Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying “Friends are God's way of taking care of us.” But how do you find real friendship and keep it?

The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.

First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his or her best to help. To make a friend, you can not be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives. But things cannot always be happy. Even the best have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn't want to talk, you could write a letter.

There are three steps to being friends again:

Tell him or her how you are feeling ; say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that. Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.

1.Sally wants to tell students the ways to ________.

A．find friends        B．plant trees         C．get happy         D．keep fit

2.What makes good friends? A good friend should ________.

A．be lovely and cool                       B．be kind and patient

C．have lots of money                      D．have good looks

3.Accroding to the text, you can ________ your friend after a fight.

A．buy a present for

B．never say a word to

C．have dinner with

D．write a letter to

4.What is the best title of the text?

A．Teenagers and friendship

B．The good friends around you

C．The trouble of growing up

D．The care and keeping of friends

With more and more farmers working in big cities, their children go into the cities, too.However, problems appear. One of these problems is that is difficult for these children to receive education in cities.

Luckily, there are some free schools for them, but they are not enough. Ten-year-old Li Xin is one of the lucky girls who get a chance to study in one of these schools. She is very happy. She studies in a school specially for migrant workers’（外来务工人员的）children. For children like Li Xin who don’t have enough money, these free schools are their best choice, because they have free classes, textbooks, uniforms and meals in the schools.

But there is a long way to go. The free schools for children from migrant workers’ families are not enough because to run such a school is not easy and needs lots of money. A school officer said they needed at least one million yuan to run the school. “Luckily, some people and companies donate（捐赠）money, used books and a lot of other things to help us. There are also some volunteers teachers,” he added.

Anyhow, we must try to give these children an equal（平等）chance to get better education so that we can make our society harmonious（和谐的）.

1.From the passage, we know that Li Xin’s parents used to be __________.

A．workers                              B．teachers

C．officers                               D．farmers

2.The school provides Li Xin with the following things free except_____.

A．textbooks                             B．uniforms

C．computers                            D．meals

3.What does the underlined word “run” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A．奔跑             B．经营             C．考虑             D．收购

4.The passage mainly talks about__________.

A．what jobs migrant workers can do in big cities

B．the development of big cities

C．helping migrant workers’ children go to school

D．what difficulties those free schools face now

任务型阅读

阅读下面短文，从A-E中为每段内容选择合适的标题。

1.Overwork is the main reason why so many students feel tired and stressed. Cut down some of the jobs you need to each day. Leave time for activities that are relaxing and fun.

2.Getting enough sleep will help you keep your body and mind in the best state. If you stay up late and need to get up early for school the next day. You may not be able to concentrate on the things you need to do.

3.Don’t rush through your meals. Eat less junk food or fast food. Eat healthy food instead.

4.Some people are optimistic（乐观的）,while others not. Choose optimistic people as your friends and spend more time with them and you’ll be as happy as them.

5.Find out the best sides from those that are in your mind. Knowing that you are able to solve problems is a good way to build up your self-confidence.

A.Eat well.

B.Learn to relax.

C.Be calm when facing problems.

D.Get to know active people.

E.Get a good night’s sleep.

选择方框内的单词完成句

1.Please speak _____, Frank. I can’t follow you.

2.Peter _____much time playing computer games and did badly in all subjects last term.

3.Ted is an active ________ of the chess club.

4.That boy is very young, but he is very_______ .

5.You will be late_______ you get up right away.

6.If he _______here, he would help me to solve the problem.

书面表达

假设你是Lynn, 与在美国读书的好友Maria 分别7年了。7年里你的变化很多。请根据下表的内容， 给Maria写一封信，谈谈自己的近况。内容可以适当发挥想象。信的开头与结尾已为你写好，你只需接着往下写。（词数60-80）。

Dear Maria,

Long time no see. I have changed a lot since we last met seven years ago.

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How is it going there with you? Please write back soon and tell me about yourself.

Love from,

Lynn

The boy likes music he can dance__________.

A．with              B．from             C．to               D．on

In the exhibition, all of us felt _________ to see so many _________ things.

A．surprised; amazed                      B．surprising; amazing

C．surprising; amazed                      D．surprised; amazing

 ______ used to ______ a post office near my house.

A. There; be  B There; have  C. It; be      D. There; having

Beijing is one of the ______ in the world today.

A．busiest city        B．busiest cities       C．busy city          D．busy cities