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One evening，Grandad said，"I once had a friend called Day.His first name was Henry，but everyone called him Happy.Happy Day made a very good living.He had been to many places and when he came to a place that he liked，he opened a pet shop and began selling African Ghost Fish.

"According to Happy，these are the world's only invisible fish，and they're especially good pets because they don't need any food.Once a year，the female Ghost Fish lays eggs.Immediately after that，and if everything is completely quiet，she becomes visible.But in a blink（眨眼）of an eye，she's gone again.If you see her，you're extremely lucky for she's the most beautiful creature alive.

"When Happy told his customers this story，his tanks of fish sold very quickly.When they were completely sold out，Happy usually left for another town. "

"Was that because his customers were not satisfied？" We asked.

"Not at all， "Grandad said. "His customers were completely satisfied.Many people told him that they got great pleasure from their invisible fish.It was so relaxing.A few even claimed that they had seen a female Ghost Fish，and it was truly unforgettable.Yes，Happy was a clever man."

"Can you tell us some more about him？" We said.

"Not now， "said Grandad. "I'm tired，and I want a nap（打盹）.Why don't you children go and watch the tank of Ghost Fish in my room？Remember，if you sit quietly and watch really closely，you might even see a female. "

As we rushed excitedly from the room，I heard Grandad whisper， "Thank you，Happy. "

I wonder what he meant.

阅读材料，根据文中信息帮助 Happy Day 设计一份广告，完成以下任务。

任务 A：补全 1﹣4 题的信息。每空限填一词。任务 B：编写一句广告语，完成第5题。不超过 10 个词。

AFRTCAN GHOST FISH NOW ON SALE At Happy Day's（1） 　 　Shop! • The world's only invisible fish. • They need（2） 　 　food. • The female is the most（3） 　 　creature alive.She becomes visible after she lays eggs. • All customers will be completely satisfied. • The fish will live great（4） 　 　to you. （5）

Susan was tired of having her three children talk back to her.One day，she climbed into her kids' tree house.It was（1） 　 　good place，she thought，for a mother to go on strike（罢工）.She was tired of（2） 　 　（drive） them everywhere without thanks and doing more than her share of the work around the house.Until（3） 　 　（thing） changed，Susan decided to stay up in the tree.

Susan's strike got her kids' attention，（4） 　 　course.But that was not all that happened.Word of the fed﹣up mother spread.Before long，a camera crew from television's Today Show came into their yard.Now people all across America were going to find（5） 　 　who drove the kids' mother up a tree.

As the cameras worked，the three kids stood with their father near the tree house.Kate，the Today Show host，had a question for（6） 　 　（they）. "What do you think about your mom on strike in that tree house？" she asked.

"I am kind of embarrassed， " said Misty.

"I'm really shocked， "said Joseph. "I did not think it would go this far.My mom is much（7） 　 　（crazy） than we thought. "

Rachel added， "I think mom is so strange（8） 　 　I can hardly believe it. "

But Susan had made her point.If the kids（9） 　 　 （want） her back，they should know what to do.When the TV crew left，the kids went into their house（10） 　 　 （quick）and got busy.Not long after that Susan climbed down from the tree and went back to being a mom.

Ed，William and Dan are three young men who love music.They've left their comfortable homes without taking any （1） 　 　（money）or mobile phones.They plan

（2） 　    （walk）around the whole Britain，singing for dinner and sleeping anywhere like fields.

Ed and Dan met William when they were at school.They all liked walking. （3） 　 they finished school，Ed went to study art in Paris and became （4） 　   artist.Dan became a gardener and William a bookseller.They were still friends， （5）     they weren't very happy with their lives.

One day they said， "Why don't we start walking？" And so they did.

They love simple activities （6） 　    　the busy，stressful world.

"People often ask （7） 　    　（we）why we're doing this.But you know it's a great life and we're learning so much on our journey，" says William （8）      　（proud）.

Last year they started a website to tell people a lot of stories about their walks.

This year they'd like to make videos and tell （9） 　 　 （many）stories.Next year，they （10） 　 　 （make）a CD of their songs and start a charity.The future looks good.

Thailand Literacy Program

Omkoi is one of the mountainous areas in Thailand.It is an area of （1） 　    　（北 方的）Thailand.There are neither schools（2）    　（也没有）libraries there and people cannot read or write.The government of Thailand hopes to change that with a program.It

（3） 　 　（包括）bringing books to the villages.

