河南省安阳市洹北高级中学校2020-2021学年高二下学期英语5月月考

                   How to make friends at a new school

    Starting with a new school can be difficult. Everything seems to be different, and you don't even know where to go for your own classes.However, if you use these skills, you can quickly turn some of those strangers into friends.

Be yourself.

    If some people don't accept you, they're not the kind of friends you need. People often stay together because they have similar interests. For example, someone who does a lot of sport may make friends with those who also run or swim a lot. 

    Remember to be nice to the people you meet at your new school. If you think that you will say something that may make them feel sad, do not say anything and just nod your head if they talk to you. Also, remember to be as helpful as possible!

Believe in yourself.

    A smile goes a long way. When you walk in the halls, don't keep your eyes on the floor. Raise your head and make eye contact (目光接触) with other people.Introduce yourself. Tell them your name and where you're from.

Remember people's names.

    You like it when people use your name, and so do other people.Besides, ask them in a kind way if they have a nickname (昵称). You'd be surprised how often this might come in handy.

A. Be friendly to others.

B. Making new friends can be hard, too.

C. Join after-school activities you like.

D. Never change who you are to try and fit in.

E. If you see someone you know, smile or say “Hi”.

F. People may become angry if you just begin by saying “Hey” each time.

G. Don't sit at the back of the classroom where other people don't notice you!

"Fire! Fire!" What terrible words to hear when I1 in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, 2house — the sort that burns easily — and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, 3the door and stepped out into the passage. It was full of4

I began to5, but as I was still only half awake,6 going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I found it hard to 7. The floor became8under my feet. I ran into another room and tried to reach the9 for fresh air. Suddenly, one of my feet got caught in something 10 and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a package of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my 11from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor 12 under me and I fell through to the floor below with pieces of 13 wood all around me.

14, there was a doorway in front, so I put the package over my face and ran. My feet were terribly burned, but I15. As I reached the cold air outside, my package of clothes gave a 16. I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I saw there were many people in the street. A woman screamed (尖叫) as she saw me and came running17.

"My baby! My baby!" she cried. Those people cheered loudly18 she took the smoke-blackened package out of my arms. I almost 19to see who she was — my boss's wife. I had 20 her baby, and become a hero!

Dear Jorge,

Are you enjoying your break from school? My family are now in Sacramento, California. We are here paying a visit to my aunt Gloria. We have been to the California State Capitol Building, the nature center, and the zoo. I have seen many interesting things, but one stands out above the rest. This morning we drove from my aunt's home to Calistoga to see California's Old Faithful Geyser (老忠实泉). I had read about it in my book, Sightseeing in California: Where You Should Go. You have probably heard of Old Faithful, the geyser farther north in Yellowstone National Park. This California geyser is sometimes called "Little Old Faithful."

When we arrived California's Old Faithful was only a calm pool of water. The geyser didn't look very deep. "What's the big deal?" I wondered. As I turned, I saw some steam (蒸气) rising from the water. Before I knew it, there was hot water shooting (射) up about 60 feet into the air. We could not believe our eyes! It continued for almost three minutes.

Aunt Gloria told me that the water came from an underground river. She also said that the water temperature was about 95℃. This water can sometimes shoot 170 feet into the air.

My aunt said that other geysers around the world reach hotter temperatures and shoot water even higher than California's Old Faithful Geyser. I'd love to learn more about this geyser and other geysers in different countries when I get home. I'll see you soon!

Your friend,

Bennetto

The last few days before Christmas passed quickly and it was soon Christmas Eve. That night when everyone went to bed, Bunny couldn't sleep. He still couldn't think of what he wanted his Christmas gift to be. He wondered how Father Christmas would know what to bring him if he didn't know himself.

As he was sitting up in bed, Bunny heard a big noise on the roof (屋顶) and a sound downstairs. It was Father Christmas, he realized. Bunny jumped out of bed and raced down the hall to the stairs hoping to have a look at the old man with his own eyes.

By the time Bunny reached the bottom of the stairs, though, everything was again silent. Beautiful gifts were piled (堆积) under the Christmas tree, but Father Christmas was gone. He looked for him for a few minutes, but it was already too late. Bunny turned to climb back upstairs when he heard a cry.

"Hello," said Bunny. "Is somebody there?"

He was answered by another cry. Bunny looked around the big pile of gifts to see what was making the noise. Right under the tree was a funny looking brown animal with big feet and sad eyes. Bunny might have mistaken it for a dog, if it hadn't been for the antlers (鹿角) on its head.

"Are you a reindeer (驯鹿)?" asked Bunny.

"Yes," replied the animal, "my name is Ralph."

"And you were pulling Father Christmas' sled (雪橇)?"

"I was until I got airsick," replied Ralph, "I'm afraid I wasn't cut out for the job. Now I'm stuck here and I don't know how to get back to the North Pole."

