假如你是李华，是一名中学生。请你根据下表内容用英语写一封信给某报社Just Ask 栏目的主持人Ralph,请求他们帮助你解决一个长期困扰你的问题。

注意：

1．词数：100左右，开头和结尾均已经为你写好，不计入总词数；

2．参考词汇：发脾气lose one’s temper

Dear Ralph,

I’m a middle school student._________________________________________________

I do hope we’ll be closer. What can I do?

                                                        Yours sincerely,

                                                               Li Hua

You’ll become more confident and stronger after you finish your senior school lessons. You see, hard work _____ character.

A. puts up          B. builds up     C. sets up              D. turns up

When I said someone cheated in the English exam, I ______ you.

A. wasn’t referring to    B. had referred to   C. hasn’t referred to    D. will refer to

The mother was trembling with anger. She _____ her son and said nothing.

A．looked at             B．stared at             C．glared at     D．glanced at

　　45. What does the phrase “green shoots” mean in “Green shoots have begun to appear in different markets”?

　　A. Change in policy. B. High prices.

　　C. Environmental protection. D. Signs of recovery.

　　46. Fill in the blank in the sentence “I can’t believe this is Joshua — he’s ________ since we last met!”

　　A. shot out B. shot up C. shot through D. shot down

　　47. When you are talking about unimportant things, we say you are ________.

　　A. shooting the breeze B. shooting yourself in the foot

　　C. shooting your mouth off D. shooting questions at somebody

　　48. Choose a word to complete the sentence “The ________, which killed a policeman and wounded a passer-by, was reported to have lasted only 13 seconds.”

　　A. shooter B. shoot C. shooting D. shot

 Do I have to go to your shop to pick the cake myself, ________ you will deliver it for free?

　　A. or B. and C. so D. then

____ in Jiangxi Province the next morning _____ we found many places flooded by the thunderstorm.

      A. Hardly we had arrived; when    B. No sooner did we arrive; than

      C. Hardly had we arrived; when    D. No sooner had we arrived; then

If you go into a store and feel that the clerk is being rude, stop and think that she____ a tough day, and put yourself in her shoes.

may have  B. may have had  C. must have  D. should have had

 It wasn’t until nearly a month later ________ I received the manager’s reply.

A. since          B. when                    C. as                  D. that

 完形填空 （共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）

(1)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至第40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I know my brother better than anyone else in the world. Since the moment of his birth, I’ve been part of his life. I had spent seven  29     years in the world with the attention of those around me. But when Rohan was born, life   30     . Suddenly I had to share my toys and there were no more bedtime stories or my own choice of food.

Finally, I felt my     31      at my brother. The poor baby had no idea what    32      me so unhappy. Maybe he found me strange, the only person in this house    33      did not like him. Whatever the reason was, he loved following me around. However, I seldom talked to him and   34      asked him to leave me alone.

Then all that changed. I hardly remember everything of that day six years ago,   35    I do remember that I was feeling very angry. Somehow my feet led me to my brother’s bed. My hand, completely    36     from my mind, reached through the bars (护栏). At once, he reached out his small hand and softly touched   37      . And that was all I needed. Through all the unhappiness of the day, that one moment changed everything. How could I hate someone who made me     38     so important? For the   39      time, I saw my brother, not through the eyes of a child who was no longer favored (宠爱), but through the eyes of a   40    .

29. A. happy              B. hard          C. lonely              D. busy

30. A. began               B. continued C. changed            D. saved

31. A. fun                  B. anger               C. fear                  D. worry

32  A. makes        B. has made     C. is making          D. had made

33. A. which               B. where        C. who                 D. what

34. A. always             B. already       C. hardly              D. almost

35. A. but                  B. so             C. or                    D. for

36   A. far                   B. sick           C. different           D. free

37    A. one                  B. both          C. mine                D. them

38. A. feel                    B. feeling              C. feels                 D. felt    

39   A. first                 B. second       C. last                  D. next

40. A. student             B. parent       C. teacher             D. sister