四、还原信息(10分)
The hot summer can make you get wet a lot! Here are some fun ways to beat the heat.
Change your hairstyle.
1. . And it is a great chance to try out new short hairstyles. Girls might try a short haircut, and boys could shave (剃) their heads. Don’t worry. Your hair will grow back soon.
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Help wash your family’s things, like your dad’s car. Cars also need cleaning. You can help clean the car windows. When things become clean and shiny again, you’ll feel cool.
Go ice skating.
At Ice and Snow World, there is an indoor ice place for you to get away from the heat.
3. . For example, Zhangjiajie Ice and Snow World is a perfect place.
Make homemade ice cream.
Why not treat yourself to homemade ice cream? Press some bananas and mix them with milk. 4. . About 2 hours later, you’ll have banana ice cream! You can also use other fruits. Besides, you can add some chocolate to make yours special. 5. .
A. Put things in order. B. Wash things in the house.
C. You may feel cold in the ice world. D. You’ll feel cooler by cutting your hair shorter.
E. It’s a tasty way to cool off and enjoy the summer.
F. Then add the mixture (混合物) into a mould and put it in the fridge.
G. You can bring your family or friends and enjoy a day of fun on the ice.

五、词汇运用(9分)
1. (由于) you’ve finished your homework, let’s go to play basketball in the gym.
2. The park is open daily (除……之外) during storms for safety reasons.
3. The little girl cried out when she saw her finger was (流血) from the small cut.
4. My parents are strongly (反对) me playing video games for hours every day.
5. The new app can check if you (发音) the sentences right or wrong.
6. The basketball team had a (success) season because all players worked together.
7. The neighbours decided to take (act) together to clean up the park.
8. Writing diaries helps me understand my own (feel) and thoughts better.
9. The snow fell (heavy) all day long and covered the whole playground in white.

六、短文填空(10分)
Albert Einstein once said, “I have no special talents. I am only curious.” The greatest inventions in history would be 1. ______ (possible) without curiosity.
Curiosity can bring new inventions. Benjamin Franklin is 2. ______ great example. He wanted to understand electricity (电) 3. ______ (correct), so he flew a kite during a storm. His curiosity led him to invent the lightning rod (避雷针). It protected buildings from 4. ______ (get) hit by lightning.
Curiosity can also make people brave. Just look at Wan Hu, the Ming Dynasty pioneer (先驱) of space exploration (探索). He invented a “flying chair”! While he 5. ______ (record) what happened, the flying chair with fireworks suddenly blew up. He lost his life, but thanks 6. ______ him, future explorers got new ideas. People learnt from his example and created even 7. ______ (safe) ways to explore space.
But curiosity is more than just taking risks. It also drives people towards certain goals. Zhang Heng, a Chinese scientist and 8. ______ (invent), was curious about the world. He wondered 9. ______ the way stars and planets move followed certain patterns. He spent years studying the sky and the earth. Finally, he invented the earthquake detector (地动仪).
As Jacques said, “What’s a scientist after all? It’s a curious man looking through the keyhole of nature, trying to find out the 10. ______ (true).” Curiosity is the key.
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