People seem to have a natural need for friends and with good reason. Friends increase your enjoyment of life and relieve feelings of loneliness. They even can help reduce stress and improve your health. Having good friends is especially helpful when you are going through any kind of hard time such as when you are experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, or depression.
When you are with good friends you feel good about yourself, and you are glad to be with them. A friend is someone who
●you like, respect, and trust, and who likes, respects and trusts you
●doesn’t always understand you, but accepts and likes you as you are, even as you grow and change
●allows you the space to change, grow, make decisions, and even make mistakes
●listens to you and shares with you both the good times and the bad times
●respects your need for secrets, so you can tell them anything
●lets you freely express your feelings and emotions without judging, teasing, or criticizing you
●accepts the limitations you have put on yourself and helps you to remove them
A person once said, “Friendship is a continuing source of bonding（连接）, releasing, and creating in yourself and with the other person. There is an emotional bond between the two people.”
A good friend or supporter may or may not be the same age or the same sex as you, and may not have the same educational, cultural, or religious background, or share interests that are similar to yours. Friendships also have different depths. Some are closer to the heart and some more superficial, but they’re all useful and good.
1.Which of the following is NOT a function of a friend?
A. He brings you some happiness.
B. He helps you feel less lonely.
C. He helps you get over the difficulties.
D. He helps you cheat on the exam.
2.The underlined word “superficial” means _______.
A. deep B. hard C. shallow D. close
3.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. A Friend in Need Is A Friend Indeed.
B. What Kind of Person A Friend Should Be.
C. To Be A Good Friend
D. How to Get on with Your Friend
If you go into the woods with your friends, stay with them. If you don’t, you may get lost. If you do get lost, this is what you should do.
Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends — let them find you. You can help them to find you by staying in one place.
There is another way to help your friends or other people nearby to find you. Give them a signal by shouting or whistling（吹口哨）three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal given three times is a call for help. You will be helped by others.
Keep up the shouting or whistling, always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know they have heard your signal. They will give two shouts, two whistles or two gunshots. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house and cover up the holes with branches with lots of leaves and grass. What should you do if you get hungry or need to drink some water? You should have to leave your little branch house to look for a brook. Don’t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back.
The most important thing to do when you are lost is — stay in one place.
1. How do you let people believe that you are not just making noise for fun?
A. Stop now and then.
B. Go on shouting or whistling.
C. Shout over and over at the top of voice.
D. Shout or whistle three times once a while.
2.If nobody answers you after your signal, what should you do then?
A. Give two gunshots. B. Shout louder.
C. Stop shouting. D. Make a house.
3. If you feel thirsty when you are lost in the forest, what should you do?
A. Go and find a brook.
B. Light a fire and make yourself some tea．
C. Go to find a brook and leave marks behind you.
D. Find something to hold the water.
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. What Do Three Shots And Two Shots Mean In A Forest
B. How To Find Your Friends When You Are Lost In The Woods
C. What To Do If You Get Lost In A Forest
D. The Most Important Thing To Do Is To Stay In One Place
Have you ever noticed advertisements which say “Learn a foreign language in 6 weeks, or your money back! From the first day your pronunciation will be excellent. Just send…” and so on? Of course, it never happens quite like that. The only language that is easy to learn is one’s mother tongue. And think how much practice that gets! Before the Second World War people usually learnt a foreign language in order to read the literature of the country.
Now speaking a foreign language is what most people want. Every year millions of people start learning one. How do they do it? Some people try at home, with books and records of tapes; some use radio or television programs; some use computers and network; others go to evening classes. If they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will take a long time, like learning a foreign language at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or more hours a day. It is clearly easier to learn the language in the country where it is spoken.
However, most people cannot afford this, and for many it is not necessary. They need the language in order to do their work better. For example, scientists and doctors chiefly need to be able to read books and reports in the foreign language. Whether the language is learnt quickly or slowly, it is hard work. Machines and good books will help, but they cannot do the student’s work for him.
1.According to some advertisements, you ______.
A. have to pay your money if you cannot master a foreign language in 6 weeks
B. needn’t pay your money if you cannot learn a foreign language in 6 weeks
C. must pay your money if you cannot master a foreign language in 6 weeks
D. will be paid much money if you cannot learn a foreign language in 6 weeks
2. Now most people try to learn a foreign language in order to ______.
A. read the literature of the country
B. read books and reports
C. do their work better
D. go to foreign countries
3.Learning a foreign language is a hard job ______.
A. only for scientists and doctors
B. only for the students at school
C. for those people at home
D. for most people
随着人们生活水平提高，越来越多的人喜爱旅游度假。最近你班学生就假期旅游的利弊问题进行了一次调查，请就调查结果写一篇短文，内容主要有：
1.假期旅游的好处：工作之余放松；开阔眼界丰富知识。
2.假期旅游的坏处：污染环境；造成交通问题。
3.你的观点。
注意: 1.词数120左右；
2.开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数；
3.可适当用语，以使行文连贯
With people’s lives becoming richer and richer，
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短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Hello, everyone,
I will tell you some informations about our school’s opening ceremony. It was held on September 10. It was sunny. More than 6,000 teachers and students took part it. There were very many people that we had to walk slow. It was a two-hour ceremony. The opening ceremony was really excited to us, because they met a number of new students and teachers. With our teachers’ help, we made a great progress in each subject, so we sang and dance happily. Although we were very tired, but we were excited. I’m looking forward to receive your reply.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It was a rainy night in New Orleans. At a bus station in the town, I watched a young girl__1.__(cry) as her baggage was taken down. It seemed that she had lost her ticket. She cried and __2.__(beg) them not to leave her there.
The bus driver had a face of stone__3._no sign of wanting to help, and his heart was__4.__(sure) the same. “Losing your ticket is like losing your money，” he said, leaving the girl in the rain. Then an old Indian stood__5._and blocked the driver's way, and would not let him pass__6.__he said what he had to say. “How can you leave that girl out there? You can't leave her alone. You will meet your schedule，__7.__she might meet her end.” The driver still didn't care about the young girl's problem. Then the old gentleman bought__8._a ticket and helped her put away the baggage. “How can I repay for_9.__ kindness？” the girl said. “We are strangers and we won't meet again. A mere ‘thank you’ doesn't seem enough.” He replied, “What goes around comes around.”
This is what I've learned—Whatever you give, you will get it back. Always be_10.__(help) and kind to others, and we'll be helped in the future.