A number of these villages can be reached only on foot，and there is always a very long rainy （4） 　 　（季节）in Thailand.So how do the villagers get books that they need most，especially （5） 　 　（ 在...期间）the rainy days？Of course，teams of （6） 　 　（大象） !

Now there are several teams carrying books in Omkoi.They spend almost a month covering （7） 　 　 （ 七）or eight villages.These special teams make it possible to provide education for almost two thousand people in Omkoi.

In Bangkok，the capital of Thailand，there's a program called "Train Library for Young People"，The train serves the homeless children on the （8） 　 　（街道）.Years ago，the railway police of Bangkok realized that those children（9） 　 　（真正地）needed a good place for learning and they began to act immediately.Now they have cleaned up and

（10） 　 　（修理）some old railway cars.These cars are turned into libraries for the children.

为了活跃气氛，缓解疲劳，Mr.Brown 准备和同学们一起做一个游戏。请阅读他推荐的三款游戏，完成两个任务。

GAME TIME
（1）	GAME1	On the table are all kinds of things in a mess.The players use the hook （钩）to pull one thing out of the mess without moving any others.If you pull out the most.you win.To win this game，you need to be skillful and patient!
（2）	GAME 2	You need a bag.collect small things like pencils，erasers and so on from the players and put them in the bag.Now pull one thing out of the bag without looking inside.Then give the owner of the thing a task，such as jumping like a frog，singing like a cock，etc.You're sure to enjoy playing and watching this game.You'll laugh a lot!
（3）	GAME 3	One player acts as the cat，a bowl in one hand and a coin in the other.Other players hold a line with an object as a mouse in each hand.The cat flips （抛）the coin.If it lands heads up，the cat catches the mouse in the player s left hand；if it lands tails up.the cat catches the mouse in the player's right hand，To win this game，you must be smart and act rapidly!

Task A：请给上还游戏分别配上合适的图片，完成1～3三个小题。

（1）　 （2）　　（3）　　

Task B：请从Game 1/2/3中选出一款你最喜欢的游戏，并用文中的观点说明理由。

I like Game （4）　    　 ，because（5）　                       　.

Dear Sir/Madam，

I am Lucy，a 20﹣year﹣old student from City College.I'm writing to express my wish to work as a volunteer（志愿者）for the 19 ^thAsian Games.

I'm an active and friendly girl from China.I've learned English for 13 years and can speak English well.And I can also speak a little Japanese.I've been to many countries in Asia and know a lot about Asian cultures.So I'm able to communicate with people from all over the world.Besides，I have organized（组织） different kinds of activities both in the middle school and at the college.And I'm also a volunteer in my community.I believe these experiences make me the right person to be a volunteer for the Games.

My telephone number is 14237656789，and my email address is [e-mail] forward to your reply.

Volunteer's Personal Information Form
Name	Lucy	Age	20	Sex （性别）	Female
Job	（1）	Work place	City College	Nationality （国籍）	（2）
Mobile	14237656789		Email	[e-mail]
Abilities	Speak（3） 　         　English and a bit Japanese. Have been to many countries in Asia. Know a lot about Asian cultures. Good at （4） 　       　people.
Experiences	Have organized many （5） 　     at school and college. A volunteer in the community.

The top Chinese scientist Yuan Longping，famous for his "Super Rice"，died of illness at the age of 91（1） 　 　May 22th，2021.

Yuan Longping（2） 　 　（be）born in Beijing in 1930.For almost 60 years，he had given most of his time and energy to rice research.So far，the hybrid rice（杂交水稻）he developed（3） 　 　（pull）millions of people out of hunger all over the world.His achievements were so great（4） 　 　he was called "The Father of Hybrid Rice" and won World Food Prize.

During his lifetime，Yuan Longping spent（5） 　 　（much）time in the farm field than in his office.He was often seen watching plants（6） 　 　（close）and thinking of ways to improve them，just as many Chinese（7） 　 　（farmer）do.

Yuan once said he had（8）     　 dream-to "enjoy the cool under the rice plants taller than men".（9） 　 　 a pity it is that he can't continue his dream now!But surely，people believe，his dream（10） 　     　 （come）true in the near future.

