English is one of my s 1. at school. I like it very much. I have learned it for three years. It is not easy to learn, but it is very i 2. for us.

English is the most widely spoken language in the world. People in different c 3.often use English to talk with each other. Our country has opened its door to the world. More a 4. more people come here as travelers or on business . So English is getting common in our country. Of course, I must learn it w 5.  .

English will be u  6. to me after I leave school. If we want to do business with foreigners, we must know English, because most of them speak and write English. In the world, most science b 7. are written in English. I am learning English so that I can learn much k 8.  _. After I have learned English, I can r   9.  short stories in English. I can also sing many English songs. English helps me e 10. myself after class.

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Friends play an important part in our lives. We may have many friends, but we often don’t understand c   71  how we make friends. We may get on well with a n   72   of people, but we usually make friends with a very few of them.
People use the word "friend" freely. Friends may k   73 each other since childhood or they may recently meet. In fact, people many have different k   74  of friends such as school friends, work friends, or sports friends. A person may c   75   different friends for different activities. If you play with s   76  on the playground, the person is your playmate. If you often play chess w   77  a friend, the person is your chess partner.
One may have many good friends and only one best friend. " Best friends" or "close friends" are u   78  two people who have known each other for a long time. A close friend is someone who is able to s   79  experience, joys and sorrows(悲伤) with you. This is a person you can rely on (信赖) when you are in n   80  , and this is the person to whom you are willing to lend a helping hand.
Friendship is one of life’s greatest treasure.

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Someone asks 1.w_______ We learn English in Chian. Because it is one of the world’s 2.m______ important languages and it is also widely used in the modern world. 3.I____ you travel all over the world, you’ll 4.f_____ English everywhere. It’s widely used for business between different 5.c_______ . And three quarters of the world’s books and newspapers are6.w_______ in English . If you know English, you can enjoy so many good books. It’s really a bridge to so much knowledge.

So we must do more listening , speaking, 7.r_____ and writing. If you work hard on English , it’s not 8.d______ to learn it well.

There are lots of popular writers in China, for example Han Han, FengJical, Tie Ning, Guo Jingming and so on. In my mind, Mo Yan is one of the most famous writers in China, because he is not only from Weifang but also good at writing.

Mo Yan was born in Gao Mi, Wei Fang. Now he is a 57-year-old writer. His real name is Guan Moye. Mo Yan is his pen name. It means “no speaking”. He began writing at the age of 26 and in 2011 his novel The Frog won the Mao Dun Prize in Literature. Since then, he has won lots of prizes.

In 2012, Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. I’m proud of him, because I like writing. So I joined a writing workshop to improve my level of writing and I made lots of friends there.

Who is your favourite writer? Can you tell me?

1.How many writers are mentioned in this passage?

A．5                B．6                C．4                D．7

2.Where was Mo Yan born?

A．In Jiangsu.                             B．In Zhejiang.

C．In Gao Mi.                             D．In Nobel.

3.What does “Mo Yan” mean?

A．Frog                                 B．Guan Moye

C．Mao Dun                              D．No Speaking

4.Why did the writer join a writing workshop?

A．Because he likes Mo Yan.

B．Because he likes writing.

C．Because he likes some writers.

D．Because he wants to make some friends.

5.Which one is not TRUE?

A．Gao Mi is Mo Yan’s hometown.

B．Mo Yan began writing in 1981.

C．Mo Yan won Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011.

D．Mo Yan is the writer’s favourite writer.