People today in this busy world have lost sight of what true friendship is. I think I would help the world out
a little and tell them what true friends are.    1   Friends have similarities(相似点) but they also have differences. The key to building friendship is not only to expand similarities but also to accept each other's faults.   2   No
one likes to argue but it is necessary to have a healthy friendship, because if you agree on everything, either you aren't being true to each other or one of you is trying too hard to please the other. If you feel uncomfortable
around the person, then something isn't quite right.   3   They have their little angry moments but what's done
is done and all is forgotten. Why let something that happened in the past ruin your happy friendship in the future.   4   Some people think that you have to know someone really well to become good friends. Trust me, it's
not true.   5  Just remember, friends are forever. Respect your friends and love them forever.

A. Believe in love at first sight because the same thing happens in friendship.
B. These are only the key points of being a true friend
C. Don't believe your first impression.
D. Friends don't have to be exactly the same.
E. Friends love each other unconditionally(无条件地).
F. Friends have to argue!

[A]. As we know, Beijing is an international city and many foreigners come to visit Beijing. The taxi drivers
      think it is kind to greet the foreigners in English. They need someone who can teach them English at night 
      when they are not so busy.
[B]. Tom is crazy about on-line games that he cannot focus on his study like before. Now he often misses
        school in order to play games, and tell lies to his teachers and parents. He needs someone's help and advice.
[C]. Mane, a old woman, has to walk two miles to the nearest supermarket because she doesn't know which
       bus to take. Since she does not know words, she can not write out a shopping list and even can't recognize
       the goods because she couldn't read.
[D]. "Helping hand" organization will hold an event to help the starving (饥饿的) children in Africa. Those 
        who take part in it will go without food for 30 hours in order to raise money for the poor children.
[E]. "Green Earth" cares a lot for the animals in danger. This summer holiday a lot of events will be organized
       to call on people to protect animals.
[F]. A group of young children in a remote village in southwest China are in great need of teachers. The
       villagers hope to have a teacher who can stay for at least a year, because they know knowledge can
       change the children's future.

以下是乐于提供帮助的人员信息介绍,请匹配他们与所对应的帮助对象。
( )1. Stephen: Last summer I joined in a training program and became a literacy (识字,读写能力) volunteer.
       When I found what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true
        importance of reading.
( )2. Ben: After graduation I plan to spend a year helping those poor children and improving their lives. You 
       know, education is important to poverty relief(扶贫)
( )3. Susan: I'm a foreign student in Beijing University studying Chinese. I'd like to get in touch with Chinese 
       people and get to know more about China. Although my study is busy, I can be free at night and at the 
       weekends.
( )4. Tim: I understand young people's problems and I know how to listen patiently to others and offer some
       advice. But I can only spend two to three hours a day at night to help others.
( )5. Lisa: I burst into tears when I saw those children who are dying because of lack of food in a TV program.
        I realized how lucky I am with enough food and a good chance to get education. I hope I can do 
       something for them.

     Just be happy. Sounds too simplistic, doesn't it? But, in reality, we can have much more happiness if we
choose to consider things from a positive point of view. Everyone experiences the ups and downs of life,
however, we can make a decision to take advantage of the negative or practice what the old saying says to do: "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!"
     It really boils down to your attitude and you have the ability to work your attitude into any shape you like.
Here are some tips:
     ●Ignore those who tell you life is too difficult to be happy. what do they know?
     ●When you awaken each morning, be thankful for another day, even if it's raining.
     ●Smile at those you meet, even if they don't return the favor.
     ●Don't borrow trouble. Each day has enough of its own.
     ●Don't allow trouble to bury you in its gray depth of sorrow.
     ●Don't give in to negative thinking. 
     ●Be positive even when others are not. 
     ●Refuse to give up on anything worth having or doing. 
     ●Do something you enjoy each day, even if it's just a walk in your neighborhood.
     ● Whistle(吹口哨) as you go though the day.
     ●Work at being happy because it's worth it.
     You're human, like everyone else, and from time to time you need a little pick-me-up in your decision to
be happy. When you reach that stage, find someone else who has decided to be happy. Join forces with him
and march forward in your decision to be a happy person. Simply speaking, a happy person is not a person in
a certain set of circumstances (环境) but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. Choose today to just
be happy-as much as it depends on you!

