23、每当朋友们即将分手的时候，耳边常常会响起这首歌“朋友啊!朋友!你可曾想起了我。如果你真的幸福，请你告诉我……”。请你以“Fiends”为题，写一篇100个单词左右的短文，可以围绕主题适当展开，阐述交友的重要性和好处。

要求：1．语句通顺，条理清楚。

      2．字迹工整、清晰，注意大小写和标点符号。

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20、American and British people use different greetings．In the USA．the commonest greeting is“Hi”．In Britain it is“Hello!”or“How are you?”“Hi!”is creeping（蔓延） into British，too．When they are introduced to someone，the Americans say，“Glad to know you．”The British say, “How do you do?”or“Pleased to meet you．”When Americans say“Good-bye”，they nearly always add，“Have a good day,”or“Have a good trip，”etc, to friends and strangers alike．The British are already beginning to use“Have a good day”

    The British usually use“got”in the meaning of “have”, The Americans hardly ever do so．

    AmE：Do you have a car? Yes．I do．

    BrE：Have you got a ear? Yes，I have．

    There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words，e．g．check（US）／cheque（UK）．Many American words ending in “or”e．g．honor, labor are spelt in British English with an“our”e．g．honour．labour, Many verhs in American English with“ize”or“izing”forms．e．g．organize，realizing arc spelt in BrE with“ise”or“isiug”，e．g．organise，realising．In American English．“practice”is used both for the verb and noun．In BrE，the verb is spelt “practise”，and the noun“practice”In American English．one writes“traveler,”while in British English．one writes“traveler”．

    It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate languages finally．But the opposite has happened．The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that they are closer together than ever．

（   ）1．The Americans hardly say“__________”

    A．Good-bye．Have a good day!                   B．Glad to know you!

    C．Hi!                                                            D．Have you got a car?

（   ）2．What does the fifth paragraph talk about?

    A．There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE．

    B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings?

    C．There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE．

    D．The different usages of words in AmE and BrE．

（   ） 3．Which of the following is TRUE?

    A．The two languages will become separate languages．

    B．American English will be more and inure widely used．

    C．The two languages will be closer and closer．

    D．British English will be used more and more。

（   ）4．Who writes “traveller”?

    A．American people                                      B．British people

    C．Both American people and British people       D．Neither of them

（   ）5．The underlined word“predicted”means _________in Chinese．

    A．解释                   B．预言                    C．考虑                   D．证明

19、Mr. Brown was a nice teacher．He taught ns science。In the first class，he gave us a talk on an animal called“birdcat”which had died out（灭绝）during the Ice Age．He passed around a skull（头骨）as he was talking．We all took notes carefully and later we had an exam on it．

    When he returned my paper the next day, I found there was a big red“X”on it．I falled! I couldn’t believe my eves! There must be some mistakes! 一 I wrote down exactly what Mr. Brown said．But then I learned that everyone in the class failed．What had happened?

    Very simple! Mr. Brown said that he had made up（编造）all that“birdcat”and there had never been such an animal．So the information in our notes was incorrect．

    But We all felt that was unfair．What kind of exam was this? And what kind of teacher was he?

    “You should have figured it out,”Mr. Brown said．“Actually, the‘birdcat’skull was a cat’s．”Hadn’t he been telling us no other findings about this animal except the skull? He had told us many unbelievable（难以置信）things about the animal，such as the size，the color, the diet…．but none of us had questioned him!

    Mr. Brown said he hoped we would learn something from that lesson．Teachers and textbooks are not always correct．In fact no one is．He told us not to let our minds go to sleep．and to speak up if we ever thought he or file textbook was wrong．

    Mr. Brown's class let me and my classmates learn something important：never fear to look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong．

（   ）1．Mr. Brown was a _______teacher．

    A．math                   B．history                 C．science                  D．music

（   ）2．Why did the writer fall the exam?

    A．Because the exam was too difficult．

    B．Because he didn’t answer the questions according to what Mr. Brown said。

    C．Because Mr. Brown made some mistakes．

    D．Because the information in the answers was incorrect．

（   ）3．The underlined part“figured it out”probably means“________”．

    A．wrote it down      B．found it out          C．took it out              D．talked about it

（   ）4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A．The writer’s classmates passed the exam，but the writer didn’t．

    B．Mr. Brown found fire“birdcat”skull himself and he succeeded．

    C．During the talk on“birdcat”，some students questioned the teacher

    D．The teacher encouraged us to question what he said arid tell the truth bravely．

（   ）5．Which is the best title for this passage'?

    A．A Birdcat’s Skull                                     B．A Strange Animal

    C．An Unforgettable Exam                               D．An Unfair Teacher

17、（下文选自美国第44任总统奥巴马的胜选演说）

      America，we have come so far。We have seen so  1  ．  2  there is so much more to do．So tonight，let ns ask  3  if our children should live to see the next century；if my daughters should be so 4  to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper，what change will they  5  ?What progress will we have made?

    This is our chance to answer that call。This is our moment．This is our time to  6  our people back to work and  7  doors of opportunity（时机）for our kids；to restore prosperity（繁荣）and promote（促进） the cause of peace；to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm（重申）that fundamental truth that out of many, we are one；that while we breathe．we hope, and where we are met with cynicism （冷嘲热讽），and doubt，and those  8  tell us that we can’t．we will respond with that timeless creed（信条）that shins up the spirit of a people．

（   ）1．A．many                 B．much                   C．1ittle                      D．few

（   ）2．A．But                  B．And                      C．So                         D．Then

（   ）3．A．we                   B．us                       C．ourselves                      D．ours

（   ）4．A．luck                 B．lucky                   C．luckily                   D．unlucky

（   ）5．A．to see               B．see                      C．saw                       D．seen

（   ）6．A．make               B．let                       C．put                        D．have

（   ）7．A．close                B．open                    C．keep                      D．come into

（   ）8．A．who                 B．whom                  C．which                    D．what

16、在对话中填入一个适当的单词，使对话内容完整与正确。

A：Hi，Mary．（1）___________are you today?

B：Fine．thanks．And you?

A：I’m OK．We’re going to have a picnic tomorrow．Would you like to（2）_________?

B：（3）_________shall we go?

A：To the Wallington Park．

B：Oh，（4）________?I'd love to．When and where shall we meet?

A：At eight outside the school gate．

B：OK．How shall we got there?

A：By bus．Please（5）________on time．

B：Sure．See you．

A：See you．

15、Is money essential _________happiness?

A．to                 B．with              C．at               D．on

14、The burning and cutting down of trees also____ erosion of the soil and flooding，as well as destroying the people and animals who make the forests their home．

A．makes                 B．causes                 C．produces                  D．keeps