Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes（雪花） falling．Do you want to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands．

Well, this isn’t just a problem for you．It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too．

In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager．His family lived in a small town in northeast America．Winters there were long and hard．Bentley’s mother was once a schoolteacher．She taught him at home．Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14．He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books．

But it was his mother’s microscope（显微镜） that interested him．When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying the things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes．Bentley loved watching snowflakes．For the next two years, young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals（晶体） through the microscope．

The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them．But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all．

How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera．

The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one．But his father didn’t agree．He thought the whole thing was a bad idea．He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming．

But finally Bentley did get a camera．For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes．On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera．“It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later．

For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals．Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley．

1．The best title for this passage is “______”．

   A．Snowflake Photos                              B．“Snowflake” Bentley

   C．Long and Hard Winters                    D．Teenage Photographer

2．What kind of person do you think Wilson Bentley was?

   A．He was outgoing                                B．He was too serious

   C．He was interested in learning                D．He was very warm-hearted

3．The “ice crystals” in the fourth paragraph refers to “______”．

   A．water drops      B．rain drops       C．flowers                D．snowflakes

根据句义完成句中已给出首字母的单词。

1．Don’t open your books．Please keep them c_____．

2．Mary has a digital camera．I will borrow i_____ tomorrow．

3．You should wash your h_____ before meals．

4．On my mother’s birthday, I sent her a card with words “H_____ birthday!”      

5．When spring comes, the trees turn g_____ and flowers come out．

阅读短文，根据短文内容和已给出的首字母，在空白处填入适当的单词。

Only Mother Love is true love．It gives everybody everything all h （1） life．When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as much as p （2）．In your w （3） hours she always holds you in her arms．When you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and night a （4） forgets about herself．When you are growing up day b （5） day, she feels very happy．When you are old enough to go to school, mother still looks after you all the time．O （6）  cold winter days, she always tells you to put on more clothes．She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from s （7） ．When you hurry to leave home for school with little breakfast, she always feels w （8） about you at home．She usually knows about your study and spends much money on your school things．When you do well at school, you will see the brightest smile on her face．

Mother is always ready to give everything she h （9）  to her children, not to receive．What true love that is in the w （10）! We will remember Mother Love for ever!

阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。

On a Friday night in New York, a poor young man called Jay stood near the subway station, playing this violin．3The music was so great that many people slowed down and put some money into his hat．

   The next day, Jay came again．He took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground．Then he began playing．It seemed more pleasant to listen to．Before long, many people came, looking at the paper．It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat．Please came to claim（认领） it soon．”

   Seeing this, people wondered what it could be．After about half an hour, a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the young man and said, “I’m the George．I knew you’d surely come here!”

   Then George explained the whole story．He bought a lottery ticket a few days ago．Yesterday he found that he won a prize of $500,000．He was very excited．On his way home, he felt the music was so wonderful that he took out $100 and put it on the hat．4However, the lottery ticket with his name on was also thrown in．

   Jay was a student at an arts school in Paris．He had booked the flight and would fly that morning．However, when he happened to find the ticket holder had won the lottery, he cancelled （取消） the flight and came back to the subway station．

   Later someone asked Jay, “Why didn’t you take the lottery ticket for yourself?” He said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever．”

根据要求完成下面的题目。

（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1．Which city did the story happen?

2．Why did Jay cancel the flight?

（二）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

3．__________________________________________________________________________

4．__________________________________________________________________________

（三）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

5．___________________________________________

根据汉语意思用英语完成句子，将答案写在横线上。

1．我觉得初中生每晚睡八小时很重要。

I think it’s           for junior school students to           eight           a night．

2．对很多年轻人来说，成为一名职业运动员似乎是梦寐以求的职业。

         many young people, becoming a professional athlete seems like a          job．

3．为使环境整洁，我们不能乱扔废纸和塑料袋。

         keep the environment clean          tidy, we mustn’t throw           the waste paper and plastic bags．

4．晚上不要熬夜太晚。

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某英语报社面向全国初中学生开展一次征文活动，主题为学校的学习生活。请根据一下要求写一篇征文。

内容要求：1．在校生活感受：  2．．最喜欢的……（如科目，老师……）及原因

       3．课外爱好；      4．今后的学习或生活计划

写作要求：1．征文应包含以上内容，可适当拓展；

          2．征文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3．词数60—80。

He _____ in ten minutes.

A．is coming          B．comes          C．come          D．came

Xiao Wang lives _______ ,but he doesn't feel_______

A．lonely  lonely       B．alone  alone      C．lonely alone      D．alone  lonely

There _____ a football game this afternoon.

A．will going to be       B．is going to have       C．is going to be       D．will have

It's _______ for him to carry.

A．enough heavy        B．heavy too       C．heavy enough        D．too heavily