “The fact is that there are so many different proteins and specialized sugars in the breast milk that the mom’s able to make that help provide immunity (免疫力). It’s very important for the health of the newborn.”
Lucy Baur lives near Fort Wayne. She breastfed both her children and always had more milk than they needed. She wanted to donate to the Indiana Mothers Milk Bank in Indianapolis. But freezing and shipping milk can be costly. Then, a donor station opened near her home.
Milk donations in the United States work like this. Donors must be willing to provide almost three liters of breast milk. They freeze the milk and take it to the station. There, employees warm the milk and mix it with other mothers’ milk. Then, the milk is heated to kill bacteria. After that, the technicians test samples of all the milk to make sure it is safe and healthful. The milk is re-frozen and sent to the main milk bank. The milk bank transports the milk to hospitals to feed premature or sick babies.
Donors are tested for diseases before any milk is accepted. They are not permitted to smoke tobacco, use illegal drugs or drink too much alcohol.
1.According to the passage, which thing can also be stored in banks except money, jewels and important documents?
A. Notes. B. Diamonds.
C. Valuable papers. D. Breast milk.
2.From the text we learn .
A. Lucy Baur wanted to donate her milk to the donor station near her home
B. the milk is frozen and sent to the milk station after killing bacteria
C. the milk bank transports the milk to babies’ home to feed them
D. James Cameron is a doctor who feeds the babies on the milk in the milk station
3.The breast milk is important for newborns because .
A. only it can stop babies from developing diseases
B. it contains rich nutrients (营养) babies need
C. it is the only food suitable for babies
D. it benefits babies as the best medicine
4.Who is allowed to donate her extra milk of the following women?
A. A heavy smoker.B. A heavy drinker.
C. A fruit lover.D. A drug user.
5.The purpose of setting up breast milk banks is to .
A. store extra fresh milk for some school children
B. provide milk to the children who go hungry
C. help other mothers donate milk to their own babies
D. offer breast milk to early born and unhealthy babies
When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “You’re all going.”
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and created a bestseller based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages （孤儿院）. It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
1.Without Mr. Clark, the writer _________.
A. might have put into prison B. might not have won the prize
C. might have joined a women’s club D. might not have moved to Atlanta
2.The Essential 55 is ___________.
A. a show B. a speech
C. a classroom rule D. a bestseller
3.How many students’ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark？
A. None B. Three
C. Fifty-five D. All
4.In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that ___________.
A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked traveling
B. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs
C. a good teacher can raise his or her students’ score
D. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students
5.What is the writer’s attitude towards Mr. Clark？
A. He speaks highly of Mr. Clark.
B. He looks down upon Mr. Clark.
C. He doesn‘t show his attitude towards Mr. Clark.
D. He takes a neutral （中立的）attitude towards Mr. Clark.
