In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet“fair weather friends”. They will be with you if you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities (品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠).
Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person's place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener. At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.
Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on (信赖) a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.
There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor (幽默), too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I've found a friend!
1.Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosing ________a friend?
A. understanding. B. honesty.
C. reliability. D. a sense of humor.
2.If you have fair weather friends, ______ .
A. they will give you all that they have when you need help
B. you will be refused when you get into trouble
C. you will become rich
D. you can be sure that you get real friends
3.This passage mainly discuss ______ .
A. the qualities of a friend
B. where to choose friends
C. how to get along with friends
D. the importance of having a friend
It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
1.From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.
A. worked very hard for centuries
B. were poor but somewhat content (满足的)
C. dreamed of having a better life
D. lived a different life from their forefathers
2.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs ?
A. The frogs were easy money.
B. They needed money to buy medicine.
C. They wanted to please the visitors.
D. The frogs made too much noise.
3.What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?
A. The crops didn't do well.
B. There were too many insects.
C.The visitors brought in diseases.
D. The pesticides were overused.
4.What can we infer from the last sentence of the text ?
A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.
B. Health is more important than money.
C. The harmony between man and nature is important
D. good old day will never be forgotten
书面表达
假定你是李华。 请根据写作要点用英语写一篇周记，记述你周末帮家人做家务的一次经历。
写作要点:1. 做家务的理由。
2. 做家务的过程。
3. 你的感受。
注意： 1. 短文词数不少于100字。
2. 开头已经写好，不计入总字数。
3. 不能使用真实姓名。
I am a 15-year-old middle school student.
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短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(
)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
This afternoon, when I was walking to home after school, I noticed my neighbor Uncle Bob lay by the roadside with his right hand on his chest. It was clear he was badly ill. Several passer-by came up and one of whom offered to call 120. Several minutes later, an ambulance reached ,and took her to the hospital. Then I ran home and told Uncle Bob’s family what had happened. We rushed to the hospital quick. The doctor examined him and suggested he stayed there for a week. I hope Uncle Bob will get good soon.
语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board (烫衣板) and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”
Mom clearly explained her reasons 1.________ this lesson. I was going to be in dependent and need to learn this important skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and 2.________ (proper) ironed clothes would help me make a good3.________ (impress) .
“ Learn to iron a shirt.” Mum said, “4. ________ you can iron anything.”
But ironing shirts was not easy work. It didn’t make use of long muscles (肌肉) we used5. ________ (throw) a baseball, and it wasn’t a special operation like ice-skating. Ironing was 6. ________driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet. 7. ________ , an iron produced steam and it carried some danger. If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get 8.________ (burn). If you forgot to turn it off when you went away, you might burn down the house.
Over the years, I have learned to iron shirts skillfully, 9. ________ gives me a sense of pride.
10.________ failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My mind seems always to return to the day when I met Carl. I got on a bus, and ________ a place to sit. ________ , I spotted a place near the back.
The occupant( 占有者) of the ________ next to the one I was going for was an older man. Taking the seat next to the man, I began to read the________ I ’d been carrying. The man ________ next to me introduced himself by asking if I ’d read any other books like the one I was ________ holding. When I told him I had, he seemed to become interested, and, to tell the truth, ________ did I.
His name was Carl. He told me about how he loved jazz music and we ________ many stories and a lot of laughs. Carl and I talked about a lot of different things. The more we talked, the more ________ we became at how much the two of us really had________,despite (尽管) the age________ . Finally, Carl happily ________ at his stop. I haven’t seen him since then, but the thought of our ________ that day never leaves my mind.
Carl really makes me think about how much we can learn from each other ________ we just________ the barriers (障碍) we’ve got. I mean, I would have ________ thought before that day that I could have anything in common with someone so much________ than I . But Carl ________ me no matter how old we are ,we are just people, and we should make an extra ________ to try and get to know our neighbors and people we see every day. If we all took the time to try to ________ each other, the world would be a much better place.
1.A. gave up B. took over C. looked for D. picked out
2.A. Above all B. At last C. After all D. In all
3.A. seat B. room C. car D. position
4.A. map B. story C. newspaper D. book
5.A. standing B. seated C. lying D. walking
6.A. presently B. rightly C. frequently D. fortunately
7.A. neither B. as C. so D. such
8.A. told B. shared C. changed D. wrote
9.A. frightened B. ashamed C. amazed D. impressed
10.A. in trouble B. in total C. in need D. in common
11.A. limit B. difference C. range D. group
12.A. went down B. got on C. took off D. got off
13.A. performance B. speech C. connection D. behavior
14.A. though B. since C. as D. if
15.A. break down B. break through C. break off D. break into
16.A. often B. never C. just D. already
17.A. stronger B. taller C. better D. older
18.A. taught B. reminded C. warned D. promised
19.A. plan B. decision C. move D. effort
20.A. support B. meet C. understand D. remember
