Passage9

Thisweekinschool,wehadourownclassroomOlympics!

Ourclasshadfive1.

events—jumprope,long

jump,sit-upsandpush-upsand“JumpovertheDinosaur”.

Everyonecompetedineachevent,one2. one.

Theeventswerefun!Sandrawonthe3.

(one)placeinthejumpropeevent.Shejumped180timesinoneminutewithout4.(stop).Lisawonsecondplaceinthelongjump.Shejumpedveryfar,butKimjumped5.

(far).

But6.

(I)favoriteeventwasDanny’s.He

calledit“JumpovertheDinosaur”.Itwasarace.Eachperson

walkedonsomepaperpizzas,climbedthrough7.

cardboarddonutandthenjumpedoveratoydinosaur.Weuseda

8.w toseewhowasthefastest.

Whatwastheresult?Dannywontherace!Noneofuscouldcatchhim!ButIwasclose.Iwasonlytwo9.

(second)slowerthanDanny.

Brianwassadbecausehe10.(lose).Hecameintwentieth.Hedidhisbest,buthekeptfallingoffthepizzas!

Passage10

AscientistinChinahadadreamwhenhewasachild.Inthedream,hegrewanew1.kofricethatwasasbigasapeanut.Theplantallowedfarmerstorestin2.

(it)shade.ThatchildwasYuanLongping.Yuangrewupand

becamethe“FatherofHybridRice”.

3.

the1960s,afewyearsafterhefinishedhis

studiesinagricultureatuniversity,hecameupwithanideaforhybridrice.Sincethen,hehas4. (spend)muchof

histimeresearchinganddevelopingnewvarieties.

In1973,togetherwithotherscientists,hesucceededin5.

(develop)hybridrice.Thisnewproductmade

Chinaa6.

(lead)inriceproduction.Forthis,he

became7. (know)asthe“FatherofHybridRice”.

In1980,thetechnologyforhybridricewasintroducedtothe

United States and, later, to many other 8.

(country)aroundtheworld.

BecauseofDr.Yuan’shardwok,Chinanowproduces9.e riceeveryyeartofeeditspeople.

NowDr.Yuanisworkingondevelopingsuperhybridrice.In

hissparetime,Dr.Yuanlovesplaying10.

violin

andlisteningtomusic.Everynight,hereadsforhalfanhourbeforehegoestosleep.Helikesswimming,too.

Passage11

MynameisJackie.Ilikecycling.

Itwasabeautifulfallday.Iwasoutridingmybicycle.I1.

(ride)overaholeintheroad.Allofasudden,I

wentdownhard2. myrightside.Thatreallyhurt!

My head hit the ground. I lay there for a few 3.

(minute).Itriedtogetup,butIcouldn’t!“There

wassomething4.w withme,”Ithought.Ifeltso

terriblethatIlaydown5.a .ThenIsawbloodonmyshoe.Myhandandkneewerebleeding(流血).

AsIlaythere,Itook6.myhelmet.Therewasasharprockstickingoutofit.Itwasprettyscarytolookat.ThankgoodnessIworemyhelmet!

Ishoutedforhelp.A7.(strange)stoppedhistruckandcametohelpme.Heputmybikeinthebackofhistruckanddrove8.(I)tothehospital.

Whenmymothergottothehospital,shegavemeabighug9.

(quick).“I’msogladyouwerewearingyour

helmet (頭盔).”shesaid.SheknewIwas10.

(care)anddidnotalwayswearmyhelmet.

Mybicyclehelmetsavedmylife!

Passage12

Todaywefinishedourtwo-weekstudyofmoviesandplays.Itwasthe1.(good)twoweeks,andwelearnedalot.

Whenwebegantheselessons,allIknewwasthatmovies

andplaysarefuntowatch.Likemostpeople,Ialwaysfocused

ontheactorsor2.

(actress).Ithoughtthey

were3. mostimportantpeopleintheshow.NowI

knowthatthisisnottrue.

Actorsareonlyasmallpartofamovieoraplay.Itcantake

hundreds4.

peopletomakeamovieorputona

play.We5.s

thinkaboutthepeoplewhowork

behindthescenes.Butwithoutthem,makingamovieoraplaywouldbealmost6.(possible).Withouttheirhardwork,wewouldnevergettoknowsomanygreatstoriesandstars!

Forthegroupproject,someofmyclassmatesshotshort

movies.They7.

didwonderfulwork.Onegroup

madeacomedy.8.

(they)moviemadethewhole

classlaugh.MygroupperformedaplaycalledThe