Choose the best response from A to G in the box to complete the dialogue. Each choice should be used only once.

Tom: Excuse me. I'm from our school newspaper. My classmates and I would like to interview some students. Can I ask you a few personal questions?

Emily: Um …

Tom: 1.__ _________. They're not too difficult!

Emily: OK. What would you like to know?

Tom: Well, what does it feel like to be at school in China?

Emily: It's great! 2.___.But people here are friendly, so 1 am never alone any more!

Tom: What do you think is the most difficult thing for a foreigner living in China?

Emily: 3. ________. I'm learning it now, but it's going to take a long time.

Tom: 4.__ _____________

Emily: My parents. But they’re coming over to visit me in a few months.

Tom: OK! Thank you!

Emily: 5._ ____________.

This is my school. There are many trees and flowers in it. It’s very beautiful. The teaching building is big and tall. There is a big playground in our school. After 4:30 in the afternoon, many students come to the playground to play football and some students play table tennis in the table tennis room. There are 1,200 students and 25 classes in our school. The students all like to study. The teachers in our school are very good. They help the students to study and the students like them, too.
【小题1】The school looks _____.

There are many ways for us to reduce (减少) waste. For example, we can reuse paper and plastic bags. We can also recycle newspapers, glass, and cans (易拉罐)      1    new things. Here are some useful      2     to reduce waste.
Write on both sides of paper
Many people write on only one side of their paper. Why not try using both sides? Some students only use half the pages of their      3    before getting new ones. Try to use up all the paper. People often give cards on birthdays or festivals. How about trying to     4      e-cards (电子贺卡) instead?
Don’t throw away your old batteries (电池)
Maybe you do not know that old batteries make the soil      5     . This is because they have poisonous (有毒的) parts in      6     . So, don’t throw away batteries.     7    them together. Try to use rechargeable (充电的) batteries for your games and CD players.
Give     8    all your unwanted clothes
There are many poor families in China. You may ask your mother to keep your unwanted clothes. Then you can pass them on to those poor children. You will feel happy that you are      9    someone else. Also, you can see       10    your friends or relatives (亲戚) want them before throwing them away.

The bell for class rang. All the students took out their  1  , waiting for the teacher. Our Chinese teacher, Miss Liu, had told us before that we were going to write a composition 2  class.

A minute passed, and another,   3  the teacher didn't appear. We began to wonder what the matter with her was. Was she ill? Or had she forgotten about the class?    4  could tell. Soon some students began to study other subjects, some students began to talk and even made  5  .

About ten minutes later, the door opened and Miss Liu   6  came in, smiling. She didn't say sorry to the class. We felt   7  angry. The teacher often told us never to be late for class and said it was   8  manners to be late. She also said that if we were late, we should make an apology (道歉)   9  at once or after class. But now she was late and had kept the whole class waiting for such a long time and didn't even tell us the reason. It was unfair. At this moment, Miss Liu picked up a piece of chalk(粉笔) and     10     "Teacher IsLate" on the blackboard and said that was the topic of our composition today. All of us smiled and understood what the teacher meant.

My problems started after I went to a boarding（寄宿） school.I was only 14，and at first I missed my family a lot.I often called them and cried on the phone.But after two weeks，I found I enjoyed being with my classmates at school. I had many friends who were boys.I thought of them as my best friends-but only friends.I never guessed my friendships with boys would become a problem.

Then，three months later，my friends told me that some teachers and girls said I was hanging out with boys all day long in order to get attention from them.Seven months after that，the head teacher Mr.Wang asked the class to choose some students to join the Student Union（学生会）.I thought I could win for I was doing well in school.I’d already won prizes for the best math and English exams.A week later，the list came out and it didn’t include me.I was sad.

Mr.Wang came to me and said，“Don’t be sad.I know you’re excellent! Maybe you are a little distant（疏远的）from the girls in our class.They don’t know much about you，so some of them didn’t choose you.It doesn’t matter.Do your best to get along well with everyone and I think you’ll make it next time.”

1.What was the writer’s problem when she first entered the boarding school?

A．She didn’t like her new school.

B．She didn’t get along well with her classmates.

C．She missed her family very much.

D．She didn’t like her new teacher.

2.Why did the writer fail to join the Student Union?

A．Her teachers didn’t like her.

B．She was a poor student.

C．Some girls didn’t choose her.

D．She likes showing off herself.

3.Which of the following is NOT true，according to the passage?

A．The writer won prizes for the best science and English exams.

B．The writer didn’t realize that her friendships with boys would cause problems.

C．The writer was sad because she failed to join the Student Union.

D．The teacher thought she was an excellent student.