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九U11P83A longtime ago,in arich and beautiful country,there livedan
1.happy king.He sleptbadly anddidnt feellike
2.eat.His facewas pale
3.chalk.He oftencried forno reason.This madethe queenand hispeople worried.They sentfor adoctor toexamine theking.But hefound nothingwrong withbody.Its allin hismind.Neither medicinenor restcan helphim.What heneeds is the shirtof a happy personto wear.Thatll makehim happy.”Who isthe happypersonThen theprime minister,the kingsbanker andthe palace singer werecalled to the palace.But
4.of themwere happy.
5.they hadlots ofpower orwealth,they werealways worriedabout
6.losethem.And thepalacesingerwas afraidof being.follow byothers,so hekept
8.sing andhad nofree time.Finally,the kingstop generalwas toldto findahappyman inthree
9.day time.He searchedand searchedbut hecouldnt findanyone.lt seemedthat everyonehad theirown problems,and noone was
10.truehappy.The lastday,as he was aboutto give up,he sawa poor man eatingwith handsand singinghappily.The generalwent upto himand askedjwhatmakes youso happyThepoormansmiled andsaid thathe hadeverything hewanted,and hedidnt wantwhat hecouldnt have.He was so happythat hissong camefrom thehappiness in his heart.Guess,could thegeneral getthe happyshirt九U11P86Peter kepthis eyeson theground.He walkedhome alone.It wasthel.badday ofhis life.His mindwould notstop
2.thinkabout.what happenedonly justan hourago on the schoolsoccer field.How couldhe havemissed
3.scorethat goalHe hadlet hiswhole teamdown.He wasreally worriedthat hiscoach mightkick himoff theteam.As soon as hewalked
4.the door,his fatherasked JWhatswrong,son”I lostthe gameJ Peterreplied.Then hewent into his room
5.saying anything.Ten minuteslater,Peter heardhis father
6.knock on his bedroomdoor.Then his father hada conversationwith him.He said“My boy,whatever happened,dont betoo hardon yourself.^He encouragedPetefRemember,you5re notthe onlyreason yourteam lost.Soccer is about teameffort,after all!I believeyour teammateswill supportyou.
7..winning orlosing isonly half the game.The otherhalf islearning howto communicatewith yourteammates andlearning fromyour mistakes.^Peter didnftsay anything,but whathisfathersaid madehim think
8.carefully.The next day,Peter wentto soccerpractice withcourage ratherthan fearinhisheart.He saidtohis teammates.Tm reallysorry aboutyesterday.We wereso closeto
9.win thatgame.But Ithink ifwe continueto Pulltogether,were goingto winthe nextone.To hissurprise andrelief.histeammatesall noddedin
10.agree.They said,dont worryabout it.Its neverjust onepersons fault.^Peter smiled.It madehim feellucky toknow thathewasonawinning team.九U12P91Life IsFull of the Unexpected1May2001,I founda jobin NewYork at the WorldTrade Center.On September11,2001,I arrivedat mybuilding ataround8:30a.m.I was about2goup whenI decidedto geta coffee3one.I wentto myfavorite coffeeplace eventhough itwas twoblocks eastfrom my office.As Iwas waitingin linewith otheroffice workers,I hearda loudsound.Before Icould jointhe othersoutside to see whatwas goingon,the firstplane hadalready hitmyofficebuilding.We staredin disbeliefat theblack smoke4riseabove theburning building.I felt5luckily to be alive.Almost10years6late,I wokeup at10:00a.m.on February21,2011and7realize thatmy alarmhad nevergone
8.I jumpedout ofbed andwent straightto theairport.But bythe timeI gottotheairport,my planeto New Zealand hadalready takenoff.This isthe firstholiday Ivetaken in a year,and nowIve missedmy plane.What badluck!”I thoughtto9I.The otherplanes werefull10I hadto waittill thenextday.The nextmorning,I heardabout theearthquake inNewZealandthe daybefore.My badluck hadunexpectedly turnedinto agood thing.九U12P94April FooPsDay isa celebrationthat1take placein differentcountries aroundthe world.It happenson April1st every year andisaday whenmany peopleplay allkinds oftricks andjokes2each other.One April Fools Day,a reporterin Englandannounced that there wouldbe nomore spaghettibecause the spaghetti farmersin Italyhad stopped3grow spaghetti.Many peopleran totheir localsupermarkets tobuy asmuch spaghettias theycould.By thetime peoplerealized thatthe story wasa hoax,all ofthespaghettiacross thecountry hadbeen soldout.In anotherfamous tricka TVshow inEngland reportedthe4discover ofspecial water.They saidthis waterwould helppeople loseweight andthat onecustomer hadalready losta lotof weight5just fourmonths.By the end ofthe day,more than10,000people hadphoned theTV stationto findout howto getthis water.Many AprilFools jokesmay endup beingnot veryfunny.A famousTV staronce6invite his girlfriend ontohis showon AprilFools Day.He askedher tomarry him.The ladywassohappy becauseshe reallywanted toget married.However,when she said yes,he replied」AprilFool!”That littlejoke didnthave avery happy7end.The TVstar losthisgirlfriendand hisshow wascanceled.One ofthe8world mostfamous tricks,however,happened inOctober ratherthan inApril.In thatmonth in1938,actor OrsonWelles announcedonhisradio programthat aliensfrom Marshad landedontheearth.He describedwhere theyhad landedand toldhow theywere movingacross theUnited States.Welles made9sound soreal thathundreds ofpeople believedthe story,and fearspread acrossthe wholecountry.By thetime policeofficers announcedthatthestorywasahoax,10thousand ofpeople hadleft theirhomes.