"Well, if you like, you can stay with us as a friend," said Bunny. As he made the offer, Bunny suddenly realized the gift he wanted from Father Christmas was a new friend!

That woman carried a new blanket (毛毯) over her arm. Wordlessly, she gave it to me.

"Is it finished?" I asked.

She shook her head. "No. It is ready," she replied. I handed her the money and took the blanket.

"It is beautiful, so skillfully woven (编织)," I said to my mother. "But what did she mean when she said it was not finished? How can it be ready if it is not finished?"

"I will tell you later," my mother said, "but first I will take you to the Navajo village."

We went down to the village. A group of young men were making sand pictures. We walked through the whole village, watching the different things the people were doing.

It was not until that evening that my mother finally explained the Navajo woman's words.

"Did you notice anything about the things the people were making?" my mother asked.

"What should I have noticed?" I looked at her and asked.

"Each thing the Navajo make has one small part that is not complete. The designs in their sand pictures are often not perfectly done, for example — the line of a circle may not quite close. If you look carefully at your blanket, you will probably find a stitch (一针) missing."

I took the blanket off, but it looked as perfect as any design could be. Then suddenly, I noticed that sure enough a stitch was missing!

"But why do the Navajo intentionally leave some tiny part unfinished?" I asked.

"They believe that when anything is completed or finished, it means the end has come — it will not be perfect until then. Then too, with a circle, they believe that they must leave a pathway for the bad spirits to run away and the good spirits to come in. So, often, they do not make the line close."

Students from Oceanside High School in Rockland will be able to sleep in a little longer from this autumn.

Regional School Unit 13 Superintendent (负责人) Lew Collins said during the school's Thursday night meeting that the schedule (时间表) for the schools will be changed. Oceanside East and West will start a half hour later, at 8 a.m. for their new school year.

Research has shown that teenagers' brains are often not fully awake at 6:30 a.m. Collins said the schedule, which is used to get students to school for classes that begin at 7:30 a.m., calls for some to get on buses before 6 a.m. to get to school on time. Teachers are having meetings at 6:40 a.m., which is too early, he thinks.

Collins visited the high schools in Rockland and asked students when they would like classes to begin. Most of them said 8:00 a.m. "I was surprised. I thought they would have said 9:00 or 10:00," he said.

The National Sleep Foundation says on its website that teenagers' biological clocks (生物钟) are designed to stay up later and get up later. The Foundation called for schools to change their schedules, which means a later start as well for elementary students (小学生).

We do not have enough buses to run, since all the high school and elementary school buses run almost at the same time, Collins said. He suggested, "We should buy six more buses and get six more drivers to keep the new schedule working."

Elementary school classes in Rockland now start at 8:30 a.m., but will be moved to 8:45 a.m., starting in the autumn. "I know this is a problem for working parents, but we will see what we can come up with," said Jane Brown, a teacher at Bardonia Elementary School. "Anyway, I believe if students get more sleep they'll be more ready to learn when classes start," she added.

Rock: I would like to be an international reporter in the future. How about you?

Kelly: I'd prefer to be a teacher after graduation as this was my (child) dream. Well, the international reporter sounds great too, though.

Rock: Yeah. It is important that people grasp is going on around the world. Being an international reporter would mean I can travel around the world and report worldwide hot news. I can get people all over the world to keep up the latest information.

Kelly: Travel around the world? Wonderful! But if you want to be an international reporter, (speak) fluent English is very necessary since English is the basic language used to communicate all over the world. You will need a good English teacher if you want to study English well.

Rock: I see, you said that you wanted to be English teacher, didn't you?

Kelly: Yes. I hope I can go back to my hometown and teach the children there. I come from a small village in the (northwest) China. It is very poor and there is no English teacher there. is difficult for the children there to learn English and know about the outside world of the village. I hope I can open the way to the world for the children there by my English teaching.

Rock: Wow, that is really, really a great dream. Let's study hard (constant) to make our dreams (come) true as soon as possible.

Kelly: Yeah, I believe our hard work will pay sooner or later.

Music is in the corners of everyday life. It is said to be beneficial to us both(physical) and mentally.

There are many ways to make music. For example, if you blow into bamboos or shells, (permit) air to come in, they can produce pleasant music. A recent discovery suggests that music was played much earlier than we think. In 1995, deep in cave in Slovenia was occupied 45,000 years ago by Neanderthals, a leg hone of a hear with four finger holes was found. The discovery suggested that flutes(笛子)had come into (exist) at that time. Later, many other (tradition) musical instruments like drums were dug out from underground. Ancient people even  (seek) a way to make music out of a bow that (intend) for hunting, so we have to admit that they did have a great giftmusic. But if exactly dated, the Neanderthal flute is by far the (early) known example of music.

Now music can be found in every known culture, and even the most distant groups have a certain form of music.