10．　　We may have many difficulties in life, and sometimes it's even unfair for someone, but it depends on how you face them. Sally is a student from a university. She made a (1)       last August. She decided to take her grandmother (2)       their hometown and live with her in a rented room (出租房) near her school.
　　Sally's family have met a lot in the past few years. Her grandmother (3)       her legs and she could walk only with a stick. Her father died because of illness. Sally's mother plagued (受折磨) by these events, and she lost the (4)       to take care of others. "This was the only choice. No one else could (5)       my grandma," Sally explained. Her grandmother has also had a (6)       life. The old woman's three sons have all died, and Sally couldn't leave her alone where (7)       could look after her. A room with two beds, a desk and a table is their new home. The room (8)       her several hundred yuan every month. In order to make money, Sally works in a supermarket after class and spends the money (9)       the family. I was brought up by my grandma, and now it's my (10)       to take care of her," said Sally. When she was young, her grandmother "magically" prepared every meal (11)       for her every day, even though she could not (12)       a clock.
　　In the eyes of Sally's teacher, the girl is a(an) (13)       student. "Though taking care of her grandmother takes her lots of (14)      , Sally has tried to stay on top of all her courses. She is even preparing for an English singing contest," her teacher said. Sally even (15)       help from others. "It's kind of like only getting without giving," she explained. At present, the girl is able to support the home with her weak shoulder.

11．　　In a town there lived a little, beautiful and smart girl. Her name was Rose. Everyone in the town liked her. She was very brave, but she was scared of the doctor. One day, one of her teeth was moving. Her mom saw it. She said, "One of your teeth is moving, and you need to visit Doctor Tim."
　　Rose said, "No! I'm not going to the doctor." Mom said, "Don't worry. It's not so wobbly (摆动的) now, we needn't go to the doctor at once." That made Rose feel better.
　　After five weeks, Rose forgot about her tooth but her mom didn't. She checked her tooth again and it was more wobbly, so she said, "It's time to see the doctor."
　　Rose was scared but she had to do what her mom told her, so they went to see Doctor Tim. They had to wait in the waiting room.
　　When it was her turn, her heart was beating very fast. She went into Doctor Tim's room. He was smiling. She sat on the chair.
　　Doctor Tim said , "Close your eyes."
　　Rose closed her eyes, but just before Doctor Tim started, tears started coming down from her eyes. When she opened her eyes, she saw Doctor Tim holding her tooth, smiling.
　　Rose smiled. Then Doctor Tim gave her a teddy bear. From that time Rose wasn't scared of doctors anymore.

12．　　Li Shizhen (李时珍) was one of the most famous doctors in Chinese history. He was born in Qichun, Hubei in 1518.
　　Both of Li Shizhen's father and grandfather were doctors. Li Shizhen's grandfather was a country doctor who traveled in the countryside with a bag of herbs (药草) and medications and cured (治愈) people. His father was a doctor who wrote several books.
　　Li Shizhen used to help his father in his medical practice when he was young. Li Shizhen's father wanted him to enter politics (从政). Li Shizhen studied for the exams and passed the country-level examination, but he was never able to pass the imperial (帝国的) examination.
　　When he was 38, he cured the son of the Prince of Chu and was invited to be an official in that court (宫廷). A few years later, he became an official at the Imperial Medical Institute.
　　Even though he fulfilled his father's dream, he didn't want to continue working for the court. One year later, he left the court and returned to be a doctor again.
　　Li Shizhen was famous for his book, Compendium of Materia Medica (《本草纲目》). He spent 27 years writing the book. Unluckily, Li Shizhen died before the book was officially published. It is such a successful book. Now it is still one of the most important medical books in China.

13．　　Beauty sleep is a real thing. Researches have shown that people who have enough sleep look more attractive (有魅力的) to others.
　　A few bad nights is enough to make a person look "especially" more ugly, their sleep experiments show.
　　The researchers asked 25 university students to join in their sleep experiment. They were asked to get a good night's sleep for two nights.
　　A week later, they were asked to sleep for only four hours every night for two nights in a row.
　　The researchers took make-up free (素颜) photos of the volunteers after both the good and the bad sleep.
　　Next, they asked 122 strangers to have a look at the photos and judge (评价) them on attractiveness, health, and sleepiness, as well as asking them: "How much would you like to make friends with this person in the picture?"
　　The strangers were good at judging if the person they were looking at was tired, and, if they were sleepy, their attractiveness score was low.
　　The strangers also said they wouldn't want to socialize with the tired students. The researchers say this is natural for people. An unhealthy-looking face makes people run away. In other words, people don't want to hang around with people who might be ill.
　　Dr. Brewer, an expert at the University of Liverpool said, "Judgement of attractiveness is often unconscious (无意识的), but we all do it, and we are able to judge on even something small like whether someone looks tired or unhealthy. This study is a good reminder of how important sleep is to us."

14．　　When you speak, write a letter, or make a telephone, your words carry a message. People communicate with words. (1)       A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears (眼泪) in your eyes tell others that you are sad. (2)       the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes".
　　(3)       For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door tells you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of other signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? (4)       An artist can use his drawings to tell about the beautiful mountains, the blue seas and many other thing. A writer writes books to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. (5)       They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

15．　　When I was a child, my mom liked to make food for dinner every now and then. One night she made (1)d             after a long, hard work.
　　That evening, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausages and burned (烤焦的) (2)c             in front of my dad. I was waiting to (3)s             if anyone would say anything. Yet my dad just reached for his cookies, smiled (4)a             my mom and asked me how my day was at school. I didn't remember what I told him that night, (5)b             I clearly remembered watching him eat every bite of the cookies!
　　When I got up from the table that evening, I heard my mom apologize (道歉) to my dad for (6)b             the cookies. And I will never forget what he (7)s            , "Dear, I love the burned cookies."
　　Later that night, I went to kiss Dad goodnight and I (8)a             him if he really liked his burned cookies. He hugged me and said, "Your mom had a hard work today, and she's very tired. Besides, a little burned cookie never hurts (9)a            !"
　　Life is full of imperfect (不完美的) things and imperfect people. We (10)n             to learn to accept each other's faults (过失) and enjoy each other's differences. Try to understand it and change our mind.

16．某中学自开展“向阳光少年学习”的活动以来，我们的身边涌现了许许多多的“阳光少年”，请你以"A Sunshine Teenager"为题写一篇英语短文，介绍一位你身边的"阳光少年"Xiao Hui。
要点提示：
1. 对 Xiao Hui 简单的描写与性格特征描述；
2. Xiao Hui 在学校、家里、社会上怎样做的。
参考词汇：
be ready to; warm-hearted; active; be afraid; help; share; …
写作要求：
1. 词数不少于 90 (短文的开头已给出, 不计入总词数)；
2. 内容完整，语言流畅，不要逐句翻译，可适当发挥；
3. 短文中不得出现真实的姓名及校名。
A Sunshine Teenager
　　Hello! My good friend is Xiao Hui. We are studying in No. 1 Middle School. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________