阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

We entered the school on the same day. We cheered,   1. , worked hard. And now there are only about one and a half  2.  for us to be together. Here are some words that we want to say to our best friends:

1. Time is flying away, and years are passing by. Only our friendship is always in my heart. Farewell（再见）, my friend! Take care, my friend!

2. Oh, my friend, do you like stars? If you feel  3. far away from home, look up at the stars in the sky,  4. there is a star for luck that I've send you.

3. Don’t be disappointed on the journey of life. There are friends in the world. Catch   5. chance and value your opportunities. May our friendship be everlasting.

4. Time does not water down the wine of   6. ; distance does not separate our hands of longing. Wishing you happiness forever!

5. I have three wishes: May our friendship warm our hearts! May joy be always  7. you and me! May we often meet each other!

6.  8. of each other is just like a line connecting both you on the  9. end and me on the other end.

7. Life is a wonderful book. Others’ notes cannot replace your own understanding.  10.you find and create something new in it.

As prices and building costs keep rising, the do-it-yourself(DIY) trend(趋势) in the U.S. continues to grow.
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “And we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decide to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at time job at home as well as in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
【小题1】We can learn from the text that many newly married people      .

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

We entered the school on the same day. We cheered,   【小题1】, worked hard. And now there are only about one and a half  【小题2】 for us to be together. Here are some words that we want to say to our best friends:
1. Time is flying away, and years are passing by. Only our friendship is always in my heart. Farewell（再见）, my friend! Take care, my friend!
2. Oh, my friend, do you like stars? If you feel  【小题3】far away from home, look up at the stars in the sky, 【小题4】there is a star for luck that I’ve send you.
3. Don’t be disappointed on the journey of life. There are friends in the world. Catch   【小题5】chance and value your opportunities. May our friendship be everlasting.
4. Time does not water down the wine of   【小题6】; distance does not separate our hands of longing. Wishing you happiness forever!
5. I have three wishes: May our friendship warm our hearts! May joy be always  【小题7】you and me! May we often meet each other!
6. 【小题8】of each other is just like a line connecting both you on the  【小题9】end and me on the other end.
7. Life is a wonderful book. Others’ notes cannot replace your own understanding. 【小题10】you find and create something new in it.

动词填空用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。（本大题8分，每小题1分）

1.My sister, like my parents,                 (enjoy) singing pop songs.

2.Can you give me something _______ (eat), Jim? I am very hungry now.

3.Be quick! Your buddy, Tony, __________ (wait) for you outside the school gate.

4.The number of the students of my school                  (be) 1500.

5.It’s really great                  (share) our joy with you and your friends.

6.She wants to be a ballet dancer . Every day she spends a lot of time             (dance).

7.---You’d better not smoke here. Look at the sign.

---Sorry， I ________(not see) it.

8.I don’t know if (是否)he will join us planting trees if it ________(not rain) tomorrow.