One day. David and his friends talked about who their closest________were. When it was his turn, he said, "My best friend is Amy,________81-year-old woman living in Florida."
Their friendship came________a game. In the game, David and Amy were on the same team. After this game, they became good friends. David even told her about his dream of music.
However, life was hard for David at that time. He hardly________time or money to play music. Most of the time. he had to work in a restaurant. He felt that his dream was hopeless(无望的). _____he almost lost heart, Amy gave him lots of help and supported his dream. Two years later, he decided________to New York for his dream. There he held his first concert successfully.
After the concert, a famous reporter in New York heard of their story. He wanted to know what _____. So he flew to Florida to interview her. To his surprise, the friendship between Amy and David was________than he could imagine.
Later, many people________by this story. But Amy thought it was nothing. She said, "As friends, we________give a hand when they need."
1.A. friend B. friends C. classmate D. classmates
2.A. the B. / C. a D. an
3.A. from B. below C. to D. at
4.A. have B. had C. has had D. will have
5.A. Before B. When C. Unless D. If
6.A. go B. going C. to go D. gone
7.A. Amy was like B. was Amy like C. is Amy like D. Amy is like
8.A. beautiful B. beautifully C. more beautiful D. the most beautiful
9.A. is moved B. are moved C. was moved D. were moved
10.A. should B. would C. mustn't D. can't
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同学们，三年的初中生活就要结束了，在我们的成长过程中，既有快乐，也有烦恼。请用英文写一篇短文，内容包括：
1．你在学校或家里曾经遇到的最大问题或烦恼；
2．你解决问题或烦恼的过程；
3．你的感想。
要求：
1．词数80～100，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2．文中不得出现真实的校名与人名。
My middle school life is coming to an end .During the three years， ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
文中有五处错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除，或修改。
How do different things affect us ?We did a survey last week .Here are part of the results .Different people have different feelings about the same thing .The loud music makes Jack exciting .And he ofen listens to it in his spare time .And it makes Marc nervous .He dislikes it..When Annie hears loud music ,she wants to leave for as fast as she can.What about waiting people ?Helen is not patient ,and it drives her mad.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的单词，或括号内单词的正确形式。
Money can make you happy only if you spend it in a clever way .
To start with ,1.(buy) a new car makes you happy.However,you’ll “lose”
this happy feeling when the car2.(get)old.But if you are made to spend a week traveling,it’s more possible that you’ll have the great experiences and the good feeling for a long time .A new study has3.(find)that spending money on experiences rather than material things makes people happier.
For material things ,it’s possible that you don’t leave 4.any little thing .If you buy a nice pen ,and someone else buys one with less money ,it’s possible that you may be unhappy that you spend so much money .It lets you down a lot.Oppositely, when it comes to experiences like5.(go)on a trip ,you won’t think like that .If the trip can be nice ,you’ll happily pay for it even though 6.(it) price may be very high. And the more ofen you go on trips,the7.(happy)you’ll be.
Material things can be compared more easily.If you buy an Ipad and then see a more suitable one. you may regret buying the first one.And 8. will drive you mad as well ,9.,if you just have a dinner at a good restaurant and then learn about a better one ,you’ll not regret the first meal.
It’s normal that material things can cause jealousy(嫉妒).For example ,you buy a new toy and find that your friend has a better one ,it may make you feel 10.(comfortable).Instead, if you just travel to a beautiful place ,no matter where your friends have gone,it won’t make the memory of your trip less pleasant.
The Water City of Venice
In 1980s, I went to Italy for business. One day, I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in neighboring town of Venice (威尼斯), Italy, the city of lights and__________.
As we enjoyed our coffee, a young man__________ glasses entered and sat at an empty table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his order saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there__________ the wall. ”
We heard this order with interest and found that he __________ with one cup of coffee but he paid for two.
When he left, the waiter_________ a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.
While we were still there. __________ middle aged men entered and ordered three cups of coffee. two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but _______________________three and left. This time also, the waiter did the same. He put a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A Cup of Coffee. ”
It was ________ and perplexing (困惑) for us. We finished our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we had a chance _________ this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man ________ dresses entered. As he seats himself, he _______________ the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.”
The waiter served coffee to this man with the customary(惯常的) respect. The man had his coffee and left _________ paying.
We were amazed to watch all this, as the waiter________a piece of paper from the wall and throw it into the rubbish bin.
Now it was no________for us—the matter was very clear. The inhabitants(居民) of this town showed great respect for the poor, then it________our eyes well up in tears.
Many years later, when I went to Venice for business again, I did the same thing as my appreciation to this beautiful world.
1.A. food B. noodles C. water D. coffee
2.A. wearing B. putting on C. wore D. put on
3.A. in B. besides C. next to D. on
4.A. served B. was served C. was serving D. would serve
5.A. put B. took C. got D. saw
6.A. two another B. other two C. more two D. two other
7.A. didn’t spend B. spent C. didn’t pay for D. paid for
8.
A. strange something B. something strange
C. funny something D. something funny
9.A. to arrive B. reached C. to go to D. got to
10.A. richly B. seriously C. poorly D. pretty
11.A. looked through B. looked at C. looked over D. looked up
12.A. with B. for C. without D. by
13.A. took off B. took on C. took after D. took back
14.A. choice B. surprise C. excitement D. sadness
15.A. hurt B. got C. made D. stood
1.Countries like France, Brazil and even Japan have their own hip-hop culture. But where did this strange speaking-singing style come from? Many centuries ago, in West Africa, traditional storytellers played musical instruments while they were telling stories. When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles. For example, blues and jazz.2.And in the 1970s, there were many poor areas in New York. There wasn’t any money for music lessons in schools, so kids made their own music. Teenagers Afrika and DJ Here played their records outside in the streets. Everybody joined in. MCs had rapping（说唱） competitions. Every week, there were talented new dancers, new DJs and new MCs. Hip-hop culture was born.
3.It was 1980. I was at a party in New York. There was a young DJ at the party. He was playing records. While he was putting a record on, a kid picked up a microphone（话筒） and begantapping. Some other kids were break-dancing to the music. It was loud and boring, and I
hated it. I preferred jazz.
4.Today’s successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it on the radio when they were growing up.
The last time I heard hip-hop, I was in West Africa.5.I was going to interview a traditional storyteller when I met a young hip-hop artist, He told me there are hundreds of rap groups in Africa today. We live on a hip-hop planet.
A. I remember the first time I heard hip-hop.
B. You can find hip-hop everywhere you go.
C. I was writing a book about African-Americans.
D. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children.
E. These styles all started in poor African-American areas.
F. During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA.
G. Some people don’t like hip-hop because of its spoken words.
A. I remember the first time I heard hip-hop.
B. You can find hip-hop everywhere you go.
C. I was writing a book about African-Americans.
D. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children.
E. These styles all started in poor African-American areas.
F. During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA.
G. Some people don’t like hip-hop because of its spoken words.
