Research shows that childhood friendships are important indicators of future success and social adjustment. Children’s relationships with peers (同龄人) strongly influence their success in school，and children with fewer friends are more at risk of dropping out of school，becoming depressed and other problems.
Making and Keeping Friends Is More than Child’s Play
When 6yearold Rachel returned to school on a recent Monday morning，her eyes immediately scanned the playground for her friend Abbie. “Though they were only separated by a weekend，the girls ran right into each other’s arms and hugged,” recalls Rachel’s mother Kathryn Willis of Gilbert. “It was like a scene from a movie.”
Most parents instinctively (本能地) know that having friends is good for their child. Experts agree that friendship is not simply child’s play，but a powerful predictor of social adjustment throughout life.
A Skill for Life
“Childhood friendships serve as a very important training ground for adulthood,” says Dr.Robbie AdlerTapia，psychologist with the Center for Children’s Health & Life Development at the East Valley Family Resource Center.
Researcher William Hartup states，“Peer relations contribute significantly to both social and cognitive (认知的) development.” Hartup concludes that the single best childhood predictor of adult social adaptation is not school grades or classroom behavior，but rather，how well a child gets along with other children.
The work of Arizona State University professor of Developmental Psychology Gary Ladd proves that just as being able to make and keep friends is beneficial to kids while the lack of friends is detrimental.
Good Friendships Don’t Just Happen
Experts agree that it is essential for children to establish highquality friendships. But，researchers warn，these friendships don’t necessarily just happen. Often，a good friendship begins with involved parents.
Psychologist Dr.Lynne Kenney Markan believes kids should be taught social skills in much the same way they are taught math and reading.
Bad Company
Many parents worry about the quality as well as the quantity of their child’s friendships. “When she was in 1st grade，her supposed ‘best friend’ began calling her names and threatening to hurt her,” says Mindy Miller. “My daughter wasn’t allowed to talk to or even look at other girls in her class. It really crushed her spirit. I told my daughter she didn’t need a ‘friend’ like that.”
“I’ll bend over backwards(拼命) to help my son get together with a friend I think is good for him,” AdlerTapia says. “I don’t look at it as manipulation (操纵)，just positive parental involvement.”
1.The example of Rachel and Abbie is used to indicate that________.
A. childhood friendship is of great significance to their growth
B. a positive friendship helps children solve emotional and physical problems
C. it is a proven fact that peer friendship is the most rewarding experience throughout life
D. Rachel missed her friend Abbie very much because of their separation of one weekend
2.The underlined word “detrimental” could be replaced by________.
A. aggressive B. disappointing
C. ridiculous D. harmful
3.We can learn from the passage that high quality friendship most probably results from______.
A. social skills and good study habits
B. school grades and classroom behaviors
C. academic success and social adaptation
D. positive parental involvement and social skills
4.From the last paragraph we can conclude that Dr.Robbie AdlerTapia agrees that________.
A. parents should regard making friends as something that just happens
B. it’s wise for parents to support and encourage healthy peer relationships
C. parents only need to help their children to cope with difficult social situations
D. parents are supposed to encourage their children to make as many friends as they can
A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package: What food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me, I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.” “I am so sorry, Mr Mouse,” sympathized the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, “A mouse trap, am I in grave danger, huh?”
So the mouse returned to the house, head down and depressed to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was an evil snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. Now everyone knew to treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
1.We could see from the passage that the mouse was ______.
A. kind and warm-hearted B. well-informed
C. good at cheating others D. foolish and rude
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The pig was comparatively less friendly than the others in the farmyard.
B. The mouse trap that the mouse discovered was not a practical one.
C. The farmer and his wife trapped an evil snake that night.
D. The farmer’s family was in fact poor and they had no friends.
3.The underlined word “ingredient” (Paragraph 7) refers to ______.
A. the mouse B. the pig
C. the snake D. the chicken
4.What can we learn from the story?
A. Better safe than sorry.
B. Traps are usually well disguised.
C. To help others is just to save you.
D. To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all.
书面表达
假定你是李华,最近你在当地报纸上看到一则游泳培训班的广告,称其有称职教练( instructor)，一周包会。你会一点游泳,但水性不太好,想在暑假参加训练.请你写一封咨询信了解相关情况,要点如下：
1. 训练的具体时间和地点。
2. 条件和费用。
3. 其他特别注意的事项。
注意
1.词数 100 左右。
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3.开头语和结束语已为你写好。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have read your advertisement in the newspaper. __________________________________________________________________________________________
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I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Your s sincerely ,
Li Hua
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：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。
Dear Joe,
Thanks for you mail. I’m glad to know you are interested in the 2014 Florida Winter Camp. It will be held from January 27 to February 13, during that time you will get wonderful experience. You will have chances to improve your speaking English in the courses providing. Also, activities arranged for you to spend weekends together with your host family, so you can learn American English in authentic situations. However, a trip to the local Disneyland will certainly add up the fun of the camp.
