18．你最好的朋友Bill是一个可爱的男孩．请你根据下面提示.以 My best friend 为题.写一篇80词左右的短文.可作适当发挥．ClassClass 5.Grade 8Lookstall.——青夏教育精英家教网—

18．你最好的朋友Bill是一个可爱的男孩．请你根据下面提示，以"My best friend"为题，写一篇80词左右的短文，可作适当发挥．

Class	Class 5，Grade 8
Looks	tall，short hair，wear glasses
Personalities	honest，polite and helpful
Hobbies	travelling，crazy about DIY，be good at…
Why do we become friends？	…

My best friend
I have a friend．His name is Bill．

17．A teacher in New York decided to honor（纪念） each of her students in high school by telling them the difference they each made．First she told them how the student made a difference to her and the class．Then she presented each of them with a blue ribbon（带子） with gold letters which read，"Who I Am Makes a Difference．"
Afterwards the teacher told the students to do a class project to see what kind of effect would have on a community．She gave each of the students three more ribbons and showed them to go out and do as she did．
One of the boys in the class went to a junior manager and honored him for helping him with his career planning．He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt．Then he gave him two extra ribbons，and told him what it was all about．
Later that day the junior manager went in to see his boss，who had been said as being a bad-tempered （坏脾气）man．He sat his boss down and told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative person．The boss seemed very surprised．The junior manager asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon and allow him to put it on him．His surprised boss said，"Well，sure．"Then he gave him the last extra ribbon，and repeated what the boy had told him．
That night the boss came home to his 14-year-old son and sat him down．He said，"I was in my office when one of the junior managers came in and told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative person．Then he put this blue ribbon that says‘Who I Am Makes A Difference'on my jacket．He gave me an extra ribbon and asked me to find somebody else to honor．I started thinking about whom I would honor with this ribbon and I thought about you．I just let you know that you do make a difference to me．You're a great kid and I love you!"
The surprised boy couldn't stop crying．He looked up at his father and said through his tears，"I was planning on killing myself tomorrow，Dad，because I didn't think you loved me．Now I don't need to．"
34．What does the blue ribbon in the passage indicate（表明）？D
A．To love and be loved．
B．To respect people
C．To be accepted by others．
D．To thank people for what they have done for other
35．Why was the boss surprised at what the junior manager said and did？C
A．Because the boss was usually bad-tempered．
B．Because the junior manager was not afraid of his bad temper．
C．Because he didn't expect his juniors to thank him．
D．Because it was strange for him to wear such a blue ribbon．
36．The change in the boss implies（暗示） thatD．
A．Being a good person is better than being a bad one．
B．blue ribbons are a good sign of understanding between people
C．he would never be bad-mannered to his workers
D．everybody can make a difference to the world
37．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage？A
A．Who You Are Makes a Difference
B．Blue Ribbon，a Sign of Love
C．Bad Temper Can Be Changed
D．Love Can PreventKilling oneself．

16．Have you ever done something stupid that made you feel so embarrassed（尴尬）？
Well，that's exactly how I felt．On a Saturday morning last autumn，I had gone to town to do some shopping and as I was on my way home，it suddenly began to rain．I at once ran into a nearby phone box because I didn't have an umbrella．It was raining so heavily that I have to stay in the phone box until it stopped．
A few moments later，I saw a young man walk up to the phone box，wearing a yellow raincoat and holding a box．I didn't want to go out into the rain，so I picked up the phone and pretended（假装）I was talking to someone．I thought the man would go away，but he didn't．He just waited in the rain，watching me．I had to wave my hands about and acted as if I was deep in conversation．
Luckily，the rain began to stop after about ten minutes．"Okay，Mum，"I said loudly into the phone，"I'll see you later Bye!"I put the phone down，picked up my shopping bag and walked out of the phone box"I'm sorry I took so long，"I said to the man．
"Oh，I don't want to use the phone，"he replied，smiling．"I've just come to repair it．It's out of order．you see．"I felt myself go red in the face and I hurried away with my head down，feeling a complete fool（傻瓜）．That was certainly one of the most embarrassing moments of my life!
28．Why did the writer go to the phone box and stay there？D
A．Because she wanted to keep warm．
B．Because she wanted to phone her mother．
C．Because she wanted to wait for her friend there．
D．Because it rained heavily and she had no umbrella with her．
29．What did the writer think the young man wanted to do？B
A．To repair the phone．
B．To use the phone．
C．To shake hands with her．
D．To listen to the phone box．
30．Which of the following is TRUE？D
A．The writer thought the rain would last long
B．The writer was telephoning to her mother when the it rained．
C．The story happened on a cold Saturday morning last summer．
D．It suddenly rained when the writer was on her way home after shopping．

