11．　　Our junior high school life is coming to an end. So my classmates and I decided to make a special (1)       for our own favorite teacher in the ceramics (陶艺) class . After being dried for a long time in the fire, our gifts for teachers were (2)      .
　　Chen Hui took them out of the kiln (窑) . CRASH( 碎裂声) ! His cup, Xiao Yao's (3)      , and my heart broke into pieces all over the floor .
　　"My elephant lost her trunk(象鼻) !" Xiao Yao shouted. "My heart is broken!" I (4)      almost at the same time .
　　"I'm so sorry!"Chen Hui said.
　　"Bring (5)       to the repair station," said Xiao Yao, "Let's see what we can do with some magic glue." We tried many times, (6)      the magic glue worked only on Chen Hui's cup. The trunk and the heart were in too many broken bits to put back together .
　　"Now my elephant has a short nose instead of a trunk," said Xiao Yao, "It (7)      like a little dog with big ears. And it's (8)      lovely! Let's call it doglephant!"
　　"A cute doglephant!Cool!You just turned the accident into a happy one!"I said . And right then, I knew (9)      to do. Maybe I could make a mosaic (镶嵌画) by using the pieces of my broken heart .
　　When it was all done, everyone thought it was pretty cool. Yes, my present didn't turn out the way I'd planned, but it turned out even (10)      !

13．Three-two-one, fire!
　　At the moment of 9:43 a. m. , on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020, at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (卫星发射中心) in Sichuan Province, the last satellite of the third﹣generation network (第三代导航系统) was sent into space. It is the 55th member in the family of BeiDou. It belongs to China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS北斗卫星导航系统). So far, 59 satellites, including the first four test ones, have been launched from Xichang. With the development of China, we have already owned three other famous satellite launch centers — Jiuquan, Taiyuan and Wenchang.
　　After a period of tests in space, this new satellite has started to work with other Beidou satellites together. It is designed to work for at least 12 years. So far, China has completed the third﹣generation network of China's BDS. It was a new milestone in the nation's space research work. The launch showed our country has completed our largest space﹣based system. It's one of four global (全球的) navigation networks, including the United States' GPS, Russia's GLONASS and the European Union's Galileo.
　　BDS has been widely used as public resources (资源) in our daily life. It has been shared by the whole world. It will provide more services around the world. BDS is the common wealth of the development of human beings.

14．　　Studying is usually not a happy task, especially when there are so many things you can do for fun. The balance(平衡)between work and play is a lifelong matter. Are you feeling tired and bored when you study?What should you do if you're not interested in study?Here are ways you could do to deal with the problem.
　　Change your thoughts. If you're lack of passion(缺乏热情)for study, just think about your future. Only good grades can give you a chance to achieve your dreams. Good grades will help you get into your dream high school and college. No matter how old you are, you're always growing and learning.
　　Work hard to achieve your dreams. Study is teaching you an important lesson﹣You must work for what you want to achieve. Winning a game, passing a test, doing something difficult…These are all rewarding(值得的)experiences because of the time you spent and the effort you made. The harder you work, the happier you'll be.
　　Relax yourself at times. You don't need to study as often as you think you should do. I am not telling you not to study﹣You still should, but you can try studying less if it doesn't influence your grades.
　　Find your favorite subjects. Discover your interests and develop them carefully. Keep studying and stay healthy.

15．　　"Today I will give you a special test," said the English teacher with a smile on his face.
　　All the students sat up straight and waited for the test to begin. The teacher began to give the test papers to all the students. After he finished handing out the test papers, he asked them to begin.
　　The students were very surprised to see that there was not a question but a black dot (圆点) in the center of the paper. The teacher noticed the students' surprise and said, "I want you to write about what you see there. " At the end of the class, the teacher took all the students' answer sheets and read the answers. All of them described the black dot. After reading all the answers, the teacher said, "Here everyone only paid attention to the black dot, but no one wrote about the white paper. " The whole class listened silently, because they were afraid to fail in the exam. Then the teacher said, "Don't worry about your marks for this test. I just want you to think about our life. The white paper is like our whole life and the black dot in the center of the paper represents (代表) problems in our daily life".
　　Our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care. However, we just pay attention to the problems like illness and poverty, and never see happy things in our life. So we should try to solve our problems and enjoy each moment life gives us.

