11．　　There is an English corner in our school. Every afternoon, many of my classmates come to the corner. My teacher Miss Li comes here, (1)      . At the corner, we all speak English.
　　The corner started last year. There were only (2)       students because many were, afraid to speak English. After a few weeks, more and more students came here. At first some students just (3)       to the other students.
　　I was one of them. I was afraid to speak English. I thought someone would (4)       me, but I wanted to speak. I always spoke English in my heart. My teacher went on saying, "Don't be afraid.
　　Open your mouth. "I tried and tried to open my mouth. At last I said , "Hello!" to the teacher. The teacher was very (5)       . She said "Hello!" to me at once. From (6)      on, I began to speak English. I worked hard at English and I tried my best (7)       more. I learned (8)       my teacher and my classmates at the corner. Now I can speak a little English. Every Sunday afternoon, I come to the corner (9)       .
　　It's a good (10)       to speak English. Please join us.

12．Interesting festivals in the world

13．　　Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
　　When I was a little girl, I never dared ask strangers the way. So I used to walk round in circles and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.
　　Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If anyone asks me the way somewhere, I always say, "Sorry, I am a stranger here. "
　　Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn't want to keep him waiting.
　　When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at first sight!

14．　　When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
　　It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
　　Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn't want my parents to worry about me.
　　Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and, without a word, smiled.
　　Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
　　That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
　　One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn't remember smiling at me!
　　It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

16．　　Here is the story of how the teddy bear was born.
　　Nearly 100 years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt went on a bear hunt. He enjoyed hunting in the woods. Because he was the President of the USA, the people who organized the hunt wanted to make it successful.
　　But after three days of walking and climbing and riding, no bears were found!The next day the hunt guide and his hunting dogs finally found an old bear. The dogs and the guide followed the bear for quite a distance until the bear was too tired to run. The dogs attacked and hurt the old bear. To stop it from running away, the guide tied the bear to a tree and called for the President. Here was a bear for him to shoot!President Roosevelt came, looked at the poor old bear and said"No". He ordered that the old bear should be let go.
　　Mr. Berryman, a cartoonist (漫画家), heard of this story. He drew a cartoon showing how the President refused to shoot the bear while hunting. Mr. Michtom, owner of a toy store, came up with an idea by the cartoon. He and his wife made a toy bear and put it in his toy store window. Next to it was a copy of the cartoon. To his surprise, many people showed great interest in the toy and hoped to own one. He asked for and received President Roosevelt's permission(同意)to use his name for the bear, and the teddy bear was born!
　　Since then the toy bear has been famous around the torld and especially popular with children.

17．can;large;it;if;month;round;south;than;of;dangerous
　　Have you ever seen the film Titanic?"Titanic" was one of the (1)      and finest ships in 1912. It hit an iceberg (冰山) on (2)      first sailing from England to America and sank very soon, leaving a love story to us. Do you know what an iceberg is?
　　The earth is(3)      , like a ball. The top of the earth is the north. The bottom of the earth is the (4)      . At the top and the bottom of the earth, there is a lot (5)      ice. It is very cold there. Sometimes there is no sunshine for many (6)      . There is ice everywhere all the time. Large pieces of ice fall into the sea. They don't go to the bottom of the sea. They float (漂浮) near the top of the water. We call these large pieces of ice"icebergs". Some icebergs are bigger (7)      a tall building. Icebergs are (8)      for ships. (9)      a ship hits an iceberg, the ship may sink.
　　You (10)      make a small iceberg. Put a piece of ice in a glass of water. Look at it. The ice does not sink.

18．阅读下面短文 , 用英语完成思维导图．
Dear Xia Yu,
　　Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America?One is Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Father's Day on the third Sunday of June. On these two days, American children often give gifts to their parents or take them out for lunch or dinner. Common gifts are flowers and cards for mothers and shirts or ties for fathers. I heard that it is becoming more and more popular to celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day in China. I wonder if children over there also give similar gifts to their parents. I believe that there are many ways to show our love. Actually, we don't have to spend a lot of money. It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.
June

19．端午节是中国的传统节日 ，至今已有数千年的历史。请根据下面提示内容 ，写一篇短文简要介绍你喜欢的节日——端午节。
提示 ：
1.每年的农历五月初五；
2.起源于数千年前；
3.吃粽子、观看赛龙舟；
4.喜欢端午节原因。
要求 ：
1.内容要包括以上要点 ，可以适当发挥；
2.不少于90 词。
可能用到的词汇 ：
端午节Dragon Boat Festival；中国农历Chinese lunar calendar；诗人 poet；纪念 in honor of；包粽子 make zongzi；龙舟比赛 dragon boat races