What’s the secret of being a great friend? Here are some tips to help you be a nice friend.
Laugh and cry together.
Laughing with a friend is the best, but sometimes it’s crying that makes you closer together. Don’t be afraid to be yourself with your friends. Share your true feelings—you may learn that your friends feel the same way. As a result, friends will understand each other better.
Be a thoughtful gift giver.
Gift-giving isn’t just for birthdays or holidays—it can be a fun way of making your friends feel special! But don’t buy expensive presents—be creative! Making things shows your care, because you put time and thought into your gifts. Bake him favorite cookies, write him a poem, or draw something special for him. Small thoughtful gifts, such as picking a flower for a friend who is sick, just might cheer him up.
Stand up for him.
It’s hard to watch someone laugh at a friend. But don’t just stand there, and do something about it! You can find a creative way to solve the problem to make others look at your friend differently. Other times, you need to show your courage and support him—he needs you. It may be not easy, but it’s what a good friend should do!
任务型阅读：根据短文内容，完成下列表格。（每空限填一词）（10分）
How to Be a Great Friend | |
Laugh and cry together. | ♦ Both laughing and 1. can make friends closer. ♦ Sharing your true feelings 2. friends can help you understand each other better. |
Be a thoughtful gift giver. | ♦ Give friends gifts which can make them feel 3. . ♦ You’d better make small gifts by yourself instead of buying expensive ones for your 4. . |
Stand up for him. | ♦ If your friends are 5. at, you can find a creative way to help them. ♦ Show your courage and 6. your friends. |
We all waste food, you and me, every day, millions of tons of it. In China, enough food is wasted in restaurants every year. 1. So everyone is encouraged to stop wasting food in our country now.
So what should Chinese consumers(消费者) do to prevent food waste?
2. All of us should keep a kitchen diary. From the diary we can know that how much food we wasted at home. 3. We should eat everything we have bought. We should keep the food we have bought well so that it’s fresh before we eat it.
Buy only what we need. 4. We should also check how much food we have before buying more. We shouldn’t take much food we don’t need even if large posters ask us to do so.
Develop the habit of packing food. Chinese consumers are generous(慷慨的) and friendly. 5.
And much of it is wasted. So when ordering dishes, we are supposed to order food that is just enough. We’d better order smaller servings in restaurants and take home what we cannot finish.
Don’t put it off! Let’s stop wasting food today!
Last Sunday evening, my parents went out for a walk with my sister. But I studied alone at home because I should have an English test the next day. Suddenly, I saw bright light in my neighbor’s kitchen. I thought he was cooking, so I went on studying.
Soon, there was a terrible smell in the air and I thought something was wrong. I went out and saw fire coming out of my neighbor’s kitchen. So I shouted, “Fire, Fire!” But no one heard or came out.
I ran quickly to my house to call 119, and then I rang my neighbor’s doorbell, knocked at the door, but there was no response. I got into the house through the window and found my neighbor sleeping in his bedroom. I woke him up and we rushed out of the house together.
We tried our best to pour water through the kitchen window, but the fire was too heavy. Luckily, the firemen came and put out the fire quickly. When my parents came back, they found I was dirty and tired. After my neighbor told them the whole story, they were happy and said I was a brave boy.
1.The underlined word “response”can be replaced (代替)by .
A. result B. answer C. question
2. Why didn’t the writer go out for a walk with his parents?
A. Because his parents only liked his sister.
B. Because he would have an English class.
C. Because he had to study for an English test.
3. Who put out the fire at last?
A. The writer.
B. The writer’s neighbor.
C. The firemen.
4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The writer’s neighbor was sleeping when the fire started.
B. The fire happened last Friday evening.
C. The writer’s parents were angry when they knew what had happened.
5. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. How to put out a fire.
B. I studied for a test at home.
C. I saved my neighbor from the fire.
Long long ago, there was a fairy(仙女) on a large island. She was the strongest and cleverest among all fairies. However, she was very ugly. On the island, every fairy thought beauty was the most important thing for a fairy, so the ugly fairy had no friends. Every time she was sent to save someone in trouble, before she could say a word, the person would shout loudly, “Ugly! Get out of here, right now!”
She once wanted to use her magic to become beautiful. But then she remembered what her mother told her, “My dear, you are what you are, and never change your looks just for such a simple reason.”
One day, some witches (巫婆)from a small island attacked(攻击) the island—the ugly fairy’s home. All the fairies were sent to prison. The ugly fairy changed herself into a witch just before she was caught. Then she followed the witches back to their island and held a party for them. While the witches were having fun at the party, she went to free all the fairies. When all the fairies were free, they worked together to defeat the witches and put them in prison.
After that, all the fairies didn’t laugh at the ugly fairy any more. They realized that beauty was not the most important thing.
1.The ugly fairy had no friends because _______.
A. she was not friendly
B. she hated beautiful fairies
C. all the other fairies thought she was ugly
2.We can infer(推断) from what the fairy’s mother said that _______.
A. the ugly fairy was hard to be attacked by other fairies
B. not all the fairies on the island hated the ugly fairy
C. the fairy could change her looks when it was needed most
3.Where did the witches live?
A. On a large island.
B. On a small island.
C. On a high mountain.
4. How did the fairy save all the other fairies?
A. She changed herself into a switch.
B. She changed herself into a beautiful fairy.
C. She joined the witch family.
5. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. Beauty was the most important thing for a fairy.
B. Beauty can help you do things better.
C. Beauty is not the most important for a person.
Bamboo is nature’s most amazing plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.
Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools. Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.
Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting new buildings and bridges while they are being built.
In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes (管子) help poor farmers get water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，正确的涂（A），错误的涂（B）。(10分)
1.The plant bamboo is a kind of tree.
2.Bamboo doesn’t grow in Europe.
3.Bamboo can grow only 1.5 meters high.
4.Bamboo has been used in Asia for hundreds of years.
5.Bamboo is used by African poor farmers because it is not expensive.
口语运用: 根据对话内容，从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全对话。(10分)
A: Hello! Shanghai Railway Station. What can I do for you?
B: Hello! 1.
A: When?
B: Tomorrow morning. 2.
A: Yes, there are. D3113 leaves at 8:13a.m. and G7553 leaves at 8:24 a.m. 3.
B: Well, I’d like D3113.
A: We have tickets at￥117 for the first-class coach(一等座) and￥73 for the second-class coach.
Which kind do you want?
B: 4.
A: OK, two second-class coach tickets to Hangzhou. It’s ￥146. 5.
B: OK. I’ll pay for them later. Thanks.