16．　　In recent years, a growing number of Chinese books and movies have been translated into other languages. (1)      . They have been learning Chinese and are interested in Chinese culture. Anna is one of them. Before she translated Jin Yong's novel Legends of the Candor Heroes (《射雕英雄传》), the writer was little known to English readers. (2)      .
　　But Anna managed to do it. Impressed (使……印象深刻) by the book's themes (主题) of good against evil, loyalty (忠诚) and love, as well as Chinese philosophy (哲学), Anna hoped to bring it to new readers. After five years of work, the translated book was published in 2018. (3)      . Many people think Anna did a good job.
　　Anna studied at the University of Oxford. (4)      . After the trip she became interested in China and began to learn Chinese. She calls herself "a clumsy (笨拙的) student, just like Guo Jing from Legends of the Condor Heroes, but one of loyal heart".
　　(5)      . Last year, he translated the animated movie Ne Zha. He said, "I see China's stronger cultural influences. And we have a growing number of students majoring in Chinese. More Chinese stories will appear in front of new audiences. "

17．
　　Sam got an email invitation from Rosa to her birthday party. Although this would normally have made him happy, his father had (1)       lost his job. Sam only had a few dollars, and it wasn't a good time to ask his parents for (2)      .
　　Sam went to work at the library. As he left, he saw a sign for a book sale. Two books captured his attention . The first was a cookbook for Puerto Rican foods. The (3)      was about women explorers. Both seemed perfect for Rosa — (4)      would used books be too cheap?
　　Well, it was better (5)      no gift at all!The next day, he wrapped them and (6)      to her party . Everyone had a great time, but Sam was still anxious about (7)      gift.
　　When he got home, he found an email from Rosa saying:Of all the gifts I received today, yours was the (8)      . How did you know just (9)      I would love? Thank you for (10)      such a wonderful friend!Thank you for your lovely gift!

18．　　When Canadian teenager Ryan was six years old, his teacher told him that in many parts of Africa there was no clean water. She said that people often made themselves ill and even died, just from drinking or bathing in dirty water .
　　What she said made Ryan upset. He decided to raise money for a well (井)so that people in Africa could have clean water . He did extra (额外的)chores for his parents and raised 70 all by himself. Then he found out that it actually cost ＄2, 000 to dig a well.
　　Most people would have given up at this point, but not Ryan. He was disappointed, but determined to raise more money. Finally he collected over ＄2, 000. That money was used to dig the first of"Ryan's wells".
　　Since then, Ryan has continued to raise money for more wells. In fact, Ryan has raised over ＄1, 500, 000!
　　Ryan calls himself "a normal boy" and likes to play ice hockey when he's not in school or traveling around world talking to other students about himself and his work. As for the future , he has said that he isn't exactly sure what and he will choose to do. "Something along the lines of a lawyer or a teacher . Maybe a leader!"

19．假如你是九年级学生李华, 你的美国笔友Billy发来邮件询问你平时锻炼的情况. 请你根据以下信息, 给Billy回封电子邮件, 并建议他每周都要花些时间锻炼身体.
写作要点:
1. 你最近正忙于为即将到来的体育测试(physical test)做准备.
2. 介绍你平时锻炼的情况:
①每天锻炼的时间:不到一个半小时.
②偶尔不锻炼的原因:作业多, 没时间.
③擅长的体育运动:球类运动.
3. 谈谈锻炼给你带来了哪些好处.
写作要求:
1. 不得使用真实的姓名和学校名.
2. 可适当加入细节, 使内容充实, 行文连贯.
3. 字迹工整, 语言精练, 表达准确, 条理清晰.
4. 至少80词.
Dear Billy,
　　It's my great pleasure to receive your e-mail. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
　　Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua