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 True friends are hard to find. Often you thought you could believe in someone, b   1    later he or she may let you down (让你失望).

A true friend is someone who will always be there for you. Through good times or b   2    times, they will stand by your side. They will not l   3    you alone when things get difficult. They will accept you without trying to change you. A friend will b   4    new and exciting things into your life and make it richer.

True friends will keep your worst secrets as you will keep t   5   . They will be honest and you can always believe in them. If you talk to someone who you believe in, you don’t have to w   6    about what you may say. We can enjoy this freedom only with friends.

    Friendship is a two-way street. To find a true friend and keep the friendship b   7    you, you must do the same thing as well. Be there for your friends when they are in n   8    and share the good times with them. Offer them the same things they give to you. Friendship will break quickly if only one person is giving and p  9    effort into it.

   You will find that there is nothing more valuable t   10    having a true friend by your side to share life with, just as someone says, “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized (珍惜) than true friendship”.

―Must I report the situation of the new company to the manager now?

  ―No, you         . You are tired and you can do it after you have a good rest.

  A. mustn’t                              B. needn’t                           C. shouldn’t                        D. can’t

Students learn their lessons in class. They sit in the 1.c            listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the 2.o     way for students to learn? Of course not. There is another way to learn. That is students can teach themselves. For 3.e         , if you can’t remember something when you are doing your 4.h       , what will you do? You can look at your books to 5.f       the answer.

How to teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are6.i          in, or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. A clever student is usually 7.g        at asking questions. The third is to answer the questions yourself by 8.t         hard, by reading books, and sometimes by asking

9.o         people. These are the ways of teaching yourself. If you keep doing like these for a long time, you are 10.s       to make great  progress in your study.

What would you do if you found a snake in your house? Many people might be afraid or try to kill it. However, if you live in North Carolina in the USA, one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers.

The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes, even poisonous ones. Their newspaper advertisement says, “Snake Catchers： free snake removal(除去）一Please do not kill them — Call us. ”

The Snake Catchers, who started their service in 1998, don’t charge anything for helping people. “We do this as a hobby,” explained Fred Johnson, one of the Snake Catchers.

Because of their love of snakes, the Snake Catchers try to keep them alive. “One man asked us to kill a python(蟒蛇), so he could make a pair of boots from the skin. We refused, because we like snakes, and we don’t want to see them killed, ” said Fred.

Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets; some are given to the North Carolina State University. Most, including the poisonous snakes, are set free in the wild, usually in a national park.

Fred suggests that people should treat snakes with care. “Actually snakes are very shy and gentle creatures. They only attack if they are frightened. However, you have to know how to treat a snake properly!”

According to one happy family, the Snake Catchers are good. One day, the Greenwood family found a snake skin in the kitchen. They looked very carefully and saw a snake sleeping behind a cupboard. They thought about what to do. Then Steve Greenwood remembered the advertisement for the Snake Catchers. He called them.

“The Snake Catchers arrived within an hour and they finished the job quickly too,” said Steve Greenwood. “One of them went into the kitchen, found the snake and took it out alive. The Snake Catchers did a very good job.”

Last year, the Snake Catchers removed more than seventy snakes from houses in North Carolina.

1.The Snake Catchers catch snakes because ______.

2.When a man asked them to kill a python, the Snake Catchers ______.

3.The Snake Catchers set most of the snakes free ______.

4.According to Fred,  ______.

—Sorry, sir. I made a mistake again.

—_________. Practice more and you will do better.

A. Never mind                            B. I'm not sure

C. You're welcome                         D. Don't mention it