1．Eliza and Vera are good friends. They are going to take a trip.



Eliza and Vera will start the trip in August. Anyone who wants to join them can call Vera at 445-8976.

2．　　Fast walking is the exercise between walking and race walking. A study shows that fast walking has become the most popular exercise in China and many people walk more than 5,000 steps a day. The results of the study from QQ users show that about 37% of the people choose fast walking as their favorite exercise, over 23% choose running and more than 14% choose riding bikes.
　　Fast walking and running are easy, cost little and work well, so they are popular. And many people would rather do exercise in nature than go to gyms. It's best to walk fast for at least 10 minutes at a time and walk up to 6, 000 steps every day.
　　The study also shows that people in Guiyang, Guizhou love sports most. On average (平均), everyone there walks 5, 941 steps every day. It seems that people in places with better environment and air are more willing to do sports.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

3．　　Peter was a small boy. He lived with his parents in a small house near some hills. The people there were all poor. One night it was very dry and windy. When everybody was asleep, Peter suddenly heard some noise. It came out from the kitchen (厨房). He got up and walked to the kitchen. He found that the wood beside the stove (火炉) was burning . There was no water tap (水龙头) in the house , so he could not put out (扑灭) the fire . He shouted loudly to wake up everyone in the house. Then he ran out of his house and knocked on the doors (敲门) of many houses to wake the people up. They all left their houses quickly.
　　At last the fire was put out (扑灭) by the firemen (消防员). Many houses were burnt (烧毁). But nobody was burnt in the fire.

4．　　How do you usually spend your day? (1)      
　　Get enough sleep.
　　Set yourself a "bed time" and make it a habit to go to bed and wake up at the same time each day.
　　(2)      
　　Aim (力求达到) for 2 L a day. Give up the juices and carbonated beverages (碳酸饮料), just add lemon (柠檬) to your water if you feel like something fantastic.
　　Take a break.
　　Don't be afraid to read books that have nothing to do with your studies. Go to the cinema. Work out. Even just once a week, or whenever you can. Go for a walk or a run, maybe just for 15 minutes. (3)      
　　Make time for your likes.
　　Studying is your full time job, but there are enough hours left in the day. (4)       Don't let studies keep yourself away from the things going on around you and you love.
　　(5)      
　　You'll be thankful at the end of a long day when you can get into a comfortable bed that doesn't look like you just jumped out of it.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。

5．　　A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was (1)       happy. She always stayed at home by herself and didn't talk to (2)      .
　　One day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip (发夹). When she (3)       it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided to go to school in the beautiful hair clip.
　　On her way to (4)      , she found that everyone who saw her smiled at her. Most of her schoolmates said "Hello" to her, (5)       this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip (6)       them all to her. She was so happy (7)       all of the wonderful things.
　　Although all her classmates wanted to know (8)       happened to her, she didn't want to tell (9)       about her beautiful hair clip.
　　When she went back home after school, her mother asked her, "Did you know you(10)      your hair clip at home?I found it by the door this morning."
　　She was (11)      to hear what her mother said. She knew that she didn't wear the hair clip to school (12)      .
　　It's not important what we wear or how we (13)      . The most (14)       thing is how we think about ourselves. (15)       we want to do a thing successfully, first try to be confident. If we think we can, we can.

6．come;begin;happy;the;friend;play;he;quiet;because;for
　　Every day my grandpa plays chess with his friends (1)      he loves playing chess very much. Last week, he (2)       to visit us in Canada. But he was very sad when he found nobody here could play chess with (3)      .
　　One day, when I came back from school, I found my grandpa was sitting (4)       in a chair, doing nothing. I knew he was lonely. Why not teach him to(5)       online chess on my computer? I thought.
　　"Grandpa, someone is waiting (6)       you to play chess." I went to him and said.
　　"Really?" he said, his eyes opening wide. "Who? And where?"
　　I took him to (7)       computer in my room and said, "Right here." Then I taught him how to use the Internet and how to play chess online. At first, he was slow. Having tried several times, he became better and (8)       to play chess with people from around the world.
　　"How interesting it is! This is fantastic!" he cried excitedly.
　　Now he is quite good at playing chess online and has made a lot of (9)       on the Internet at the same time. My grandfather is much (10)       than before.
　　Grandpa will go back home soon. I believe the time when we played online chess together was so great that both of us will never forget.

7．　　People listen to music for different reasons and at different times. Sometimes it makes us happy and sometimes it makes us sad. Why is music important to many people?Most people think (1)       is relaxing to listen to music.
　　I like listening to music (2)       my free time. When I'm happy, I listen to old, loud music. When I'm a little tired, I'd like to listen to some soft (轻柔的) music. When I'm sad, I listen to some inspiring (鼓舞人心的) songs. Yesterday, I (3)       do well in my English exam and I was very sad. I didn't know (4)       to do, so I listened to music. The English song I Believe You gave me a lot of hope. Meanwhile (同时), I thought I also found a good way (5)       learn English well. That is listening to English songs.

8．A: Hi, Greg. I didn't see you yesterday. Where did you go?
B: Hi, Helen. (1)      .
A: Oh, what TV program did you watch?
B: Its name's Athletic Brother. Have you ever heard of it?
A: Of course!It's the biggest hit now. (2)      ?
B: I love Kevin best in the program. He's my idol and I'm fond of him for a long time.
A: Why do you like him?
B: Because he can do best in singing and creating. He has the most beautiful voice in the world! (3)      ?
A: He's the most popular for sure. In fact, he's my favorite, too!
B: Great! I heard his new movie is coming out recently. (4)      ?
A: Yes, I'd love to. Which cinema do you prefer?
B: How about Blue Sea Theater? (5)      .
A: Sounds great! Let's make it on Sunday afternoon.
B: OK, see you then!

9．友谊(friendship)是我们生活中必不可少的一部分．每个人或多或少都有自己的好朋友．请你以"My Friend"为题, 根据下面的要点和要求, 写一篇短文介绍你身边的一位好朋友．
要点:
1. 你对友谊的看法;
2. 你和他/她的相似之处和差异;
3. 你们一起经历的某次有意义的事情及感受;
要求:
1. 文中不要出现所在学校的校名和师生姓名;
2. 词数100左右．
My Friend
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