“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely isolated life. Without other people, life became empty and sad. We all need friends.

For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.

There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence  People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best-seller. It was later put into 28 languages.

Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book.

1. Be friendly and polite. Always greet with a smile. Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please”, when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.

2. Go out of your way to be nice. Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.

3. Remember names. They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.

4. Be open-minded. Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.

5. Listen patiently. When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.

1.The underlined sentence “No one can live a completely isolated life” means “______” in this passage.

2.Some of us feel it not easy to make friends because ________.

3.We can learn from this passage that ________.

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Carnegie’s book?

5.The best possible title for this passage should be “________”.

配對閱讀。左欄是對5個學(xué)生做演講時存在問題的描述，請在右欄為每個學(xué)生選擇一個合適的建議，并將答題卡上對應(yīng)題目所選的選項涂黑。

閱讀下面這封信，并借助上下文補充所缺信息。每個空格只能填寫一個形式正確、與信件內(nèi)容意思相符的英語單詞。把答案寫在答題卡上。

Dear Sigmund Friend

My name is Simon and I am a Grade 9 student. I am crazy   1   football! I love   2   football on TV, reading about football, and of course, playing football. My dream is to be a great football   3 . However, my love of football has become a big problem, and I would like your   4 .

I have many friends, and we always play football together at school or in the park after school. We like staying out late to play football. We often play  5  three hours or more and forget when to stop. Then I get into trouble at home because my parents do not   6   me to play outside after 6 p.m. I really do not understand why they are so   7 . I feel stressed and angry from time to time. I believe it is important for us to spend some time on our hobbies. They can help us relax and   8  our lives more interesting. I wish I could have my parents’ supports.

Is it bad to stay out late to play football? Should I spend less   9   on it? I really do not know    what to do. Can you please advise me   10  to achieve a balance between my schoolwork and my hobbies? Thanks a lot.

Best wishes

Simon

下面是一些同學(xué)對課外活動的看法，請仔細(xì)閱讀下列短文，按信息卡內(nèi)容要求填入相關(guān)信息。

Mike Smith: We have many after-class activities in school—English corner, hand-writing lessons, playing basketball, playing chess, dancing and so on. Students in our school can choose any kind of activities they like.

Jane White: I’m a member of the music club in our school. I can learn different kind of music instruments. It’s fun.

Frank Green: I take park in drawing and English corner after class. I benefit a lot from the activities. I can not only improve my abilities of drawing and spoken English, but also make some new friends who have the same hobbies as me.

Amy young: Some teachers think after-class activities take up too much time. But as a student, I think it’s necessary for schools to give us the chance to improve our other abilities after class. We are under great pressure with too much homework and exams. We need time to relax.

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最近， 某中學(xué)生英文報開設(shè)了“After-class Activities in Schools”的欄目，請你根據(jù)以下提示，為該欄目寫一篇80詞左右的英文稿件。要求：表達(dá)準(zhǔn)確，語句通順，書寫規(guī)范。內(nèi)容包括：

列舉你們學(xué)校開展的三項課外活動。

介紹你在學(xué)校參加何種課外活動及該活動給你帶來的兩大益處。

為同學(xué)如何選擇課外活動提出兩個建議。

4、鼓勵同學(xué)們積極參加學(xué)校課外活動。

Nowadays, after-class activities are becoming more and more popular in schools.

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________ old man behind Mary is ________ university teacher.

       A. An, an        B. A, the           C. The, a           D. The, an

Could you please tell me something about the two ________?

         _________. They are exchange students of  No. 1 Middle School.

       A. Frenchmen,  Yes, please           B. Frenchmans,  Come on

       C. Germen,  Not at all               D. Germans,  All right

Must I return the book this week?  No, you______. You can ______ it for 20 days.

A. mustn’t, keep   B. needn’t, borrow   

C. needn’t, keep      D. mustn’t, borrow

Which month has ________ days in a year?     February.

       A. few           B. little           C. the fewest      D. the least

Is the woman a teacher ?

Yes. She teaches _________ English.

       A. your         B. us               C. our              D. yours