—How soon do you think the economy will recover?   —________?

I still remember the day when my mom said, “Let’s get you some new clothes.” You can imagine that to any little girl that would mean the world, but to me it meant the universe, because we were not very rich. After she said that, all I could think about was what kinds of clothes I would choose. To my surprise, my mom allowed me to pick out three dresses: a pink one, a blue one and a yellow one. The yellow one was my favorite.

I had a best friend named Seema, whose family was even poorer than ours. We played and studied together, and spent the best days of our childhood laughing at the silly stories we made up. I was excited to show her my three beautiful new dresses. She loved them all and was happy for me, but tearfully explained to me that her father could only afford to buy her clothes for her birthday. I felt sorry, and then did something that surprised even myself: I asked her to pick out one of my dresses for herself. To my disappointment, she picked up my favorite—the yellow one. Please remember, I was only seven years. My heart almost popped out (跳出) of my chest. But as she held it against her body, and I saw how brightly she smiled, I stopped feeling any hurt. I told her it looked lovely on her.

I’ll always remember Seema’s smile, and how at that moment nothing mattered more. When you value your friendships, nothing else matters! We’re still best friends today.

1.Why did the new clothes mean the universe to the author?

2.The author let Seema pick out one of her dresses because she wanted to _______.

3.When Seema chose the yellow dress, the author was disappointed because ________.

4.What can we conclude from the passage?

Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly, then a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore so important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits lasting as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by bad habits.

There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and so on.

Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. These are all easily formed habits. Unfortunately older persons often form habits which could have been avoided.

We should keep away from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will be good for ourselves and others.

1.        are formed little by little.

2.The underlined word “them” in the first paragraph refers to         .

3.Why should we pay much attention to the formation of habits?

4.According to the passage, early rising          .

某中学生英文报于“世界无烟日 (World No-Smoking Day)”前夕征集关于吸烟危害健康的小论文，请你为其投稿。内容至少包括以下要点：

1．吸烟危害自身及他人的健康；

2．世界卫生组织 (The WHO) 称每年至少两百万人死于与吸烟有关的疾病；

3．呼吁：吸烟者戒烟；公共场所禁烟；青少年远离香烟……

词数：120左右。

 ---- Did you have ________ fun at the party?

   ---- Yes. It’s ________ shame that you missed it.

       A. a; a                          B. /; /                           C. /; a                          D. a; /

 __________ sleep every night is important for teenagers. _________, loss of sleep can make you feel tired, and even cause you to put on weight.

A. A good amount of;  As a matter of fact                B. A good number of; In truth

C. A large amount of;  As matter of fact                D. Plenty of; In a fact

We are often _____ by the doctors to eat more healthy food and take plenty of physical exercise.

A. suggested   B. insisted      C. approved    D. advised

--- Have you moved to your new house?

   --- Not yet. My house ______.

   A. has been painted     B. is painted           C. is painting     D. is being painted

Every time ______ they met , they would talk several hours together about the persons and things _______ they remembered in the middle school.

A. that; who and which       B. when ; which       C. /; that       D. which ; /

 --It’s reported that scientists have ________ an effective way to deal with H1N1.

--Really? That’s great!

A. caught up with                                        B. come up with          

C. agreed with                                                 D. compared with