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Did you ever wonder how some of your favorite foods, products or toys came about? Believe it or not, they may have been an accident, or a failure of some other intention. Below, we found three mistakes we’re thankful for turned out to be what they are.

1. Most historians hold that the Chinese invented fireworks in the 9th century when they discovered how to make gunpowder. Story has it that a Chinese cook accidentally mixed together what were then considered common kitchen items and noticed they burnt. When put tightly(紧紧地）in a bamboo tube(管子and lit, it blew up.

2. In May of 1886, a law led John Pemberton, a pharmacist(药剂师), to rewrite the formula(配方) for “Pemberton’s French Wine Coca”, his popular headache treatment. Containing sugar instead of wine as a sweetener, the outcome became something for Coke, which was later mixed with carbonated(碳酸) water. His bookkeeper suggested the name Coca-Cola because he thought the two C’s would look good together, which is how what we call Coca-Cola, a world-wide drink came into being.

3. During World WarⅡ, scientists at the University of Birmingham invented the magnetron(磁控管)—an important heat-producing part of the microwave oven. While working for Raytheon Corporation after the war, the American engineer Percy Spencer was testing the magnetron when a chocolate bar in his pocket melted. He went on to test other foods including popcorn kernels(仁), and found it to be a much more efficient way to cook. In 1947 Raytheon came out with the first restaurant microwave oven, which was six feet tall and weighed 750 lbs.
The underlined phrase “ blew up” might mean _______ in Chinese.

A．爆炸

B．膨胀

C．升华

D．蒸发

Percy Spencer found the microwave efficient in cooking when he was ________.

A．looking for a way to melt his chocolate

B．trying to know tow a magnetron could cook

C．working to know how the magnetron works

D．asked to invent a restaurant microwave oven

The right time order of the three inventions should be ________.

A．fireworks, the microwave and Coca-cola

B．fireworks, Coca-cola and the microwave

C．Coca-cola, fireworks and the microwave

D．the microwave, Coca-cola and the fireworks

What can we learn from the above invention stories?

A．Experiments makes great inventors of our time.

B．Nothing is impossible if one tries each day.

C．Inventors come out of hard work at any time.

D．A small incident may lead to a great invention.

What’s the best title for the passage?

A．What great inventions they are!

B．Inventions from Three Countries.

C．Stories of Accidental Inventions.

D．The Human Inventions of time.

Born in Ghana，West Africa，in 1989，Freddy Adu has become one of the most promising young soccer players in the world.Soccer fans have been crazy about him since 2003，when he became the youngest player to join a professional sports team in the United States.The next year，he became the youngest athlete ever to play in an allstar game，a match in which the best players from many professional teams compete.
As a child，Adu did what many children in Ghana love to do—play soccer.His mother recognized her son's talentand encouraged it by providing soccer balls，which were expensive for them.Since he had soccer balls，other children always came looking for him and played together.
Education was very important to Adu's mother，and she wasn't sure that her son could receive a good education in Ghana.So she tried hard and moved to Maryland，U.S. in 1997，when he was eight years old.His new school friends soon noticed his talent for soccer，and the parents of one friend encouraged him to join a soccer club.This was his first time playing organized soccer，and he helped his team from the Potomac Soccer Association win a tournament in Italy in 2000.One professional Italian team was so impressed by Adu that they offered him $750，000 to play for them.Adu's mother refused the offer and thought that her eleven-year-old son needed to finish school first.
Adu did finish high school at the age of 14.Nowadays，he is playing professional soccer and living with his mother in a house he bought for her.His salary with the D．C. United team is $500，000 a year，and Adu is also paid to advertise products such as sports shoes and drinks.Adu is happy that his mother no longer has to work at two jobs，and his fans are happy that they can watch him play their favourite sport for many years to come.
Freddy Adu was ____ years old when he became the youngest ever allstar team player.

A．eight

B．ten

C．thirteen

D．fifteen

Adu's mother helped him develop his talent by ____．

A．making him play soccer every day

B．finding him a soccer coach

C．offering him soccer balls

D．making him join the school team

Which is the correct order of the following events？____
a．Adu became the youngest professional soccer player in the USA.
b．Adu's family moved to the United States.
c．Adu's mother noticed his special ability to play soccer.
d．Adu is paid to advertise sports shoes and drinks.
A．b—c—d—a. B．a—c—b—d.
C．d—c—a—b. D．c—b—a—d.
What can we learn from the passage？____

A．As a child，Adu taught other children to play soccer in his hometown.

B．Adu moved to the USA because there were no soccer teams in Ghana.

C．Adu helped his team win a tournament and got $750，000 in Italy in 2000.

D．Adu gets more than $500，000 a year and lives happily with his mother now.

What is the secret of the success of Adu according to the passage?

A．His mother noticed his talent and encouraged him all the time.

B．He received a good education in the United States.

C．The parents of his friend encouraged him to join a soccer club.

