16． There is a smart bird who has very large eyes. Can you guess what it is? Yes, it's an owl (猫头鹰).
In the middle of the woods lived a wise (智慧的) owl. All the animals knew that he was the wisest (1)       all of them. So they often went to him and told him their problems. Then the owl always told them (2)       to solve the problems.
One day, a little bird came to the owl. She was (3)      . "What's wrong with you?" asked the owl. "I'm not happy at all, Mr. Owl. I don't want to be a bird any more. " the bird (4)      . I am (5)       small and weak, " she cried. "I want to be as strong and important as the lion. "
The owl said (6)       in the little bird's ear. Then the bird dried her tears and (7)       away. One week later, the bird came back. "Thank you very much, Mr. Owl. You are (8)      , " she said to the owl. "I'm very happy now. Every day, I watch out for (小心提防) lions and tigers. When they come (9)      , I shout as loudly as I can. Then my friends all run and hide. They often (10)       me for that. I am useful and important now. "
The wise owl smiled and said: "Dear, no one in the world is useless. Everyone is great. "

17． My cousin Wang Hai loves to travel to new places and meet new people. He is quite (1)       in travelling. He does not like to travel on a package tour( 跟团旅行). (2)　      , he would like to buy a guidebook for the place he is going to and search the Internet for information about the main sights.
Wang Hai loves this kind of travelling. Firstly, he doesn't have to pay (3)       for his trip. Package tours usually (4)       more because people have to pay for the costs of the travel agency(旅行社) and the tour guide. Secondly, he likes the fact that he does not have to wait for the tour group to (5)       their photos or buy their souvenirs( 纪念品). If he has finished what he wants to do, he can leave and move on to the next place at once.
However, Wang Hai has had some (6)       travelling all by himself. Sometimes he feels(7)       and wishes that he had someone with him. Also, going to a different country on his own can be difficult and even (8)       at times. Once, Wang Hai was in Africa and he could not speak the language. A strong man took away his bag on the train. He wasn't hurt, but he did not get his(9)       back because the police could not understand him!
Wang Hai has had a few problems in the past, (10)       he still likes to travel all by himself. He is learning English and he will travel to Australia at the end of this year.

18．A: Do you like DIY?
B: Yes, I do. That's fun.
A:(1)      
B: Yes. Let me show you how to make it.
A: OK. What do we need for that?
B: Oh, (2)      
A: (3)      
B: About two spoons.
A:(4)      
B: Two bananas and an apple.
A: (5)      
B: First we cut the apple into small pieces. Next we peel (剥) and cut the bananas. Finally mix them together.

19．　　We teenagers may have many different dreams, a big one like getting a Nobel Prize or a small one like just becoming the best student in our class.
　　What do you do with your dreams?
　　Follow Your Heart is a book by Andrew Matthews. It tells us what the biggest difficulty is to make our dreams come true.
　　There will be many problems on the way to dreams, but you must never give up because the biggest problem comes from yourself. Everyone can make his or her dream come true. The first thing you need to do is to remember your dream. Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want and keep working hard for it. Do like that and your dream will come true one day.

20． Our arms will become weak if we do not use them for some time. When we start to use them again, they will slowly become strong again. Everyone knows that, yet people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.
When somebody says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault(错误). But if he tells us he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to be blamed(责备), and few of us know it is also his own fault. Have you ever found some people can't read or write but they usually remember days, names, songs and stories. In fact, their memories are being exercised all the time.
So if you want to have a good memory, practice remembering often.

21． Daniel received a car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Daniel came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car?" he asked.
Daniel answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas. "The boy was surprised and said, "Your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing?"
"Would you like to take a ride in my car?" said Daniel. "Oh yes, I'd love to. " said the boy.
After a short ride, the boy said with his eyes shining, "Sir, would you mind driving in front of my house?" Daniel smiled. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbours that he could get home in a big car.
But Daniel was wrong. The boy ran up to the steps. In a short while Daniel heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little disabled (残疾的) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car. "There he is, Buddy, just like I told you. And someday I'm going to give you one just like that... then you can see all the nice things by yourself. " Daniel got out and helped the boy to the front seat of his car and the three of them began a happy day ride.

22．　　Both birds and bats (蝙蝠) can fly. But, is a bat a kind of bird? No, a bat is not a bird. They are different animals.
　　Bats have large ears but birds' ears only holes in the head. Bats have teeth and birds have no. A bird has two legs while a bat has four. And its legs help it to fly. A special piece of skin joins the legs together, which looks just like a wing.
　　All bats like to eat insects (昆虫). They eat at night and sleep in the daytime. In the evening bats are busy flying and catching insects. Some people think bats can't see. In fact it is not true. Bats have eyes, but they cannot see well. Bats have better ears than men have. They can hear things which people can't. They can feel where things are. That is why the bats can fly about in the evening.

28．假如你是李华,想邀请交换生 Peter 一起参加学校组织的一次秋游活动.请根据以下提
示和要求给他发一封电子邮件,邀请他参加.要点如下:
*活动目的:放松心情,亲近自然;
*活动地点:滨江公园 (Binjiang Park),在长江岸边,长 9.5 公里,宽约 150 米;
*活动形式:跑步、放风筝、野餐等;
*活动注意事项:穿舒服的鞋子,自带水等.
注意:1.词数 80 左右;
2.请不要逐句翻译,可适当发挥;
3.邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总数.
Dear Peter,
　　How are you now? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
　　Come to join us and have great fun,will you? Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li hua