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I have a neighbor we call “Happy”. I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh(苛刻的) word to anyone or about anyone.

Happy and her husband Ben, 70, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together working on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of their garden. As the cost of food climbed faster than Ben’s beans, we all wished we also had such a large garden. As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market, Happy could be seen picking beans in her back yard.

Last month, Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over for an “all-day food festival”. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didn’t know what was about to take place.

By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra(秋葵), and squash. By 10:00 am, there was lots of laughter. We shared a lot of stories. By five o’clock, everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty of the day, already packaged and frozen. What a delightful gift!

Well, the point wasn’t so much about the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another’s company. None of it would have happened if it had been for Happy and Ben’s garden. Now they have a blog about gardening in case we decided to plant a garden. And I am so proud of my tomato plants!

1．According to paragraph 2, people wished they also had a garden so that ________.

A．they could spend happy times together with their family in it

B．they could grow vegetables and sell at the market

C．they could invite their neighbors and hold parties in it

D．they didn’t have to spend so much money on food

2．Which of the following is the same as the underlined word “bounty”?

A．Present.

B．Kindness.

C．Laughter.

D．Happiness.

3．For what purpose did Happy and Ben invite the neighbors to their garden?

A．To ask them to attend a birthday party.

B．To help them get to know each other.

C．To let them enjoy what they grew in the garden.

D．To ask them to share some interesting stories.

4．We can infer that ____________.

A．Happy and her husband Ben don’t like spending time with others

B．Happy and her husband Ben sometimes quarrel with each other

C．Happy and her husband Ben are a generous and warm-hearted couple

D．Happy and her husband Ben live on the food they grow in their garden

Mountain Sports Center (Open Daily-9 A.M. to 9 P. M.) All activities and equipment(设备) in Mountains Sports Center are free on the opening day to the public. Come and enjoy: ◆2 Baseball Fields                                        ◆Walking/ Jogging Track ◆6 Soccer Fields                                             ◆Skateboard Park ◆4 Tennis Courts                                           ◆Gymnasium(健身房) ◆8 Basketball Courts Grand Opening Activities Healthy fun for the whole family ·First door prize: A kite. Second door prize: A skateboard. ·Free soccer classes for players ages 5 to 10 by Thunder coach Todd Barnett. Participants(参与者) will receive a tree Thunder T-shirt. ·Join the Mountain Summer Sports Leagues. Teams are forming for beginners(age 8—10); teens and adults. ·Make this your healthiest summer ever. See Mr. Jackson in the gymnasium for information on exercise and fitness classes.

1．We can probably read this passage in the ________ part of a newspaper.

A．sports

B．science

C．culture

D．book review

2．What’s the second door prize?

A．A bike.

B．A kite.

C．A baseball.

D．A skateboard.

3．__________will have the chance to get a free T-shirt.

A．Thunder

B．Mr.Jackson

C．The whole family

D．Kids aged 5-10

Sometimes he was a________from classes, and failed his examinations.

作家列夫·托尔斯泰曾说：“所谓人生，是一刻也不停地变化着。”在初中阶段，你都发生了什么变化？哪个变化对你影响最大？假设你们学校的英文校报正在进行主题征文活动，请你据以下提示，以“How I’ve Changed!”为题，写一篇英文短文投稿。

词数：80-100词。
提示：
1.What did you use to be like?
2.What was the most important change and how did it happen?
3.Why is it the most important change?

How I’ve Changed!

I have changed a lot in the past three years. I used to __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The most important change in middle school was __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

This is the most important change because __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

假设你是豪华,是你校英文报的一名编辑。本期你打算在你负责的专栏“Traditional Chinese Art”中介绍中国特色产品油纸伞(oil-paper umbrella)。请你根据以下提示和要求，以“The oil-paper umbrella”为题写一篇英语短文,把它介绍给读者。提示:       

	History	more than 1,000 years
	Place	Luzhou, Sichuan Province
	Material	cotton paper with tung oil (桐油); bamboo
	Process	half a month; by hand
	Use	protect people from the sun and the rain

The oil-paper umbrella

The oil-paper umbrella is a kind of traditional Chinese umbrella.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

As traditional Chinese art, paper cutting has a long history. The first and earliest paper cutting was found in Chins more than 1,500 years ago. But this traditional art is at risk of disappearing now. Luckily, Voyo Woo, a Chinese immigrant(移民) in America, is trying to bring this art back to life.

