— Mrs. Liu, can I pass the final exam if I start working hard from now on?

— Of course. __________.

A. Better late than never

B. Practice makes perfect

C. Actions speak louder than words

D. Many hands make light work

A reader wrote to say that she was feeling left out at break because her best friend wasn’t around. Here’s our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes.

It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because she moved to a different school or a different class. You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime. You want to have new friends, but how do you make them? Maybe it seems that everybody else already has their friends. But remember, there’s always room for more friends.

Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to play with at break. Look for chances to say hi to them, smile, and be friendly. Offer to share something or express your appreciation(欣赏)to them. Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom. When you’re at break, walk over to kids you want to play with and say “Hi, can I play, too?” or just join in.

If you find it difficult to do this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. Be kind, be friendly, share, say nice things, offer to help—and pretty soon, you’ll have one, or two, or even more new friends.

You might still miss that special best friend. But when you see each other, you can share something you didn’t have before she left: You can introduce her to your new friends!

1. This text is written for ____________.

A. teachers B. parents

C. students D. visitors

2. The expression “feeling left out” means “ ____________” in Chinese.

A. 受冷落 B. 被调侃 C. 挨批评 D. 遭攻击

3. Some kids need help from teachers to make friends because ____________.

A. they miss their old friends a lot

B. they have no time to stay with others

C. teachers know who wants a new friend

D. they are shy or not good at making friends

Weekday mornings are very busy for US middle school students. When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk, you need a carpool (拼车). A carpool is a group of people sharing the responsibility (责任) of driving to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns to drive the kids in their cars.

Someone’s car smells like wet dogs. Some kids get to eat desserts (甜点) for breakfast and some parents shout so much that all you try to do is to stay quiet and go unnoticed. When your mom or dad drives the carpool, your classmates get a close-up look at how strange your parents can be. It might be your first sociological (社会学) study and your first time to work with others.

Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late. It’s a great lesson in responsibility. Imagine (想象) sitting in the car outside of a classmate’s house, watching the clock and counting the seconds. Then you start to understand how your carpool friends might feel when you are still inside the house at 7:48. You really begin to learn all your real life lessons just moments before the start of school—in the carpool.

1.What is a carpool?

A. Parents take turns to drive their kids to school.

B. Parents drive kids to schools on their way to work.

C. Kids go to school in their parents’ cars.

D. Kids drive their own cars to school.

2.What can students learn from a carpool?

A. How to drive a car.

B. How to get along with others.

C. What to do with parents.

D. Real teamwork.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. If kids live far away from school, they are always late for school.

B. US children enjoy carpooling better than taking a school bus.

C. Kids can learn real life lessons in a carpool.

D. Kids often have enough time to study in a carpool.

词汇运用

(A) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

(B) 根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

1.Shenzhen used to be a little fish village __________ (在…对面) Hong Kong, but now it has turned into a modern city.

2.Jimmy felt __________ (自豪) than anyone else because he was recommended as “the Most Helpful Student” in our school.

3.I know I can __________ (获得) success if I keep on trying.

4.The mistake is __________ (同样的) to the one that you made in yesterday’s homework.

5.After reading the touching story, I know I should spend my money __________ (wise).

6.The result of the writing competition is still under __________ (discuss).

7.A Chinese __________ (medicine) team was sent to Nepal soon after the terrible earthquake happened.

8.All the children are often __________ (warn) not to swim alone in the river.

书面表达

“五一”小长假，你们全家去锡惠公园游玩。请你根据以下要点提示，用英语写一篇短文参加以“How to Behave Politely”为主题的征文比赛，并适当加以评论。要点提示：

注意：1. 征文须包括所给内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

2. 第5点须用2～3句话展开合理想象，做适当发挥；

3. 词数80个左右，短文标题和开头已在答题卷上给出，不计入总词数。

Miss Fang is ______ English teacher. is a good teacher.

A. our, Her B. my, He

C. a, She D. an, She

—Is Millie happy at school every day ?

—_____ . She likes her school very much.

A. Yes , she is B. No , she isn’t

C. No , she doesn’t D. Yes , she does

—_______ is your farther? — He’s fine

A. How old B. How C. What D. Who

— ______? — It’s 9:00.

A. What’s your name B. What time is it

C. What day is it D. What do you have

—Tom, it’s 10.00 p.m. now. It’s time for bed. —OK. ___________.Mum.

A. Good night B. Good evening

C. Good morning D. Good afternoon.