D．All of the above

When I was young, my father used to grow carnations — a kind of flower that was red, pink or white. He took care of them with much love and devotion. Every day he came home from work, he would enjoy watching them. And he used to tell us, “No one should touch my flowers.”
One day, my younger sister Clemence, who loved dad very much, wanted to help him. So she cut the carnation from their stems (枝干) one by one and arranged (排列) them on the ground. She believed that dad would be very happy to see them that way.
When mom and I realized what my sister had done, we became completely silent. However, my sister didn’t know why no one showed her any appreciation (感谢). When dad arrived, he went as usual straight to watch the flowers. Seeing his flowers lying on the ground like dead animals, he was shocked at first. He looked towards the street to see if it was any of the neighbors’ children who could have done it. Then he looked at mom in silence. Finally mom, who always taught us to tell the truth no matter what, said, “No bad neighbors did this great job, only your lovely daughter Clemence.”
Dad’s face changed into a smile and then he said, “Do I have better flower than my lovely daughter?” My younger sister smiled and hugged (拥抱) dad strongly.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
What is NOT a color of carnations?

A．White

B．Red

C．Black

D．Pink

How did Clemence feel when she had the carnations cut?

A．Sorry.

B．Worried.

C．Upset.

D．Happy

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．No one knew what my sister had done with the carnations.

B．Dad had thought someone outside had cut the flowers from the stems.

C．My younger sister told my father the truth about the carnations.

D．Dad asked my sister to help arrange the carnations on the ground.

What caused my younger sister to smile and hug dad strongly?

A．Clemence’s words.	B．Mom’s words.
C．Dad’s words.	D．My words.

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．My Neighbors	B．Dad’s Best Flower
C．Growing Carnations	D．Telling the truth

William Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Tu Youyou jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine for their work against parasitic diseases (寄生虫病), the award-giving body said on Monday.
William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan won half of the prize for their discovery of the drug avermectin.(阿维菌素).
The Chinese scientist Tu Youyou was awarded the other half of the prize for discovering artemisinin (青蒿素), a drug that has sharply lowered the number of people who die from malaria. (疟疾). Tu’s discovery is a great contribution(贡献) by traditional Chinese medicine to human health.
“These two discoveries have provided humankind with powerful new means to combat(对抗) parasitic diseases,” the Nobel Assembly said and awarded the prize of 8 million Swedish crowns($960,000).”
Medicine is the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year. Prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace were first awarded in 1901 in accordance with the will(遗愿) of the inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。
Three scientists share the the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine.
Tu Youyou discovers a new drug, avermectin.
Tu Youyou’s discovery comes from traditional Chinese medicine.
Tu Youyou won the prize of 8 million dollars for her discovery.
The Nobel Prizes were first awarded in 1901 in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel.

It was my first day at school in London and I was half-excited and half-frightened. On my way to school I wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and practiced all the answers: “I am nine years old. I was born here but I haven’t lived here since I was two. I was living in Farley. It’s about thirty miles away. I came back to London two months ago.” I also wondered if it was the custom（习惯）for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age. I hoped they would decide not to risk（冒险）it.
No one took any notice of me before school. I stood in the center of the playground, expecting someone to say “hello”, but no one spoke to me. When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all the curiosity my arrival aroused（唤醒）.
My teacher was called Mr. Jones. There were 42 boys in the class, so I didn’t stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon. Mr. Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from David Copperfield, but first he asked several boys if they knew Dickens’ birthplace, but no one guessed right. A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class, said: “Timbuktu”, and Mr. Jones went red in the face. Then he asked me. I said: “Portsmouth”, and everyone stared at me because Mr. Jones said I was right. This didn’t make me very popular, of course.
“He thinks he’s clever,” I heard Brian say.
After that, we went out to the playground to play football. I was in Brian’s team, and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal. No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper.
“He’s big enough and useless enough,” Brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me.
I suppose Mr. Jones remembered Dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, Brian pushed one of the players on the other team, and he gave them a penalty（罚球）. As the boy kicked the ball hard along the ground to my right, I threw myself down instinctively（本能地）and saved it. All my team crowded round me. My bare knees were grazed（擦伤）and bleeding. Brian took out a handkerchief and offered it to me.
“Do you want to join my team?” he said.
At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger.
The writer prepared to answer all of the following questions EXCEPT “_________”.

A．How old are you?

B．Where are you from?

C．Do you want to join my team?

D．When did you come back to London?

We can learn from the passage that _________.

A．boys were usually unfriendly to new students

B．the writer was not greeted as he expected

C．Brian praised the writer for his cleverness

D．the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper

The underlined part “I didn’t stand out” in paragraph 3 means that the writer was not _______.

A．noticeable（值得注意的）	B．welcome
C．important	D．popular

What can we infer from the fact that the writer was offered a handkerchief?

A．He threw himself down and saved the goal.

B．He pushed a player on the other team.

C．He was beginning to be accepted.

D．He was no longer a new comer.

A．China’s festivals	B．How does Spring Festival come?
C．Holidays in China	D．Spring Festival in China