Jealousy is a very common problem in daily life. It’s everywhere. For example, if someone does better than you, you will get annoyed because you want to be No. 1. We may become jealous of a best friend’s top marks in an exam, or of the girl in art class who is praised by the teacher all the time. We get annoyed because these good things are happening to someone else but not to us.

It’s bad to feel jealous. We should be pleased with the things we have. But we still wish we had the money of this person and the talent of that person. Instead of sharing their happiness, we just feel jealous and unhappy with ourselves. And, too often, these feelings are expressed by speaking ill of the people we envy.

However, envy is also a kind of compliment to others. We see that other people have styles and talents different from our own. By comparing ourselves with others, we can know what we lack. And we can turn this comparison, the envy of others, into a kind of power.

Therefore, being a bit jealous of others lets us know what we are like and what we want to be like. It can push us to become what we really want to be.

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

1.According to the first paragraph, why do you get annoyed?

A．Because the teacher dislikes others.

B．Because others do something better than you.

C．Because you are an annoying person.

D．Because you want to be No.1 in the exam and you do.

2.The Chinese meaning of the underlined part “speaking ill of” probably is “_____".

A．赞美             B．说…的坏话        C．憎恨             D．说…病了

3.What should be the right attitude towards jealousy?

A．It’s a good thing.

B．It’s just a bad thing.

C．It’s a kind of compliment to others.

D．It makes us know what we are like and what we want to be like.

It was a rather hot day. Everybody seemed to be looking for some kind of relief, so an ice cream store was a natural place to stop at.

A little girl, holding her money firmly, entered the store. Before she could say a word, the store clerk sharply told her to get outside and read the sign on the door, and stay out until she put on the shoes. She left slowly, and a big man followed her out of the store.

The man watched as she stood in front of the store and read the sign. “No Bare (赤裸) Feet”.

Tears started rolling down her cheeks as she turned and walked away. Just then the big man called to her. After sitting down on the roadside, he took off his size-12 shoes, set them in front of the girl and saying, “Here, you won’t be able to walk in these, but if you slide (拖) along, you can get your ice cream.”

Then he lifted the little girl up and set her feet into the shoes. “Take your time,” he said, “I get tired of moving them around, and it’s good to just sit here and eat my ice cream.”

The shining eyes of the little girl could not be missed as she ordered her ice cream.

He was a big man, all right. Big body, big shoes, but most of all, he had a big heart.

1.The little girl wasn’t allowed to enter the store because ______.

A. she was dirty           B. she had no money

C. the store was closed      D. she had no shoes on

2.What happened to the little girl in the end?

A. The big man bought an ice cream for her.

B. The store clerk took an ice cream out to her.

C. She got her ice cream with the big man’s shoes.

D. She left the store without getting her ice cream.

3.From the story we can conclude （得出结论）that the big man is ______.

A. kind     B. funny     C. honest     D. hard-working

There are many kinds of friends. Some are always    36  you, but don't understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only   37 friends leave footprints.
　　I shall always recall (回忆) the autumn and the girl with the  38  . She will always bring back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend.
　　It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves   39 on the cool  40 . In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves,  41  to the sound of them.
　　Autumn is a  42  season and life is uninteresting. The free days always get me   43  . But one day, the sound of a violin   44  into my ears like a stream (小溪) flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was  45  in playing her violin.
　　I had  46 seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn't know that I had been   47 there for so long but my existence (存在) did not seem to disturb her.
　　Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building  48 I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became   49 .  50 we didn't know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believe she also loved me.
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly
   51 . To my astonishment (惊讶), the girl came over to me.
　　“You must like violin.” she said.
　　“Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
　　Suddenly, a   52 expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
　　“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that   53 me.” she said.
　　“In fact, it was your playing   54 gave me a meaningful autumn,” I answered, “Let's be friends.”
　　The girl smiled, and so did I.
I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure (身影) of the girl. She is like a   55 —so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful.

第Ⅱ卷（共40分）

第三部分：书面表达（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：完成句子（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

71．“It’s a new term and a new day.I wish I _______________( 能适应新环境) as soon as possible,”15-year-old Li Mingyang said. (adapt)

72．As Liu Qian puts it, it’s not the magic that makes it work, ______________________________ (我们工作方式) that makes it magic.( way)

73．___________________________, ( 尽管他的想法听起来奇怪) it was accepted by all the people at the meeting.(as)

74．While watching Titanic, most people _____________________ (禁不住哭起来) when it came to the scene in which Jack saves the life of the girl but dies in icy water himself. (help)

75．There is much chance ___________________________(Bill康复) his injury in time for the race. (recover)

76．I think it important ________________________________ (与我们的朋友保持联系). (touch)

77．_______________________________________ (她生病的原因) was that she ate something that had gone bad. (why)

78．If Newton lived today, he would be surprised by what __________________________ (已发现) in science and technology. (discover )

79．Many people were afraid to swim in the sea when they remembered the scenes ______________ by the shark. (人被吃掉). (which)

80．____________________________ (随着时间推移), we become older but wiser. (with,go )

The boy’s the equal of the girl,       intelligence is concerned, but he didn’t work hard at all.

   A. as far as         B. as soon as         C. as well as         D. as long as