11．　　Henry found a job in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn't do anything but wanted to get rich.
　　It was a cold morning. It (1)       and there was thin ice on the street. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing (2)      . He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by (3)       side of the street.
　　"It must be full of expensive things." Henry said to himself. "I have to get it right now, (4)       others will take it away."
　　He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn't hear it and went on (5)      . The man drove to the side, hit a big tree and (6)       in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court. A judge asked (7)       he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong (8)       his ears and he could hear nothing. "But you have heard me this time," said the judge. "Oh, I'm sorry. Now I can hear with one ear." (9)       the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf one. Well, can you hear me?" "No, I can't, sir."
　　"You are telling lies. There is nothing wrong with (10)       of your ears," the judge said.

12．　　Life is full of unexpected events. (1)       a cold winter afternoon, a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car and clearly she needed help. So he stopped and (2)       his old truck. "Is he going to hurt me? He doesn't look safe," the old lady was (3)      .
　　The man could see that she was afraid, so he said in his friendliest voice, "I'm here to help you, madam. Why don't you (4)       in the car where it's warm? By the way, my name is Ted Johnson." Ted quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him. Then she asked (5)       she could pay him.
　　But Ted wanted no money. He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble. (6)       was normal for him to do such a thing like that. He said. "If you really want to repay (报答) me, next time you see someone in need, think of me and help them."
　　After saying goodbye, the lady continued down the road until she reached a small (7)       where she decided to stop for something to eat. As the pretty waitress took her order, the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant (怀孕). The waitress looked tired and weak, (8)       she was very kind. As the lady was going to pay the ＄10 bill, she remembered Ted's words.
　　After the lady was gone, the waitress saw a small note on the table. It said, "Somebody once helped me the way I'm helping you. Continue being kind to other people." Under the note were five (9)       dollars.
　　The waitress was (10)       excited that she called her husband to tell him the news, "Ted — Ted Johnson my dear... you're not going to believe what just happened..."

13．　　Where do you think people will live in the future? Can you imagine people will work and live in the sea? But how will people go to work then? By submarine (潜水艇)?
　　Some scientists believe that someday submarines will be as many as today's cars. A famous French driver says, "One day, people will work on the ocean floor as they do on the street!"
　　If people want to live in the sea, they have to solve a lot of problems, like those of living on the moon such as lack (缺少) of oxygen and weightlessness (失重). Many problems are hard to solve. For example, what will happen to our bodies if we live in the sea for a very long time? Scientists are looking for answers.
　　Maybe in 50 years people will be able to live in the sea, away from the noisy cities on land. They will find it fun and interesting to live in the sea. And life in the sea is more comfortable. Don't you think so?

14．　　Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, and in particular their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice.
　　It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a circle of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.
　　However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The questions of "choice" is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
　　Who choose your friends?
　　Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a good friend your parents don't like? Your answers are welcome.

16．　　It seems strange to you that there is a blind spot (盲点) on the eyes. Here is an interesting experiment that can make something disappear, when one eye is open.
　　Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English letters L and R on it, L on the left and R on the right. First, hold the card about 80 cm away and you see both the letters. Then close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you move the card slowly towards you, you will find the letter L disappearing. But if you move the card nearer to your face, the letter will be seen again. Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed, you'll find the letter L disappearing.
　　Why does the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eyes. When the image (影像) of the letter falls on the blind spot, it won't be seen. That is why either of the letters disappears.

17．　　Thousands of years ago, people didn't live in cold places because they don't know how to keep themselves warm. (1)       When an animal was killed, they made use of its skin to cover (覆盖) their bodies. (2)      
　　Nature is our friend. It helped us discover (发现) fire when lighting hit a forest and stared a fire. (3)       The fire kept people warm, and also frightened (吓跑) wild animals.
　　Soon people found that their food tasted better when they cooked it, so they began to use fire to cook food.
　　But people still didn't know how to make fire themselves. When they get fire from the forest, they tried to keep it burning. (4)      
　　But later, they found different ways to make fire. For example, they made fire by burning wood or rubbing two pieces of stone together.
　　Today, it's easy for people to make fire because we have matches, lighters and different kinds of heaters. (5)      

18．　　Trees are our friends. They help us in many ways. First, they clean our air because they take in (1)h       gases and produce oxygen for us to breathe. Second, they help reduce noise pollution and cool our cities and make our cities beautiful. They keep soil from being washed away. (2)F      , they provide a lot of things for people. For (3)e      , they provide us with food. They also provide wood for house, (4)f       and paper products.
　　It's hard to (5)i       how we can live without trees.

24．假设你所在的学校正在开展“广州是我家，我要保护它”的环保活动，请你根据以下提示，结合你身边的实际情况写一篇短文，谈谈如何从自己出发，从身边的小事出发来保护环境。
要点提示：
1. 存在各种环境污染问题：如车越来越多导致空气污染；人们往河里乱扔垃圾导致水污染，不爱护树木，随意踩踏草地，采摘花朵等。
2. 提出你的具体建议：如何针对存在的环境问题采取相应的措施。
3. 号召大家一起保护环境，让广州变得越来越美丽。
注意：
1. 词数：80 词左右。
2. 不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。
3. 参考词汇：environment环境；step on踩踏；pick up采摘
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