15．My name is Claire．I live in a very small house in a town called Kingston．
I love to visit Highgrove Road．This road has a lot of big houses on it，some even look like palaces．Highgrove Road is next to the beach．I like to sit on the beach and imagine （想象） what these houses look like inside．
My favourite house is a pink house at the end of the road．In my dreams this house has four sitting rooms and two dining rooms，all on the ground floor．One dining room is for the family and the other one is for friends．It has a really big kitchen next to the dining room．The house has a bathroom with a toilet，a sink（水槽），a bath and a shower．The house is very tidy（整洁的） and very quiet．Sometimes you can hear the sound of the sea or the sound of the rain on the roof （房顶），if it rains．In front of the house，there is a big garden with a swimming pool．It is the biggest swimming pool in the whole town．A friendly family live in this house and they often invite friends over to use their swimming pool．
My dream is to live in a house just like this．My mother thinks I should stop dreaming and start studying for my exams!
1．Highgrove road is next toA．
A．the beach
B．Claire's school
C．a palace
D．a big house
2．What is the colour of Claire's favourite house？C
A．Red．
B．Purple．
C．Pink．
D．Blue．
3．How many rooms are there in this house in Claire's dream？A
A．Eight．
B．Ten．
C．Five．
D．Three．
4．Claire's dream isD．
A．to pass her exams
C．to use the swimming pool
B．to buy this house
D．to live in similar （类似的） house
5．What do you know about Claire's real house？C
A．It is new．
B．It is very big．
C．It is very small．
D．It is clean．

14．Mr．Grey was the manager of a small office in London．He lived in the country，and went to work by train．He liked walking from the station to his office if it wasn't raining，because it gave him some exercise．
One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him，"You may not remember me，sir，but seven years ago I came to London without any money in my pockets．I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money and you lent me￡5，because you said you were always ready to take a chance （机会） to give a man a start on the way to success．"
Mr．Grey thought for a few minutes and then said，"Yes，I remember you．Go on with your story!"
"Well，"answered the stranger，"Would you like to take another chance？"
4．Mr．Grey liked walking to his office becauseD．
A．he couldn't pay for the buses
B．he wanted to save money
C．he wanted to lose weight
D．he could do some exercise on the way
5．Mr．Grey was always ready to lend money to a stranger toA．
A．help him on the way to success
B．give himself a start in life
C．make him rich
D．get more money
6．By saying"Would you like to take another chance？"，the strangerB．
A．wanted to return Mr．Grey the money
B．asked Mr．Grey for money again
C．told Mr．Grey that he had success at last
D．would like to make friends with him．

13．Everyone is good at anything．101．something
But some people are true talented．102．truly
It is interesting to watch others people show their talents．103．other
Talent shows are geting more and more popular．104．getting
These all shows have one thing in common．105．All these
They try to look at the best singers，the most106．look for
excited magicians，the most talented dancers．107．exciting
All kinds of peoples join these shows．But who can play108．people
the piano the best or sing the most beautiful？109．beautifully
That's up to you to decide．When people watch these
shows，they usually play a role in decide the winner．110．deciding．

12．This year，there is something new happening in our school．
It was September 6th，Wang Yang found that her classroom had changed．She found that the desks were no longer in rows，but pushed together to make eight bigger desks．She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn't listen to the teachers carefully．But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement （安排）．"Now our class is quieter，"said Wang，"What's more，we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion．It's a better way to study．"
Li Yu liked it，too．He said，"Group members first discuss，and then show ourselves in front of the whole class．It makes us believe in ourselves．"It was part of a reform （改革） at Li's school．The school made this reform because they wanted to provide students with easier ways to study and more chances to discuss．
"Our school hopes it can improve students'abilities （能力） to study by themselves and work in groups，"said Jason，an English teacher．
However，the reform has more need for teachers．Now they have only 15minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 45minutes before．It is difficult to teach in such a short time．The teachers have to find better ways to teach more effectively．
"The reform demands （要求） more，but I'm sure it is helpful，"added Jason．
61．After the new classroom arrangement it was easier for Wang Yang and her classmates toCin class．
A．push desks together
C．discuss with each other
B．sit in the classroom
D．teach a lesson
62．The school made the reform in order to provide students withBto study．
A．noisier classes
B．easier ways
C．more seats
D．fewer chances
63．The Chinese meaning of the word"effectively"in this passage isC．
A．认真地
B．明确地
C．有效地
D．简单地
64．Jason thinks the reform isA．
A．helpful
B．awful
C．terrible
D．useless
65．The best title of this passage may be"D"．
A．Students'Friendship
C．Discussion in Class
B．Teachers'Hope
D．New Look in Class．

11．Mr．Henry came from a poor family．He had three brothers and two sisters．His father worked hard but wasn't paid much．And his mother did all the housework at home．They were both able but they couldn't get enough money for their family．
Mr．Henry was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons．When he was sixteen，he came to the city and began to work in a small factory．He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker．The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him．The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law（岳父母）．His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered（唠叨）．So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house．
It was one fine Sunday．The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill．She told Mr．Henry to drive her car．But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right．The young man had to listen to her．At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left．The policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him．
"If I did wrong，sir，"said Mr．Henry，"It was my mother-in-law's fault（过错）．She was driving the car though she sat behind me!"

