6. The news that he failed his driving test again was really     (令人沮丧的) .

5. Being thin but strong is a very important c     of this kind of rope.

4. Even when he was young he had no a        or aim in his life. It was no surprise that he achieved nothing when he was old.

3. His job is to i     for the Chinese visitors who can't speak the native language.

2. I was unable to answer the test questions r     the Civil War.

1. People often visit their r     and friends during the Spring Festival.

古语有云："有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？"在生活中，人人都需要朋友。但如何与朋友和谐相处，使我们的友谊长存呢？请根据下面的提示，写一篇英语短文。

内容要点：

诚实：谎言会使朋友远离我们；倾听：理解朋友的心声；

虚心：如果在朋友面前骄傲，就会失去朋友的尊敬；

无私：在朋友有困难时帮助朋友。

注意：1. 词数100左右;

2. 适当发挥想象，增加细节以使行文连贯，但不要逐字翻译。参考词汇：虚心的modest As we all know,keeping friendship is not so easy as making friends.

  I have a friend who must be the sweetest,shyest person in the world. He is forty years old,rather short and 1.      (skin) ，and has a thin moustache and even thinner hair on his head. Since his vision is not perfect,he wears glasses： 2. are small,round and frameless.

  He always walks sideways so as not to be 3.      (convenient) to anyone. Instead of saying "Excuse me”，he prefers to glide by one side.

  4.      the gap is so narrow that it will not allow him to pass,Luke waits patiently 5.        the ob- struction (障碍物) moves by itself. Stray dogs and cats panic him,and in order to avoid them,he constantly crosses from one side of the road to the 6.      .

  He speaks in 7.        very thin,subtle voice,so it is hard to tell if he is speaking at 8.      .He has never interrupted anybody. On the other hand,he can never manage more than two words without 9.      ( interrupt) . This does not seem to irritate him;in fact,he actually appears happy 10.        (be) able to utter (发出) those two words.

 The story is told of an unemployed young graduate who checked his pocket. All he had left was a few dollar bills 1        less than ten dollars. He was 2     as he could find no work and no one was there to help him. He decided to 3      it To buy food,then wait on his end-result.

  He bought food and as he sat down to 4     ，an old man and two children came along. The old man asked him to help them with 5        as they had not eat?en for almost a week.

  The young graduate looked at the children―they were so 6        that he could see their bones coming through their skin. With the last bit of pity he had,he 7        them all the food. The old man and children prayed that God would bless the young graduate and then gave him a ( n) 8     old coin.

  The old man and children sat down to eat and with no 9        , no job and no food,the young graduate went back under the bridge to 10      . As he was about to fall asleep he saw an old newspaper on the ground. He 11        it up and saw an advertisement inviting people with 12     coins to come to a particular store. He de?cided to go there with the dirty old coin.

On arriving at the 13     ,he gave the boss the dirty old coin. The boss screamed loudly and 14      a big book and showed the young graduate a photograph. This same old 15        was worth $ 67,000. The young graduate was extremely 16     as the boss gave him a check for the full amount. He immediately 17        it at the bank and went in 18     of the old man and little children to thank them.

By the time he got to the place where he 19        them eating, they had gone_? who left him a note, 20      ， "You gave us your alland we have rewarded you back with the coin.”

1. A. putting up with   B. adding up to

   C. taking charge of   D. helping himself to

2. A. angry   B. tough   C. upset   D. nervous

3. A. kill   B. ignore   C. spend   D. use

4. A. eat   B. drink   C. play   D. enjoy

5. A. kindness   B. food   C. money   D. heart

6. A. hungry   B. thin

   C. strange   D. innocent

7. A. shared   B. lost   C. moved   D. gave

8. A. dirty   B. ugly   C. useless   D. magic

9. A. desire   B. money   C. hope   D. help 

10. A. exist in   B. live in

   C. lie down   D. consist with 

11. A. showed   B. turned   C. took   D. picked 

12.A. old   B. nice   C. loose   D. silly 

13.  A. school   B. store   C. company   D. bank 

14.A. put out   B. showed off   C. brought out   D. fought for 

15.A. vase   B. photo   C. book   D. coin 

16 A. moved   B. rich

   C. happy   D. skeptical 

17. A. retired   B. rescued   C. scanned   D. cashed 

18.A. search   B. control   C. case   D. charge 

19. A. saved   B. left

   C. helped   D. watched 

20.A. scaring   B. describing   C. reading   D. inventing

  John wore the coat to school the next day and came home with a big grin. "Did the kids like your coat?”I asked. "They loved it”， he said.

  Over the next few weeks? John changed. He was polite,less argumentative,more thoughtful,and on the whole much happier. "Good dinner,mum," he would say every evening. Without a word of objection he would carry in wood for the stove. One day when I suggested that he start on his homework before dinner,John,who always put things off,said, "You're right. I guess I will.”When I mentioned this incident to one of his teachers,she joked that the coat must have changed him.

  John and I both know we should never mistake a person's clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see,for practising standards of excellence in thought,speech,and behaviour,and for matching what is on the inside to what is on the outside.

1. What does the author try to express in the first par?agraph?

   A. The coat looked like a magical coat.

   B. They were good at shopping.

   C. The coat was a real bargain.

   D. They had the same taste in clothes.

2. What does the underlined word "grin" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

   A. A wide smile.

   B. A worried look.

   C. A jealous spirit.

   D. A joking tone.

3. After John wore the new coat,the author found he

a.was happier and better-behaved    

b,received more praise from his teachers

c.was willing to follow suggestions  .

d,made rapid progress in study

e. would say sweet words to please mum 

    A. a,b, c   B. a,c, e

   C. b,d,e   D. c,d, e

4. What message does the author intend to deliver in the article?

   A. We should not judge people by their appearance.

   B. Life is full of possibilities when we are young.

   C. It's beneficial to try different things in our lives.

   D. What we wear could help shape who we are inside.