对于中学生来说，朋友是我们初中生涯的一笔宝贵财富。朋友能与我们分享快乐，分担痛苦。假如你是李华，你的笔友Gina来信，信中说她经常与朋友意见不合吵架，不知道该如何与朋友相处，请你写封回信帮助她，为她排忧解难。
要求：1. 请在信中谈谈朋友之间吵架的主要原因，并给出与朋友相处的建议。
2. 文中不得出现你的真实姓名、学校及地名。
3. 词数100左右, 开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
Dear Gina,
I’m very happy to receive your letter.
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Yours,
Li Hua
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。(请注意问题后的字数要求)
It is very common for students’ marks to fall. Sometimes it is because of situations (情况) outside school such as problems at home. Sometimes it is only because the exams get harder.
When your marks start to fall, you should try talking to a friendly teacher. He or she will be able to help you with the subjects you feel difficult. (1)不要把自己同其他的学生比较. It doesn’t matter if other students get higher marks than you. What is important is that you do your best. Before each exam, you should go through your notes from class. You should remember the most important things you have written in a shorter form.
Look through your notes again before the exam. You will be surprised when you find you remember so much. It may take hard work and you may not improve your marks straight. But let your confidence rise by every mark. Soon they should begin to climb again. Remember: (2) Nothing is possible if he or she doesn’t have confidence. Besides (3) this, right ways are also needed by you. Keep on working hard, sooner or later, you will be successful.
阅读短文，按要求完成下面的任务。
1.The reasons for students’ marks to fall includes situations ___________________ and _________________.
2.把1处汉语译为英语。
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3.将2处复合句改为简单句。
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4.写出3处“this”所指代的内容。
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5.给短文拟作一个标题。
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根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。（每词限用一次）
friend, marry, rather, introduce, prefer, polite, child, person, answer, begin
American often greet each other simply with “Hello” or “Hi”. They believe such an informal greeting often implies(暗示) a close and 1.relationship. Similarly, Americans don’t have a formal “farewell”. To Americans, a friendly and informal relationship is the most important thing. Yes, a proper introduction will leave a good first impression on others.
However, American introductions are usually2. simple. In the United States, most people don't like using Mr., Mrs. or Miss in 3..They find these terms too formal. They4. first names to formal titles in most cases. For example, a gentleman may say, "Glad to meet you. I'm Miller. But call me Paul." Sometimes a woman you meet for the first time may say, "Don't call me Mrs. Smith. Just call me Sally." So when your American friends do not use your last name or titles, don't feel that they have been 5..They only want to show friendliness.
When you first get to know an American, he may ask you," Where do you work?" "Are you6.?" or "Do you have 7.?" Such questions may be too 8. to Europeans. But Americans do sometimes ask such questions. They would like to get 9. to these questions. In this way they can get better acquainted（熟悉）with you and have a topic for
10.conversation with you.
（一）单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
根据句意和首字母或汉语提示，将单词的正确形式完整地写在答题纸相应的位置上。
1.John is fond of sports，so he is now much h________ than before．.
2.Some girls would never go out w_____taking time to dressing themselves up.
3.You’d better be s________ , we’re not joking.
4.We should take actions to prevent water________（污染）because we can't live without water.
5.Listening to music is a way of __________(放松) yourself.
Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the languages he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people.
In the same way, when children learn to do all the other things, they learn to do without being taught-to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle-compare those performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his own mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work？ Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
1.What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things？
A. by copying what other people do
B. by making mistakes and having them corrected
C. by listening to explanations from skilled people
D. by asking a great many questions
2.According to the writer, teachers in school should _____
A. allow children to learn from each other
B. point out children’s mistakes whenever found
C. correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible
D. give children more book knowledge
3.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are___.
A. not really important skills B. more important than other skills
C. basically different from learning adult skills D. basically the same as learning other skills
4.Exams, grades, and marks should be abolished because children’s progress should only be estimated by___.
A. educated persons B. the children themselves C. teachers D. parents
Once there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
Time went by…the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I’m no longer a kid. I wouldn’t play around the tree any more.” The boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, I don’t have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples.
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited, “Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help?” “Sorry, I don’t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was pleased. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.
Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don’t have anything for you any more. The only thing left is my dying root.” the tree said with tears.
“Good! Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest. Come and sit down with me and rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears …
1.The boy pick all the apples on the tree because __________.
A. he wanted to eat them B. he needed money to buy toys
C. he liked the tree without apples D. he wanted to share them with friends
2.The boy come back to the apple tree _________.
A. whenever he was happy B. if he missed the apple tree
C. when he was in times of difficulty D. as soon as he was free
3.The boy wanted ___________at last.
A. to have a house to live in B. nothing except a place to rest
C. the root of the apple tree D. anything that the apple tree had
4.From the story we learn that we should _________.
A. plant more apple trees B. learn from the boy
C. always stay at home D. be thankful to our parents
