浙江省丽水市2018-2019学年八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（含听力音频）

    Tommy is a shy boy. He 1 in a small village for fifteen years. His father, Mr. Black, was a rich farmer. He 2  a house here in our town several months ago. His family moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had3 friends here. At first, he often had no one to play with.

    His neighbor Lily is a 4 girl. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. Tommy likes to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they are good5. One afternoon, Lily said to Tommy, "It'll be my6birthday tomorrow. I'll have a birthday party.  Would you like to7 ?"

    "Sure. I'd glad to," the boy answered happily.

    Tommy got home and kept thinking of a gift he could give Lily. He was 8 that he forgot to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn't call her 9  he didn't know her telephone number.    At that time, Mrs. Black came and asked, "What's wrong, dear?"

    "What would you like when it was your sixteen birthday, mummy?" "10," the woman said, "I just hope I were sixteen."

    Do you have true friends? Do you want to know better between you and your friends? There are three different kinds of friends: "pest friends", "guest friends", and "best friends".

    The first kind of friend is simply acquaintances （熟人）, and all you usually know about them is their names. You may meet this kind of friend at school, at work, or on the bus, but you don't miss them when they're not around. When this kind of friend does something bad, you don't tell them. That is why they are called "pest friends".

    The second kind of friend could also be called "social partners". They are closer than acquaintances, but not as close as true friends. You know their names, a little of what they like or dislike, and a little of their family histories; you usually have a few things in common, but you don't talk about anything deep（深）, such as your wishes or fears（害怕）, and they don't open up to you how they really feel.

    The last kind of friend, the "best friend", is the one you know the deepest. You're like family, and know everything about each other. You have no problem staying at each other's houses, and you share your deepest feelings and thoughts. They will correct you when you're wrong, and  though they may not be perfect（完美的）, they at least will always care about you, and never do anything on purpose（故意地）to hurt you.

    We all have our pest, guest, and best friends. We should value（ 重 视 ）all friendships and remember, all best friends start out as just acquaintances.