Born as the only child in the family, I am the “king” of the family. My parents are both businessmen and they come home every two weeks. Because they don't spend much time with me，they always feel guilty (内疚的) and will buy me many expensive things and let me do whatever I want. My grandparents never let me do any chores because they want me to do my schoolwork.
I used to take everything for granted (理所当然) and I never said “thank you” to people. As time went by，I found that my classmates didn't like me and my best friends left me. One day，I asked Leo, who used to be one of my best friends. He said that I was mean (自私的)，rude and bad-tempered (坏脾气)．“No one wants to make friends with a person who always receives but never gives anything！”he said. I was shocked at his words. “Oh，no! Please don't leave. I need friends! I will be lonely and unhappy without friends！” I locked myself up in the room and cried. “I want my friends back. But how？”
Then I noticed that all the popular kids in the class are friendly to others. They always smile and say “thank you” to others. They do whatever they can to help when others are in trouble. Other kids like them and always play with them. “I need to change! I will get my friends back,” I said to myself. From then on，I started to change myself. I learned to say “thank you” to others，I smiled and volunteered to help other kids. I tried to be as nice as I could. Gradually, I found that other kids liked to talk with me and they would ask me to play with them and even told me their secrets. My friends came back to me again.
Now I have more friends than I used to have and I am happier than I used to be.
1.What's the boy's life like at home?
A. He is the youngest one in the family.
B. His parents don't buy expensive things for him.
C. His grandparents let him do lot of chores.
D. Everyone in the family spoils (溺爱) him.
2.What does the underlined word “gradually” mean in passage?
A. At first. B. Day by day. C. At once. D. At last.
3.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?
A. To make more friends，you need to try to please them.
B. A person who always receives but never gives can still have many friends around him.
C. The boy lost his friends at first because he didn't like them.
D. To be a nicer and better person，we need to make some changes.
Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays.
He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting.”
“This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I’ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.”
He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm.
But four days later, he returned home.
“What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?”
“Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”
“Oh. What?”
“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.”
“What’s wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”
“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”
“Lucky you!”
“You don’t understand,” Henry said. “On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”
“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “and you are complaining!”
“Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn’t dare stay for dinner!”
1.How did Henry find out about the farm?
A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement.
B. His best friend told him.
C. He wrote to the farmer.
D. Maybe he learned it from the radio.
2.Henry came back home several days later because______________.
A. he didn’t like the country life at all
B. the farmer wasn’t friendly to him
C. his holiday was over
D. he thought he might have to eat the farmer
3.Which of the following sentences is true?
A. Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.
B. Henry thought he could enjoy a change.
C. Henry couldn’t think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.
D. The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate.
4.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. What a beautiful farm! B. Have a good time.
C. A short holiday. D. Henry and the farmer.
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The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years.
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This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop… | Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year.
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1.The Long Night was written by________.
A. David Reilly B. Maha C. Joanna D. Marcie Jacome
2.The story of Hard Work happened in________.
A. Australia B. Thailand C. India D. England
3.From the passage we can see Tina is ________.
A. a doctor B. a film star C. a writer D. a college student
4.The passage above is________.
A. an ad B. a story C. a novel D. a diary
假设你是 Kate，你从 21 世纪英语报上看到该报正在举办 The Best Hometown 征文评选活动，你打算给报社写一封英文信介绍并推荐你的家乡宜兴。内容提示见下表：
注意事项：
1．英文信须包括表格中所有提示内容，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；2．表格中“感想建议”一栏须用 1-2 句话合理展开，作适当发挥；3．词数在 70 个左右，信的首尾己在答题卡上给出
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按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。答案必须填写在答题卷相应的横线上，每个空格限填一词。
1.谢谢你和我们分享你的新想法。
Thank you for __________ your new ideas __________ __________.
2.如果你想更多地了解艺术品，你一定要去参观故宫。
If you want to learn more __________ __________ __________ __________, you must visit the Palace Museum.
3.加拿大的公寓与中国的真的不同。
The flats in Canada __________ __________ __________ __________ those in China.
4.那个女孩在为晚会穿些什么而发愁呢。
The girl is __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ to the party.
5.为什么不为孩子们准备充足的食物与饮料呢？
Why not __________ __________ __________ food and drinks __________ the children?
根据括号内的要求改写句子。答案必须填写在答题卷上相应的横线上，每格限填一词。
1.He will find someone to help him with his work. (改为否定句)
He __________ __________ __________ to help him with his work.
2.Mrs. Sun needs only one kilo of sweets for the party. (对划线部分提问)
__________ __________ __________ __________ sweets does Mrs. Sun need for the party?
3.The workers want to have their own flats. (改为同义句)
The workers want to have flats __________ __________ __________.
4.Wuxi is more than 4,600 square kilometers in size. (改为同义句)
Wuxi __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ 4,600 square kilometers.
5.The washing machine isn’t working well, so her mother has to wash the clothes by hand. (改为同义句)
Her mother has to wash the clothes by hand __________ __________ __________ ____________________ the washing machine.
