In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封�。﹖hem in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31^st, AD 2000”，and was kept in the Colorado College Library.

One hundred years later, on the appointed (約定）day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代）of people who had placed things inside the box.

When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelt’s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.

Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the people of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand people. Now nearly half a million people live there.

Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(資源）.  We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ”

1.According to the passage, “time capsule” means ______.

2.Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about   .

3.Cecil Muller says that the time capsule ______.

TOKYO, JAPAN--What do you do when you see a cockroach (蟑螂）？ Do you hit it with a newspaper? Do you step on it?

When researchers at Tokyo University see a cockroach, they take the remote control and make the cockroach turn around, run left or right, or go forward. These scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots. Each cockroach has a very small pack that has in it a microprocessor(微處理器）.Then researchers can send signals from the remote control to the pack. The signals control the movements of the cockroaches.

Why does anyone want to control a cockroach? “Insects can do many things that people can’t,” says Isao Shimoyama, head of robot research at Tokyo University. In a few years, he says, these robot insects will carry very small cameras. They will be able to move through earthquake rubble(瓦礫）to look for people or move under doors to find information about someone.

This may seem strange, but the Japanese government thinks the research is very important. The government is giving the scientists $ 5 million for this research.

First, the researchers breed (培育)hundreds of cockroaches. They use only the American cockroach because it is bigger and stronger than other cockroaches. Then they choose the best cockroaches and remove their wings and antennae(觸須）. They put small packs where the antennae were. The packs weigh about three grams, or about two times the weight of the cockroaches themselves. “Cockroaches are very strong,” says Ralph Holzer, who is a researcher at Tokyo University. “They can lift 20 times their own weight. ”

With a remote control, the scientists send signals to the packs. When a cockroach gets the signal, it moves. The problem is that the cockroaches don’t always move in the right direction.

1.The scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots because ______.

2.What can cockroaches do to help people?

3.Scientists control cockroaches’ movements ______.

4.What problem do the rcscarchcrs meet with?

根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋或通過上下文，每空只寫一詞。

1.Is this wood      (干燥的）enough to burn?

2.I’m so tired that I can    (幾乎不)stay awake.

3.The cat was     (臥）fast asleep by the fire.

4.Have you given the kids their bus    (車費）？

5.She      (掉落〉the plate and it broke into pieces.

6.The Olympic team were given a      (英雄般的）welcome on their return home.

7.My grandma is in her    (八十多歲),but she can still take care of herself.

8.— How much does it cost?

—I just    five dollars for it.

9.— Could you tell me the     to the Johnsons, please?

—Sorry, we don’t have a Johnson here in the village.

10.— I often       to the song Rainbow.

—So do I. It sounds beautiful.

將下列句子譯成英語。

1.你爸爸穿紅白相間的T恤衫,看上去真酷。

2.我有時懷疑這本書是否值得一讀。

3.在蘇州空氣污染要比中國其他城市少。

4.許多車禍都因開車不小心造成。

5.要是把她和他的家庭作業(yè)比較一下，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)她的耍好得多。

假設(shè)你是名初三畢業(yè)生，考上了理想的學校。今天是開學第一天，請你根據(jù)下表所列的 內(nèi)容要點，用英語寫一篇日記，寫下這一天的感受。.

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)90左右；

2. 日記的開頭已為你寫好，不計人總詞數(shù)；

3. 日記須包括所有內(nèi)容要點，不要逐詞翻譯，可適當發(fā)揮，使其連貫、通順；

4. 日記中不得出現(xiàn)真實的人名、校名等相關(guān)信息。

Monday, Sept. 3 Fine

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----Is Mr. Franco Hollande __________ honest and capable man?

 ---- Yes. And that is why he was chosen ____________ president of France .

   A. a ; a                B. an ; \            C. the ; the                D. a ; \

----Jack, is maths difficult to learn in High school?

  ----Sure. No subject can be learned well __________hard work.

 A. without           B. through               C. by                      D. with

----I didn’t know you go to school by taxi.

 ----Oh, I __________ take a taxi to school, but my bike needs repairing.

 A. always            B. sometimes          C. often                    D. seldom

----Meng Fei had his arm broken while recording If You Are The One in Beijing.

 ----Really? Then perhaps he ______________ host TV programs for some time.

 A. needn’t                B. mustn’t             C. shouldn’t               D. can’t

---Have you bought ____________ for Linda’s birthday?

 ---- Not exactly. Just some flowers.

 A. something unusual   B. anything unusual

C. unusual something        D. unusual anything