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校学生会准备在元旦举行征文活动，请根据提示, 回想自己在生活中遇到的最好的一位朋友, 以“My Best Friend”为题，用英语写一篇80词左右的短文。
内容包括：
喜欢好朋友的原因; 你们两个在外貌、生活习惯、性格、学习、运动、爱好等方面的相同和不同之处。
要求：
所写内容应包括所提供的信息，可适当发挥；不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。
My Best Friend
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阅读短文，根据要求完成文后的题目。
Exercise is good for you because it can help you to keep fit and healthy. It is not enough just to eat a healthy diet. Exercise is important too. Exercise will make your muscles (肌肉)stronger. There are about 600 muscles in the body. They move your bones and let you move your joints（关节）. If you do not exercise your muscles, they will be weaker and smaller. One of the most important muscles in the body is the heart. To exercise your heart, you need to do something like swimming, or playing a game in which you run about. This will make you breathe more deeply and make your heart and lungs stronger. One of the places where you can exercise is at school. At school, children have PE lessons that help them to keep fit and well. Try to exercise at least three times a week because exercise is good for you!
1.How many muscles are there in the body?
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2.What can we do to exercise our heart?
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3.Why is school one of the places where children can exercise?
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4.请将文中画线句子翻译成汉语.
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5.请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题.
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Two students started quarreling at school. One student shouted dirty words at the other, and a fight 1.(begin).
What can be done to stop fights like this at school? In some schools, the disputants(争吵的双方) sit down with peer mediators. Peer mediators(同龄调解者) are students 2. special training in this kind of problems.
Peer mediators help the disputants to talk in a friendly way. Here are some of the ways they use.
Put what you think clearly but don’t say anything to hurt the other. Begin with “I feel…” instead of “You always….”
Listen carefully to what the other person 3.(say). Don’t stop the other person’s words.
Keep looking at the other person’s eyes when he or she talks.
Try to see the other person’s side of the problem.
Never put anyone down. Saying things like “You are foolish” 4.(make) the talk difficult.
Try to find a result that makes both people happy.
Peer mediators never decide the results of the 5.(win). They don’t decide who is right and who is wrong. Instead, they help the two students 6.(find) their own “win-win” result. A “win-win” result can make everyone feel good.
Do you remember the funny Popeye the sailor? He wears the 1.(sailor) uniform, takes a pipe in the mouth and loves to eat spinach.
Of all the famous cartoon characters, Popeye is at the top. It encourages lots of young people to eat spinach to become 2. strong as Popeye.
Popeye the character first appeared in the newspaper in 1929. And in 1933 it appeared on the big screen. A survey in 1938 showed that Popeye was3.(popular) Hollywood cartoon character. Almost everyone loves this super hero. Kids love him because he is strong. Young people love him because he loves his girlfriend Olive. For old people, Popeye is 4. brave and kind man, and he always helps the poor people.
I’m Emily. Three years ago, I thought I didn’t have enough time to do the housework, so I cancelled the cable(取消有线电视). But I still think it’s fun to watch TV shows when I get the chance.
My favorite show was The Life Laundry. It was so interesting. It came on Saturday mornings after Norm on This Old House and Rick Steve’s Europe. It was like Clean Sweep. It chose some common people. In the show, people took everything in the house outside so they could see how many things they had. Then they would go through each thing they had. Then they would go through each thing and decide whether (是否) to keep or sell it. When people sold some things they would never use, a team (团队)would make the home more beautiful with a new coat of paint. At the end of the show, everyone was always happy to see their home cleaned up and look spacious.
Antiques Roadshow came after The Life Laundry, which was confusing (令人困惑的)because The Life Laundry made you want to clean out your things, but it made you want to keep everything.
1.Why did Emily cancel the cable?
A. Because she didn’t like watching TV.
B. Because her family was very poor.
C. Because she was busy with the housework.
D. Because her television was broken.
2.When was The Life Laundry?
A. On Saturday mornings. B. On Saturday afternoons.
C. On Sunday mornings. D. On Sunday afternoons.
3.What came after The Life Laundry?
A. Norm on This Old House. B. Clean Sweep
C. Rick Steve’s Europe. D. Antiques Roadshow.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Emily cancelled the cable two years ago.
B. Emily didn’t mind The Life Laundry.
C. People gave things to each other in The Life Laundry.
D. Antiques Roadshow made people want to keep everything.
Harry finished his college and wanted to find a job in the city. One day he saw an advertisement in a window. It said, "Wanted. The best salesman in the world. Top Pay. "
“I am a great salesman. ”Harry said to himself. “I’m sure that I can sell anything. I’ll go in and ask for that job. ’’
So Harry went into the building. He saw a manager in it. He said to the manager.“Good morning. I saw your advertisement. I think I’m the best salesman in the world. Give me the job, please.” “You must prove(证明)that you are the best，” the manager said. “I’ll pass every test that you give me, ”Harry said. “Good.” the manager said, and he took a box of sweets out of his desk. “Last week I bought a thousand boxes of the sweets. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job.” “That’s easy.” Harry said.
He took the boxes of sweets and left the office.
Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell boxes of the sweets. But he couldn’t sell one. The sweets were so bad that he couldn’t even give them away. At the end of the week he went back to the manager. “I am sorry, sir,” he said. “I was wrong about myself. I’m not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.”
“Oh.” said the manager. “Who do you think is the best?”
‘‘The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets.”
1.The manager told Harry______.
A. he could start work at once
B. he was the best salesman in the world
C. he wasn’t a good salesman
D. he must show he was the best salesman in the world
2.Harry could get the job if______.
A. he sold a thousand boxes of sweets
B. he gave away a thousand boxes of sweets
C. he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweets
D. he bought a thousand boxes of sweets from the manager
3.Harry thought it was easy to sell the sweets because______.
A. he thought he was the best salesman and he could sell anything
B. he could give them away
C. he wanted to get the job
D. many people liked sweets
