Neighbours play an important role in our lives. Their lifestyles, friends, and social habits can have a strong influence on our lives. It is a good idea to get to know the people next door or across the street to develop a community (社区) of support and safety. You never know when a neighbour will find a stranger walking around your house, or you may want to leave an extra key at their house in case someone in your family gets locked out.

How do you get along with your neighbours? Here are some tips for building a better relationship with your neighbours.

Point ①…Proper greetings can make your neighbours remember your name and pave (铺) the way for more meaningful future meetings. Don’t stay too long, though, or you’ll wear out your welcome!

Point②…If your neighbour is building a pool, offer a few hours of help. Besides, you never know when the favor might be returned.

Point③…If you hear that someone who live close to you has had an accident, take over a hot meal or some fruit. Your action will add a special touch during a difficult time.

Point④…Invite your neighbours over for a cup of coffee in December or an Easter egg hunt in spring. A backyard barbecue (烧烤) can be a great way to share food and fun.

Your neighbours may annoy you at times, but they are like family in many ways. Appreciate their strengths and overlook their weaknesses, and everyone will get along just fine.

1.What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?

2.According to the passage, which of the following may NOT be something nice to do?

3.Match the following titles with each point.

a. Invite your neighbours over.          b. Lend a helping hand.

c. Go over and introduce yourself.       d. Offer support.

4.We infer(推断出) that the writer wrote this passage to        .

Most of us are the only child in our family. We have no brothers or sisters. Our family mainly consists of our mom,our dad and us. We are growing up in a world differently from our parents’. And we will be the future leaders of China. Some day we have to work hand in hand with each other and make China more and more beautiful. So we must learn to love each other like brothers and sisters.
It’s hard to think how difficult life would be if we had a sibling(同胞，手足).We never have to share anything at home. Of course, we might have cousins, but we don’t have to live with them! Our parents try to give us the best, and the best doesn’t need sharing between two or three children. Do we ever ask ourselves if we are (宠坏) spoiled?
A recent study has found that many children don’t know how to love others! We don’r know the value of money. We don’t know how hard our parents are to support us. We don’t want others to regard us as spoiled, do we? Well, why not start now to help our parents at home, share a game with one of our friends or value the opinions of our classmates, even if we don’t always agree? In a word, we must learn to love each other!
【小题1】The underlined phrase “consists of ” means ____________in Chinese.

某中学生英语报习作栏正在就下列漫画举行征文活动,并根据漫画所表述的内容，用英语写一篇短文向该报投稿。

某中学生英语报习作栏正在就下列漫画举行征文活动。请仔细观察漫画，

一、内容要点：

1．专家们赞成取消文理分科。

理由是：1)文理分科不利于学生全面发展。

        2)社会对人才的要求不是单一的，多学些知识更能适应社会的需要。

2．你作为一名高中生对取消文理分科持什么态度，并陈述你的理由。(至少写出两条理由)

二、可适当增添细节，层次分明，行文连贯。

三、字数130个左右。

四、开头语已为你写好(不计入总字数)。

参考词汇：全面的overall

Whether to cancel the division of science and arts in senior middle school is an issue of

controversy nowadays．We have heard many different voices about it．Some experts，

as we can see from the cartoon，approve of it while other senior school students are

opposed to it．                                                               

There seems never to have been a civilization(文明) without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about just to give children something to do.

In the ancient world, as is today, most boys play with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are strictly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers. This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world.

What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same. It is the universality of toys about their development in all parts of the world and their continuing to the present that is amazing. In Egypt, the Americas, China, Japan and among the Arctic peoples, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.

Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to (服从于) technological progress that characterizes inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the oxcart to the automobile is a direct line of advancement. The progress from a rattle (拨浪鼓) used by a baby in 3,000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limitations of materials then ready for use. (words: 285 ; time : 5ms)

1. The reason why the toys most boys play with are different from those that girls play with is that ________ .

A. their social roles are strictly determined

B. most boys would like to follow their fathers' jobs

C. boys like to play with their fathers while girls with their mothers

D. they like challenging activities.

2. "The universality of toys" lies in the fact that ________ .

A. technological advances have greatly improved the making of toys

B. the improvement of techniques in making toys depends on the efforts of universities

C. the exploration of the universe has led to the creation of new kinds of toys

D. the basic characteristics of toys are the same all over the world

3. Regarded as a kind of art form, toys ________.

A. follow a direct line of development

B. also greatly interest adults

C. are not characterized by progress in technology

D. show the pace of social progress

（C）篇

1. A。由原文第二段第二句可知。

2. D。根据文章第三段第一句和第三句可知,玩具的基本的特征变化不大。

3. C。由文章最后一段第一句可知,玩具作为一种艺术形式,不因科技变化而变化。

书面表达

有些外国朋友想了解中国的教育制度。 请你用英语写一篇简介， 以便刊登在某英文刊物上。

其内容如下：

1．6岁上小学(primary school)， 学制6年；

2．然后直接上初中， 学完三年， 就完成了九年义务(compulsory)教育;

3．通过考试后， 部分初中毕业生(graduates)上高中， 读三年， 部分学生进职业(professional)学校， 培养成为熟练(skilled)的工人；

4．高中毕业后， 学生通过全国性的考试就成为大学生。 大学通常学四年， 毕业后， 可获得学士学位(bachelor's degree)。

注意事项：

1．简介要有标题。

2．简介应包括以上所有内容要点。

3．不要逐字逐句译成英语。

4．字数：100—140个单词。

提示：

制度　　　system

初(高)中　　　junior (senoir)middle school