The high school years are a key period. The things we learn during this time really shape our lives. Liu Changrning, principal of Beijing No. 4 High School made 18 suggestions for students just starting high school on how to get the best out of high school. Here are ten of them.
1) Read 50 books. But choose them from ten different fields.
2) Help a person. Look for a classmate, an elderly person, in fact anyone who could benefit (获益) from your help. You'll find you benefit too!
3) Research. Research a particular area, such as science, history or art.
4) Make a foreign friend. Try to be friend someone from a foreign country. It's an ideal way to learn about a foreign country.
5) Publish (出版) an article. Whether it appears in a newspaper, your school magazine or in your own blog, an article will be something to look back on in pride in later years.
6) Take up a new sport. Choose one you've never played before. If you find you like it, you'll have a hobby for life.
7) Join a club. Working hard in a club or other activities will give you a life outside of your studies.
8) Find a part-time job. Try and do the job for at least a month.
9) Find a person to learn from. Choose someone with unusual experience or special talent. Try to learn all you can from him or her.
10) Learn to cook four Chinese dishes. Learning how to cook is not only a practical skill but a way of building a bridge to other people.
【小题1】According to the passage, by making a foreign friend you can _______.

Complete the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，完成下列句子。每空格限

填一词)? (共14分)

1.Mike lent his new bike to his friend yesterday.? (改为否定句)

?? Mike ________? ________ his new bike to his friend yesterday.

2.The flats in that housing estate are rather expensive.? (改为感叹句)

?? ________? ________ the flats in that housing estate are!

3.We usually hold our school sports meeting in early November.? (对划线部分提问)

?? ________? ________ you usually hold your school sports meeting?

4.I hope you’ll have a good time during your stay in Hainan Island, Tim.? (保持句意基本不变)

?? I hope you’ll ________? ________ during your stay in Hainan Island, Tim.

5.How can I go to the nearest supermarket? Do you know?? (合并成一句)

?? Do you know how ________? ________ go to the nearest supermarket?

6.My father grows tomatoes in the field every year.? (改为被动语态)

?? Tomatoes ________? ________ in the field every year.

7.traveling, my, likes, us, weekends, with, son, at.?  (连词成句)?

?? ____________________________________________________.

October 1st, 2011

Dear Ann,

　　I hope that you and your children will be here in two weeks. My husband and I will  go to meet you at the train station. Our town is small but it is nice and beautiful. Your son Tom can go to the sports center every day. He can play games and go swimming there. Jill  is also lucky. My son has a cat and two sheep and I have two horses. She can play with them all day.

Please don't worry. I'm sure you’ll have a good time here.　See you soon.

Best wishes,

Linda

1.The letter was from ________________.

2.Ann and her children will go to Linda’s home on about______________.

3.Linda lives in ________________ .

4.Ann and her children are going to Linda’s home _____________.

5.From the letter we know that Tom loves        and Jill loves          .

Are you the only child in tile family? If so, you are the most important in your family. Parents are the closest people to you in the world. But a lot of middle school students have a problem. They feel they're not as close to their parents as before. (1) They even think their parents are unfair to them.

Some students complain that their parents say a lot to them, but never listen to them. Some say,

"(2)My parents don't allow me to play computer games, but other classmates are doing that". Others say, when they're making phone calls to friends, their parents like to ask if they're speaking to a boy or a girl. These make them very unhappy. Some students even decide to leave home. But they don't know running away may bring them some more problems. Show your parents you're growing up. Then they'll feel you're no longer a small child.

(3)If you follow the advice, you'll have a happy life and never think of running away.

1.根据（1）处完成下面的句子（每空一词）。

They even                         their parents are fair to them.

2.将（2）处改写句子（每空一词）。

       my classmates are playing computer games, my parents          me from doing that.

3.根据（3）处完成下面的句子（每空一词）

           you follow the advice, you             not have a happy life and think of running away.