1．　　Yesterday morning a young man rode his horse to the beach. He wanted to pick a lot of coconuts (椰子) from the trees there. And then he wanted his horse to carry the heavy fruit home in a short time. He had to go to a work meeting in his neighborhood in the afternoon.
　　On the way home he met a little boy. He decided to ask the boy a question. "Hi, my boy," he smiled and said, "Do you know how long it'll take my horse to reach my home with these coconuts?" "If you go slowly," the boy said, looking at the fruit on the horse, "you'll arrive very soon, but if you go fast, it'll take you all day."
　　The man could not believe what the boy said, so he hurried his horse. But the coconuts kept falling off and he had to stop to pick them up several times. Some travelers helped him pick up the fallen coconuts. Then he hurried his horse faster to make up for the lost time, but the coconuts started falling off again. He had to do the same thing many times. In the end, it was night when he reached home.
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2．　　There were some children in the same school who were sick at the same time. They got infected (感染) with E. coli (大肠杆菌). They were very ill, but the doctors didn't know what caused the infection. In order to make it clear, they called Dr. Richard Besser. They were sure he would find out the cause.
　　First, Dr. Besser carefully studied the E. coli that the children had. He looked at the E. coli's DNA. The DNA showed that this kind of E. coli was dangerous to people. Dr. Besser knew this kind of E. coli could travel from animals to people. Perhaps the children had got close to animals that carried the E. coli. Besser found other E. coli cases (事例, 情况) in the children's living place. But it still didn't make the answer clear.
　　Dr. Besser then made a list (清单) of what the sick children had eaten. They had all eaten cheese, apple juice, and fish. He then made a list of what healthy children in the same place had eaten, and compared the two lists. They ate the cheese and fish, but not the apple juice.
　　Dr. Besser went to the factory making the apple juice. He saw that there were animals around the apple trees, and he saw the workers using dirty fallen apples. More importantly, he saw they didn't wash the apples before they made the juice, and they didn't do anything to kill the E. coli in the juice. Dr. Besser then was very clear about what made the children sick.

3．THE CLOTHES SHOPS SUMMER SALE
Every kind for sale in the shop

Low price on all kinds of clothes
KINDS OF CLOTHES	LIST PRICE (标价)	SALE PRICE
Cotton scarf	20 USD	16 USD
Leather coat	110 USD	88 USD
Windbreaker	80 USD	64 USD
Sportswear	50 USD	40 USD
Silk dress	100 USD	80 USD

Sale starts on July 15th and ends on July 29th. No telephone order during the sale.
THE CLOTHES SHOP: No.168 Park Street
Opening Hours: Monday—Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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4．　　Do you know the condition about foreign students? What's the difference between their school life and ours? A report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It researched around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. (1)      
　　Who studies hardest? (2)       Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That's much more than students of the US, Japan and South Korea.
　　Who sleeps most often in class? Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off (打盹) in class. (3)       About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, fewer than in other countries.
　　Who is the most distracted (分心的)? American students are the most active (活跃的) in class, but also the most distracted. (4)       46.9% said they eat snacks in class, and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated books in class.
　　What do they do after school? In their free time, Chinese students study or get on the Internet. (5)       Japanese students do physical exercises. Korean students like watching TV.

A. South Korean students don't like taking something down in their notebooks.
B. American students hang out with their friends.
C. Chinese students spend the most time studying.
D. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.
E. 64.2% said they talk with classmates in class.

5．　　There was a beautiful story about love. One day, when a Chinese driver was checking the online wallet of his WeChat app, he saw that one of his passengers had paid 6,500 yuan for a (1)       pay. That meant the passenger paid about $950, but in fact, the passenger only needed to pay $9.50.
　　The driver guessed that the payment was a (2)      . According to the time of the payment, he guessed that the four foreign travelers did it. He (3)       the four travelers from the train station and dropped them off at a nearby (4)      .
　　Because he couldn't succeed (5)       calling the four foreign passengers, the driver directly (直接) went to the hotel again where he had dropped them off. Then in the hotel he (6)       what had happened to the waiter at the front desk.
　　Just at that time, the traveler (7)       made the payment came downstairs. She was (8)       to hear about her mistake. It was her first time to visit the Chinese city, and she said that it was also her first time (9)       the app's online payment function (在线付费功能) to pay for the ride.
　　She was (10)       more surprised when Zhang Peng refused to get a reward (报酬) and (11)       her all her extra (额外的) money.
　　(12)       is true that the traveler had a wonderful (13)       of using WeChat. "I can't believe it," the woman traveler said. "(14)       some people, money is their only dream, and $950 is a lot of money. I felt very excited yesterday (15)        the taxi driver came back to return the money in person. I am really grateful."

6．
　　Can you live (1)       a home, food or clothes? Very few of us can, but Robinson Crusoe did it (2)       the novel written by Daniel Defoe.
　　In the story, Crusoe got on (3)       island alone after a shipwreck (海难). Being alone on that island, Crusoe experienced a lot of difficulties. However, he didn't lose hope. (4)      , he tried his (5)       to survive (生存). He got water, food and some tools from the wrecked ship and built himself a house on the island. He even (6)       barley (大麦) and raised a few goats. Soon his life there was just fine.
　　He didn't know that there were other people (7)       one day he saw some engonus (土著) (8)       to kill and eat two men. He saved one of them and named him Friday. They stayed together after that and became good (9)      . Not long after that, some other people came to this island and Crusoe went back to his hometown with these people.
　　This book has been very (10)       with all ages around the world. People admire Crusoe for his bravery and courage.

7．　　Welcome to my hometown, Changge. It lies in the center of Henan Province. In the past, it was poor and dirty. Most of the people here lived (1)       hard life. But there have been great changes in my hometown (2)       1980. There are many tall buildings on both sides of the wide roads. You can see tall trees, beautiful flowers (3)       green grass (草) everywhere. The people's living conditions have improved a lot. Everyone tries their best to make Changge better and enjoys (4)       life here. I'm sure it will become richer and (5)       beautiful in the future. I love my hometown.

8．A: Hi, Tony. I haven't seen you for a long time.
B: Yes. (1)      .
A: Wow, how did you go there?
B: By plane. You know it is the fastest way to Dalian.
A: So it is. And it is very convenient (方便的). (2)      ?
B: I stayed there for a week. (3)      ?
A: No, I haven't. But I'm going to spend a holiday there.
B: You'd better go to Dalian in summer. So you can enjoy swimming in the sea.
A: (4)      . I will go there this summer vacation.
B: Have a good trip.
A: (5)      .

9．自从我进入初中时候起，我变化了许多，在学习和生活中取得了很大的进步，请以"How I Have Changed"为题写一篇作文来描述自己两年来的成长。
生活方面：更加独立，能自己解决许多问题；
学习方面：意识到学习的重要性；
与人交往方面：更善解人意，与父母、老师、同学的关系更好。
要求：
1. 短文内容应包括所有要点；
2. 紧扣主题，语言表达准确，语意要通顺、连贯；
3. 文中不能出现真实的人名、校名和地名。80词左右。
How I Have Changed
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