What does friendship mean? There is no definite answer. Friendship is also necessary in daily life. When you are happy, friendship is just like adding flowers on the brocade (圖案); when you are sad, friendship is a dose (一劑) of consolation (安慰); if you are in trouble, friends will surround you and remove the barriers for you; if you have a hard nut to crack, you can turn to friends for help. A man without friends is an angel without wings, whose life will suffer in the long tolerance of loneliness and depression. We have much to share with our friends in life, perplexity (困惑), excitement and bitterness.

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while – then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigner at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily activities. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

【1】What can we share with friends in our daily life?

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【2】What will Americans do even after a long break?

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【3】The idea about friendship is the same as ours, isn’t it? Where do the Americans express their welcome?

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【4】How will we probably be treated when we arrive in America to visit an American friend?

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【5】What does the underlined words “generous with our time” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

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【6】A suitable title for this passage would probably be “________________”.

Everyone knows animals are our friends. So we should be friendly to them. But some people kill the rare animals, such as pandas, golden monkeys and so on in order to get money. It will cause these animals to disappear soon.

Perhaps the most famous rare animal is panda. Twenty years ago it was nearly extinct (滅絕的). Now, its n【1】 are growing again. It is even a symbol for wildlife conservation (保存，保護(hù)). But many other species have not been as l【2】 as the panda. Some are already extinct. Today, many more are in serious danger. This is because man hurts them and d【3】 their habitat. Is it too late to save wildlife?

A serious habitat problem arises (出現(xiàn)) because of pollution or o【4】 new lands. Habitats take many years to grow again. When the wild animals lose their homes, the natural balance is also changed. If one animal, bird, or insect d【5】, all the others suffer, too.

This is what is happening in the forests of South America. Africa and Asia. Habitats and animals are disappearing in Europe, too. Since 1947 in Britain, for example, 50% of the woods, low wet land, and 95% of meadows have disappeared. And what has taken the place of these green, natural places? Houses, farms, cities, streets, roads, and factories. Because of this (and pollution too) several British species are dying.

Then, what is the s【6】 ? There is only one way to save wild animals and wild habitats – conservation. This means man should protect animals in danger by establishing law, opening more national parks, building fewer new roads, planting more forests, and cutting pollution. If not, many wild animals will soon have just one habitat—the zoo!\

If everyone is involved in the p【7】 of wild life, we’re sure man will be a good friend of animals rather than their enemy.

【1】All of them have read the moving story in today’s newspaper.（改為否定句）

_______of them_______read the moving story in today’s newspaper.

【2】“Have you done anything to deal with the problem?” The teacher asked me.（合并成一句）

The teacher asked me _____ I______done something to deal with the problem.

【3】Mary ,you can go to Shanghai museum by bus. You can go there by underground,too.

Mary ,you can go to Shanghai museum______by bus______by underground.

【4】Susan followed Ben’s advice to organize an English speech contest.(就劃線部分提問）

_____advice______Susan follow to organize an English speech contest?

【5】Did question is very hard. None of us can work it out.（保持句意基本不變）

The question is _____hard for _____of us to work out.

【6】Did Jackson write the article in 1984 or in 1986?

_______the article______by Jackson in 1984or in 1986?

【7】green,life,living,let’s,consumers,and,better,Earth,be,enjoy,the,on,a

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【1】We all know March the_____ is Tree Planting Day in our country.(twelve)

【2】She has lived by_____since she studied in America two years ago.(she)

【3】Does your monitor has a new idea for making rail travel more_____.(attract)

【4】The Greens will tell their friends about their______experience during the trip to Egypt.(forget)

【5】His life habit today is ______different from that in the past.(complete)

【6】It is______that such a hardworking student should pass the exam.(nature)

【7】Now that different students like to do different things, we should let students make different_______for their extracurricular activities.(choose)

【8】The doctor advised him to eat______junk food and do more exercise.(little)

A.misunderstanding B.strange C.unfriendly D.in all E.after all

What do you think of British people and American people? You might think that there are no differences between the people in the two countries.They speak the same language【1】,don’t they ? But if you ask a British or an American person, the differences are quite great.

What do British people think Americans are like? The British think Americans are very【2】.They make a lot of noise and they laugh too loudly. They are rich, and they only think about money. But the British really say that Americans are kind, friendly people. They are happy to help you if you are in trouble.

What do Americans think of the British? Well, they think the British are cold and very【3】.They are not interested in success or in making lots of money. They think Britain is the best country in the world. They look down upon other countries. But Americans say that the British are quite good workers. They are brave and honest. And in time of trouble they face difficulties happily.

You can see that these ideas can cause【4】between the British and Americans. But when American and British people become friends, they usually find things are not as bad as they expected.

A.take B.another C.bring D.cost E.the other

Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they don't like you.

Dinner parties usually start between 7 p. m. and 8 p. m. and end at about 11 p. m. Ask your hosts what time you should arrive. It's polite to 【5】 flowers，chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift.

Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks. If you want to be extra polite，say how much you like the room，or the pictures on the wall. But remember---it's not polite to ask how much the things 【6】.

In many families, the husband sits at one of the table and the wife sits at 【7】end. They eat with their guests(客人).

You'll probably start the meal with soup or something small, and then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert, followed by coffee. It's polite to finish everything on your plate and to 【8】more if you want it.

Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short "thank you" letter. British and American people like to say "thank you, thank you" all the time!

A.on both side,greaterB.on both sides,larger

C.on each side,moreD.every side,more

A.killingB.to shareC.to killD.sharing

A.was wonB.winningC.wonD.has won

—Yes,he has a special way of making his lessons____and interesting.

A.lovelyB.likelyC.speciallyD.lively

根據(jù)所給要求，寫一篇100詞以上的短文。假設(shè)你是李華，你的筆友Jill很喜歡中華文化，尤其是中國的傳統(tǒng)工藝品，因此他寫信給你，想了解中國的工藝品，請你用電子郵件給他寫一封回信，向他介紹中國的一種傳統(tǒng)工藝品。

要求：1.介紹該工藝品的外形特征、制作材料和制作工藝等等。

2.該工藝品有什么寓意。

Dear Jill,

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Yours,

Li Hua