九U13P99Save theSharks Manyhave heard of sharkfin soup.This famousand expensivedish isespecially popularin1south China.But doyou realizethat yourekilling awhole sharkeach timeyou enjoya bowlof sharkfin soupWhen peoplecatch sharks,they cutoff theirfins andthrow theshark backinto theocean.This isnot onlycruel,but also2harm tothe environment.3With afin,a sharkcan nolonger swimand slowlydies.Sharks areatthetop ofthe foodchain inthe4ocean ecosystem.5their numbersdrop toolow,it willbring dangerto allocean life.Many believethat sharkscan neverbe endangeredbecause theyare thestrongest intheir foodchain.But6fact,around70million sharks7catch andtraded inthis industryeveryyear.The8number ofsome kindsof sharkshave fallen9over90percent inthe last20to30years.Environmental protectiongroups aroundthe world,such asWildAid andthe WWF,are teachingthe publicabout finning”.They haveeven askedgovemments10develop lawsto stopthe saleof shark fins.So far,no scientificstudies haveshown thatsharkfinsare goodfor health,so whyeat themHelp savethe sharks!九U13P102Do youoften throw1things youdont needanymore Haveyou ever2think abouthow thesethings canactually beput togood useNothing isa wasteif youhave acreative mind.You haveprobably neverheardofAmy Hayes,but sheis3most unusualwoman.She livesinahouse inthe UKthat shebuilt herselfout ofrubbish.The windowsand doorscome fromold4buildaround hertown thatwere pulleddown.The topofthehouse is an oldboat5turn upsidedown.And thegate infront ofher houseis madeof rocksand oldglass bottles.Amy recentlywon aprize fromthe HelpSave OurPlants Society.The presidentsaid JAmyisaninspiration tous all.”Amy isntthe onlyone6is goodat recycling.Jessica Wongfrom HongKong usesold clothesthat peopledont wearanymore to make bags.She hasbeen7do thisfor a few yearsnow.She openeda smallshop8she sellsher bags,and shehas alsoset upa websiteto sellthem online.She especiallylikes touse oldjeans tomake handbags.Her bagsare cuteand useful.I planto writea bookabout newways touse oldclothes Jshesaid.I hopepeople canread mybook andenjoy it!”Wang Taoset upa smallbusiness inShanghai fouryears ago.He isknown forusing ironand othermaterials fromold carstomakebeautiful artpieces.Some arelarge piecesthat looklike animalsor humans,and someare smallerpieces youcan putat home.The morepopular9workcan evenbe seenin artshops aroundthe city.Wang Taohopes toset upa metalart”theme parkto showpeople theimportance of10environment protection.Not onlycan theart bringhappiness toothers,but italso showsthat evencold,hard ironcan bebrought back to lifewith a little creativity.九U14P110Ladies andgentlemen.Thank youfor comingtoday toattend thegraduation ceremonyat No.3Junior HighSchool.1one ofall,Id liketo congratulateall thestudents whoare heretoday.I remember2meet allof youwhen you were juststarting Grade7at thisschool.You wereall sofull ofenergy andthirsty3knowledge.And yes,some of youwerealittledifficult todeal with!But todayI seea roomfull oftalented youngadults whoare fullof hopefor thefuture.Youve allgrown upso muchand Imso proudofyou.Although youveall workedvery hardover thelast threeyears,none ofyou didit alone.I hopeyouU rememberthe importantpeople inyour liveswho helpedand supportedyou---your parents,your teachersand yourfriends.Please considerwhat theyvedone foryou andwhat theymean4you.Never failtobe5thank tothe peoplearound you.6last,theendof juniorhigh schoolisthebeginning ofa newlife.I dontneed totell youthat lifein seniorhigh schoolwill beharder andthat youhave manydifficult tasksahead ofyou.Youll makemistakes alongthe way,but thekey is7learn fromyour mistakesand nevergiveup.But alongwith8difficult,there willalso bemany excitingthings9wait foryou.Behind eachdoor youopen arechances tolearn newthings,and youhave theability tomake yourown choices.Choose wiselyandberesponsible foryour decisionsand actions.Although youhave togo yourseparate waysnow,I hopethat inafew10year time,youll comebacktovisit ourschool.As youset outon yournew journey,you shouldntforget whereyou camefrom.The futureis yours.Good luckand hopetoseeyou againsometimes soon!。