16．　　One day, when the Lion asleep at noon, the little Mouse came running by. He was in a (1)       to get home. Because the Mouse didn't see the Lion. he ran (2)      the Lion's nose. The Lion opened his eyes, shouting "I'm going to eat you!You (3)       me up!" "Dear Lion, please do not eat me! I shall (4)       do it again and I shall never forget your kindness. Maybe someday will (5)       you back!" "The Lion was (6)      the idea of the Mouse. Then he said, "I think I will let you go. I am not (7)       anyway. "The little Mouse was so happy! He ran (8)      to his home. A few days later, the Lion (9)       into a net (网) by accident. The Lion shouted, trying to get free. Just then, the little Mouse happened to pass by. "I will help you, dear Lion." The little Mouse cut the net with his little teeth. It (10)       him a long time. At last, the Lion was free! The Lion and the Mouse became best friends. The Lion said, "A little friend can be the best friend of all!"

18．　　Robert was a boy of eight years old. One day, when he was doing cleaning at home, he thought he should move the box out of the house. The box made of wood was very heavy. And it was much bigger than he. He tried, but he could not move it. After resting for a short time, the boy started once more, but failed again. He couldn't even move it a bit. He felt very tired and hopeless.
　　Just then, his father came home from work and saw his son work hard. He didn't help Robert. Instead, he asked, "Dear son, have you done your best? And are you doing everything you can?"
　　"_______" the boy cried.
　　"No, you're not." his father said quietly, "You have not asked me to help you. Asking for help is not a weakness. At some point, even the strongest of us needs help. It is important to know when to ask for help and understand why you need it. Never be afraid to ask others for help when you're in trouble."
　　Robert nodded with a big smile.

19．　　Alex is reading a book about AI, artificial intelligence (人工智能). He finds the book a little difficult but very interesting. Though the word AI is very popular now, he enjoys reading it very much. He has learned a new idea about AI from the book.
　　When people ask AI a question, it answers the question in a very short time. So, people may feel that AI can think and answer questions as human beings do. Before Alex read this book, he believed this, too. However, this book says it will never happen. Actually, AI only uses a lot of information to get the best answer. So, when it has more information, the answer will be much closer to the perfect one. AI technologies will be cleverer tools for human beings to use. This book also says almost half of our jobs will be done by AI technologies in the near future. People will soon find more AI technologies in our lives,such as checking the tickets, the price, people's faces and fingers.
　　So, we believe that we will have much happier lives with these AI technologies around us.

20．A: Hi, Zhou Qiang. Haven't seen you for too long! (1)      
B: I've just been to the Three Gorges (三峡).
A: Really? (2)      
B: Right. As you know, we've built a great dam (坝) across the Changjiang River.
A: (3)      
B: Yes, the dam is stopping water these days. And the water is rising 2 meters every day until it is 135 meters high.
A: Oh, no wonder it's said the beautiful scenery (风景) of Kuimen will be under water. What a pity!
B: (4)      It has been copied in another place with some other places of interest.
A: Great! I want to go to the Three Gorges this summer. Would you like to go there with me again?
B: I'd love to! (5)      

26．nod, as a result, and so on, reuse, take place

27．请你写一篇以"Lower Carbon (低碳) , Happier Life"为主题的英语短文．
短文要点如下:
1. 自己骑自行车或步行上学, 建议父母骑车上班;
2. 在家使用节能灯:减少洗澡淋浴时间;
3. 将用过的课本留给下届学生;
4. 请你就此话题补充1﹣2个个人做法．
参考词汇:
节能灯 energy﹣saving lamp 用过的used 下届lower grades Lower carbon, happier life
写作要求:
结构完整, 表达通顺, 语言规范, 书写清晰;不要逐字逐句翻译文中不得出现任何真实的人名和学校名称等信息;
词数80左右．开头和结尾己给出, 不计入总词数．
　　It's our duty to save the environment. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________