Join in the camp and you will have the better knowledge of American culture and life. You are sure to benefit from it.
Yours truly
Li Hua
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内的单词的正确形式。
There’s a science to setting goals．Below，we share some research-backed tips to help you carry out successful goals．
Choose a goal that matters，not just easy win．
A meaningful goal—1. that truly inspires you to change—requires going deeper．Think about what you want in the coming year, then ask yourself 2. you want that．For example，if you walk to quit3. (smoke), ask why do you want to quit? Then, if you want to quit for your health ask why do you want good health? Then，if your answer is to be alive long enough 4. (meet)your grandchildren，ask why do you want to meet your grandchildren?
Set up your goals positively．
How you describe your goal makes 5. big difference．Focusing on 6. you want to bring into your life wi11 make you more likely to7. (actual)pursue it.
Prepare for failure(in a good way)．
Moments of failure 8. (be)unavoidable，but most of us abandon the goal entirely when slight failures and setbacks start piling up．At the moment when you fail，often the first instinct(本能)is to push the goal away. It's so 9. (comfort)to be in that condition of self-doubt or self-criticism and guilt．
Your task is not to avoid failures，10. to plan for them．Ask yourself, how am I likely to fail? For example，if you’re likely to choose unhealthy meals when you’re hungry, carry a light snack with you．
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。
A Father's Love
Daddy just didn’t know how to show love. It was Mom who ________ the family together. He just went to work every day and came home; she’d have a list of things we’d done wrong and he’d scold us about them.
Once when I stole a candy bar, he ________ me take it back and tell the man I stole it and that I’d pay for it. But it was Mom who ________ I was just a kid.
I broke my leg once on the playground and it was Mom who held me in her arms all the way to the ________ . Dad pulled the car ________ up to the door of the emergency room and when they asked him to move it saying the space was________ for emergency vehicles, He shouted, “What do you think this is? A tour bus?”
At my birthday parties, Dad always seemed sort of ________ . He just ________ himself in blowing up balloons, setting up tables, and running errands(跑腿）. It was Mom who carried the cake with the candles on it for me to blow out.
When I look through picture albums, people always ask, “What does your Dad look like?” “Who knows? He was always running around with the camera taking everyone else’s picture. I ________ have a thousand pictures of Mom and me smiling together.”
I remember when Mom told him to teach me how to ride a bicycle. I told him not to________, but he said it was time. ________ I fell and Mom ran to pick me up, but he ________ her off. I was so ________ that I shouted at him, got right back on the bike and rode it myself. He didn’t even feel embarrassed and just ________ .
When I went to college, Mom did all the writing. He just sent checks and a little note about how ________ his lawn(草坪） looked ________ I wasn’t playing football on it.
Whenever I ________ home, he acted like he wanted to talk, ________ he always said, “I’ ll get your mother.”When I got married, it was Mom who cried. He just blew his nose ________ and left the room. All my life he said, “Where are you going? What time are you coming home? No, you cannot go.”
Daddy just didn’t know how to show love, unless…
Is it possible he showed it and didn’t ________ it ?
1.A. put B. supported C. held D. gathered
2.A. helped B. punished C. awarded D. made
3.A. understood B. knew C. responded D. admitted
4.A. home B. school C. hospital D. car
5.A. right B. along C. simply D. afterwards
6.A. preserved B. reserved C. replaced D. attached
7.A. out of date B. out of breath C. out of place D. out of mind
8.A. devoted B. admired C. performed D. drowned
9.A. will B. can C. may D. must
10.A. break it up B. set it off C. let it go D. take it apart
11.A. At the end B. As a result C. As a matter of fact D. As you know
12.A. wiped B. reminded C. waved D. prevented
13.A. familiar B. sensitive C. fierce D. mad
14.A. arose B. relaxed C. apologized D. smiled
15.A. attractive B. secure C. original D. valuable
16.A. as though B. now that C. even though D. so that
17.A. missed B. belonged C. removed D. called
18.A. then B. but C. afterwards D. and
19.A. secretly B. loudly C. quietly D. hopelessly
20.A. recognize B. deserve C. remind D. express