One Saturday in 2014, Ms. Woo held a paper cutting show at a shopping center near Washington. She got much fun and peace doing it. She hoped more people would enjoy it.

Ms. Woo began to study the art of paper cutting as a 14-year-old girl in her hometown in China. She said all the students at school had to learn paper cutting. But she had a deep love for it. So her teacher spent more time teaching her after class. Later, she won the second prize in a national painting and art competition. Ms. Woo went to America after she finished college in 2008. And then she was invited to show the art in many important activities.

From the art of paper cutting, people can know about Chinese cultural values, history and stories of people’s life. Chinese art is not only for Chinese, but also for people all over the world.

Complete the summary of the passage above with only one word for each blank.

Chinese paper cutting has a long history. People have had it for over 1,500 years. But now it is going to 1．. A Chinese immigrant is trying to bring this art back to life. She began to study the art of paper cutting at the 2． of 14. Her teacher spent more time teaching her 3． she loved it deeply. She went the America after she graduated from college in 2008. And then many people 4． her to show the art in many important activities. What she has done is to 5． Chinese traditional culture to the world.

You’re at your new school. It’s lunch time, but you don’t have anyone to sit with. You want to join someone at their table,______ you’re not sure if they’re friendly. What do you do? Natalie’s ______ of solving the problem was to create an app. She known what it feels like to be alone at a new school. She found it difficult to make new friends and had to ______ a new table at lunch every day. If she sat ______, she felt lonely. But if she asked to join someone and was ______, she felt embarrassed. She created a lunch-planning app to help students like ______ find people to have hunch with.

The app called Sir With Us is______. If a student is having lunch in the afternoon, he or she can create an invitation. Other students can open the app and ______that invitation. They can then use the app to decide when and where to ______. This allows students to make ______ online instead of face-to-face. This is the reason why it works so ______: it lowers the risk of being refused, and the embarrassment that goes along with it.

Natalie is ______ to see that people are replying to her app actively-especially those who suffer from bullying(遭受欺凌). Soon after she made her app available to the public, she won a prize for it. She ______ appeared in many news stories.

Natalie was even asked to speak at a university. In her ______, Natalie wanted people to know that you don’t have to do something ______ to change lives. Sometimes, a simple thing—like having a friend to enjoy lunch with—can make all the difference.

Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to what read.1．

A．so

B．but

C．for

2．

A．habit

B．course

C．way

3．

A．search for

B．fix up

C．give out

4．

A．on time

B．in a hurry

C．by herself

5．

A．called

B．refused

C．discussed

6．

A．us

B．it

C．her

7．

A．cheap

B．simple

C．private

8．

A．accept

B．make

C．send

9．

A．exercise

B．study

C．meet

10．

A．plans

B．stories

C．reports

11．

A．late

B．well

C．hard

12．

A．upset

B．angry

C．happy

13．

A．also

B．just

C．still

14．

A．book

B．talk

C．picture

15．

A．big

B．new

C．similar

—Mum, can I have a rest for a while when all of my homework ________.
—Of course you can, my dear.

A．finishes

B．is finished

C．was finished

手机的发明极大地改变了人们的生活， 然而它也为我们带来了一定的负面影响。本周，你们班召开了以“学生是否应该拥有手机”为主题的班会，同学们各抒己见；你的看法如何？请根据下面表格中的信息， 以“Should students be allowed to have their own mobile-phones?”为题写一篇英语短文，介绍你们各自的观点。

	原因
赞成	与他人沟通；快速查找信息；拍照；购物支付……
反对	影响学习；对视力不好；可能被坏人窃取个人信息
你的观点	……

参考词汇： search for information, pay for things, influence our study, be bad for eyes, steal our private information
要求：
1. 参考所给提示，可适当发挥；
2. 语句通顺，意思连贯，书写工整；
3. 词数：不少于70。
                                                                                             Should students be allowed to have their own mobile phones?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。
A: Hi, Sam! 1．?
B: I’m reading an article about ChatGPT.
A: What’s that?
B: It’s a smart AI chatbot (聊天机器人).
A: 2．?
B: It was invented by someone in a US company.
A: Sounds intcresting. 3．?
B: It can do a lot of things, like answering questions, writing e-mails and chatting with you.
A: Can I use it for my homework?
B: 4．. But you’d better use it as a learning tool, not to cheat on your homework.
A: Why?
B: Because if we do so, we won’t need to use our brains. Then we will lose the ability to think and learn.
A: 5．. The more we use it, the lazier our brain will be.