A man walked in the desert（沙漠）for two days. He ______ a sand storm during the trip. After the sand storm, he lost the sense of ______. While he was unable to hold on, he suddenly found a small old house. He pulled his ______ body into the house. There was only some wood inside. He walked to the corner hopelessly, but suddenly ______ a water pump.

Excitedly, he went to draw water（抽水）, ______ he couldn’t pump water no matter how hard he tried. He sat on the ground ______. Just at that time, he saw a small bottle with a cork（瓶塞）. There was a yellow ______ posted on the bottle, which read, “You must put the water into the pump before you can draw water! Don’t ______, before you leave, refill it with water!” He pulled the cork and found the bottle was really filled with water! He could hardly believe his ______.

At this moment, he thought, “If I only think about myself, as long as I drink the water in the bottle, I can be ______ to go out of this desert! If I do as the note told to put the only water into the pump and the water can’t come back, I will be ______ to death. Will I take the risk or not?”

Finally, he made a ______ to do what the note told him and began to draw water with his shaking hands. Sure enough, the water really ______!

After he drank enough water, he filled the bottle with water. He enveloped（封住）it with the cork and ______ his words after the note, “Believe me, it’s really ______. You should learn to pay before you get it!”

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My name is Mary White. I have five children, so our house is always noisy. Luckily, I love gardening and my garden helps me relax.

For a long time, I guarded the garden of peace and quiet. When the children followed me into the garden, I would expect them to be out of sight (视野). And I would hand out tasks.

“Here: you water the tomatoes, you dig the hole, and …” Soon they would be tired, and they would leave me to myself.

But during a recent spring, while I was working in the garden, my 13-year-old son, Josiah noticed me. He picked up a tool and began helping. Working as a team, we finished the job soon. I appreciated Josiah and kissed him, realizing that I’d enjoyed working with him.

One day, when I was picking the peas (豌豆) and having a taste alone, Abby saw me and ran over. I put several peas into her mouth. She just loved how tasty they were.

“Mum, I want the others to try them too.”

Suddenly, I realized I had been wrong for long. I’d tried to keep the happiness of gardening to myself, and here was a child who couldn’t wait to share with others. “Sure, dear, let’s pick some. We’ll make a wonderful meal.”

From then on, I enjoyed all of the garden’s beauties with the children. We brought the vegetables back home, preparing and cooking together, because we knew that everything was better when shared.

Would you try food made of rubbish? When world leaders got together at the UN for a meeting on climate(气候) change, they had a special lunch. The food was made from something that most of us would throw away. There was a salad made of vegetable scraps(剩菜叶). The leaders also had hamburgers made of fruit left over from juicing.

The UN said this reminded people about food waste and the bad influence it has on climate change. “Food waste is not often noticed in climate change, and that is shameful when so many people are in hunger.” said a government secretary.

Most people don’t even realize how much food they throw away every day. Sometimes they cook too much or they don’t use it in time. Every year more than one-third of all food produced worldwide goes to waste, according to the UN. Stop the waste, and the whole world could save $300 billion from wasted food. More importantly, it could also do less harm to the environment.

Think about a bag of cheese(奶酪). Before we buy it at the store, people have to raise the cows, deal with the milk, and drive to the shop to sell the cheese. If you throw the cheese away, you have wasted energy, fuel(燃料) and water, which give out greenhouse gases that add to global warming.

The UN said if we stop throwing good food away, we could cut down up to 17 million tons of CO₂. The good of that would be the same as taking one in every four cars off the road.

Table Tennis Club matches

It is believed that the earliest chopsticks were developed over 5,000 years ago in China. In the Spring and Autumn Period, metal(金属) chopsticks appeared. Today
43． (us) have chopsticks made of different materials(材料).

In ancient times, the rich
44． (usual) used hard green stone or gold chopsticks for showing their wealth. It was said that silver chopsticks would turn black if they touched poisoned(有毒的) food (but we know it was wrong today), so in history many kings used them
45． (see) whether the food was bad for them or not.

In China, chopsticks
46． (give) to a daughter when she marries to hope that they will have a child very soon, because the word in Chinese is pronounced like “quick child”. People often believe chopsticks mean good luck. So on the
47． (one) day of a new year, many families will put new chopsticks on the table at dinner, wishing good luck.

It’s believed that using chopsticks at dinner is very
48． (help) to make your fingers do everything freely. It can improve memory, too. Now many westerners put the knives and forks beside their
49． (bowl) and dishes but choose chopsticks in China.

There were many famous explorers（探险家）in ancient China. Let’s have a look.

Xu Fu

Xu Fu was an explorer during the Qin Dynasty. Emperor Qin Shihuang asked（A）________ to look for the medicine that could make a person live for ever. Xu Fu went on two trips. In his second trip, he took more people with different skills to go with him. Finally, they arrived on a big island. They taught the people there many skills, for example, to（B）grow rice.

Zhang Qian

Zhang Qian was a Chinese explorer in the Han Dynasty and he was also a pioneer in setting up the Silk Road. The emperor sent Zhang Qian to explore and open routes（路线）to the outside world. （C）他去了许多国家. His journeys were difficult. After he came back, he made useful reports（D）on the people and cultures there.

Zheng He

Zheng He was a famous Chinese explorer in the Ming Dynasty. （E）He was also an officer of the Yongle Emperor. He took seven great voyages（航行）. He built a group of ships,（F）________ biggest in the world at that time. The ships were known as treasure ships. His travels were so important that they are still studied today.

Thank you for coming today to attend the graduation ceremony（毕业典礼）.

To start with, I’d like to congratulate all the students who are here today. I’m proud（A）________ you. I remember meeting you when you were just starting Grade 7 at this school. You were so full of energy and wanted to learn more. But today you’ve become polite and creative students. ①

Although you've worked very hard over the last three years, none of you did it alone. I hope that you’ll remember the important people in your lives who helped and supported you—your parents, your teachers and your friends. （B）他们都爱你们.

②Lastly, the end of junior high school（初中）is the beginning of a new life. I don’t need to tell you that life in senior high school（高中）will be harder. You’ll make mistakes along the way,（C）but the key is to have a lesson from your mistakes and never give up. Along with difficulties, there will also be many exciting things waiting for you. And you have the ability to make your own choices.③ I hope that in a few years’ time, you’ll come back to visit our school. As you set out on your new journey, you should always remember（D）________ you came from. The future is yours.

Good luck and hope to see you again sometime soon!

I’m writing this letter to express my thanks to you. You helped me a lot when I was
60． . My parents had to work all day, so I felt lonely while in hospital. Before
61． , I was feeling very low. When you came, everything changed. We
62． together. When I said that I needed some photos of the park near my home, you offered to bring them to me on your next visit. You were   
63． . I was able to make a nice painting of the park. I have taken a photo of my painting, and sent it to you with this letter. You really helped me during my illness. You
64．, and made me feel loved. Thank you so much!

Yours,

Cindy

榜样是我们学习的楷模、努力的方向。学校英语社团开展以“介绍我心中的榜样”为主题的社团活动。假如你是李华，请你写一封英文发言稿来介绍你心中的榜样——李想。

I am Li Hua. Today I would like to introduce Li Xiang, a model student in my mind.

Thanks for your listening!