（1）.My mother told me a good friend is like a mirror.（2）我比大多数的孩子更安静、更认真。That's why I like reading books and I study harder in class. My best friend Yuan Li is quiet, too, so we enjoy study together.（3）.I am shy so it's not easy for me to make friends. But I think friends are like books—you don't need a lot of them as long as they are good.

   It's not necessary to be the same.（4）.我最好的朋友拉里与我不相同。He is taller and more outgoing than me. We both like sports, but he plays tennis better, so he always wins.（5）.However, Larry helps to bring out the best in me. So I'm getting better at tennis. Larry is much less hard-working, though. I always get better grades than he does, so maybe I should help him more.

When we got to my Dad’s home，we found Dad still coughed a lot，but his smile was as sure as ever. He was sick. My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend，we had to return to our jobs on Monday. But I wanted to let him know that we also cared about him，even when we weren’t with him.

Then I remembered when our children were small. Before leaving their grandparents’ home after a visit，each child would write a love note to their grandparents. For days，their grandparents would smile as they read these notes of love.

So when I cleaned Dad’s kitchen and made the bed for him, I wrote some notes. Some were like this，“Dad，I put the food in the fridge.”  Some were like this，“Dad，I hope you will sleep well in your new bed.” Most notes were put downstairs he would stay for several weeks when he was. But I put one note upstairs under his pillow(枕头), “If you have found this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”

These notes helped improve his health. A few weeks later, I asked Dad how he was doing on the phone. He said, “Much better. I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!”

任务型阅读：根据短文内容，填写下列空格，每格只填一词。

♦ The writer's father was   (1)   at that time.

♦ The writer   (2)   to her job after she stayed with her father for the   (3)  .

♦ When their children were small, each child wrote a love   (4)   to their grandparents.

♦ The writer wanted to let her father know that they also  (5)   about him.

♦ A few weeks later, when the writer called her father, she knew he felt much   (6)   .

go,              play,              watch,           big,                      crowd,          is,

friendly,         feel,              little,              comfortable,         two,              meet

My best friend is Mary. She is     66     than me, so she has more friends. She is much     67     hard-working, so I always get better grades than she does. We both like     68     movies, and we go to Sun Cinema     69     a week. It’s     70     there and we can buy tickets very quickly. We can sit the most     71     there because they have the     72     seats. Yesterday we     73     to Sun Cinema again, but there     74     no tickets left. This made us     75     unhappy.

66.________   67.________    68.________    69.________   70.________

71.________   72.________    73.________    74.________   75.________

I live in a town not far from the city. My n ___51___ are kind and helpful. Some of them are v___52___. They often meet at the community c____53_____ to help someone in need.  For example, my computer is b ____54____, some volunteers will come to my home to c ____55___ it. If I am feeling not well, the d ____56___ at the Health Centre will come, and they will make me feel b ____57____. I think I am very l ____58____ to live in a place like this. I often go to the city centre by underground. At the weekend, my friends and I usually visit our local c____59____ to watch films.

The f____60___ here is also very delicious(美味的), would you like to try some?

Friends are very important in people’s lives. No one can live alone in the world without friends. I think it’s easy to make friends with other people and build a friendship b  (1)   each other. H___  (2)  ____it is not easy to get true friendship, I think.

So what is true friendship? In my opinion, true friendship includes:

First of all, true friendship must t   (3)   their friends loyally(忠诚地) and help each other. In other words, you must not take advantage of(利用) your friends, and you mustn’t cheat them. For example, some unfriendly people make friends in order to cheat m  (4)   and feelings, or get a c  (5)     secret and so on. I don’t think these are true friendship.

Second, true friends must try their best to help each other. For example, i  (6)   a friend is indeed in need of money to escape from some t  (7)   , true friends might lend it and help him or her.

Third, friends must share their happiness and s  (8)   . One of the greatest men o     (9)  said,“If you tell your happiness to your friend, you will get double happiness. If you tell your sadness to your friend, you will get h  (10)   .”

Hi, my name is Tom and there’s something I’d like to share with you ...

My 16-year-old son, Dylan, told everyone that one of the most amazing experiences of his life was the trip to South Africa last summer. Most people would think that he was on a vacation there. But Dylan spent almost the whole ten days of his trip building houses for people there. It was hard and dirty work. I never thought that he would enjoy it, but he loved every minute of it.

Encouraging (鼓励) teenagers to do volunteer work is one of the most important things you can do for them as a parent. And the amazing thing is, once they get a taste of it, teenagers will love to volunteer. And students who do volunteer work do better in school than those who don’t volunteer. In fact, volunteering provides many things for teenagers, including a wonderful experience and a good chance (机会) to meet new people. 

对于青少年而言，找一份志愿者工作并不难。They can find them in hospitals, libraries, children’s museums and so on.

One day, Tommy’s parents gave him a pet turtle (乌龟) as his birthday gift. He kept it in a box, and let it walk around the house in the evening after school.Tommy’s friend Carl had a pet dog. He taught it a lot of things. The dog was very smart. It could catch a ball and run fast. Tommy tried to teach his turtle. But his turtle couldn’t carry a ball .And it couldn’t jump or run. It could do nothing. It just walked slowly and slept in its shell. Tommy didn’t like the boring turtle.One day, Tommy found that the turtle didn’t move. Its head and legs stayed in the shell. Tommy told his mother that the turtle was dead. His mother thought he must be sad. She said she would buy ice cream, Tommy’s favourite food to make him feel better. At that time, the turtle moved. Tommy’s mother said, “We don’t need to buy ice cream now.” Tommy asked, “Can I kill it?”

根据以上内容完成下面短文。
Tommy had a turtle. It was a birthday gift from his (61) 　　　　　. He thought his turtle was very (62)　　　　　 because the turtle couldn’t do (63)  　　　　　. It could just walk and sleep. One day, Tommy found that the turtle didn’t move. He told his mother that the turtle was (64)　　　　　.
His mother said she would buy some ice cream to make him feel better because he liked ice cream (65)  　　　　　. But at last the turtle moved again and that made Tommy very upset.   

Life today is easier that it was hundreds of years ago,but it has brought some new problems,One of the biggest problems is pollution(污染).(A)We can see it ,drink it and even hear it.

Man has polluted the earth.(B)The more people,the more pollution.Many years ago,the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people.When the land was used up or the river was not clean in a place,man went to another place.Now man is slowly polluting the whole world.

Air pollution is still the most serious,it’s bad for living things in the world.

Many countries don’t let people burn(C)“有害物质”for air in houses and factories in the city.Pollution by SO₂ is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution.It’s best to ride bikes.When you are riding,there is no pollution.But even in developed countries,most people don’t go to work by bike.It’s not because bikes are expensive or people are tired if they ride to work.It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger.So more people put away their bikes and go to work by car,then things are getting worse and worse.We should have special roads only for bikes and make it so difficult and expensive for drivers(D)        (take)their cars into the city that they will go back to using their bikes.