All of us middle school students need friends. Some students often say that they have no friends.    1    So how to make friends is usually a problem for these young boys and girls. Making friends is a skill. If you want to meet people and make friends with them, you must be willing to take some action.    2     Joining a club or a group or talking to those who like the same things as you do can help. If you meet someone who you would like to talk to, say something.    3     Friendship is very important to people. Friendship can get you out of trouble. But what is friendship? What does it mean to us?     4     When you meet with trouble in your work or in your life, your friends will try their best to help you until you solve them.     5     . Friends must help and learn from each other, just like the saying “A friend in need is a friend indeed” .

根据短文内容，选择正确的句子，使短文通顺﹑连贯﹑意思完整。

A. Don’t wait for the other person to start the conversation(交谈). B. Friendship can help you grow up and make you work hard. C. In fact, they don’t know how to make friends. D. That’s to say, you can’t stay at home alone. E. A person needs friendship in his or her life.

 

All of us middle school students need friends. Some students often say that they have no friends.    1   So how to make friends is usually a problem for these young boys and girls. Making friends is a skill. If you want to meet people and make friends with them, you must be willing to take some action.    2    Joining a club or a group or talking to those who like the same things as you do can help. If you meet someone who you would like to talk to, say something.    3    Friendship is very important to people. Friendship can get you out of trouble. But what is friendship? What does it mean to us?     4    When you meet with trouble in your work or in your life, your friends will try their best to help you until you solve them.     5    . Friends must help and learn from each other, just like the saying “A friend in need is a friend indeed” .
根据短文内容，选择正确的句子，使短文通顺﹑连贯﹑意思完整。

A．Don’t wait for the other person to start the conversation(交谈). B．Friendship can help you grow up and make you work hard. C．In fact, they don’t know how to make friends. D．That’s to say, you can’t stay at home alone. E. A person needs friendship in his or her life.

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call , student, that, each, with , suitable , volunteer, place, provide, play

Each nation has many people who help to take care of others . For example , some high school and college   【小题1】    in the U S A often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals , orphanages ( 孤儿院 )or rest homes for the people in need . They decide on  【小题2】    ways to help them . For example , they read books to the people in these places , or just visit them and play games 【小题3】    them or listen to their problems .
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old . They paint , clean up or repair their houses , 【小题4】   them with food or mow ( 割，修剪 ) their lawns . For boys who no longer have fathers, there is an organization    【小题5】    Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips so   【小题6】    they help boys know what a father can do .
 【小题7】   city has a number of clubs . They are good places for boys and girls 【小题8】   . Some of these clubs show films or organize short trips to the mountains or other   【小题9】    of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as  【小题10】because they are young enough to remember the problems and needs of young boys and girls.

Each country has many kind people who volunteer to take care of others. For example, some high school and university students in the US often spend many hours as volunteers in hospital or old people’s homes. They read books for the people or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of the sick people. They clean up their houses or do the shopping. For boys who don’t have fathers there is an organization called “Big Brothers”. University students and other people take these boys to play baseball games and help them get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
Each city has a lot of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or take part in other activities. Some of these clubs show movies or have short trips to the mountains, the beaches or the museums. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and university students as volunteers because they can understand the problems of these boys and girls more easily.
Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.
【小题1】Which place is not mentioned about volunteering in the US ?

A．Sick people’s homes.	B．Hospital.
C．Old people’s homes.	D．Zoos.

【小题2】What is “Big Brothers” ?

A．It’s a name of a club.

B．It’s the name of famous movie.

C．It’s the home for children who have no brothers.

D．It’s an organization for boys who don’t have fathers.

【小题3】Why do most of the clubs use a lot of high school and university students as volunteers?

A．Because they can understand the problem children.

B．Because they are young enough to get on well with the child.

C．Because they know the things the young children usually learn from their fathers.

D．Because they have more free time.

【小题4】What do volunteers believe ?

A．The happiest people in the world are those who join some clubs.

B．Bringing happiness to others make them the happiest people in the world.

C．The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy.

D．The happiest people in the world are those who are young and healthy.

Nowadays, computer games are becoming more and more popular in many cities and towns.
A lot of small shops along busy streets have been made into small game houses in order to get more money. These places are always crowded with people, especially young boys.
In the computer game houses, people  spend  a lot of money competing（较量） with the machines. It’s hard for one to win the computer, but one can make  progress after trying again and again. People have a kind of gambling psychology（赌博心理）when they play computer games. The more they lose, the more they want to win. When class is over, the school boys run to the nearby computer game houses. Little by little（渐渐地）, they forget all about their lessons and fall far behind others. Some of them can get enough money from their parents. But some of them are not lucky enough to get the money. They begin to take away other students’ money and become thieves.
【小题1】Who always go to the computer game houses?

A．Young girls.	B．Young children.
C．Young students.	D．Young boys.

【小题2】People made small shops into small game houses in order to _________.

A．make computer games more popular.

B．get more money.

C．help people to learn computer better.

D．make people happy.

【小题3】 What do we need to play games in the game houses?.

A．Tickets.

B．Paper.

C．Cards.

D．Money.

【小题4】What will happen to the boys if they keep going to the game houses?

A．They will win a lot of money.

B．They will make a lot of good friends there.

C．They will fail in their study and even break laws.

D．They will live a happy life in the future.

【小题5】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Game houses have a bad effect（影响）on young boys.

B．More and more small shops have been made into game houses.

C．Young boys spend a lot of money playing computer games.

D．People play games better after trying again and again.