16．　　Once there lived a farmer called Henry. He had a brother Mike, who was (1)       excellent (优秀的) gardener (园丁). His skill and his beautiful trees were (2)       everywhere. One day, Henry went to town to visit Mike. "Look, my brother", said Mike, "Here is the best apple tree from my garden. Take it home and plant it (3)       your and your children's children can enjoy it." Henry was pleased with the apple tree and went back home. The next morning, he began to wonder (4)       he should plant it.
　　"If I plant it on the hill," he said to himself, "the wind might catch it and (5)       down the fruit. If I plant it close to the road, people who pass by will pick some of them. But if I plant it..." (6)       he planted the tree in the corner behind his house, where no one else could notice it. (7)       the tree bore (结出) no fruit the first year, nor the second. (8)       Henry sent for his brother and said to him angrily, "You have cheated (欺骗) me. This is the third year and it brings me nothing but leaves (叶子)."
　　When Mike saw where the tree was planted, he laughed and said, "You have planted the tree in such a cold corner (9)       sun-light or warmth. How could you (10)       flowers and fruit?"

18．阅读短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
　　What do you think our life will be like in 2050? Some people are talking about it on QQ.

19．阅读短文，判断正误，正确涂A，错误涂B。
　　A new library opens in the town. It's a very big library. The robots work there as some of the library assistants. The robots can help you find the right books you want and do other things you tell them to. But you must say "Please" when you ask for something and "Thank you" when you get something. Li Ming wants to borrow a book from the new library. He comes to the library with Zhang Hua. They see a robot standing there.
Li: Hey, give me the book "Little Tom". Why, the robot doesn't work. There must be something wrong with it.
Zhang: No, there isn't. When you borrow a book, you must say "please".
Li: Will you please give me the book "Little Tom", Mr. Robot?
Zhang: Look! The robot is bringing you the book. Take it, Li Ming.
Li: What's wrong with the robot? It won't let me have the book.
Zhang: You must say "Thank you".
Li: Oh, thank you very much, Mr. Robot.
　　The robot smiles and gives the book to Li Ming.

20．配对阅读。左栏是5位读者的信息，右栏是5本书名。请将这些读者信息与右栏推荐的书配对。

21．阅读文章，简要回答问题。
　　There is not enough oil in the world now. As time goes by, it becomes less and less. So what are we going to do when oil runs out? Perhaps we will go back to use our horses, carriages (马车) and bicycles.
　　In the Second World War, some people didn't use gas made from petroleum (石油) in their cars. They made gas from wood and plants instead. The car didn't go fast, but they ran, so this was better than nothing. However, in the future, we can't cut down all our trees to make gas; we need our trees for other things, too.
　　Besides different types of gas, we can also use electricity (电) to run our cars, but first we must make electricity. Some countries have coal and make electricity with that, but we might not always have coal, either. Other countries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the power of water to turn turbines (涡轮机) and make electricity more easily and cheaply.
　　We are also able to get power from the ocean tides (海潮). We put turbines into the mouth of the river. When the tide comes in, the water turns the turbines and when it goes out, it turns them again.

30．　　In Spain there once lived a king and he was very fond of jokes. "I (1)      (give) a bag full of gold," he said, "to the person who can tell me the best story. There's only one rule. It must be a story which I can not believe. If I can believe it, then I won't give away the bag of gold."
　　People (2)      (come) to the king from all parts of the country. They brought strange and wonderful stories. The king sat in his palace and listened to all the stories. He enjoyed them very much, but to each person he said, "I can believe that story. It could happen and it may be true. So I (3)      (not give) you the bag of gold."
　　At last a poor old man carried a huge stone jar to the palace. The old man went into the king's room and said that his father (4)      (give) the king's father a large jar, like this one, which was full of gold. But he hadn't given it back. "Now I am poor and you are rich. And I (5)      (want) the gold." The poor man said.
　　The king said, "I don't believe that story. The jar is very big. There isn't enough gold in all my country (6)      (fill) that jar. My father didn't tell me anything about a large jar full of gold."
　　"All right." the old man said, "Never mind. If you (7)      (not believe) the story, give me the bag of gold, please." The king remembered the rule and gave the man the bag of the gold.

37．
　　I live in a town with my family. Before the New Year, we usually have a party and we always (1)       many friends and neighbors. We ask them to bring something for someone in need instead of gifts for us, and they never (2)       to do so.
　　Last year, I (3)       on the day of the party and went to the doctor. As a result, we didn't have the party. Everyone was disappointed (失望的) and (4)      , so we decided to have it two weeks later.
　　We told them we (5)       for a charity (慈善团体). We also asked for reading glasses for the city library, so those who needed glasses or forgot theirs could work on computer or read books in the library. We invited about 100 people to the party. (6)       it was snowy that day, everyone came to the party. We got 83 hats and 47 pairs of glasses! We were (7)       that people could be so glad to help others.
　　(8)       you prepare to have a party, think about doing the same thing. Others will benefit (受益) much more than you think.

38．某国际文化交流中心将于5月份组织一些英、美学生来乳山学习、交流, 现正在招募志愿者。假如你是第一中学的李明，请根据以下内容提示给该项目负责人Mr. White写一封申请信，要求做一名志愿者。
内容包括：
1. Why do you want to be a volunteer (志愿者) in this program?
2. What volunteer job did you do in the past?
3. When can you do the volunteer job?
4. What will you do if you become a volunteer?
要求：
①不得在作文中出现真实的学校信息和学生的真实姓名及班级等。
②语篇连贯，80词左右。作文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. White,
　　I'm Li Ming from No. 1 Middle School. I want to help out as a volunteer in your program.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
　　I'm looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Ming.