七、先通读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
$After the winter vacation, I had to move to a new city with my parents. On the first day of my new school, it was cold and 1. \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill}. I was walking alone slowly 2 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} worrying about something in my new school. It was early and there weren't many people on the road. 3 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill}, a girl who was riding a bike in the snow fell down. She was 4 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} hard to stand up but fell again. 5 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} thinking, I went over to help her quickly. She said thanks with a 6 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} and then rode away. Her smile warmed me a lot.$
$After I got to school, the teacher 7 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} me to the classroom and introduced me to the whole class. Then he asked me to 8 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} down beside a girl. I was so 9 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} that I didn't dare to look at her directly. Soon the English class started. The textbook was 10 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} from that in my old school. As I was 11 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} what to do, an English book appeared in front of me. "Let's 12 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} it," the girl beside me said. "Hi, I'm Carrie." I looked up at her. To 13 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} surprise, she was the girl I helped this morning. From 14 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} on, we became good friends.$
$After that, I learned that to help 15 \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} is actually to help ourselves!$
( ) 1. A. cloudy B. snowy C. sunny D. rainy ()
( ) 2. A. so B. or C. but D. and ()
( ) 3. A. Firstly B. Finally C. Suddenly D. Luckily ()
( ) 4. A. trying B. starting C. getting D. walking ()
( ) 5. A. From B. Without C. For D. About ()
( ) 6. A. joke B. smile C. shout D. cry ()
( ) 7. A. guided B. carried C. held D. ordered ()
( ) 8. A. fall B. lie C. sit D. turn ()
( ) 9. A. sad B. tired C. shy D. smart ()
( ) 10. A. easy B. difficult C. same D. different ()
( ) 11. A. talking B. writing C. thinking D. dreaming ()
( ) 12. A. share B. sing C. dance D. play ()
( ) 13. A. her B. my C. his D. your ()
( ) 14. A. today B. later C. now D. then ()
( ) 15. A. the others B. another C. the other D. others ()

1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. D
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. D
15. D

1. 根据下文“a girl who was riding a bike in the snow fell down.”可知当时在下雪。
2. “walking alone slowly”和“worrying about something”是并列关系，用and连接。
3. 路上人不多，突然一个骑自行车的女孩摔倒了，Suddenly符合语境。
4. try hard to do sth.努力做某事，是固定搭配。
5. without thinking不假思索，是固定短语。
6. 根据下文“Her smile warmed me a lot.”可知她微笑着表示感谢。
7. 老师引导“我”到教室，guided符合语境。
8. sit down坐下，是固定短语。
9. 根据“I didn't dare to look at her directly.”可知“我”很害羞。
10. 根据语境可知教科书和以前学校的不同，be different from与……不同。
11. 当“我”正在思考做什么时，thinking符合语境。
12. “我们”分享这本书，share符合语境。
13. to one's surprise令某人惊讶的是，这里是说令“我”惊讶的是。
14. from then on从那时起，是固定短语。
15. 帮助别人就是帮助我们自己，others其他人。

八、阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。
many stay opinion good friendship if quite win care similarity
$Should friends be similar or different? Some people think that friends should be similar, but other people think that friends should be different. What's your 1. about it?$
Well, let me tell you something about my best friend and me.
$My best friend is Lucy. We are 2. different from each other. I'm quieter and enjoy 3. \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} at home to read books. I work harder and I often get 4. \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} grades than she does. Lucy is more outgoing and enjoys going to parties. She has 5. \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} friends than me.$
$However, Lucy and I have some 6. . We both love music. We often go to the music club together at weekends. We are also interested in dancing. Last month, we took part in a dancing competition as a group and 7. \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} the first prize.$
$In fact, I don't really care 8. my friends are similar to or different from me. A true friend is always ready to help you when you are in trouble. Lucy always 9. \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} about me. When I'm sad, she listens to me and tries her best to encourage me. That's why I value our 10. \hbox to 8mm{\hrulefill} so much.$

1. opinion 2. quite 3. staying 4. better 5. more 6. similarities 7. won 8. if 9. cares 10. friendship

1. “What's your opinion...” 是常用表达，意为 “你的看法是什么”，所以填 opinion。
2. “be quite different from” 表示 “与…… 非常不同”，这里用 quite 修饰 different，故填 quite。
3. “enjoy doing sth.” 喜欢做某事，“stay at home” 待在家里，所以用 staying。
4. 由 “than” 可知用比较级，结合语境 “我学习更努力，成绩比她好”，good 的比较级是 better，填 better。
5. 由 “than” 可知用比较级，many 的比较级是 more，“她有更多的朋友”，填 more。
6. “have some similarities” 有一些相似之处，用 similarity 的复数形式 similarities。
7. “win the first prize” 获得一等奖，文章是一般过去时，win 的过去式是 won，填 won。
8. “whether...or...” 是固定搭配，意为 “是…… 还是……”，这里表示 “我真的不在乎我的朋友是和我相似还是不同”，填 whether 对应原文if（此处if意义为“是否”可以替换whether）。
9. “care about” 关心，主语 Lucy 是第三人称单数，一般现在时动词加 s，填 cares。
10. “value our friendship” 珍视我们的友谊，填 friendship。