This is a story about Geneva Emmons who got a prize for growing pumpkins.

  Geneva Emmons saw a p (1) of an 827-pound pumpkin in a newspaper and thought she could do b (2) Nine years later,she took part in a pumpkin competition(比賽)in Oregon,USA,with a pumpkin of 1,262 pounds ！

Geveva set the world's record for the biggest pumpkin and w (3) worldwide fame. But how did she grow such a BIG v (4)？Emmons said, "Good seed(種子).good soil( 土壤). good w   (5) and good luck."

Geneva Emmons is 1 (6) to get enough help. She had an assistant who studied the soil,a husband who gave the technical(技術(shù))help,and a son who b (7) a cart(推車)to carry the pumpkin. The pumpkin set the record,but it was c (8)， because two other pumpkins were as h   (9) as 1 ，000 pounds.

  The pumpkin will be carved (雕刻)by some a (10) of an art museum for kids in Washington.

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  Catherine and Martin met inEnglandbefore they came toAustralia. At that time ， Martin was a minister^ 4t師)in a church,and it was three v (1)away from Catherine's. One evening,they happened to have dinner t (2) in a restaurant. They e (3) their talk and laughed a lot. The young man soon won Catherine's h (4)， so she asked him whether he would marry her in church. The minister was very surprised and said that her q (5) came quite unexpectedly. Catherine realized that he had not understood her c (6) So she laughed and said, "What Im (7)is, when I get married in church,will you be the minister who marries me and my husband?" They both laughed,and they had a nice evening.

  However,their talk that evening put an idea into Martin's head. He realized that he had a (8) fallen in love with Catherine and he wanted to marry her. So a few days later,he visited her and asked her to marry him. Catherine felt proud and pleased,and a (9) it. Soon after they were married,they m   (10) toAustralia.

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 The other day ， I read something on a charity show in a magazine. The aim of the show was to r (1) money for the poor children. In some rural areas(農(nóng)村).some children can't go to school because their parents can't afford their education.

  To my s   (2) ， many famous stars took part in the charity show， such as Andy Lau， Jay Chow,Faye Wang and Kelly Chen. The stars d   (3) ask for any pay. They did it for free. There were a lot of performances like singing and dancing during the show. The fans were so e   (4) that they clapped their hands from time to time. Of course,the show was a s (5)

  All the people f (6) the stars' examples. A great number of people donated their money to the show.

Both the ticket money and the donated money were soon s (7) to the poor areas,so some of the poor children could get b   (8) to school.

  Now many charity shows are h (9)in our country ， not only to support education in poor areas but also to help people in trouble. As the Chinese saying goes, "All the others will come to one's rescue(援助)when one is in trouble. " I b (10) that the whole world will become better if every one of us gives charity to others.

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  Fred didn't like to use his head. He never put his h (1) into his studies when he was at school. So he f (2)behind his classmates and couldn't pass the exams. Before long he left school and stayed at home. With his father's help,he found a job in a factory. At first he worked in an office,but he was u (3) to do his job well. So he was sent to a workshop. He had to do some h (4) work there. He was always tired when he got home,and went to bed as soon as he f (5) supper. One day, he went to have his long hair cut. He found the work was clean and light. He d (6) to be a barber,too. So he left the factory. He took the barber a (7) his teacher. Three months passed， but he h (8) learned anything and the barber lost his patience. The young man had to go home. His father helped him to o (9) a barber's shop in their small town,but nobody would have their hair cut in his shop. In order to help Fred and set others an example ， his father decided to be the first customer.

However,the young man was so c (10) that he hurt his father's ear. His father shook his head sadly and said, "Have you ever done anything successfully?" "Oh, Dad,I'm dreaming of it.”

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 Mr. and Mrs. Jones's flat was full of boxes,small and large,trunks and furniture. The two of them were busy with pencils and paper ， checking the 1 (1) of luggage when there was a ring at the door. Mrs. Jones went to open it, and saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside. The lady said that she had come to w   (2) them to their home.

  Mr. Jones i   (3) her in.

  "I hope you'll e   (4) us for all this mess," said Mrs. Jones. ^uWe're trying..."

  "Oh, that's quite all right, ” said the lady. "Do you know,in some p (5) of this town,neighbors are not at all friendly. There are some streets where people don't know their neighbors―not even their next-door o (6) , But in this building,everybody is friendly to others. We are one big,happy family. Fm sure you'll be very happy here,too.”

