（A）Elena 和 她的朋友Paula 正在美国度假。请你根据明信片上的内容，将短文补充完整。每空一词。

Hi Tony

I'm in San Francisco now. We arrived here yesterday. Before that, we 1.ten days in New York. It was wonderful. Paula and I saw a lot of interesting places,including the Empire Building. We climbed to the2.. It was very high and we were both really excited to be there. We went to see the Statue of Liberty down the river3.boat. We walked through Greenwich Village and watchedmany artists at work. The paintings weren't4.,so 1 bought one. We also went to the theatre and saw a play.5.the ending was sad, I enjoyed it very much. The weather was OK - a bit wet sometimes. But now here in San Francisco, it's hot and sunny.

Love, Elena (and Paula)

每个人都有自己的好朋友，两个人或许十分相似，或许迥然不同。你认为好朋友是什么样子的？你和你的好朋友在外貌、性格和兴趣爱好等方面有什么相似或不同之处？请根据以上内容以My Best Friend为题写一篇作文。

提示:1.词数80词左右。

2.语句连贯，语法准确，必须用上形容词或副词的原级比较(as...as)和比较级。

3.文章具有可读性。

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What is the greatest thing in the world? It is a smile. A smile can start a 1.(友谊) and make us feel warm and joyful.

Last year when I 2.(进入) a new school as a middle school student, I had no friends and felt 3.(孤独的).

One day, when running in the playground, I was tripped by a stone and fell onto the ground. I tried to stand up but couldn’t because my knee 4.(受伤) badly. I felt so bad but then a hand came into my sight. As I looked up, I saw a big smile. It was from my new classmate Leo. I grabbed the hand without thinking 5.(两次) and stood up. From then on, Leo and I became good friends.

6.(然而), even best friends argue sometimes. Leo and I are no exception. Last week after arguing, I went home. That night after calming down I 7.(后悔) my bad temper. But I was embarrassed to talk to Leo. After sending an emoji of a smile to Leo’s mobile phone, I waited and was 8.(担忧的) Leo would never talk to me again. Then I heard the ring of a video chat and when I accepted the chat, I saw a face with a big smile on the screen. I was really 9.(感动的).

You can see how great the power of a smile is. Try to give other people a smile every time and you will 10.(改善) the world!

People in the small town feel 1.(worry). The town 2.(use) to be very quiet. However, these days, something unusual is 3.(happen) in our town. Victor, a teacher, is really nervous. When he 4.(interview) by the town newspaper, he said that he 5.(hear) strange noises outside the window. His wife thought that it 6.(can) be an animal. But Victor and his friends thought it must be teenagers 7.(have) fun. One woman in the area saw something 8.(run) away, but it was dark, so she was not sure. Everyone in the small town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must be something 9.(visit) the homes in the neighborhood. What is it? People have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away. But the noise-maker is having too much fun 10.(create) fear in the neighborhood.

Mr. Jenkins has several big shops in the city. He’s very rich but he does his best 1.(pay) the persons who work in his shops less. And they all hate him.

Several months ago a young woman borrowed thirty thousand dollars from him. But she couldn’t return the money to him in time. He went to her and made her 2.(give) her ring to him which cost more than fifty thousand dollars. He put it into his wallet and went home happily. But when he got to the bus stop, the bus 3.(leave). He hurried to get on and left his wallet outside. He didn’t find it until he got home. He hurried 4.(make) promise, ＂If someone finds my wallet and returns it to me, I 5.(give) half the money to him.＂

An old woman who 6.(wait) for another bus that day found the wallet. She sent it back to Mr Jenkins. But he changed his mind.

＂There are two rings in my wallet,＂ said Mr. Jenkins, I won’t give half of the money in my wallet to you until you return the other ring to me.＂

＂I 7.(see) only a ring in the wallet,＂ the old woman said and took the man to a judge and told him what 8.(happen) to them. The judge said to Mr. Jenkins, ＂I’m sure you have lost a wallet in which there are two rings and some money. But there is only one ring in this wallet. I 9.(not think) it’s yours. Wait for some days. Perhaps someone will be able to return your wallet to you.＂

Then the judge turned to the old woman and said, ＂Take the wallet home. If the loser doesn’t go to get it back in three days, it 10.(belong) to you.＂

阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

A group of rubbish collectors in Turkey are recycling the books that people have thrown away. They have 1. (已经) created a mobile library. There are now over 9, 000 books, which are divided into 20 kinds, including 2. (医学的) care, politics, literature, history, healthy living and so on. The library is inside a 3. (卡车) that tours schools in the countryside. They hope to create a greater passion(热情) for reading books in children, 4. (尤其) in the age of mobile phones and computers. Many schools do not have a reading room or their 5. (自己的) library.