In the past，my old grandmother didn't enjoy talking on the phone.Actually，she hated it so she was always refusing （1）　 　 （use）it.She told us that she preferred speaking to people in person.It always（2）　 　（make）her sad that she couldn't see the person she was talking to.The other day，we chatted with my grandmother， （3）　 　 mentioned video calling over the Internet.It （4）　 　 （invent）for people to see each other while talking online.Then we came up with（5）　 　 idea.We bought her a laptop（笔记本电脑）.One of my （6）　 　（cousin）went over to her house and taught her how to use it.（7）　 　（lucky），she was a quick learner.

    Now，she enjoys （8）　 　（her）when talking with us every day.She is happy and you can tell from the expression（9）　 　her face.She says it's also very convenient.She can put it anywhere in the house（10）　 　it is small and doesn't take up much room.Sometimes she even talks to us while she's in the kitchen cooking!

Your dog is barking，but you can't hear it!Your best friend is telling you（1）　 　 joke，but you can't catch it!（2） 　 terrible!The people who have hearing loss（3）　 　 （consider）deaf.

    It's not easy being deaf，and although some kids are born deaf，many others lose their hearing later on.So it's important to know how（4）   　 （be）a good friend with anyone in the Deaf community.Here are some ways.

    Be patient and do not give up on a friend（5）　 　 hearing loss.If you repeat what you are saying（6）　 　 （loud），and it isn't helping your Deaf friend，try to write it down or use signals instead.

    Also，remember that deafness isn't the same as being stupid.Deaf kids are just as smart as anyone else.Don't treat your Deaf friends like they are not very smart.（7）　 　 they can't hear you，there's nothing wrong with their brain.

   Don't forget about texts，（8）　 　 （email），and so on.These are much（9）　 　 （good）ways to keep in touch with your Deaf friend than phone calls.If the two of you can sign，a video call is great !

    It's fun to communicate with others.We should support all of（10）　 　（we）friends，and make new ones!

Things Spotter

    If you often lose things，you'll be happy with a new（1）　 　（发明）called Things Spotter.It'll look like a small key tag that can be put on your objects.The tag will（2）　 　（连接）to your mobile phone through BlueTooth technology.When you find something missing，don't（3）　 　（担心）!Just press a button on your mobile phone and a map on your screen will tell you where to look.

    Fire Recharger

    It's really fun to（4）　 　（扎营）in the wild!But what can you do if the batteries（电池）on your mobile phone are empty？Some（5）　 　（工程师）are working on a Fire Recharger.It（6）　 　（生产）electricity from the heat of fire.This means you can use a small fire to charge（充电）your mobile phone.It is very useful and will be（7）　 　（广泛地）used in the future.

    DigGoggles

    Those lively underwater photos are so beautiful，but not easy to take.Besides，underwater cameras are not（8）　 （便宜的）enough.But soon you will have the（9）　 　（机会）to buy a pair of DigGoggles.That's the name of a（10）     　（特殊的）diving mask that can take photos.Open and close your eyes twice and your camera will go 'click'!

All around the world，families celebrate special days together.Traditions for these days（1）　    　（be）very different.Some of them may surprise you.

    Families in most countries have a special day to celebrate mothers.In Serbia,this day is on（2）　 　 second Sunday before Christmas.On that day，children sneak（溜）into their（3）　   　（mother）bedroom and tie her feet with ribbon（丝带）so that she can't get out of bed.Then they shout， "Mother's Day，Mother's Day!What will you pay（4）　 　 （get） away？" Then the mother gives（5）　 　（they）small treats and presents as payment so that the kids "free" her.

    In China，they say that（6）　 　 （baby）are one year old when they are born.After that，all children celebrate their birthday on New Year's Day because that's when they grow a year

（7）　 （old）.Actual birthdays are（8）　 　 （usual）celebrated with a big family meal.The tradition is that the "birthday boy" or "birthday girl" should fill their mouth with as many long noodles（9）   　 they can and then eat them.This is because in Chinese culture，long noodles are a symbol（10）　   　 long life.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

    Electric cars may seem like a recent invention，but they've been around for years.In the early 1900s，there were more electric cars on the road than there were petrol（汽油）cars.At that time，petrol was e（1）　    　compared with other fuels（燃料）。W（2）　 　petrol prices dropped and new technologies were developed，electric cars went out of fashion （过时）.Instead，petrol cars became more p（3）   　because they could travel longer distances （距离）without stopping.

