—How often do you go skating?

—I ________ go skating because I can't skate. I think it's the most difficult sport.

A. always B. usually C. often D. seldom

（题文）The old man used to ________ in a big city, but now he is used to ________ in the countryside.

A. live; live B. living; living C. live; living D. living; live

You'd better have a talk with him ________. He only listens to you.

A. in silence B. in trouble C. in person D. in order

—I can hardly believe my eyes. Is that you, Lucy?

—Yes. It has been almost 20 years ________ we were together.

A. since B. before C. after D. until

（题文）She realized she was wrong and ________ the argument.

A. cheered up B. put up C. took up D. gave up

My best friend, Connie, is two years older than me. We spend a lot of time together.

Connie has long dark brown hair and her eyes are big and round. People say she is ______ and looks like a doll. When we go out, people often ______ that I am older than her because she is shorter and slimmer(苗条的)．

Connie is positive(乐观的)even when things go ______. Last week she got her examination ______， which were not very good. I thought she was going to be ______. Instead, she simply decided to do better the next time. Then, every day after class, ______ teachers are free in their offices, she will ask them for help.

Connie gets on well with others. Everyone in my family ______ her, even my younger brother. When you hear her laugh, you will naturally(自然地)laugh ______. When I feel unhappy, I will talk to Connie and she will make me feel ______.

I think my ______ with Connie is very valuable, and I hope we will always be best friends.

1.A. crazy B. beautiful C. lazy D. ugly

2.A. think B. hope C. suggest D. ask

3.A. wrong B. welcome C. important D. interesting

4.A. lessons B. symbols C. novels D. results

5.A. stupid B. interested C. sad D. glad

6.A. although B. if C. before D. even though

7.A. sees B. likes C. wakes D. catches

8.A. suddenly B. early C. recently D. together

9.A. better B. angrier C. busier D. heavier

10.A. purpose B. opinion C. friendship D. habit

I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it. Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the action of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk，” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”

I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she just did it. But as a young girl, I wanted to have heart?to?heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional (易感动的)”．But she lived “on the surface (表面)”．

As years passed, I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅) me.

My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace—it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn't be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

But the present of her desk told me, as she'd never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside—a photo of my father and a one?page letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.

“In any way you chose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.”

1.The writer began to love her mother's desk________．

A. after her mother died

B. before she became a writer

C. when she was a child

D. when her mother gave it to her

2.The word “gulf” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A. deep understanding between the old and the young

B. different ideas between mother and daughter

C. free talks between mother and daughter

D. part of the sea going far in land

3.What did the mother do with her daughter's letter asking for forgiveness?

A. She had never received the letter.

B. For years, she often talked about the letter.

C. She didn't forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

D. She read the letter again and again till she died.

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A. My Mother's Desk B. Mother and Children

C. My Letter to Mother D. Talks Between Mother and Me

假设你是Lin Tao，根据表格中提供的信息写一封e?mail向你的笔友Kitty介绍一下你的两位好朋友的过去与现在。要求：80词左右。开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Kitty，

I have two friends, one is David, and the other is Yu Mei.

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Lin Tao

（题文）—Do you think Tom and Barry can be artists?

—_____Tom’s _____Barry’s personality is suitable for being an artist, I’m afraid.

A. Not only; but also B. Both; and C. Either; or D. Neither; nor

— Boys, please tell me something about the new film ‘The Hunger Games’, OK?

— Sorry. ______ Frank ______ I have ever seen it.

A. Either; or B. Not only; but also

C. Both; and D. Neither; nor