浙江省绍兴市柯桥区杨汛桥中学教育集团2021届九年级上学期英...

Once there was a little girl living in a small, poor house on a hill. As she grew up, she began to play in her small 1, she was able to see over the garden and across the valley a wonderful house high on the hill－and that house had 2windows.

Although she loved her family, she 3about how wonderful and exciting it must be to live in that golden house all day.

Then she 4the age when she could play outside of her garden fence(篱笆). She asked her mother 5she could go for a bike ride outside the gate. Her mother thought for a while and 6allowed her to go. The little girl rode her bike 7she got to the gate of the golden house.

As she leaned(倚靠) her bike 8the gatepost, she focused on the path that 9to the house and then on the house 10and was so 11. All the windows were plain(普通的) brand rather dirty.

She was so sad that she didn't go any farther. Heartbroken, she rode her bike back. As she 12, she saw a sight that amazed her. There 13the valley on the other side was a little house. Its windows glistened(闪耀) golden as the 14shone on her little house. She 15that she had been living in her golden house all along. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her eyes and in her daily life!

Exams are a time of great stress. This is especially true in East Asia, where students have come up with some interesting ways to make sure they can pass.

One day I got in a taxi, and we left for the airport. We were driving in the right lane(车道) when, suddenly, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stopped his car at once. The tire(轮胎) made a very loud noise, and at the very last moment our car stopped just one inch from the back of the other car.

I was frightened. But then I couldn't believe what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, turned his head and started yelling at us. I couldn't believe it! But my taxi driver just smiled at the guy. So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost sent us to hospital."

This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call "The Law of the Rubbish Truck(垃圾车法则)". He explained that many people are like rubbish trucks. They run around full of rubbish, full of anger and full of bad feelings. As their rubbish piles up, they look for a place to throw it away and sometimes they'll throw it at you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their rubbish and spread it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.

Successful people never let rubbish trucks change their moods. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love those who love you and pray(祈祷) for those who don't.

While it is common for restaurant owners to connect with their customers, a restaurant owner in the US is taking it to a whole new level. Tim Harris gives out free hugs to every customer at the end of each meal.

The atmosphere(气氛) at his restaurant "Tim's Place" is so positive(积极的) that customers often call it the "World's friendliest restaurant".

"Tim's Hug" is in fact an item on the menu described as a "love" treat. Tim's hugs are doubly special because of everything he has achieved. The 26­year­old is probably the only Down Syndrome Sufferer(唐氏综合症患者) in the US to own a restaurant, but he has several other things to be proud of—he's a skillful special Olympian, an excellent sailor, and an experienced fisherman. He was also chosen as Homecoming King and Student of the Year in high school!

When Tim expressed interest in opening a restaurant, Keith, a small businessman himself, supported him. Tim hired(雇佣) other people to manage the place and do the cooking, and he introduced the idea of free hugs. He realized that people want to feel at home at a restaurant. That is why he included "love" as an item on the menu. Customers can order the free hug from Tim, and even if they don't, he'll probably hug them anyway.

The restaurant has been around since 2010, and Tim has given out over 19，000 hugs in the past five years—he keeps count using a special Hug Counter. "I've been coming here once a week，" said Michelle Garth­Jones, a regular customer. "I love local restaurants, and this special one has a story that stays with you."

In order to tell you what I believe, I must bring up something from my personal history.

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up my business job and study music. My parents, although sharing my love of music, didn't think it was a good choice that I took up music as a job. Considering my family background, this was understandable. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Spring Hill College in Mobile, and though he was much loved by his students, he didn't earn(挣钱) enough to provide for his large family. As a result of this example in the family, my parents strongly asked me to go to the college instead of a conservatory(音乐学院) of music although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare time practicing.

Before my graduation from Columbia, the family ran into some money problems and I felt it was my duty to leave college and take a job. That was why I took a business job, which I always think of as the wasted years. I went into it for money, for being able to help the family. Money is all I go out of it. It was not enough. I felt that life was passing me by.

My wish was to save enough to quit(退出) and then go to Europe to study music. I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, I earned enough to make myself able to go abroad. The family got out of the trouble and ________. I felt like a free man and sailed for Europe. I stayed for four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working and enjoyed every minute of it.

"Enjoyed" is too soft a word. I walked on air. I really lived. When I broke away from business, it was against the advice of all my friends and family, but if I had stayed in business, I do not believe I would have made a success of living.

Miss Dinsmore lived (单独地) in a little gray house. "It's a nice little house，" she said. "But I wish it looked more cheerful. Maybe I should paint it a (明亮的), pretty color." So she went to a  paint store. She saw lots of cheerful colors there, but she didn't know which color to choose.

(突然) she got an idea. "I'll paint picture after picture of my house with all these colorful colors. Then I'll choose the one I like best." Miss Dinsmore bought all the colors home. She painted a pink house. She painted a blue one. She painted a red one and a yellow one. She painted one with flower boxes under the windows and she (继续) painting again and again...

She hung each picture she painted on the wall. All of her pictures were pretty. She still couldn't decide (哪一种) color to choose. One day, while Miss Dinsmore was painting, a (邻居) came by. He liked the pictures of the house so much that he told the (整个的) town. Lots of people came to the little house. "What pretty pictures，" everyone said, "and what a nice house you have."

Now the little house was often (充满的) of people looking at the pictures, drinking tea, talking, laughing and having fun. Miss Dinsmore (微笑) and said, "It is a nice little house. It's a cheerful little house, too—(尤其) when good friends came to see me. It is as cheerful as cheerful can be."

February 21 is International Mother Language Day. The United Nations (name) it in 1999. The purpose is to protect all languages around world. In China, most people speak Chinese their mother language. More people speak Chinese than any other language in the world. About one (five) of the world's population speak a form of Chinese,   BBC reported.

(early) known written record of Chinese is the oracle bone script(甲骨文) of the Shang Dynasty. Most Chinese characters are ideograms(表意文字) which put two or more (word) together to make a new one. For example, jia means "a pig under the roof". This shows that people in ancient times thought of home as a place(hold) treasures.

As time went on, (thousand) of words developed. However, people only use a few thousand of them in everyday life. Today, new words are still being added to the Chinese dictionary, such as dishi for taxis and xiu for TV shows.

With the fast development of (China) economy(经济), more people from other countries are taking interest in Chinese. In a survey of last December, 2，007 people were asked "Which new foreign language would you learn？" Chinese placed (two), after Spanish, with 15 percent of the vote(选票).

Buddha(佛陀) and Three Animals

Three good friends, the monkey, the bear, and the rabbit lived together in the forest. Buddha wanted to test them.   ①   

First he met the monkey. The monkey saw the farmer was hungry, so he decided to pick some peaches for him. Next he met the bear. When the bear saw the hungry farmer, he decided to go to the lake to catch some fish for him.

Finally the rabbit came and said to the farmer, "Sir, welcome to the forest. My friends tell me you're very hungry."

   ②    The rabbit also wanted to help the farmer so he asked his friends to help him.   ③    The rabbit built a fire, and then he said to the farmer, "I am going to jump into the fire, and when I am cooked, you may eat me."

   ④    They were very surprised.

He smiled at them, "I am not a farmer, and I can see you all clearly. You are truly generous and kind." Then he said to the rabbit, "Your generosity is over others'. I am placing you on the moon. There everyone will see you and remember you." Today, if you look up at the full moon, you will see the rabbit is still there.

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参考词汇：follow suit随大流；carry forward弘扬; Recently, we had a discussion about whether it is necessary for Chinese people to celebrate Christmas. Here's the result.