“I don't like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry,” said Zhang Hua，a middle school student in Guangzhou. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children's eyes?

One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he/she likes worrying about things. They worry about everything about you, from the time you were born (出生). They do a lot for you, though something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice (选择) of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, how much sleep you get, etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up healthily and happily.

So how can you make things easier on yourself? It's easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know what you're doing. Get them to know your friends. Phone if you stay somewhere else so that your parents don't call everybody in the phone book looking for you. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take responsibility (负责任) for what you did. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.

Most of all, try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practicing being parents and need help from you. Someday, when you become a parent, they may be able to help you how to get on with your children.

1.Parents sometimes look so unfriendly because ______.

A. they are older than us

B. they worry about almost everything about us

C. they have the same problems as us

D. they are often unhappy

2.Parents worry about ______.

A. who you make friends with B. what you eat

C. your schoolwork D. all the above

3.The writer thinks we should ______ if we go back home later than usual.

A. tell our friends

B. tell the teacher

C. say sorry to our parents

D. make a telephone call to our parents

4.The writer thinks ______.

A. it's wrong of parents to worry about their children too much

B. some parents are unfriendly, and this makes their children angry

C. parents love their children very much and the children should understand them

D. children should do everything as their parents say

【小题】Which is the best title (题目) for the passage?

A. How to Get on with (相处) Parents?

B. Parents' Responsibility

C. Zhang Hua's Problem

D. What Are Parents Worrying about?

用所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.What _____________________ if people don’t have any phones or computers?

2.He tried to run to the bus stop, at last he ________________ the bus.

3.He cut the tomato into four pieces without ____________ it.

4.It?s impossible for the students ________________ their grades without hard work.

5.Don?t talk loudly. They ________________________ something important.

6.The Greens always ______________________ Thanksgiving Day in the restaurant.

根据所给汉语和句意，用单词的适当形式填空。

1.Thank you for your ____________ (邀请). I’d like to go to your party.

2.I want to make cakes. Could you please give me some _____________ (黄油)?

3.If he has problems, he’ll keep them to ________________ (他们). He won’t tell others.

4.The book is not mine. It’s the ___________________ (小提琴手) .

5.Which book do you think is ________________ (有教育意义), this one or that one?

6.“You mustn’t play football on the road.” Jim’s father said _________________ (严肃).

用方框中所给单词填空，每个单词限用一次，有两个是多余的。

Do you know what the life in the future will be like? It will be ____1.____ from life today. Many changes (变化) will happen. But what will the changes be?

The population is growing _____2.____. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live _____3.____ than people live now.

Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at _____4.____ one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important _____5.____ in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. _____6.____ will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. There will be less room for cows and sheep，so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat _____7.___ every day. Instead (代替), they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Many people _____8.____ have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

根据汉语提示完成下列句子。(共10分)

1.当他长大时他打算当一名演员。

He is going to be an actor ____________________________________________________.

2.将来人们将会活到200 岁。

People _________________________________________________________ in the future.

3.你只要跟别人聊聊这个问题，你就已经解决了问题的一半。

You ________________________________ a problem just by talking to someone about it.

4.请于12月20号周五前以书面形式回复这封信。

Please ______________________________________ this letter by Friday, December 20th.

5.他认为第一步就是找一个你信任的人倾诉一下。

He thinks the first step is ____________________________________________________..

Very often, new-born babies aren’t beautiful. They’re wrinkled (皱褶), or they have an angry look on their faces. They seem to say, “Get away！I hate everybody.” But to a parent, that wrinkled, angry-faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world. When a proud (自豪的) parent asks you, “Well, what do you think…? Isn’t she beautiful?” What are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth (真相)? Of course not!

You look at that proud parent in the eye and say, “Yes, she is! She is really a beauty. She’s going to be a movie star! I can tell!”

In English this is a white lie. White lies don’t hurt (伤害) people. They aren’t angry words. People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier. When people don’t want to meet someone, or they eat something new that they really don’t like at a friend’s house, they’ll tell a white lie. They are trying to be kind. They don’t want to hurt anyone. It’s important to be honest, but being kind is sometimes more important.

根据短文内容完成下列任务。（共5分）

1.根据短文内容填空：Parents are usually ______________ when their babies are born.

2.The word “white” in the phrase “a white lie” means ________.

A. 白色的谎言 B. 善意的谎言 C. 真实的谎言

3.Which of the following is a white lie?

A. You break the window but you say you don’t know who breaks it.

B. You know Jim has picked up (捡起)a wallet but you say you don’t know.

C. You don’t think your friend’s first picture is great but you say it is.

4.从文中找出下列句子的同义句。Sometimes it’s more important to be kind.

________________________________________________________________

5..回答问题：Why do people use white lies? ___________________________

Last Sunday Sue had a very happy birthday party. Many of her friends came over to her party and gave her many gifts.

Tom gave her a book called Harry Potter. When Sue opened Lily’s gift, she was very surprised. “Oh！” Sue said to her mother. “Ah Xiang, Ah He, Ah Ru, Ah yi, Le Yangyang! What beautiful Guangzhou Asian Games mascots (吉祥物)！”And then she asked her mother.

“But Mom, what about your gift?”

“Go and look for it in your bedroom.”Mom said. Sue ran quickly to her room. On her bed she saw a small red box. There was nothing but a card in it. It read:

“Dear Sue, I’m your gift. My first three letters are the same as in the word ‘come’. My last two letters are the same as in the word “water’. My middle three letters are in the word “put”. What am I?”

Sue thought for a few minutes, and then said, “Oh, Great! Thank you, Mom”.

阅读短文，完成下列任务。（共10分）

1.将划线句子Tom gave her a book called Harry Potter.翻译成汉语。____________________

2.写出划线部分There was nothing but a card in it的同义句。_____________________

3.写出划线单词letter的汉语意思。________________________________________

4.回答下列问题

1) How many mascots are there at Guangzhou Asian Games?_________________________

2) What’s Sue’s mother’s gift? _________________________________________________

书面表达。 (共15分)

很多同学喜欢西餐，他们在业余时间会制作各式各样的三明治。你喜欢什么样的三明治，请你写一篇短文介绍你所喜欢的三明治及其原因，并写出制作过程和感受。字数在80字左右。

—Mr Green has _______ one-year-old son, doesn’t he?

—Yes, and he also has _______ eight-year-old daughter.

A. a; a B. an; a C. a; an D. an; an

Do you know the man _______Tom is a bus driver?

Yes, he is my friend.

A. call B. called C. calls D. calling