How time flies! Graduation (毕业) is coming for ninth-graders! During the last three years, what was your highlight (高光时刻) of middle school? Some students in our school were invited to share their stories.

Dogs are our best friends. But it’s hard to believe that they used to be wild animals.

Thousands of years ago, you couldn’t find dogs. You could find wolves (狼). Wolves and humans lived side by side. The wolves probably ate the food people threw away around their villages. As time went by, these wolves started to be guard dogs and help to drive away dangerous animals. Since then, we have been friends with dogs.

Dogs communicate through body language and sound. It might bark (吠) with excitement, give you a lick (舔) or wag (摆动) its tail to show its happiness. Wagging its tail back and forth (来回地) means a dog feels relaxed and friendly. Wagging its tail low tells you that a dog feels worried. Standing its tail straight up tells you that a dog feels nervous.

Dogs are lovely animals. Scientists have found that keeping a dog can make people healthier and people can have a higher level of physical activity. ________ If you want to keep a dog as a pet, make sure your family has enough space, money and the time that you need to care for a dog. Play and exercise are important for dogs to stay happy and fit. Some dogs like to jump with their owners or go for a swim. For most dogs, the most important job of all is bringing love and joy to their families.

Happy birthday! You have grown a little more. Everybody has a birthday party every year. But what about trees? Trees don’t have birthday parties. They have rings (年轮). How can we know a tree’s age? 1. We can count its rings. The rings are inside the trunk (树干). A ring has a light part and a dark part. The light parts show winter and spring. The dark parts show summer and autumn. Each tree ring means one year. So an old tree has many rings. 2. If you want to see the rings inside a tree, you need to cut it down. But no one wants to do that.

There is lots of delicious food in Xinjiang. But no food is as     66     as nang (馕). It is usually round and flat (平的), thick on the edge (边缘) and thin in the     67    . The food is quite popular in Xinjiang. People there say they can go a day if they don’t eat meat, but can’t live a day     68     nang. As for visitors, they can’t miss it,     69    .

Nang has different sizes, tastes and     70    . It’s not difficult to make nang. It is made of flour (面粉).     71     nang more delicious, people add sesame (芝麻), milk, sugar, salt, meat or other things to it. Hot nang tastes good. You can have it with tea, soup or other things.

Nang has a     72     of over 2,000 years. Here is a story about the start of the special food. On a very hot day, a man found some dough (生面团) was     73     outside and was cooked (熟的). It smelt and tasted good. He shared the food with others     74     they all liked it. Then people began to make the food and it     75     more and more popular.

Now nang is very popular in Xinjiang. Many people in other parts of China are also trying the special food and falling in love with it.

When people around the world talk about ping-pong, they must think of China. Without doubt, ping-pong has been China’s national sport for a long time. Why do Chinese ping-pong players always dominate (称霸) the world’s major (主要的) ping-pong events (比赛项目)? One of the reasons is that there is a large fan base (基础) for the sport in China. Almost everyone can play a little. You can hear the sound of ping-pong almost everywhere in China. People of all ages like this kind of sport.

My father, for example, has played it for more than 50 years. Every day, he goes to the park and plays ping-pong with his old friends for two hours. It is part of his life. He was even named one of the “Beijing Masters (高手)” when he was 70.

Not only the old people, but also kids are practicing hard in any ping-pong club in China. Many children hope that they can be excellent players one day. The great players’ spirit of never giving up encourages the young to stick to their dreams. Also, many kids say playing ping-pong helps them relax after doing schoolwork.

Chinese people take part in this sport, not only to win, but also to have fun, to socialize (社交) and to live a healthy life.

As we all know, food waste can be seen everywhere. To help deal with it, our whole class did a survey. Here is the food waste report.

In homes

We find that there is serious food waste in homes. Some people finish only about half of the meat, vegetables or fruit they have already bought. They throw away the rest of the food. Some people don’t check what food they have before shopping. So it’s wise for people to plan meals. They should check what is in their fridges. And they can read some books about cooking to deal with the food they have.

In schools

A lot of food is wasted in schools. Too much food is ordered from food suppliers (供应商). Many students often don’t like the food that their schools serve them. So schools should order less food. And students should be educated to know the importance of saving food. They can also play a part in deciding menus with the school cooks.

In restaurants

Food waste is a serious problem here. Too many fresh ingredients (食材) are ordered every day. And food goes stale (不新鲜的) soon and is wasted during cooking. Some restaurants serve customers more than they can eat up. For these reasons, food must be properly stored (储存) and kept at the right temperature. And customers should be encouraged to take away the food they can’t eat up.

86. 学校将举办九年级学生毕业典礼（graduation ceremony）。请你以班长刘丽的名义，向各位家长发出邀请。请家长和孩子于7月7日上午9点准时到达学校操场，参加典礼并观看表演。短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。词数：30词左右。

Our school will hold a graduation ceremony for the students in Grade Nine. ______________________________

Liu Li

87. 同学们，我们的班级将开启一次愉快的毕业之旅，每名同学都可以参与这次旅行的策划。假如你是王海，请用英文给班主任吴老师写一封电子邮件，从旅行地点、所带物品及师生活动等方面，谈谈你的想法。词数：80～100词。

（2）文中包括所提示内容，可适当发挥，但不得出现真实姓名和校名。

（3）邮件开头已给出，不计入总词数。

I’m happy to hear that our class is going to take a graduation trip.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Wang Hai