I have a lot of friends. My best friend is Mai. She is 16 years old. She is 2 years older than me. We live in the same town and we began to know each other when we were very young. Now we are classmates. Mai is tall and thin, with long black hair. She has an oval face (椭圆的脸) with big eyes, a high nose and a small mouth. Mai is helpful (乐于助人的). When her friends have difficulties, she always tries her best to help them. Mai is one of the best students in our class. I like studying with her. She always helps me with my studies. Although we have the same hobbies and interests, we also have some differences. I am sociable and enjoy telling jokes. Mai, however, is serious and quiet. We believe in each other, so we are good friends. I hope we can keep our friendship forever (永远).

1.The writer is __________ years old.

A. 12       B. 14       C. 16       D. 18 

2.The underlined word "sociable" means "_________"in Chinese.

A. 爱交际的      B. 喜怒无常的     C. 沉默的   D. 没有耐心的

3. The writer and Mai can be friends because they __________.

A. live in the same town           B. look like each other

C. have everything in common     D. believe in each other

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Mai is tall and heavy.

B. Mai is outgoing and likes talking.

C. Mai and the writer are in the same class.

D. The writer often helps Mai with her studies.

5.Wha t does the writer think of Mai?

She is a lazy girl.   B. She is a nice girl.   C. She is too serious.   D. She is kind of ugly.

针对社会上人们对90后年轻人的某些评论，英语课上同学们与老师就此展开了讨论。作为一名90后的中学生，请参考下面的提示词写一篇英语发言稿，展示真实的你。
要求：1. 语句通顺，表达准确，内容连贯，可适当发挥。
2. 文中不能出现真实校名、姓名等相关信息；
3. 词数：不少于80词。发言稿的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：selfish(自私的) ; Internet; believe in oneself; high ideals(崇高理想); in style, creative
As we know, most of us are the only child in our families now. ____________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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We are growing up. We are sure to do better.

1. 根据句意及所给中文提示或英文解释，写出句中所缺单词。

51. Children in the west usually wear    ▲    (特殊的) costumes with masks at Halloween.

52. Zhang Shaohan has a sweet    ▲    (嗓音), and many of us like listening to her songs.

53. People around the world love    ▲    (和平)and hate wars.

54. As we know,   ▲    (星期一) is the second day of a week.

55. Sorry, I didn’t know you. Would you please speak more    ▲    (清楚地)?

56. Now we are short of water and we should s   ▲    water in our daily life.

57. Peter’s father is very    ▲    (not free), so he does not have much time for his family.

2. 根据句意，用括号中所给单词的适当形式或句子的语法要求填空。

58. My grandpa likes    ▲    (chat) with his friends under the big tree.

59. —Would you like some bananas?

   —No, thanks. I    ▲    (eat) one already.

60. The style of this dress is popular, but I don’t like    ▲    (it) colour.

61. What a    ▲    (snow) day! The ground is covered with snow everywhere.

62. July 1^st is our Party’s    ▲    (ninety) birthday this year. We Chinese people are going to celebrate it.

63. Beijing is one of    ▲    (beautiful) places in China, and I have been there twice.

64.    ▲    (lucky), they escaped from the burning building with the help of the firemen.

65. We    ▲    (ask) to help our parents do some housework every day.

针对社会上人们对90后年轻人的某些评论，英语课上同学们与老师就此展开了讨论。作为一名90后的中学生，请参考下面的提示词写一篇英语发言稿，展示真实的你。

要求：1. 语句通顺，表达准确，内容连贯，可适当发挥。

      2. 文中不能出现真实校名、姓名等相关信息；

      3. 词数：不少于80词。发言稿的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：selfish(自私的) ; Internet; believe in oneself; high ideals(崇高理想); in style, creative

As we know, most of us are the only child in our families now. ____________________

___________________________________________________________________________

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___________________________________________________________________________

We are growing up. We are sure to do better.

完形填空
Hi! I’m Bill Read. I’m twelve years old. This is my ____1___. Her name is Jenny Read. ___2____ is 10 years old. We are ____3___the USA. But now we are in ___4_____. We are in the same school. But we are in different ____5___. My father is ___6____ English teacher and my mother is a doctor. ____7____work hard (努力地).
At school I have a good ____8____. ____9_____ name is Ben. He’s twelve years old, __10___. He’s from England. We like China.