Did you ever wonder how some of your favorite foods, products or toys came about? Believe it or not, they may have been an accident, or a failure of some other intention. Below, we found three mistakes we’re thankful for turned out to be what they are.

1. Most historians hold that the Chinese invented fireworks in the 9^th century when they discovered how to make gunpowder. Story has it that a Chinese cook accidentally mixed together what were then considered common kitchen items and noticed they burnt. When put tightly in a bamboo tube and lit, it blew up.

2. In May of 1886, a law led John Pemberton, a pharmacist(药剂师), to rewrite the formula(配方) for “Pemberton’s French Wine Coca”, his popular headache treatment. Containing sugar instead of wine as a sweetener, the outcome became something for Coke, which was later mixed with carbonated(碳酸) water. His bookkeeper suggested the name Coca-Cola because he thought the two C’s would look good together, which is how what we call Coca-Cola, a world-wide drink came into being.

3. During World WarⅡ, scientists at the University of Birmingham invented the magnetron(磁控管)—an important heat-producing part of the microwave oven. While working for Raytheon Corporation after the war, the American engineer Percy Spencer was testing the magnetron when a chocolate bar in his pocket melted. He went on to test other foods including popcorn kernels(仁), and found it to be a much more efficient way to cook. In 1947 Raytheon came out with the first restaurant microwave oven, which was six feet tall and weighed 750 lbs.

1.The right time order of the three inventions should be ________.

A. fireworks, the microwave and Coca-Cola     

B. fireworks, Coca-Cola and the microwave

C. Coca-Cola, fireworks and the microwave     

D. the microwave, Coca-Cola and fireworks

2.Percy Spencer found the microwave efficient in cooking when he was ________.

A.  looking for a way to melt his chocolate

B.  trying to know how a magnetron could cook

C.  working to know how the magnetron works

D.  asked to invent a restaurant microwave oven

3.The underlined phrase “ blew up” might mean _______ in Chinese.

     A. 爆炸                B. 膨胀         C. 升华         D. 蒸发

4.What can we learn from the above invention stories?

A.  Experiments make great inventors of our time.

B.  Nothing is impossible if one tries each day.

C.  Inventors come out of hard work at any time.

D.  A small incident may lead to a great invention.

根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处的各单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。

Last week, our monitor told us a piece of   56   (新闻)about Lucy, a student in Class 4, Grade 1 in No. 4    57    (中间的) School. Lucy is an unlucky girl. She has been ill since the end of 2007. But her family doesn’t have    58    (足够的) money to send her to    59    (医院). We all feel very sad after   60    (听说) it. Then    61    (每个人) in our class donated for Lucy before long. All of us wanted to try our best to help her. We all    62   (希望) she  will be out of trouble soon. I’ve learnt a lot from this. Life is invaluable and we should treasure our lives. However, love is even more invaluable. Love is    63    (重要的) to everyone. And love can make the world more    64    (美丽的) and warmer. If the world is    65    (充满) of love, it will be nicer.

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次。

1.---How about the kids in your neighborhood ?  --- They are happy and ____________.

2.You must be careful when you __________ the street.

3.---I passed the last exam.   --- Oh, you’re really a _________ dog.

4.---Can I help you, madam?   ---Two kilos of ___________, please.

5.Now lots of wild animals are in _________. We must try our best to protect them.

以下图片呈现的是Mr King一家生活中不安全用电现象，下面有五条针对其中五种不安全用电现象的建议，请你将每一种的编号(A，B…F)填入相应建议前面的括号内。

1.Please don’t put the fish bowl on the TV set．

2.Would you mind moving the baby away?  He is going to play with the outlet．

3.You should not put anything on a lamp．

4.Could you please take the wire away?   Don’t let the dog play with the outlet．

5.Will you please not use the heater in a wet bathroom?  

健康对于每个人来说都很重要，对于即将面临学业考试的九年级学生来说，充沛的精

力和良好的心态是取得好成绩的必备条件。请你结合自身实际说说你是如何保持身体和心

理健康的。

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紧张的初中学习生活就要结束了，你即将迎来一个轻松的暑假。请根据下面方框内的提示写一篇短文，谈谈你的假期计划。

注意：

1、词数80～100；

2、文中不得出现真实的地址和姓名；

3、方框内容不必逐字翻译，可适当发挥。

参考词汇：知识 knowledge,  社会活动 social activities

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People, especially teens, think it __ great fun to surf on _____ Internet.

A. a; the   B. a; 不填  C. 不填; the    D. 不填；不填

Do you remember there _____ a river here?

A. used to being    B. used to be       C. was used to be D. was used to being

How are you getting on with your work?

—I can’t do it        any longer. I’ll have to get help.

A. carefully        B. quietly          C. alone            D. hard

—I’m very tired these days because of studying for physics.

—Why not ______ music. It can make you _______.

A. listen to; relaxing              B. to listen to; to relax

C. listening to; relax              D. listen to; relaxed