16．　　Once there was a king. He was wise but everyone was afraid of him. His face showed the sadness deep in his heart. So there were deep (1)      lines (皱纹) on his face.
　　In his country lived a beautiful girl. Everyone seemed to love her, so did the king. He wanted to (2)       her, and finally he decided to speak to her of his love. After he dressed in his best clothes, he looked in the (3)       , but he saw a hard face, (4)       when he tried to smile.
　　"How about wearing a mask (面具)?" he thought. Then he ordered his magician to paint a mask that looked kind and happy and handsome. The magician (5)       and said, "But you must keep your own face in the same lines that I paint and be kind to all people from your heart. If not, the mask will break." The mask looked so (6)       that no one knew it was not the true face of the king. Months passed, the beautiful lady (7)       the king, and the king treated everyone (8)       to keep the mask from breaking.
　　At last, the king didn't want to cheat his beautiful wife any more. (9)       he asked the magician to take the mask off. Surprisingly, he found his face was just like the mask he had worn (10)       so long!
　　This story tells us that a man is what he is in his heart.

18．　　You don't have to be a weatherman to tell people about the weather. If you notice the animals, the sky and the world around you, you can predict weather on your own.
　　Examine the moon or sun, but do not look at the sun directly, or it will hurt your eyes seriously. If you see a ring around the sun or moon, then warm weather follows. A golden ring around the moon warns us that a storm is on the way. A watery yellow sunset is a sign that rain may be near. Feel the direction of the wind. A wind blowing from the east shows that a storm will probably happen. A wind from the west means a sunny day. Monitor the clouds. There are three things about clouds you should look for:movement, color, and change. As a rule, the higher the clouds, the better the weather. And the lower the clouds, the worse the weather will be.
　　The rainbow has a message, too. If you see the sun in the east and a rainbow in the west, the rain may be coming your way. If the sun is in the west and the rainbow is in the east, the rain will be moving away from you. Look at your shoes as you walk through the grass in the morning. If the grass is wet with dew (露珠), then you can expect dry weather. But if the grass is dry, then it will be wise of you to take your umbrella.

19．配对阅读. 左栏是对五种意外事故的描述, 右栏是七个对意外事故的处理方法. 请为左栏中的每个意外事故选择恰当的处理方法. 其中两项是多余的.

20．　　Wu Dajing won gold in the Men's 500 m Short Track Speed Skating at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on February 22nd.
　　Before this race, the Chinese short-track team got only silver and bronze (铜牌). They met (1)       many troubles that it made Wu Dajing China's last hope of (2)       a gold medal (奖牌) at these Games. The 23-year-old man entered the final with a lot of pressure. However, he didn't give his competitors (3)       chance. He just kept his speed from the start.
　　"I am just so (4)       of myself to have been able to hold on and bring out my best in the race. I only realized I was the winner at the finish line and I'm very happy that I have won the (5)       gold medal for China in these Games," said Wu.
　　Chinese team head coach Li Yan said excitedly, "Many thanks to our people for (6)       support. In (7)      to get ready for the races, we have turned (8)       our social networks (网络), but still saw some reports from Chinese media (媒体). These reports are important (9)      they give us encouraging messages and now there are more people caring about this sport. It (10)      never been easy for all of us, but we finally got our long﹣awaited gold medal on the last day of the short track competition"

21．　　In 2012 , a historical film called 1942 was on screen in China. It tells us how terrible people's life was without food. At that time, people didn't have enough food because of a war. They could not have rice or noodles as usual. Therefore, some people had to eat everything, like tree leaves. More than seventy years later, many Chinese people are talking about food again. However, this time people talk more about food waste. A fourteen﹣year﹣old schoolboy called Wu Xin found something about food waste.
　　One day, Wu Xin went to see his mother in a big restaurant, where his mother worked. He helped his mom clean the rooms in the restaurant. In a beautiful dining room, he found that nearly all the food was left uneaten. They were still warm. But his mother was going to throw them away. "How much is it, Mum?" Wu Xin asked. "About 800 yuan. " said his mother.
　　Wu Xin was very surprised. He asked his mother why people order so much food. His mother answered, "Some people do not think carefully before they order the food, and some are afraid that the food is not enough. But what they do is wrong. You should not learn from them." Wu Xin told the story to his Chinese teacher who was very interested in the story. She told it to other students in the class. After hearing the story, all the students promised that they would not waste food any more.
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22．假设你是一名叫杨冬(Yang Dong) 的中学生, 读了上述故事后, 你想在校报上发表文章, 表达自己的看法. 请你给校报编辑写一封电子邮件, 内容包括:
1. 谈谈你所遇到过的浪费食物现象的事例;
2. 你对浪费食物现象的看法. 针对食物浪费现象提出至少两条解决问题的建议;
3. 提倡大家不要浪费食物.
作文要求:
1. 不能照抄原文; 不得在作文中出现老师和同学的真实姓名;
2. 语句连贯, 词数80 个左右. 作文的开头和结尾已经给出, 不计入总词数.
Dear Editor,
　　I'd like to share my opinions on food waste. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Yang Dong