1 . ①At school, students usually learn many subjects in the classroom like English, math and so on. Now there is a new one in some schools—school gardening (园艺). It is an outdoor (户外) subject. In the gardening class, teachers teach students different kinds of vegetables and how to grow (种) them. Then students work in groups.

②________ Why? Because they can have much fun in this class. They don’t have to sit at their desks in the classroom all day. They can get out, get their hands dirty, do things with their own (自己的) hands and relax.

③It’s also fun to get something to eat and see. In some schools, students like to grow carrots and tomatoes. It’s always interesting for them to get a carrot or a tomato, wash it and eat it right in the garden. In some schools, students like to grow flowers (花). When it’s spring, all the flowers come out and they’re really beautiful. Students like to walk and talk in the beauty. That’s their favorite thing to do after busy hours of work.

④Only fun from the classes? Of course not. Students can learn something, too. Keeping a school garden is difficult and all the students in the group need to come and help. This teaches students teamwork. Also, some vegetables are easy to grow, but others need a long time. This teaches students they need to wait (等待) before they get the things they want.

⑤There may (可能) be many other good things about school gardening. But one thing is for sure—students really love having outdoor classes.

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9 . 初中三年，白驹过隙，转眼毕业在即。假设你是九年级A 班的李华，你所在的班级计划举办一场告别初中的晚会 (a farewell party)。请你撰写一份发言稿，谈谈三年来你的成长和收获，你对未来的期待，以及你对同学或老师们的祝福。

As we are going to say goodbye to junior high school days, I am filled with a mix of feelings—joy for the happy days we’ve spent together and excitement for the journey that lies ahead.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

How is it going?

Last Friday, our school held ________ activity—working on the farm. I’d like to share this special and meaningful experience ________ you.

Every eight students prepared farming tools together. Then, each group ________ by one teacher. We ________ a process including lining, turning, stepping and leveling the land. Although there were challenges like the hard soil and heavy tools, we created an excellent environment for the growth of vegetables. After that, the teacher taught us ________ cucumber frames (黄瓜架). “It seemed easy, but in fact, it was quite difficult to make ________ stand upright.” said Liu Li, one of my classmates.

You can’t imagine ________ happy we were at the end of the day! More amazingly, we now have a ________ understanding of valuing food than before. “He began to make sure of the zero-waste dinner, and loved planting in his bedroom,” said a student’s mother when talking about her ________ progress. Our headmaster said,“Since everyone loves farming, we ________ a small garden in the empty school land next year. In this way, you can enjoy the simple joy of farming at school.” What good news!

Yours,

Bob