    During the 20th century，petrol cars got bigger，heavier，and faster.They needed more fuel，and it c（4）　 　 more air pollution.For years，car makers didn't worry about pollution.They didn't worry about the amount of petrol cars used，e（5）　 　 .But when people began to realise that there was not enough oil on the earth，they asked car makers to produce more efficient（高效能的）and less polluting cars.

    One m（6）　 　of solving the problem was a "hybrid" car（混合动力车），one that ran partly on petrol and partly on electricity.Hybrid cars became popular in the 2000s when petrol prices went up and the prices of hybrid cars went d（7）　 　.

    An all﹣electric car uses no petrol.The problem，however，is that car batteries （电池） need to be recharged （再充电）.That makes electric cars not so useful for long j（8）　 　.

    Many people are not p（9）　   　with it.The government and car makers are w（10）　 　together to develop safe，cheap，and useful electric cars.When people have these cars in the future，a petrol station may be a thing of the past.

During the unusual winter holiday in 2020，we stayed at home for two （1）　 （month）because of COVID﹣19.But my father，a member of the Communist Party of China，didn't stay （2）      us at home for too long.

    When my dad heard about some （3）　     （use）work，he became a volunteer in a rural area to help check people's information and spread knowledge about COVID﹣19.As the situation became much （4）　    　 （bad），24﹣hour traffic checkpoints were set up on the main roads to the village.There was only （5）    　 simple tent，a few chairs and two heaters for volunteers （6）　    　 （spend）the night.The winter night was very cold and the volunteers could hardly sleep.But my father （7）　   　（final）chose to stay because he wanted to guard the gate for other people.

Dad （8）　   　（join）the Party a few years ago.At first，I didn't know much about it.After the pandemic，I learned that the Party members are people （9）　 　 will step forward when China is in trouble.When I grow up，I want to become one of

（10）　 　 （they）.Even if I am not a Party member，I will make contributions to our society，making it a much better place.

Coming home after working for the whole night I lost my wallet.It was

（1）　 　 （probable） very close to my house but I couldn't find it and had to cancel my credit cards.I had kept（2）　 　 wallet for ten years and it was a Christmas present.It was a bright，red leather wallet.Not every adult is sad about losing something， （3）　 　 I was very upset about losing my wallet.

    I spoke to my （4）　 　 （friend） about my lost wallet.Most of them said I might get the wallet back finally but the money in it would （5）　 　 （appear）.I had listed all the things in my wallet （6）　 　 （get） some new ones.

    I came home late the next night and my red wallet was in front of my house.I checked it carefully.

    （7）　 　 everything in my wallet，there was a note.I was surprised when I read the note which said， "I （8）　 　 （find） this last night.It was too dark to go through it then，so I came back tonight.I got your address from your license.Sorry.Mike."

Not only had this man returned my wallet but he was sorry for not bringing it back

（9）　 　 （early）.There was no information about Mike so I couldn't get in touch with him to say "Thank you".But I did hope he could know how （10）　      （thank） I was!

A Chinese dance drama（1）　 　（make）the first appearance on social media platforms abroad already，causing a wave of discussion on the beauty of Chinese culture among art lovers worldwide.

    The dance drama Li Bai is（2）　 　classic play made by the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater.It has touched people all over the world（3）　 　telling the story of Tang Dynasty （618 AD—907 AD）poet Li Bai.

Li Bai was born in 701 AD（4）　 　died in 762 AD.Maybe because he traveled around so much when he was little，he decided（5）　 　（keep） traveling around the land when he was 25 years old.He wanted to learn more about nature and people.He expressed his feelings through the beautiful words in his poems.People（6）　 　（real） liked his poems.Even today people still admire his poems，not only adults，but（7）　 　（child） too.Kids start to learn his poems when they are in primary schools.Li Bai is one of the

（8）　 　（important） poets in China.He is just as important as William Shakespeare to the world.

    Last month，the dance drama Li Bai （9）　 　（watch） over 5.57 million times.And China has once again carried Chinese culture forward in（10）    　（it） own way.