59．The Henrys were poor becauseC．
A．they were lazy
B．they were too weak to work
C．they couldn't make enough money
D．they weren't able enough
60．A，so the old man married his daughter to him．
A．Mr．Henry became a skilled worker
B．Mr．Henry was friendly to him
C．Mr．Henry was paid much in the factory
D．Mr．Henry worked for six years there
61．The old woman wasB to Mr．Hunt．
A．good
B．bad
C．friendly
D．useless
62．Which of the following is wrong？A
A．The old woman herself drove the car that day．
B．It was the old woman's fault．
C．Mr．Hunt hated his mother-in-law．
D．The old woman told Mr．Hunt to run the red lights．

10．Jenny wanted to encourage students to read more famous books，so she decided to put an introduction to some interesting children's story books in the school newspaper．
The Little Prince （《小王子》is a famous work written by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry．In the book，the little prince leaves his own planet to explore the universe （宇宙）．In his journey，he finds that the adult world is really strange and boring．Finally，he goes back to his planet which is full of love．The book is really popular throughout the world．
Charlotte's Web （《夏洛特的网》is a famous children's novel written by American author E．B．White．The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a spider named Charlotte on a farm．When Wilbur is in danger of being killed for his meat by the farmer，Charlotte writes messages to praise Wilbur in her web and saves him．Wilbur becomes famous in the village and he is safe in the end．When it came out in 1952，the book was welcomed by both adults and children．And it is still very popular today．
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane （《爱德华的奇妙之旅》is a 2006novel written by Kate DiCamillo．The book is about an unusual journey of a china rabbit named Edward Tulane．He travels from one place to another，meeting many people．During his journey，he learns to love and finally finds love again．This book is popular nowadays and was mentioned many times in the famous South Korean TV series My love from the Star （《来自星星的你》．The warm and sweet story will surely make you understand more about love．
34．Jenny introduced some interesting children's story books toA．
A．encourage students to read more
B．encourage students to write more
C．show off the books she has read
D．make money by selling books
35．The underlined word"praise"properly means"C"in Chinese．
A．欺骗
B．批评
C．赞扬
D．攻击
36．Which statement is TRUE according to the passage？A
A．The three books mentioned in the passage are popular today．
B．The writers of the three books are all Americans．
C．When Charlotte's Web came out，it was only popular with adults．
D．My Love from the Star is a famous Chinese TV series．

9．When US student Olivia Priedeman，17，woke up one morning，she thought she had had a dream about making plan with a friend．
But it wasn't a dream．Her phone showed that during the night，Prideman had read a text message from her friend．
She did it while she was fast asleep．
Reading and sending text messages while asleep-called"sleep texting"-is an unusual sleep behaviour，similar to sleepwalking．It's also a growing concern（关心的事） among doctors：young people can't live without their cell phones．
Research shows one in three teenagers sends more than 100text messages a day．And at least four out of five teenagers said they sleep with their phone on or near their bed．
Elizabeth Dowdell，a professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania，has studied sleeping texting．She said that having a phone nearby all night is a big part of the problem．
Andrew Stiehm，a sleep medicine expert with Allina Health in Minnesota，explains how sleep texting happens this way．It's possible for the part of the brain that controls motor skills （动作技能） to wake up，while the part of the brain that controls memory and judgment（判断） may be still asleep．That's why some people can perform basic movements---such as walking，talking，texting or even driving-while they're sleeping．
Some of Dowdell's students said that they're troubled by their nighttime texting behavior．But because sleep texting is unconscious（无意识的），it's a difficult habit to break．Dowdell said she knows of some students who wear socks on their hands to keep themselves from texting．
Marjorie Hogan，a doctor at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis，Minnesota，suggests keeping all electronic devices（电子设备） outside the bedroom at certain times．
42．What happened to Olivia Priedeman？D
A．She sleepwalked to a friend's house．
B．She dreamed of making plans with a friend．
C．She phoned one of her friends during the night．
D．She read a text message from her friend while asleep．
43．How does sleep texting happen？B
A．Some parts of the body are out of control during sleep．
B．The brain part in control of motor skills wakes up during sleep．
C．The brain part in control of judgment stays awake during sleep．
D．The brain part in control of memory becomes unconscious during sleep．
44．What does doctor Hogan suggest people who sleep text do？C
A．Stop texting during the daytime．
B．Take some medicine to control the behavior．
C．Keep their phones out of their bedrooms while they sleep．
D．Wear socks on their hands to stop themselves from texting．
45．Which of the following statements about sleep texting is TRUE？A
A．Sleep texting can reduce the quality of one's sleep．
B．It's easy to give up a sleep texting habit．
C．Sleep texting does more harm to one's health than sleepwalking．
D．One in three teenagers has a sleep texting habit．

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