The library has got lots of attention in Turkey. People from all over Turkey are 6. (送) their old books to the library. A 7. (女士) working at the mobile library said, "The interest is growing. Each day we have guests coming here to 8. (借) books or have a quiet time to read." The director of the library said, "We have books here for kids aged from four to 9. (十), and books for older children, like world classics and 10. (诗). We hope that it will develop their love for books."

根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

Lydia runs and picks up rubbish along the way. What she does is called "plogging", an activity combining collecting rubbish with running. Last 1.（六月），she first learned the idea of plogging on the Intemet and decided to plog.

Lydia runs four or 2. (五) times a week and takes a daily walk with her two dogs. She often wears her gloves and takes several 3. (袋子) when she goes out. Sometimes she spends 4. (一半，半数) an hour collecting rubbish. She says she5. (浪费) the last few years of her running life. Now she feels" 6. (更好的) to do plogging than just running by the litter." It just takes a moment to stop and pick something up off the ground.7.(然而) , it makes a big difference to my community. Now my husband also 8. (加入) me," Lydia says 9. (自豪地). "It doesn't matter how much rubbish I pick up. It's good way to protect our 10.（星球）)

根据短文内容和所给中文提示,写出空白处各单词的正确形式,每空限填一词。

Many people go to Utah because they love hiking in Bryce Canyon National Park. They enjoy 1.(岩石) climbing, camping and so on. However, some people go to Utah for a very 2.(不同的) experience.

The Boulder Outdoor Survival(生存) School(BOSS) in Utah is the world’s oldest survival school. It teaches people how stay alive without tents, or even backpacks. In Bryce Canyon, the days are very 3.(热的) and the nights are very cold. Not everyone wants to go and experience life without modern 4.(发明) like smart phones and e-books. Students at BOSS quickly learn that it is important to work hard and 5.(尝试) new things if they want to complete the training.

In survival camps at BOSS students don't just practise camping, hiking or6.(骑) horses. They go into the wild for days or weeks. They learn how to find 7. (新鲜的)water for drinking. They also learn how to make a fire, use a 8.(小刀) and find food to eat. Nature can often give them 9. (每件事) they need so survive.

After these people go back to the real world, they may never use these skills again. Even if they don’t, at 10.(至少) they will always know that they can live without computers, electricity, and smart phones—even if it is only for a few days!

（2017﹒山东威海）My best friend has two first names. One is Heather, and the other is Na-ri. I 1.(never see) her use the name Na-ri. But today, for the first time, she is writing a letter with this name.

She 2.(born) in South Korea and adopted by American parents when she was two years old. One day, she told me about her childhood. When she went out to dinner, some South Korean strangers tried to talk to her in Korean She didn’t understand what they 3.(say), so she just looked at them. She said that she still remembered how they looked at her. Their eyes seemed to say, ＂Poor girl! You are an abandoned child.＂ From that day, Heather tried to keep saying to herself that she was American.

Two days ago, she received a letter from South Korea. The letter 4.(send) to Na-ri. She was so surprised that she couldn’t open the letter. So I did it for her. The letter was written in Korean. I said, ＂Heather, you should ask someone 5.(read) this for you. It was written in Korean.＂ But she was silent.

Yesterday, on the way home, I saw her 6.(cry) on a bench near my house. ＂What is it, honey?＂ I said. She told me that her birth mother had blood cancer, and the only cure for her illness might be Heather’s blood. I asked how she knew this. Heather said she had learned Korean secretly. Crying hard, Heather only repeated, ＂What should I do? What should I do?＂ I really had no answer.

This morning, Heather called me. ＂ 7.you be with me when I write a letter to South Korea?＂ I gladly went over to her house. Heather didn’t seem to have slept at all. I hugged her and told her everything would be Okay. Now I 8.(sit) in front of Heather, watching her write a letter. She hasn’t told me what she is writing, but I can guess. Heather is writing, ＂Na-ri is coming, mother.＂

（2017﹒山东聊城）Dream House in California is not a house for only one or two children. It’s a house for many 1.（kid）. It’s a family. It’s the future.

Imagine2.（live） in a hospital for many years because of illness. Imagine that one stays in a cold street3.（连词） there is no other place to stay. These children need help. 4.（代词）need Dream House.

Many years ago，a little girl named Collin Rose5.（decide）that when she grew up，she would offer a warm home6.（介词）those sick and homeless children. When she grew up，she became7.（冠词） nurse and made her dream come true. In November 2003，Collin Rose set up Dream House. Collin Rose’s efforts have8.（encourage）many people to help sick and homeless children. ＂Every child should have a happy childhood. We may help make these children’s lives9.（good） than before. Your small help may 10.（great）change their lives. No help is too small. ＂Collin Rose said.