发明创造改变了世界。作为一名中学生，假如你梦想当一名发明家，应该怎样做才能实现梦想呢？请根据下面的要点提示，以“How to Become an Inventor”为题，写一篇80词左右的短文。
短语提示：1.Get more knowledge.
2．Have an interest.
3．Be creative.
4．Never give up.
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Raising chickens seems a difficult task for teenagers. Gracie Goodpasture, from Virginia, US, not only raises them, but also tries to breed (喂养) the “perfect chicken”. And she even won an award for her love of science.
Gracie started breeding chickens in her third grade at Steward School. At first, she worked on some farms for her school project. But later, the 14-year-old started to have some ideas of her own.
“Some have thicker eggshells (蛋壳),and they’re hearty (健壮的) throughout the winter,” said Grade.
Since then, the young science lover started to try to find the healthiest free-range (散养) chickens. And she ended up breeding a type that now bears her name.
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) gave the 2015 Angela Award to Gracie Goodpasture. Her interests don’t end with chickens and eggs. She is also into building robots and testing preservatives (防腐剂) in fast foods. In her words, she wants to go to Virginia Tech for poultry (家禽) sciences in the future.
1.Where is Gracie from?
2.In which grade did Gracie start breeding chickens?
3.What did Gracie find about some chickens’ eggshells?
4.When did NSTA give the Angela Award to Gracie?
5.Why does Gracie want to go to Virginia Tech in the future?
将下列英语句子译成汉语, 汉语句子译成英语。
1.I wonder if the speech is worth listening to.
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2.Chinese is spoken by more and more people around the world.
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3.不应该允许12岁以下的孩子们骑车。(be allowed to…)
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4.过去我们学校周围有许多树。(used to…)
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5.每个人都会犯错误，但是重要的是从中汲取教训。（it is…to do…)
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阅读下面短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。
When I was a little girl, I remember that when my dad was repairing something, every time he asked me 1.(hold)the hammer(锤子) for him, just so we would have a time for a conversation with each other. I never saw my dad 2.(drink) or taking a night out. All he did after work was taking care of his family.
I grew up and left home for college and since then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning, no matter what. And when several years 3. ( late), I bought a house, my dad was painting it by himself for three days in the 38℃ summer heat. All he asked was to hold his paint brush and talk to him. But I was too busy in those days. I did not find any time for a conversation with my dad.
One Sunday morning we had a telephone talk as 4.(usually), I noticed that my dad had totally forgotten some things that we talked 5.(late). I was in a hurry, so our conversation was a bit short. Few hours later that day came a call. My father was in a hospital with an aneurysm(动脉瘤). Immediately I 6.(buy)a ticket for a flight and on my way I 7.(think) about all special occasions(场合) to have a talk with my dad.
By the time I 8.(arrive) at the hospital, my father had passed away. Now it was he who did not have time for a conversation with me. After his 9.(die), I learned much about him, and even 10.(much) about myself. All he ever asked me was my time. And now he has all my attention every single day.
"I just gave birth to 5 babies last weekend." Isn't that exciting? Oh, you don't believe me? "Okay then, I stole some money from a bank on Saturday night." Now do you believe me? Actually, I hope you don't. April 1st, or April Fool's Day is the day when we play jokes on people. Do you have it in your country?
April Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century in Europe. Before that time, New Year's Day was celebrated on April 1st. If they were teased, they were called fools.
Nowadays we play jokes on people on April 1st. For example, someone might put salt in the sugar bottle, so another person could put it in his coffee "by accident". Or someone might change the time on another person's alarm clock so that the person would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned. Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked.
After we play the trick, we say "April Fool". Then the poor person realizes he has been fooled. It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone. Do you have any great jokes to play on anyone? Try it out.
1.Before the sixteenth century, New Year's Day was on _______.
A.April 1st B.January 1st C.October 1st D.February 1st
2.Which of the following situations doesn't make you "April Fool"?
A.Someone might put salt in the sugar bottle, then I could put it in my coffee "by accident".
B.A man might take my bag by mistake, then he could say sorry to me.
C.Someone might change the time on my alarm clock, then I would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned.
D.A person would tell a lie to make me shocked.
3.Sometimes people lie to shock someone on_______.
A.New Year's Day B.Christmas Day C.April Fool's Day D.Thanks giving Day
4.In the 2nd paragraph, the closest meaning of the underlined word "teased" is in English.
A.hit B.criticized C.laughed at D.shocked
5.What should be the right attitude(态度) towards "April Fool"?
A.It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone.
B.It is done for the real fools.
C.We needn't say "April Fool" when we play jokes on people on April 1st.
D.Don't play jokes on others.
Cars make our lives more convenient. But they can also be a problem. For example, fossil fuel(化石燃料) cars mainly cause air pollution.
To improve the environment, many countries are developing electric vehicles (EVs, 电动车). Among them, China is taking a leading role and has created the world's largest EV market.
Last year, over 40 percent of the 753,000 EVs sold in the world were sold in China, more than twice as many as the number sold in the United States.
"Filling up a fossil fuel car with gas(汽油) is more expensive than charging (充电) an electric car，" said Wu Hao, who bought an electric car this year.
However, there are still some problems. It can be hard to find charging piles(充电桩) and the cars can't go far before needing to be recharged.
Some of these problems are being solved. In 2014，China had 31,000 charging piles. Now China has the world's largest EV charging network, with more than 167, 000 charging piles in total.
Developing EVs is one of many efforts that China has made to cut down pressure on its environment after the government promised to stop increases in carbon dioxide emissions(二氧化碳排放量) by 2030.
"As China goes, so will the world's car industry," The Wall Street Journal said. China has taken a leading role in the world's electric vehicle industry.
1._______ mainly cause air pollution according to the passage.
A.Subways B.Sharing bikes C.Electric vehicles D.Fossil fuel cars
2.Over _______ electric vehicles were sold in China last year.
A.150, 600 B.167,000 C.301, 200 D.753,000
3.What does Wu Hao think of charging an electric car?
A.It's more expensive than filling up a fossil fuel car with gas.
B.It's less expensive than filling up a fossil fuel car with gas.
C.It's as expensive as filling up a fossil fuel car with gas.
D.It's as cheap as filling up a fossil fuel car with gas.
4.Which country has the world's largest EV charging network now?
A.America. B.Germany. C.China. D.England.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A.China has taken a leading role in the world's electric vehicle industry.
B.Electric cars will disappear in the future.
C.There is no problem using electric cars.
D.How to deal with air pollution.