  The lady was greatly s (7) when she visited the flat the next time， because she found a quite d (8) man and woman in it. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had not the h (9) to tell her that they were not the new owners of the flat,but the old owners,who had lived beside her for two years. All this time she had never visited them or even n   (10) them who were her next-door neighbors.

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  Jerry and Carla were asked to choose a person for class president. As they looked through the list of k (1 ) in the room,they stopped at Tina's name. Tina had lots of ideas,and she never said unkind things about other people.

"I really like Tina. And most of the classmates will accept her,I i  (2) ，" said Carla. "But she looks t (3)！ She puts on too much makeup(化妝品).and she wears strange and u   (4) clothes. Sometimes she wears things that don't even f   (5) her."

  "Do you think we could get her to use 1 (6) makeup and never wear decent(講究的) clothes?" Carla asked.

"We couldn't. It would make us and her feel u (7)，" replied Jerry. "She goes around with high school girls,and she must know by now how she looks. My mother says it is wrong for eighth graders to look like those m   (8) stars."

"Yes，" Carla a   (9) "and what will the teachers think if we s   (10) Tina?"

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2004 is the International Year of Rice!This was decided by the UN in 2002. It was the first time the UN had made a special year to celebrate(慶祝)just one crop. What was the UN's purpose (目的)of this decision? The UN wants us to remember "Rice is life".

  Rice was first grown 15 ，000 years ago in East and South Asia. Rice is more than three times as old asChina. Today,almost half of the world's population eats this very old crop.

Rice is the most important food in Asia. (1) 90% of the world's rice is grown in Asia. People in Africa now eat more rice than before.

(2) Nearly 1 billion(十億)people around the world have jobs because of rice. But still,about 840 million people ， including more than 200 million children,don't have enough food. So growing more rice would really help the hungry and poor people in this world.

A. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡要回答問題。

1. What decision was made by the UN in 2002 ？

2. Why should we grow more rice in the world?

B. 將短文中畫線的兩個句子譯成漢語。

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C. 請給此文擬一個適當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)題。

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  What will the future be like? It's possible that we may often fly up into space ！ Of all the coolest inventions of the year,Time Chase Spaceship One is the best.

  Spaceship One is a 6-meter-long white spaceship. On June 21 ， American pilot Mike Melvill flew it to space and back―about 100 kilometers up into the sky. (1) Some might say it's not a big deal. You know ， people went to the moon years ago.

  Well， Spaceship One is special because (2)it is the first spaceship that wasn't made by the government. It was built and launched(發(fā)射)by a privateUScompany. Lots of people want to travel in space. But it's too expensive. American millionaire Dennis Tito paid almost $20 million to become the first space tourist to visit the International Space Station in 2001. So private companies began to think of making their own spaceship to take other tourists up into space.

(3)飛船一號的成功是一個好的開端。In the next 10 to 15 years,if you pay $20,000 to 100,000,you could fly high above the earth.

What about having your own spaceship in your garage and taking it to space at the weekend?

1. 將(1)處畫線部分的句子翻譯成漢語：

2. 將(2)處畫線部分的句子改為簡單句：

3. 將(3)處畫線部分的句子翻譯成英文：

4. Imagine what the future will be like.(寫出答語;)

5. Do you want to have your own spaceship in your garage? Why?(寫出答語和理由)

  New York is one of the most exciting cities in the world.

  When you leave New York ， you might be tired ， but the one thing you won't be is bored ！

1. Is New York one of the most exciting cities in the world?

2. Where is for the rich to go shopping?

3. Is Macy's a shopping area or an amusement park?

4. Central Park is on the right of Manhattan,isn't it?

5. What do people often do in Central Park?

  It's very common for students to get lower marks than before. Sometimes it is because of situations(情況)outside school,such as problems at home. Sometimes it is only because the exams get harder.

  When your marks start to fall ， you should try talking to a friendly teacher. He or she will be able to help you. Stop comparing yourself with other people. It does not matter if other students get higher exam marks than you. What is important is that you do your best. Before each exam,you should go through your lecture notes (課堂筆記).You should remember the most important things your teachers have told you in class.

  Keep notes while you are reading your textbooks. Look through your notes again before the exam,too. You will be surprised to find you remember so much. Sometimes,though you have done everything you can,the result is still unsatisfactory. Even so you shouldn't lose your heart. Gain confidence by every single mark you've increased. Soon you'll find your marks are getting higher and higher.

1. Does the writer think that the falling of school grades is just due to the problems outside school?

2. What is the most important thing for you to do when your marks start to fall?

3. What should you do in order to stop your marks from falling before the exams?

4. How many suggestions does the writer give?