1．　　Long, long ago, there was a big forest. In the forest there were (1)       of tall and beautiful trees. They were happy, but proud of themselves. Among them there was also (2)       ugly tree whose branches were badly twisted (扭曲的). All the trees made fun of him. (3)      , he never fought against them. The ugly tree thought, "I wish I were as (4)       as the other trees. Why did God do this to me?I can't make the travelers cool and no birds make their homes on me. (5)       needs me."
　　One day, a woodcutter came to the forest. He took a look at the trees and said, "These trees are lovely, I should (6)       them." It's not (7)       that all these trees regretted (后悔) being so proud. The woodcutter began to cut down the trees and the trees fell down one by one. "None of (8)       is going to be alive," cried one of the beautiful trees. Soon that tree was brought to the ground by the woodcutter's axe.
　　By now, the woodcutter had come near to the ugly tree. He had just raised his axe when suddenly he noticed the ugly tree, "Hmm! (9)       useless this ugly tree is!I cannot make long straight logs (木板) of this ugly tree. " And he moved towards another beautiful tree. The ugly tree (10)       aware (意识到) of that by making him ugly. He knew that had given him something even better.
　　From that day on, the ugly tree was never unhappy. He was happy with his twisted branches. He never forgot how he was free from the woodcutter's axe.

2．　　Long long ago, there was a swan (天鹅) with golden feathers (金羽毛). She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a(n) (1)       house near the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They (2)       hard all year round, but they still didn't have enough (3)       to buy food.
　　The swan was sad to see that. She said, "I'll give one of my (4)       to them each day, and then they can sell my feathers and live a happy life. "That evening, she flew to the poor woman's house and (5)       a golden feather on the table without saying anything. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather.
　　The woman was happy because their life was much (6)       than before. But she also became greedy (贪婪的). She said to her (7)      . "The swan may fly away one day. We should take all her feathers when she comes next time.
　　"Oh no. Mum!" cried the daughters, "We can't (8)       your idea. This will hurt the swan!" But the mother wouldn't listen. When the swan came, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. Suddenly, the golden feathers (9)       chicken feathers.
　　The golden swan said, "I came to (10)       you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will never come back. Never be greedy! " So the swan flew away.

4．　　Many things we eat have some natural sugar in them. But extra sugar is often put into foods we buy. Sugar is delicious, but added sugar is not good for you. Doctors say it can have bad effects on your body by making you gain weight. But there are other bad effects from eating a lot of sugar as well. Added sugar can make it hard to think. It can give you a headache. Sugar can make you become ill. It can also cause problems for your heart. Do you feel tired a lot?It could be that you are eating too much sugar. Foods like cookies, cakes, and drinks have lots of added sugar. Even foods we think are good for us, like yogurt (酸奶) can also have added sugar.
　　In many countries, food makers have to say how much sugar is in their food. This is so that people can decide if they want to buy that kind of food or choose one with much less sugar. For example, some breakfast foods contain lots of sugar while others have much less. Some fruit drinks have lots of sugar added to them. Other fruit drinks have much less sugar and still taste good.
　　What if you really like sugar?You can make small changes in what you eat and cut out the sugar slowly. If you like candy, you can eat apples, strawberries, or pears. These are all sweet, but they will not make you sick. If you like yogurt, buy yogurt that has no sugar or very little sugar. You can put strawberries or some other fruit in the yogurt to make it sweet.

5．左栏是五个学生在学习上或生活中遇到的问题, 右栏是七条相对应的可能有帮助的建议, 请将个人问题与合适的建议进行匹配．

6．　　Quan Hongchan, a 14-year-old girl, amazed the whole world at the Tokyo Olympic Games. She won the gold medal for the women's 10-meter platform diving (1)       August 5th. Quan is not only the youngest competitor in the women's diving field, (2)       also the youngest of 431 athletes that China sent to Tokyo for the Olympics. (3)       fact, she became the second-youngest Chinese diver to win a gold medal after Fu Mingxia.
　　Quan was born in Zhanjiang. The small city is(4)       for cultivating (培养) diving champion (冠军). Her parents were not rich. Things got even worse after Quan's mother was hit by a car on her (5)       to work in 2017. But (6)       of her parents were very supportive (支持的) of her diving. Quan became (7)       in diving when she was 7 years old. Everyday, she (8)       almost 8 hours in training basic diving skills. She worked really hard in (9)       to make her dream come true.
　　Where there is a will, there is a way. Quan Hongchan is a super star now, but she still keeps trying hard. It's sure that she (10)       make greater success in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

7．　　For anyone experiencing the struggle of foreign language learning, here's my way of learning Chinese.
　　Study abroad.
　　You can try to study abroad. It's the laziest method although my Chinese is so poor right now. Every day I'm still exposed (曝光的) to so much. It helps me keep good level of Chinese.
　　Find friends who don't speak English.
　　Finding friends who don't speak your mother tongue (母语) is the best way to improve. And this doesn't even need to be local friends. I liked to hang out with Korean and Japanese friends because they were also learning Chinese. We were asked not to speak English but Chinese. In this way, my Chinese skills improved a lot.
　　Go to KTV.
　　Singing is such a great group activity, but it is terrible when you don't know the songs. Ask your friends for a list of classic KTV songs and start learning your favourites. You'll learn more grammar structures. For example, you can learn lots of romantic sounding phrases to express your love in Chinese songs.
　　Watch YouTube!
　　If you don't have time for foreign language films or TV shows, find vlogs (视频博客) or even different kinds of shows by people who speak your desired language!I love watching vlogs in Chinese because it's another way to get used to hearing real﹣life conversations. And it is a good way to learn new slangs (俚语) and phrases.
　　I think language learning is sometimes difficult, but try to keep it fun!

8．随着社会的发展, 中国已经踏上了国际化的道路．英语作为一门国际化语言, 越来越受到大家的重视．为了鼓励同学们学好英语, 你们学校英文网站"My English Learning"专栏开展征文活动．假如你是李华, 请你写一篇英语短文, 给该专栏投稿．
内容包括:
1 你的一次在学习英语过程中遇到困难的经历(困难是什么?如何克服的?);
2 对如何学好英语提出两点建议．
作文要求:
1 不能照抄原文;不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和学生的真实姓名．
2 语句连贯, 词数80左右．开头句已给出, 不算入总词数．
　　English is more and more important nowadays, but some students have troubles in learning English. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________