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2．　　"Are you listening, Simon?" Simon's teacher asked. It was a pretty usual question.
　　Simon shook his head, smiling. He hardly listened or tried hard in class. Talking was so much fun. He wanted to be heard rather than listen.
　　"Listen, and you'll learn something." Mrs. Jacobs tried every day, but Simon never paid attention.
　　That evening, his throat really hurt. The next morning, when he opened his mouth to say "Good morning", nothing came out but a croak.
　　Simon's mother looked at him. "Honey, you've lost your voice."
　　"Can I stay home?" He tried to ask, but words didn't come out. Instead, his mother checked him for a fever and decided it was good for him to go to school, even if he couldn't talk.
　　When he got to school, Mrs. Jacobs said "Hello" to him, and he just nodded. When his friends asked him what TV shows he watched last night, he just shrugged. By the time the bell rang for class, almost everyone was looking at him as if he'd grown a third eye.
　　Penny raised her hand. "Mrs. Jacobs, why isn't Simon talking?"
　　"He never stops talking," Richard said worriedly.
　　Everyone started talking at once. They were excited, worried, and surprised.
　　Simon sat in class, bored. He watched them talk to each other as if the teacher wasn't there, but he couldn't even do that. In math class he could hold up fingers if the answer was less than 10, but that wasn't fun. He decided to try to pay attention.
　　He could do his homework that night. It gave him TV and game time with his work all done.
　　The next day, even though his voice was coming back, he stayed quiet again. The third day, he could talk fine, but he listened and raised his hand to speak.
　　What a difference that one day made!

3．　　Cait, 11, was trying to fall asleep when her 8-year-old brother, Doug, came into her room. He looked around, but seemed really out of it. Then Doug went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the light. This was really strange. Cait didn't know what to do. Just then, Cait's father appeared and explained Doug was sleepwalking.
　　Not all sleep is the same every night. We experience some deep, quiet sleep and some active sleep, which is when dreams happen. You might think sleepwalking would happen during active sleep, but a person isn't physically active during active sleep. It usually happens in the first few hours of sleep in the period called deep sleep.
　　The truth is that not all sleepwalkers walk. Some simply sit up or stand in bed or act like they're awake when, in fact, they're asleep! Most, however, do get up and walk around for a few seconds or for as long as half an hour.
　　Sleepwalkers' eyes are open, but they don't see the same way they do when they're awake. They tend to go back to bed on their own and won't remember it in the morning.
　　You also might have heard that sleepwalkers can get frightened if you wake them up. That's true, so what do you do if you see someone sleepwalking? You should call for a grown-up who can lead the person back to bed. And once the sleepwalker is tucked back in bed, it's time for you to get some sleep, too!

4．　　My mother is cool — much cooler than most people. I give her full credit for making me the person who I am today. To thank her, I'd like to share some of the things she taught me.
(1)      
　　No matter how hard things got, my mom could always joke about them. It has taught me things are never, ever, end-of-the-world kind of bad. I'm sure this has made me a more relaxed person.
(2)      
　　My mother made her own clothes she felt like wearing. Soon enough, people asked her to make clothes, and it turned into a full-time business. That shows me how you can set up your own business by expressing yourself truthfully.
(3)      　　　　 　　 As a creative, my mother always encouraged us to do imaginative things for enjoyment and discouraged TV. We dressed up in costumes, drew pictures, and sang at the top of our lungs. Today, I am a very fun person to be with.
(4)      
　　My mom has always pushed me towards becoming independent. Not for her good, but for mine. I made my own decisions without her trying to manage me. Because of this, I grow up to be completely independent.
(5)      
　　Growing up, I've made my fair share of mistakes. Instead of saying "I told you so", my mom always let me work things out myself. She was also there to help me pick up the pieces, if I ever needed help.
　　For all that you've done and everything that you are — thank you, mom!

5．　　A man had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down. He (1)       warm milk. It would not come down.
　　The tree was not (2)       enough to climb, so the man decided that if he tied a rope to his (3)       and pulled it until the tree bent down, he could then (4)       and get the kitten.
　　That's what he did, all the while checking his progress in the car. He then thought if he went just a little bit (5)      , the tree would be bent low enough for him to reach the kitten. But as he moved the car a little further forward, the rope broke.
　　The tree went "boing!" and the kitten was nowhere to be found.
　　The man felt (6)      . He asked people he met if they'd (7)       a little kitten. No. Nobody had.
　　A few (8)       later he met a neighbor at the store. He happened to look into her shopping basket and was (9)       to see cat food.
　　This woman was a cat (10)       and everyone knew it, so he asked her, "(11)       are you buying cat food?" She replied, "You won't believe this," and then told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat , (12)       she kept refusing. Then a few days before, the child had begged again, so the Mom finally (13)       her little girl, "Well, I′ll let you keep a cat if it falls from the (14)      ."
　　She told the man, "I watched my child go out in the yard, and look straight into the sky. And really, (15)       won't believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes. A kitten suddenly came flying through the air, and landed right in front of her."

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　　Friendship and kindness go hand in hand. A friendship can (1)             forever when friends are kind to each other.
　　People (2)             become friends because they have something in common. They share many of the same (3)             and like to be together. It is easy to be a friend when everything is going great, but a true friend is one who sticks around in both the (4)              times and the bad. A good friend will cheer you up when you are (5)             a bad day. Show a friend you care. Ask the other person, "What can I do to help you?" and be willing to do it.
　　Listen to your friends. Be honest. Tell (6)             what is wrong if they have hurt you. Send a card, give them a little (7)             , or call them on the phone just to say "I value our friendship". (8)             whenever and wherever you can. Good friendships are not easy to develop, but a friendship can last forever (9)             you are loyal and sincere. If you are a friend to (10)             , they will usually be a friend to you. Friends make life better.

7．　　One day, I was reading my favorite magazine. My little girl (1)             playing around me, which made my reading impossible. To get some peace, I tried a trick (2)             keep her busy for a little while. I took a page out from my magazine with a printed map on it. I cut the map into pieces and handed them over to her, asking her to put those pieces together and make (3)             complete map again.
　　But within several minutes, she was standing (4)             front of me with a perfect map in her little hands. Surprised, I asked her how she did it so quickly and easily.
　　She smiled and said, "Oh, Dad, (5)             is a man's face on the other side of the map. I just tried to make his face completely."
　　Then she turned and ran outside to play, leaving me eyes wide and mouth open.

8．A: Hi! My name's Carl. Nice to meet you.
B: Nice to meet you, too. My name is Francisco.
A: Wait, wait, please. (1)      ?
B: Francisco. All my friends and family back in Peru call me Pancho.
A: Okay, Pancho. (2)      .
B: Well, I have three brothers and two sisters.
A: Wow. (3)      . So are you the oldest, Pancho?
B: No. I'm the second oldest in my family.
A: So, what do your parents do?
B: (4)      . It's a hard job, but he works hard to support the family.
A: How about your mother?
B: She helps run a small family store with some of my brothers and sisters.
A: (5)      ?
B: We mainly sell food, like bread, eggs, soft drinks, rice, sugar, and cookies. Things that people buy everyday.

9．爱思考的人善于提出问题，而提出问题有助于解决我们生活或学习中的困惑。请以 "A question I asked" 为题，并根据要点和要求，用英语写一篇短文。
1.要点: 1)你提出的问题是什么；
2)你为什么会提出这个问题；
3)你提出的问题有什么结果。
2. 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。
A question I asked
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