16．　　It was the end-of-the-year party at school. I had asked my mother to (1)       us cookies. Mom's chocolate chips were the best.
　　But two o'clock passed, and she didn't (2)      . Most of the other mothers had come and gone, dropping off their cookies, chips and cupcakes. I took my bag and left for (3)      . The house was empty when I arrived. My heart was (4)       anger. For the first time in my life, my mother had let me down.
　　I was lying on my bed upstairs when I heard her (5)       the front door. "Robbie," she called out.
　　"Where are you?" I could hear her running from room to room. She was looking for me. I kept silent. When she entered my room and sat beside me on my bed, I didn't move. "I'm so sorry, honey," she said. "I got busy and forgot." I still kept (6)      .
　　Then my mother began to laugh. I couldn't believe (7)      . I rolled over and faced her.
　　But my mother wasn't laughing at all. She was crying. "I'm so sorry. I let my boy down."
　　She cried like a little girl. I had never (8)      my mother cry.
　　"It's OK, Mom," I reached out and stroked her hair. "We didn't even need those (9)      . There was plenty of stuff to eat. Don't cry. It's all right."
　　My (10)       made my mother sit up. She pulled me to her. We didn't say another word. We just held each other in a long hug.

17． It's not WASTE until it is WASTED!
With the World Environment Day coming, our school is now requiring every student to form a habit of sorting (分类) the waste. Here in our schoolyard we place four different colors of rubbish bins for different kinds of rubbish. The red is for harmful waste; the blue is for waste that can be recycled; the green is for kitchen waste; the yellow is for other waste.
The followings are some instructions for you.
Glass: Empty bottles without caps can be recycled to make new glass bottles.
Warning: Mirrors and light bulbs (电灯泡) must not be included in the glass waste.
Paper: Newspapers, magazines, boxes must be clean enough to be recycled.
Warning: Paper tissues (餐纸) and wall paper are not recyclable as paper and should be kept separately.
PMD waste: Packaging (包装) made of Plastic or Metal and Drink boxes are used to make new packaging.
Warning: Plastic pots(e. g. yoghurt pots), plastic bags must not be included with the PMD waste.
Harmful waste: out-of-date drugs, used batteries, paint and oil. . .
Besides, if you don't need your old bikes at all, our school volunteers will collect them. We're going to fix them up and then give them away to kids who don't have enough money for a bike.
To find out more about recycling, you can visit our school website.

18．左栏是遇见危险的五种情况, 右栏是七种处置方法. 请根据左右栏的信息找到合适的危险处置方法.

19． Wang Ruixu, a CEO born in the 1990s, has got tons of attention since Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang met with him in Zhongnanhai, Beijing. On Feb 7th, 2015, he returned (1)             his mother school, Shantou Overseas Middle School, and made (2)             speech about his experience. Wang said, "What leads to success is sticking to your dream (3)             being thankful."
In his third year at university, Wang (4)             up a company and developed a mobile app which offered part-time job information to university students.
To everyone's surprise, Wang once lost (5)             in computer games. Unluckily, his parents' factory closed down at that time. To make things worse, he scored only 280 on the high school entrance examination. (6)             he received a hard slap (耳光) from his mother because of that, he started to realize (7)             sad and helpless his mother was! Later, he studied hard and got into a key university.
Wang strongly believes it's important to keep a dream in your mind and (8)             to it. Now he is (9)             of himself because most of his dreams have come true. During his speech, he expressed his (10)             to the teachers who once helped him a lot and he encouraged the students to work harder in the future.

20． We often dine out with others, but do you know some basic etiquette (礼节)? If you behave well at the table, it will make your partners happy. But if you don't know how to behave yourself, you will feel embarrassed. Here are some tips for the table etiquette.
When helping a woman pull her chair to the table, hold it and guide it. Don't shove (碰撞) it against the back of her legs.
If you're seated at a table with eight or fewer guests, wait for everyone to be served and for the hostess (女主人) to begin eating before you dig in. At a long banquet table, it's OK to start when several people are seated and served.
If you prefer not to have wine while dining out, don't turn your glass upside down, and don't make a big deal of saying you don't drink. Simply place your fingertips on the rim (边缘) of the glass and say "Not today, thanks."
When you excuse yourself to go to the restroom, just say "Please excuse me."
When out with friends or family — even at a fancy restaurant — it's OK to ask for your leftovers (吃剩的饭菜) to be wrapped. But don't do it at a business lunch or dinner.
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21．以礼待人是中华民族的传统美德( irtue), 无论是参加派对, 还是与人交往, 都要遵循一些基本的礼节. 请你以"How to be a polite person"为题, 说说如何成为一个懂礼节、受欢迎的人. 内容包括
(1)礼节的重要性
(2)举例说说你平时有哪些礼节做得比较好;(至少两点)
(3)建议大家如何通过注意礼节, 成为受欢迎的人. (至少三点)
作文要求:
(1)不能照抄原文;不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称、老师和同学的真实姓名;
(2)语句连贯, 词数80个左右. 作文的标题和开头已经给出, 不计入总词数.
How to be a polite person
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