1. The amount of happiness depends on _____.

A. the ups and downs you've experienced
B. what attitude you take towards life
C. how simple a life you manage to live
D. the kind of environment you stay in

2. The underlined sentence advises us to _____.

A. work hard for a comfortable life
B. drink lemonade when in difficulty
C. make the best of what we have
D. ignore the negative side of life

3. Which of the following does NOT help maintain (保持) your good state of mind?

A. Think in advance about future troubles.
B. Greet others with a cheerful smile.
C. Stay positive all the way through.
D. Try to enjoy every single moment.

4. The best title for the passage might be "_____ ".

A. Don't lose heart
B. Share your happiness
C. Live a simple life
D. Let's cheer ourselves up

     You either have it, or you don't- a sense of direction, that is. But why is it that some people could find their
way across the Sahara without a map, while others can lose themselves in the next street?
     Scientists say we're all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One
theory is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being
carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don't use it, we lose it.
     "Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around. Says Jim Martland, Research Director of the project." However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop
the skills."
     Jim Martland also emphasizes that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of
direction. He makes the following suggestions:
     If you are using a map, turn it so it relates to the way you are facing.
     If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree. Note landmarks on
the route as you go away from your bike. When you return, go back along the same route.
     Simplify the way of finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town. Streams, or walls in the
countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks
such as tower blocks or hills which can help to find out where you are. Now you need never get lost again!

1. Scientists believe that ______.

A. some babies are born with a sense of direction
B. people learn a sense of direction as they grow older
C. people never lose their sense of direction
D. everybody possesses a sense of direction from birth

2. What is true of seven-year-old children according to the passage?

A. They never have a sense of direction without maps.
B. They should never be allowed out alone if they lack a sense of direction.
C. They have a sense of direction and can find their way around.
D. They can develop a good sense or direction if they are driven around in a car.

3. If you leave your bike in a strange place, you should ______.

A. tie it to a tree so as to present it from being stolen.
B. draw a map of the route to help remember where it is.
C. avoid taking the same route when you come back to it.
D. remember something easily recognized on the route.

     The following people are all looking for a university. After the description of these people, there is
information about six universities A---F on your paper. There is one extra paragraph about one university
which you do not need to use.
     Bobby is tired of working indoors and wouldn't like to be too far away from his girlfriend who studies
at Simmons.  1  
     Maria wants to learn modern science and she prefers to stay neither by the ocean nor in the northeast.     2   
     Andrew wishes to study business in a non-state-run university.   3   
      Lucy enjoys taking her further education in a women-only university.   4   
      Scott hopes to play the computer conveniently for fun.   5  

A. SIMMONS The College of Arts and Sciences and Modern Studies. Simmons educates women to achieve
     their work and life goals. More than 40 majors. Lies in the heart of Boston, US. News &World Report
     ranks Simmons among the top state universities in the North and among the best values. 617-521-2051
     www.simmons.edu.
B. PAUL SMITH'S COLLEGE The College of Nature. Experience a different kind of classroom: 15,300 acres
    of forests, lakes and streams, a hotel and a restaurant, 99% placement upon graduation. Two-and-four-year
    degree programs. PO Box 265Paul Smith, NY 12970800-421-2605 www.paulsmith.edu.
C. ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY Personal attention. Powerful programs. Experience the technology of today at
     our co-educational university. One Camino Santa Utah 78228-8503 800-FOR-STMU www.stmarytx.edu.
D. NORTHERN UNIVERSITY A famous private university with 3,200 students in the Colleges of Arts &
     Sciences, Business and Engineering. Medicine and Law among the top ten by U.S. News & World Report
     Old Union 232 CA 94305-3005 650-723-2091 www.stanford.edu.
E. UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Adult education course. Earn an online degree with University of Phoenix
    today. 100% online, fast and convenient. Learn why most working professionals choose University of 
    Phoenix Online. www.Phoenixun.edu.
F. PETER'S COLLEGE Experienced professors are available. Equipped with a lot of modern facilities, two
    students a dormitory, two computers, power never fails, PO.356 Peter, 16753800-333-12-2135
    www. peterun. edu.

     Every kid wishes to be an adult. But now as grown-ups, some adults find they cannot leave childhood
behind. They become "kidults" (kid+adult). Being a kidult has become a lifestyle-choice among young people
across Asia. Some kidults collect toys they once played with. Hello Kitty, Garfield, and Snoopy have many
adult fans around the world. It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped
cushion on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory.
     Other kidults still enjoy children's stories and fairy tales. For example, Bloomsbury even published the
Harry Potter novels with an adult cover. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is
actually reading a children's book!
     "Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Adults who value their childhood and hold on to pure, child-like
emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society," said Lee Sojung, professor of Foreign Studies at
Hankuk University (韩国外国语大学). He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap between adults
and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enjoy together. He
may be right.
     Tim Greenhalgh, a professor, explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They value childhood
because life in a busy and stressful city frightens them. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly
show their fear of society and adulthood.

1. We can infer from the article that _____.

A. Kidults miss their childhood so much that they can't give up their toys
B. Bloomsbury knows some kidults don't want people to know that they are kidults
C. Kidults like to have vitamins very much
D. Some toys are so interesting that even adults like them very much

2. According to the author, being a kidult is good in some way except that _____.

A.  it can improve the relationship between parents and their kids
B. it can help kidults feel relaxed
C. it can make people loyal to one's parents 
D. it is helpful to solve some social problems

3. According to the writer, _____.

A. being a kidult is nothing wrong
B. kidults have mental problems
C. our society is very dull
D. some people can never grow up

     Many students want to find friends on the Internet as a way of practising their language skills and learning
more about new cultures. Traditional pen pals were the primary source for such contacts, and students could
write each other letters. With the Internet, finding friends has become much easier, and such relationships are
called key pals.
     However, care and consideration should be given when finding friends on the Internet:
     ◎Search the Internet for reputable (有信誉的) services. Look for reviews(评论) of such sites to learn more about other students' experiences. Don't join a service until you have done your research.
     ◎Check to see if you can use a nickname (绰号) instead of __________, to protect your identity(身份).
     ◎Never give personal information to anyone, including your home address, phone number, and birthday.
     ◎Stop contact with others if you feel uncomfortable with the topics of conversation. Again, if you protect
your identity, this will be easier to do. Tell your teachers, parents, or even local law enforcement if problem
arise.
     ◎Try to use the language you are studying in the classroom in your communication(交流) with others.
     ◎Ask proper questions that will also help you learn about other cultures. Remember that someone's
personal experience might help you to understand a whole culture. You have to talk to many different people,
and this will get you started.

1. Please give this passage a proper title. (Please answer with 10 words.)
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Please fill in the blank with proper words. (Please answer within 5 words.)
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
      Pen friends used to write letters to keep in touch with each other.
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Why do many students want to find friends on the Internet? (Please answer within 30 words.)
___________________________________________________________________________
5. Please translate the underlined sentence.
___________________________________________________________________________

      In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bikes to work every day. In New York, some bike riders
have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They declare that if more people rode bikes to work,
there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown part of the city and so less dirty air form car engines. For
several years, this group had been trying to get the city government to help bike riders.
     For example, they want the city to draw special lanes (车道) for bikes on some of the main streets, because when bike riders must use the same lanes as cars there are accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there
were special lanes, more people would use bikes.
      But no bike lanes have been drawn. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea-they say it will slow traffic. Some
store owners on the main streets don't like the idea-they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business.
      The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends,
Central Park-the largest place open ground in New York- is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bikes
only.

1. In New York, a group of bike riders ______.

A. are keeping practicing for health
B. have no cars of their own
C. are complaining there are not enough buses
D. are trying to settle the problem of air pollution

2. The bike riders suggest that _______.

A. bikes should be used instead of cars
B. bike lanes should be drawn
C. fewer buses or cars should be used
D. the number of special lanes should be decreased

3. The advantage of the special lanes is that _______.

A. they will make cars and buses run slowly
B. they will make it easier for bike riders to go to parks
C. they will make the city more beautiful
D. they will prevent accidents

Dear Editor,
     I'm a Senior 1 student in a middle school. This term, my favourite teacher, Miss Mao, no longer teaches
us. I want to see her, but I'm afraid that she no longer likes me and I don't want to trouble her. I really miss
her. What should I do? 
                                                                                                                                             Tian Yan
Dear Tian Yan,
     It's bad luck that you have lost your favourite teacher. But, if she is still in your school, nothing can stop
you going to see her. When she isn't busy, ask her if she minds having a quick chat. You can then tell her
she was your favourite teacher. Everyone is happy to know they are liked!
     If she has left the school, it will be more difficult to meet her. It will be hard, but remember people always
come and go in our lives. We can't rely on (依靠) them being with us all the time.
     You may be sad to say goodbye to her, but we can remember and learn from her. Think of her best
qualities. 
     You could also try looking for similar qualities in your other teachers. Study hard and give your new
teacher a chance. In time, you might start to see that he or she has different qualities to learn from.
      Finally, you can not completely rely on other people getting you through your studies, or even your life. 
                                                                                                                                                Editor

1. Tian Yan ______.

A. is a troublemaker
B. likes Miss Mao very much
C. is happy these days
D. doesn't like to tell her secret to anyone

2. Which of the following does the editor advise Tian Yan NOT to do?

A. Find a time to see Miss Mao.
B. Have a short chat with Miss Mao.
C. Tell Miss Mao she likes her.
D. Keep quiet about the thing.

3. The expression"in time" in this passage means "______".

A. over a period of time
B. on time
C. at the right time
D. a long time ago

4. According to the passage, students can make progress in their studies ______.

A. completely by their favourite teachers
B. completely by their favourite classmates
C. mainly by their parents
D. mainly by themselves

     People say teenagers are no good. They make too much noise in shopping malls; they drive carelessly up
and down America's main streets. And at least some of the time those things are true. But we shouldn't forget
that there are hard moments in the life of a teenager too.
     I watched such a moment not long ago at a woman's funeral (葬礼) which happened in a church. A teenage grandson stepped forward. Softly he began: "I want to share a few values that Nana taught me. She never failed to see light in any situation. When our family dog would attack her, what would Nana say? 'Oh, what beautiful
markings that dog has.' That was Nana."
     "She was a strong woman who often lived in the shadow of my grandpa, who was a successful
businessman in this city. But she was the one behind the scenes who provided the strength and support for
Grandpa's career," he said, with a voice now trembling."That was Nana's way." Finally, in a voice breaking
free of sorrow, he looked up and said,"Nana taught me courage. She put up a fight to the end, when she died
peacefully, which is how she lived her life. That was Nana's way, and I hope I can carry on in the same
manner."
     There are no hearts as sensitive (敏感的) as those of teenagers, because everything is happening to them
for the first time. The trouble with teenagers is that they haven't learned to be controlled. When that boy rose
to speak about the woman who had been his dearest friend, his honest voice dragged each of us out into the
open where we could no longer hide. I was moved and learned a lot.

1. According to the paragraph, what does "light" stand for?

A. not heavy
B. the positive side of things
C. a device (装置) for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
D. having a relatively small amount of coloring agent

2. From the boy's speech, we know his grandmother ______.

A. was a weak woman living in the shadow of his grandpa
B. liked dogs very much even if they often attacked her
C. could see everything around her though she was old
D. had great influence over the boy when she was alive

3. We can infer from the passage that the boy ______.

A. was filled with sadness and gave up finishing his talk
B. was always very good at expressing himself
C. practiced a lot in order to give a moving speech
D. had great difficulty in accepting the loss of Nana

4. The writer wanted to tell the readers ______.

A. the young people were too weak to face certain facts
B. the young people have learned to control themselves
C. the adults could learn something valuable from the young
D. the adults should teach the young how to deal with the death