Justin was so good at basketball that he could beat any of the older guys at the court, and the younger guys didn't have any chances. But one day everything changed. When Justin was shooting around at the local court, some guys from another neighborhood appeared before him. The biggest one said that he had heard that Justin was the best and he wanted to see if it was true. Justin didn't want to play. But his cousin begged," Come on, Justin, beat this guy!" Justin decided to do what his cousin wanted.

Just as Justin was going to win, the big guy knocked him down hard. Justin broke his right leg. The doctor said he might never play basketball again.

During the first six weeks, Justin just lay in bed with his leg in a long cast. He watched TV all day and ate one bag of potato chips after another. Justinblew up like a balloon as he watched his future fade away as a basketball player.

Then Justin's sister Kiki came home from the university, bringing exciting stories of a far away land called college During those days, they talked and studied together, and Justin felt much better. Because of that, he realized he shouldn't give himself up. Basketball used to be his favorite thing, and he was good at it. But now there was only school, so he had to get good at that.

Justin worked so hard. By the time he got to senior year in high school, his GPA was high. The last thing that Justin had to do to get into college was score well on the ACT. Well wouldn't you know it?

Using the study skills he had learned from his sister, Justin made a score of 24 on the ACT.

Every university that Justin applied to accepted him. When the fall came, Justin had his choice in colleges.

Baloo was an old brown bear. He enjoyed {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(teach) Mowgli. He taught him how to speak to the different Jungle-People,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}he taught him the important Master-Words. But Mowgli {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(real) got bored with all the lessons. One day, when he was not listening, Baloo was angry, and Mowgli {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(run) away unhappily. 

Bagheera was not happy about this. He said {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Baloo, "Remember how small he is.{#blank#}6{#/blank#} can his little brain remember all your long words? "

"These words will keep him safe from the Snake-People and all the other {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(animal), "said Baloo." It is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(true) that he is small. But no on will hurt {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (he) if he remembers all the Master-Words. Come, Mowgli! "he called into the trees. "Come and say the words again. "

Mowgli climbed down from {#blank#}10{#/blank#} tree and came to sit next to them. "I will say the words to Bagheera, not you! " he said crossly(生气地).

（注意：1. 短文中不得出现考生姓名、校名等个人信息，否则不予评分。

2. 照抄阅读语篇不得分。）

How tall is a tree? Usually trees in parks are over a few metres tall. But in Xizang, a fir(冷杉) is about 83. 4m tall! It is the tallest tree in China until 2022. The tree is about 380 years old. It is still growing well. 

Chinese scientists measured it in August. How did they measure such a tall tree? Scientists climbed up to the top of the tree. It took them about seven to eight hours to get to the top. They put down a 100-metre-long metal tape(金属卷尺) to the ground. Scientists measured this tree with a drone(无人机) in May. They said it was 83. 2m at that time. This time, they measured the tree more carefully and found it was 83. 4m. 

Scientists used a drone to take photos of the tree. The drone took three to six photos every few metres. It got over 160 photos. Putting them together, scientists got a full-size photo of the tree!

Li Qiang is a twelve- year- old boy. He had a headache yesterday. His father took him to the nearest hospital to see a doctor. The doctor thought it was not serious and gave him some pills. The following are the instructions of the headache pills. 

"It's hard to say this, but I'll have to leave school in a few weeks' time, " said Mr. Thomas, standing at the front of the classroom. 

It was early on Monday morning and Mr. Thomas' students were surprised at the news. All of them loved Mr. Thomas very much and they never thought that he might leave. However, Mr. Thomas reached the age when he was going to retire. After hearing the news, the class kept gloomy for the next few days until the class monitor gave them a small scolding (训斥). 

"We should not be like this, "she said. "Instead, we should study hard to thank Mr. Thomas for being so good to us. " The class agreed, and they thought of an idea of having a farewell (送别) party for Mr. Thomas to surprise him. 

On Mr. Thomas' last day at school, everybody brought a different kind of delicious finger food to class and put it in the middle of the classroom. They covered the blackboard with farewell messages. When Mr. Thomas showed up, all the students said "Goodbye, dear teacher!" together and promised Mr. Thomas that they would do their best in schoolwork in the future. 

Mr. Thomas was really surprised. And he was really touched. The class, in turn, was glad that they did the right thing. After all, it was the simplest way to show thanks to their favorite teacher.