When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.

    It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk about anyone with my problems. And I didn't want my parents to worry about me.

Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy came into the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, without a word, only a smile.

    Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.

    That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

   One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn't remember smiling at me!

    It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

11. Why was the smile an important gift?

A. Because the writer's old school was far away.

B. Because the writer didn't know who the boy was.

C. Because the smile didn't mean anything to the boy.

D. Because it made the writer feel happy, lively and warm.

12.The writer didn't talk to anyone in her new school about her problem because   .

A. she was always unhappy

B. she didn't have any friends there

C. she was in the first year at the junior high school

D. she didn't want her parents to worry about her

13. How did the smile change her life?

A. She started to make friends.

B. She became the best friend with the boy.

C. Her parents didn't worry about her any more.

D. She realized that she was lonely.

14. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?

A. From her old school     B. From her parents.

C.. From herself.           D. From her classmates at the new school.

15. Who has become the writer’s best friend now?

   A. The writer herself            B. The writer’s parents

C. The writer’s classmates     D. The boy with the smile

 

根据对话内容，在空白处填写一个适当的话语（话语可能是一个单词、一个短语或一个句子），使对话完整。（10分）

 A: Hello, Sally! Congratulations to you on winning the first prize in the speech contest!

B: Thank you.

A: You 1.__________________ be shy when you talked to others. Why did you take part in the speech contest?

B: Yeah, I were shy years ago. And my mother was really 2.__________________ it. She told me I must have confidence in everything. She encouraged me to do that.

 A: How could you do such a good job?

 B: I practiced the speech every day. In order to make it good, I had practiced it hundreds of times

 A: 3. __________________ when you won the prize?

 B: I got excited and couldn’t help crying when I won the prize, but at first I could hardly believe I was the winner.

A: Did it change you?

B: Yes, it changed me a lot. And it made me feel 4._________________. I’m very thankful to all the people who have helped me.

A: Thanks for answering my questions.

B: 5.__________________.

 

Zhang Li lies in bed sadly. The 24-year-old young man lost his right leg because of a blood disease. The doctor said that his 10 years of smoking had caused the disease. “I began to smoke when I was in Junior 3. It made me feel like a man and I thought it looked cool. Now I know I was really wrong.” said Zhang.

It is a mistake many teenagers make. It is said that about 40 million of the country’s young people between 13 and 18 have tried smoking. Nearly 68 percent of teenager smokers smoked their first one before the age of 13. Those who live in big cities started even earlier. Many teenagers see people smoking in the movies. But in real life, stars like Jackie Chan think smoking is a bad thing. In fact, smoking is one of the top killers in China. Each year one million people die from smoking-related(与吸烟有关的)diseases. Smoking causes illnesses like lung cancer and heart disease.

Doctors say that the younger a person starts smoking, the worse it will be. If a person starts smoking as a teenager, he or she may live twenty-two years less than non-smokers.

1.What kind of disease did smoking cause for Zhang Li?

   A. Lung cancer.          B. Blood disease.           C. Heart disease.

2.From the passage, we know Zhang Li started to smoke when he was      years old.

   A. 13                    B. 14                       C. 18

3. The city’s young people          .

   A. knew that smoking was a bad thing

   B. tried smoking when they were in Junior 3

   C. started smoking earlier than those in the country

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Zhang Li had a disease and lost his left leg.

   B. Smoking may cause many kinds of diseases.

   C. Smoking may make you have a shorter life.

5. What does the underlined word “non-smokers ” mean in English?

   A. People who like smoking.

   B. People who smoke.

    C. People who don’t smoke.

 

Do you want to know anything about ma staying in America? Well, Let me tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since the fifth grade. However didn’t know textbook English was very different from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.
When I first studied English, I was told to say，“I am fine” when people say “How are you?”But in the US, I found that people say,” I am good” or “I am tired.”
One day, someone greeted me with” What’s up?”It made me confused. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.
Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and the US cultures.
To my surprise, the US girls spend a lot of time in burning sun getting a tan （晒黑）. However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler（白的）.
I am also surprised by how hardworking the US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard all the time. But here, an “excellent” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music .The kids here are so talented ，I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.
【小题1】 How often did the writer have an English class in Grade Five?
A. Four times a week.
B. Five times a week.
C. Six times a week.
【小题2】To the winter, textbook English is          everyday English.
A. quite different from B. the same as   C. easier than
【小题3】A good US student spends his/her time         .
A. only in doing homework 
B. only on sports or music
C. on studies, sports or music and public work
【小题4】Which of following is NOT true?             
A. The writer is now in the US
B. American girls love to have while skin
C. The US students are talented and hard working.
【小题5】Which is the best title for the passage?           
A. My own Travel in the US.
B. My Study in the US.
C. My friends in the US.