In the 13th century, Marco Polo, the world known Italian traveller, saw many wonderful things in China. One of the things he discovered was money made of paper. People in the West did not have such kind of money until the 15th century. 1.

Paper was invented by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2,000 years ago. But it was not made in Europe until the year 1100. Four hundred years later, a German discovered that he could make the best paper from trees. 2.

Paper can be used in many ways. The common uses include newspapers, magazines and books. But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated (使絕緣的) from heat or cold with paper.

However, we have to understand that paper still comes from trees now. 3. Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting down nearly 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow.

4. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make useful things out of used paper. We can use china cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use fewer paper bags and reuse them if we have some.

In short, we should keep a balance (平衡) between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.

A.So we must start saving paper right now.

B.If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth some day in the near future.

C.However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.

D.So it is the right time to stop making paper from trees.

E.After that, countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper making.

It was a room full of boys. A girl, about 10 years old, was sitting in the center. She was the only girl among the boys. As a tradition in her village, other girls had to stay home.

The girl, Shameem Akhtar, was born in a small village in Pakistan (巴勒斯坦). In her village, all parents keep girls inside their homes. Luckily, Shameem’s uncle, a university graduate, wanted to give her a chance to see the world. He offered Shameem a chance to attend school. However, Shameem had to fight to complete her schooling. To be allowed to enter college, she stopped eating for 3 days, which is called a hunger strike (抗議).

After graduating from college, Shameem got a position in a non -profit (非營利性的) organization aiming to help women in rural (農(nóng)村的)areas. There, she saw a Pakistan that she didn’t know. Until then, she thought she had a difficult life. But there, she saw what women in other parts of Pakistan were experiencing. Some women had 11 children, but nothing to feed them. To get water, they would walk three hours every day to get to the wells (水井). Shameem found that the position was more than just a job for her. She discovered her power. By setting an example, her experience could encourage more people to understand the importance of education and send their daughters to school.

Now, Shameem teaches in a rural school in her hometown. “The first day I walked into the school” she said, “I saw all these little Shameem looking at me with dreams in their eyes, the same dream of freedom which I had in my childhood.”

Today, there is not a single girl in her village who doesn’t go to school.

1.Why couldn’t other girls attend school when Shameem was young?

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2.Who helped Shameem achieve her dream to go to school?

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3.How was the women’s life in other parts of Pakistan?

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4.Where does Shameem work now?

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5.Are the girls allowed to go to school in Shameem’s hometown now?

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May is the best month in my mind. It is a beautiful month full of sunlight and colorful flowers. It is also the month when we show appreciation (感激) for our mothers on Mother’s Day.

In my family, every year’s celebration is different. Two years ago, I made breakfast for my mom and she still remembers all the dishes I cooked. Last year, I bought her a scarf with the money that I made from selling some of my old books. She still uses it all the time.

My mom is my hero and she sacrificed (犧牲) her career in order to take care of me. I wanted to do something special on this “quarantined” (隔離) Mother’s Day. 在四月份，我開始在網(wǎng)上尋找關于禮物的不同的想法。I decided to make a card by hand. The first one I made was sort of ordinary. 1 decided to make a variety of cards -. each with different messages.

A couple of nights later, I came up with the idea of making an origami (折紙) box out of all the cards. On the night before Mother’s Day, I asked my mom to go to bed early so that I could put the present next to her bed. 當她醒來，她被我的禮物感動了。She spent a lot of time appreciating every tiny detail (細節(jié)) of the box.

I am very lucky to have my mom by my side. I am glad that there is a special day in May for me to honor my mom. At the same time, I can show her my appreciation and love.

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假如你是李華，你的表弟Peter給你寫信說他正在為生地中考復習，但因為壓力太大而整晚睡不著覺，希望得到你的幫助。請你寫一封英文郵件安慰他，給他提出具體的減壓建議并表達美好的祝愿。

參考詞匯：生地中考biology and geography tests of the High School Entrance Exams

要求：1、注意書信的寫作格式:請根據(jù)要求分段，可以適當增加細節(jié)，以便行文連貫；

2、不少于80司(開頭和結尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù))；

3、信中不得出現(xiàn)你的真實姓名、學校名和地名；

4、書寫工整，不得使用修正帶。

Dear Peter,

How’s everything going with yon? I know you are worried about your biology and geography tests of the High School Entrance Exams.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours,

LiHua.

Our teacher always says that being careful and brave can help many problems in life.

A.put out B.work out C.take out D.carry out

—What do you think of Lesson Nine and Lesson Ten?

—Lesson Nine is Lesson Ten. It’s much more difficult, I think.

A.easier than B.not so easy as

C.as difficult as D.less difficult than

—Look! the man is riding! He leaves other people far behind.

—I know him. He is a famous riding-lover.

A.How fast B.How slowly C.What fast D.What slowly

—Wechat has made our life much easier today.

—Exactly! That is why people refuse to use it.

A.few B.little C.much D.many

— It is said that Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was put into use in July, 2018.

—________! It provides a quick way for people to travel around.

A.No problem B.Never mind

C.It sounds like a good idea D.What good news

Three small fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had to____each other day after day. Finally, they grew up and____to swim deeper and further.

One morning, the three fish were____to a shallow(淺) water by a big wave(浪). A small boat was taken there, too. It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was right in front of them. The largest fish realized that they were____, and said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. The second largest fish____with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. He said that there was much____for their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam around____

At last, the largest fish returned to the____by jumping over the lowest part of the boat. The second largest fish also succeeded in____his elder brother in the other side of water. But the youngest one didn’t follow them and still swam joyfully.

Two hours later, when the sun rose up, the water in the small shallow corner____The fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lack(缺乏) of water.

1.A. listen to B. look after C. talk with D. worry about

2.A. dared B. hated C. refused D. stopped

3.A. allowed B. given C. invited D. taken

4.A. in safety B. in doubt C. in danger D. in peace

5.A. agreed B. talked C. disagreed D. discussed

6.A. time B. food C. water D. air

7.A. slowly B. sadly C. luckily D. happily

8.A. sea B. river C. lake D. pool

9.A. catching B. joining C. taking D. telling

10.A. rose up B. ran out C. washed away D. dried up