“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him.
1. So we all need to have friends. For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.
There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. 2. It was later put into 28 languages.
Here is the list of advice from his book:
★ Be friendly and polite.
Always greet with a smile. Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please”, when you want to ask somebody. 3.
★ Go out of your way to be nice.
4. Making some soup for a sick neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.
★ Remember names.
They say that the sweetest music to a person’ ears is the sound of his or her own name.
★5.
Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.
A. Be open-minded.
B. Try to help your friends get out of trouble.
C. Without other people, life became empty and sad.
D. Find some time to do some things for other people.
E. It’s also important to keep close friends in our daily life.
F. Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.
G. This “How to” book about getting along with other people became a best seller.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Pinky: Hello, Ann! This is Pinky. 1. was your weekend?
Ann: Wonderful. We had a family dinner.
Pinky: Your whole family?
Ann: Yes, all of us. We went to our favorite restaurant, the Golden Crab.
Pinky: I 2. (not know) that was your favorite. It’s mine, too.
Ann: The food was good as usual, 3.we started dinner late. My brother Paul’s car broke 4.. He and Jennifer got there after nine. We were all feeling very 5. (hunger) by then.
Pinky: I thought his car was 6.new one. What was the trouble?
Ann: I don’t know. Paul says that new cars are not as good 7. old ones. He says their steering wheels are not so good.
Pinky: By the 8., Ann. Can you do me the favor to lend me your computer? My computer doesn’t work.
Ann: Sorry, Pinky, but I 9. (lend) it to Nancy. Why don’t you ask Emily? I’m sure she’ll lend you 10..
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
My dream school starts at 8: 30 a. m. and ends at 3:30 p. m. They are three lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We didn’t need to do so many homework. Therefore, we have more time with afterschool activities. For example, we can do reading for one and a half hour and play sports for one hour every day.
My dream school look like a big garden. There are all kinds of the flowers and trees around the classroom buildings. We can lie on the grass for a rest, or sat by the lake listening music. The teachers here are kind and helpfully. They are not only our teachers but also our friends.
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假设你是李华，你的美国朋友James由于不爱运动、吃垃圾食品上瘾等原因陷入了肥胖的困扰中，非常苦恼，请你通过电子邮件给他提一些建议和意见，帮助他减肥。
注意:
1.词数:100左右（开头和结尾已给出但不计入总词数）
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear James,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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The world's first-known nursery for baby giant manta rays(蝠鲼) has been discovered hidden away in the Gulf of Mexico, the place of 70 miles off the coast of Texas, after studying decades of giant manta ray data from the area by the scientists.
Where the baby manta rays grow up has long troubled scientists, as they are rarely spotted in the four to five years it takes them to become adults, when they can often grow to more than 20ft wide.
In the study Mr Stewart and colleagues describe a reef (暗礁)---filled with mantas of all ages---where the sea floor runs down into deeper water. He said "We think they may be feeding on specific types of zooplankton(浮游生物) there, then migrating up toward the surface, where we saw them. They might be hanging around the banks because it could be a little safer than open water. We’ve seen them so rarely that we know very little about these baby manta rays. We don‘t know how far they move, or exactly what they feed on, or all of the habitats these access.”
Giant manta rays are listed as species dying out by protectors, although actual population numbers of the mysterious "gentle giant" are hard to calculate. Sightings of the closely-related reef manta, however, have dropped by 90 percent in regions of southeast Asia in the past decade, according to a study.
Fishing is considered the biggest threat to giant manta numbers, both intentional and accidental. Their gill plates(腮下肉)- the parts through which they filter(过滤) their food from seawater-are sold in China for medical purposes, while they often end up as something caught by mistake due to their huge wings.
1.Where do the baby manta rays probably grow up according to the study?
A. In the deep water area.
B. On the surface of the sea water.
C. Around the banks of channel.
D. In the reef of the Gulf of Mexico.
2.What can we learn from Paragraph3?
A. Manta rays can be seen on the sea surface.
B. Manta rays prefer the open water to the banks.
C. The scientists have known much about manta rays.
D. Manta rays are fond of eating on the sea surface.
3.What is the main reason for the decrease of giant manta rays?
A. The habitat environment becomes worse.
B. They are overfished by people
C. They are not very difficult to catch.
D. People can see the reef manta much less than before.
4.What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?
A. Summarize the previous paragraphs.
B. Warn people of their wrong behaviors.
C. Introduce some knowledge of the fish.
D. Give examples to support his point.
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