阅读表达

Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still a favorite drink of millions of people in the world. Coffee is so popular, but do you know the story of coffee and how it was discovered?

There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa long, long time ago. One day, a farmer was watching his goats, and he saw them eat some small berries(干种子) from a plant.After they ate the berries, the goats became very active. The man often felt tired, so he decided to try the berries too. Surprisingly, he did not feel tired any more. Coffee plants were thus discovered.Then coffee was taken from Africa to Arabia(阿拉伯半岛), and there it was first used as medicine. The Arabs kept coffee a secret for many years. Later, coffee came to Turkey, then Italy, then France. From Europe, the coffee plant was taken to America.People found that plants were grown. On these farms, coffee beans were picked from the plants by hand. Then the beans were dried and prepared for market to sell. Different coffee beans were mixed together to produce different kinds of coffee. Coffee was sent to all over the world, and soon became very popular.

1.Where did coffee come from?

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2.What was coffee first used as in Arabia?

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3.Why were large coffee farms started in South America?

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4.Were coffee beans picked by machine?

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5.Where was coffee sent?

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语篇翻译

Long long ago, there was an orphan(孤儿) boy who lived only with an old buffalo(水牛).For this reason, he was called “the Cowherd”. The Lady Queen mother in heaven had a beautiful young daughter.46.她是最小的女儿，而且她擅长于纺织。

People called her “the Weaving Maid”. It was said that she could even weave(编制)the colorful clouds.

The Weaving Maid got bored with her life in heaven, and she wanted to live like an ordinary person.47. 她爱上了牛郎，于是和他结了婚。Her mother was very angry about the marriage. 48.She asked her daughter to come back, or she would kill the Cowherd and their children.

She had to leave. Her husband was very worried when the old buffalo began to say, “I may die at any time. You can peel off my skin after I die, and it will help you fly when you stand on it. Go and get your wife back.” The cowherd did that sadly. 49.As he got nearer and nearer, the Lady Queen mother found him. So she took out her hairpin and drew a river between the couple.

People were very sympathetic with them. To help them, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month,50. thousands of magpies(喜鹊)formed a bridge across the river so that they could meet each other once a year. The river became the Milky Way, and the Weaving Girl and the Herd Boy turned into two stars.

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书面表达

同学们已顺利进入初三年级的学习中，为了鼓励同学们初三努力拼搏，刻苦学习，加油考上理想的高中，你班将于下周五晚上7点在教室举行动员大会(mobilization meeting)。假如你是班长韩梅梅，请你就动员大会的活动安排，需要协助的具体事项等给全班同学写一个邀请函。

要求：1. 注意邀请函的写作特点；

2. 80词左右(开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)

3. 信中不得出现你的真实姓名、学校名和地名。

Dear classmates,

How time flies! We are students in Grade 9 now,

I’m looking forward to hearing from you all

Yours,

Han Meimei

Tom eats beef with ______ knife and ______ fork.

A. a, an B. a, a C. an, the D. an, a

—I think drinking milk every morning is good ______ our health.

— Yes. I agree ______ you.

A. to; to B. with; to

C. at; with D. for; with

—Do you believe that paper is made _____ wood?

—Yes, I do. And you can see that books are made ______ paper.

A. from; from B. from; of C. of; from D. of; of

We'll have dinner at Guang Ming Restaurant, which is famous ______ its seafood.

A. of B. to C. for D. as

It was a ________ day and she felt very ________.

A. tiring; tired B. tiring; tiring

C. tired; tiring D. tired; tired

----Which do you like better, sports or music?

----Both. Music is ______ sports.

A. as popular as B. not as popular as C. more popular than D. less popular than

—Do you like reading books?

—Yes. Each of us ________ to do more reading in and after class.

A. are encouraged B. encourage

C. is encouraged D. is encouraging