16．Something "strange" happened!
　　In recent weeks, customers have been queuing at Donut City, starting at 4:30 am, to buy dozens of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Customers say the doughnuts are (1)      . But the taste is not the reason why they've been waiting in(2)      to buy them.
　　It started a few weeks ago, when customers started noticing that something was (3)      . Every day for the past 28 years, the friendly husband-and-wife (4)       of Donut City — Stella and John Chhan — have stood behind the counter (5)       doughnuts. But then one day, Stella Chhan wasn't there.
　　When customers asked about the reason, John Chhan, 62, told them Stella had fallen ill and was recovering in a nursing home. He would visit his wife once all the doughnuts were (6)      .
　　Dawn Caviola, a (7)       of Donut City, thought if enough people would buy a dozen doughnuts every morning, John Chhan could close early and go to accompany his wife.
　　After Caviola posted the (8)      on the neighbourhood message board, neighbors and fans responded (回应) in a positive way. They started turning up in the dark, (9)      dozens of doughnuts.
　　Jenee Rogers has been a regular Donut City customer for the past 20 years. She saw a local news story about the effort (努力) to help the Chhans, which included trying to set up a GoFundMe page to (10)      money to help the Chhans, but they turned down the offer. Rogers said she and all of her friends started to (11)       the word to go to the shop (12)       and buy doughnuts.
　　When Stella Chhanfirst fell ill a few weeks ago, John Chhan said, she couldn't speak and had trouble (13)      . Now she's talking some and can sit down on her own and she is getting better and better.
　　In a phone (14)      , John Chhan expressed how thankful he is to his (15)       customers. "I appreciate it," he said. "I just can't say enough thank you and thank you."

18．　　I'd never noticed her — she was not tall and just looked ordinary. And in class, she liked sitting at the back. One day, I asked her to read aloud a text. When I heard her standard American pronunciation, I looked at her with new eyes. And I remembered her name — Kelly. Later on, the National College Speech Competition would be held. One student in our school was allowed to attend. I thought it over and filled in her name.
　　Then Kelly practiced hard for the competition. However, I was still a little worried because she was always too quiet. Could she really do well in the competition?
　　On the night of the competition, I sat in the front row of the hall very early. I told her to take it easy. Her face turned red and she said nothing. It seemed that she was really nervous. I felt upset, but I just patted her on the shoulder and let her go to draw lots (抽签). As a result, she drew No. 9 while No. 8 was a boy who was very good at giving speeches.
　　Sure enough, No. 8 was very successful. The whole audience made a warm applause.
　　While they were talking about his speech with excitement, Kelly appeared on the stage. I sat there with no courage to look at her. It was her first time to go up the stage, so I couldn't be angry with her for any small mistakes. But at that moment, I found I was so afraid of her failure.
　　The strong spotlight and large hall made her so small that nobody seemed to notice she'd been on the stage. I felt hopeless.
　　But suddenly, I clearly heard a voice, a very loud voice, "Now, please focus on me."
　　Three times in all, louder and louder.
　　The whole audience fell silent.
　　I could hardly believe that the loud voice came from the girl, who was usually soft-voiced and didn't catch attention at all. She gave a perfect speech.
　　I think I'll never forget this touching lesson that Kelly taught me — never underestimate the power of the silent people.

19．　　She appeared at the doorstep of my house — maybe someone had kicked her out of his house. "We're moving house." "No space for her anymore with the baby coming." People find all sorts of excuses for discarding an animal.
　　But she was one of the most beautiful homeless dogs I had ever seen. No way could I have sent such a gift away.
　　I called her Mica. Mica was so upset during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and looked blue all the time. There was nothing I could do to make her happy. I wondered what had happened to her, because I could always see the sadness and loneliness in her eyes.
　　At the end of the first week, she calmed down finally. She was always by my side, and she especially liked taking a walk with me. However, she just kept looking around all the way, and seemed less interested in the beautiful scenery.
　　One day, we were a long way from our home, then in a corner she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually, I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.
　　By the time I reached the farm, I was very tired and angry with Mica. But then I was surprised to see her licking the four puppies softly there.
　　"We didn't know where she had gone." said the woman at the door, "I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared. We looked for her everywhere but failed. "
　　"She must have tried to come back to them, but she got lost." a boy touched Mica's hair fondly. I felt really happy for Mica, for she found her babies and loving family.
　　I have to admit I do miss her, but I have Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother.

21．　　As the old saying goes, "When in Rome (罗马), do as the Romans do. " I (1)l       the meaning of this when I studied in Russia.
　　One day I invited some of my Chinese friends to a famous local (2)r       in Moscow. My guests and I were excited from visiting Red Square and happy about our meeting. We chatted warmly until the waiter told me that we were talking too loud. We (3)d      our voices a little. But this didn't last long. The waiter came over to us twice more with the same (4)m      .
　　How bad an impression (印象) we must have left on the local people! In China, it's natural and important for a host (主人) to make a (5)l      atmosphere (气氛). However, in Russia and western countries, having a meal in a public place (6)m       you must keep your voice low. You need to be (7)p      to others.
　　I felt bad about this. Even though we tried our best, it's very difficult to (8)f      a new habit. Russians have their own special habits. My Russian friend, Andrey always looks around and thinks for a (9)w      before leaving home. I asked him why he did this. "Aha," Andrey said. "In Russia. people always spend about a minute going over things and plans in their mind before leaving. So they won't (10)l      anything necessary behind.
　　Finding the differences between cultures is very interesting. I'd like to keep my eyes and mind open.

22．假如你是李明, 本周日由你组织国际交换生去the Dream city 游玩. 请用英语拟一份口头通知.
内容要点如下:
1. 集合时间和地点:上午九点, the Dream City入口处;
2. 观看楚剧, 学习剪纸, 制作陶土作品;
3. 自由活动一小时, 可游玩、拍照等, 五点乘地铁返校;
4. 天气炎热, 着轻便装;
5. 请补充一至两点个人的想法或建议.
注意:
1. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;
2. 词数:60﹣80;
3. 内容连贯, 不要逐条翻译;
4. 开头已给出, 不计入总词数.
参考词汇:entrance n. 入口处 Chu Opera楚剧 clay piece陶土作品
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