The earliest ice cream was eaten in China many centuries ago. People at that time would put orange juice on the ice or get something c【2】 to drink. Later, this i【3】 traveled to Italy. Around 1660, it was popular to serve（给某人提供）ice cream in coffee shops in Paris. Most of the shop were owned（由……所拥有）by Italians. Among them, the first successful one belonged to（属于）a man named Francesco Procopio.

Ice cream was brought to America in the early 1700s, and it q【4】 became the favourite of Americans. President George Washington had ice cream pots（罐）and machines in his kitchen. Dolly Madison, the wife of President Madison, was the first one to serve it in the White House. She made her guests very h【5】 when she served such desserts（甜品）.

Before ice cream was sold in stores, people made and kept it at a very low t【6】 first. It took a lot of work to mix cream, eggs, fruit and ice together. An American woman, Nancy Johnson, was good at m【7】, and invented the ice cream freezer（冰箱）in 1846. Five years later, Jacob Flusell o【8】 the first ice cream factory in Baltimore, Maryland. Her business quickly c【9】 to other states（州）。

Today in the United States, ice cream is not only a kind of f【10】, but also a way of life.

【1】你穿过这道大门 就看到左边的房子了。

______ ______this gate, and we’ll see the house on your left.

【2】从那以后，我们住得相隔很远并再也没有见过面。

______ ______, we have lived far apart and never seen each other again.

【3】她发现自己再一次陷入麻烦之中。

She found herself in trouble ______ ______.

【4】谁把电脑关了？

Who ______ ______the computer?

【5】我把我的答案和老师的比较一下，发现我有个地方错了。

I ______ my answers ______the teacher’s and found I had made a mistake.

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A.Have a nice trip!B.Well done!

C.That’s a shame.D.No problem.

无奋斗,不青春!

某英文网站正在开展以“越努力越幸福(The Harder I Work, the Happier I Will Be)'’为主题的征文活动。请你用英文写一篇短文投稿, 谈谈你在初中生活中的一个小目标是什么, 你是如何努力去实现的, 以及你从中学到了什么。

提示词语:strive for(奋斗）, make a plan, stick to, satisfied, pleasure

提示问题:

What did you do to strive for your goal?

What have you learned from your experience?

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A.seriousB.more seriousC.most seriousD.the most serious

“Excuse me! Could you tell me what is the most important day in our lives? Is it the day were born or the day we die? Is it the day we fall in love or the day we are successful?” A young man asked a wise man in the mountain. He wanted to ask for wisdom (智慧) of life.

“None. The most important day in our lives is today.” the wise man replied calmly.

“Why?” the young man was very surprised. “Is it because there is some unusual event taking place today?”

“No. Nothing has happened today.”

“So is it because of my visit?”

“Even if nobody visited me today, today is still very important, because today is the only wealth(财富) we have. No matter how important yesterday is, it has gone by; （73） no matter how wonderful tomorrow may be, it hasn't come; no matter how ordinary and boring today is, it is in our hands.”

The young man still wanted to ask something, but the wise man stopped him and said, “When we are talking about the importance of today, we have wasted a lot of it. That is to say, part of ‘today’ has passed.”

Having understood this, the young man nodded and then went down the mountain.（74） Actually today is the only wealth and chance we have. Therefore, what we should do now is to forget yesterday and tomorrow and catch hold of today!

【1】Why did the young man want to visit the wise man?

【2】Did the young man get the answer to his question?

（二）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

【3】___________________________________________

【4】___________________________________________

（三）给短文拟一个适当的标题。

【5】___________________________________________

The students' answers were different, from 20 g to 500 g. "It does not matter on the weight itself. It depends onhow long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my rightarm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance (救护车). It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."

If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier.

"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again." We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.

So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home.You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.

【1】The teacher brought a glass of water to the class because _____.

A.he was very thirstyB.his arms were strong

C.it was a good exampleD.the students were thirsty

【2】"A glass of water" in this passage referred to (指) _____.

A.knowledgeB.the burdenC.the timeD.future

【3】According to the teacher, you may feel _____ if you put down the burden sometimes.

A.more energeticB.much heavier

C.more stressed outD.tired out

【4】This was a lesson about _____.

A.how to relax oneself in lifeB.how to solve a physics problem

C.how to keep fit by drinking waterD.how to put the glass down

【5】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.You could become heavier and heavier if you held a glass of water in your hand.

B.All the students in the class knew what the weight of the glass of water exactly was.

C.Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, you should’t put them down.

D.The teacher had a good way of making his lesson clear and easy to be understood

A. Your family is larger than mine.

B. They loved each other very much,

C. He doesn’t have many new clothes.

D. He found the same number of bags in his barn again!

E. He has many bills to pay.

F. He found something strange.

Long time ago, there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. (46)_________________, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning until night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields.

One late autumn evening, after their work in the field was done, Simon said to his wife, “ Victor got married last month.(47) _________________. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn（谷仓）.” “ Oh, that’s a good idea, ” said his wife. “But please don’t tell him, ” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will never take it.”

So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor’s barn. The next day, when he looked at his own barn,(48)_____________.“I took a bag of rice to Victor’s house last night, but I still have the same number of bags in my barn. How did that happen?”

Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother’s barn that night. But the next morning,(49)_______________!“ This is very strange,” he thought.

That night he tried again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder, and walked down the road to his younger brother’s house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another person coming down the road. He was carrying something on his shoulder too.

“Young Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?”

“I was worried about you, Older Brother,” said Victor, (50)_________________. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly realized that they had been taking rice to each other. They laughed about what they had done. “ It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.

cent , anything, operate, real, she, what, with, only, good, no, how

These days , an eight-year-old child often heard (51) 【1】 parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had (52) 【2】money . When she heard her dad say to her tearful mother. “Only a miracle(奇迹)can save him now”, the little girl hurried to the chemist’s (药店) (53) 【3】all her pocket money in hand.

“What do you want？”asked the chemist.

“My little brother is (54)【4】 sick and I want to buy a miracle. He has (55)【5】 bad growing inside his head and my daddy says (56)【6】 a miracle can save him.”

“We don’t sell miracles here, child. I'm sorry.”the chemist said, looking sadly at the little girl.

In the shop was a well-dressed customer. He asked the little girl,“What kind of miracle does your brother need？”

“I don’t know，”she replied.“He’s very sick and mommy says he needs a(n)(57) 【7】. But my daddy can’t afford it, so I have brought all my pocket money.”

“How much do you have？”asked the man.

“One dollar and eleven (58) 【8】，”she answered quietly.

“Well,(59) 【9】 luck，”smiled the man.“$ 1.11, the exact price of a miracle for your little brother.”

That man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a doctor. The boy was operated on for free and it wasn’t long before the little brother was home and (60) 【10】 again.

The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost…$ 1.11…plus(加)the love of a little child.

假如你是李华，请你写一封电子邮件给你的笔友Amy，介绍重阳节的习俗。内容包括：

1. 重阳节的时间和习俗（登高、团聚）；

2. 今年你们家是如何过重阳节的？

作文要求：1.不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称和学生的真实姓名。

2.语句连贯，词数80个左右。作文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Amy,

I hope this e-mail finds you well. In your last e-mail, you asked me about the Double Ninth Festival.

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Yours,

Li Hua