16． In space, there was a little gray planet. It looked very (1)      , because the people who lived there hadn't looked after it. They had polluted the whole planet heavily (2)       rubbish and pollution. As a result, there were few plants and animals left.
One day, a little boy Jim was walking on the planet, when he passed a cave (山洞) and (3)       a small red flower inside. The flower was very sick — almost dying, so Jim (4)       dug up the flower, with roots, soil and everything. Then he started looking for a place (5)        care of it. He searched all over the planet, but everywhere was polluted so much that there was (6)       place the flower could possibly live in. Then he looked up at the moon. It seemed that maybe the plant could live there.
Jim decided to go there. He (7)       a spaceship and put the little red flower in the back, then they flew to the moon. Far away from all that pollution, the flower soon grew up, giving birth to others, and these other flowers spread onto other flowers. Soon the whole moon was completely covered with flowers. When the little boy's flowers came out, the moon gave out a soft red (8)      . It was the most beautiful scenery he had ever seen.
Maybe the story is telling us (9)       we don't look after the planet, a day will come when flowers can only grow on the moon. So we must be friendly to (10)       place that we are living in now.

17． Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge (知识). If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.
Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn't walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens you can find them easily.
Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
If you are followed by someone whom you don't know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next, don't go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.
If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus, don't sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don't sleep.

18． Mark, a young person, tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter (打字机). "You've got to want to write, " I say to them, " not want to be a writer."
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded (报答). When I left a 20-year job in the US Coast Guard to become a writer, I had no hopes at all.
What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a real writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn't got a break and began to doubt (MWE ) myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wonder in " what if".
I would keep putting my dream to the test-even though it meant living with uncertainty (不确定) and fear of failure. This is the ________ of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.

20． What will our world be like in 2020? Maybe no one knows. Because we never know what will happen in the future. But it's very interesting to make some predictions. Here are some exciting predictions.
Languages
English should still be the most popular language, but Chinese should be the second. Now, many foreign people are studying Chinese (A)       their second language.
Water
Water will become as expensive as oil because many rivers will disappear. We will have to save water and pay more for clean water.
Education and Science
Students won't go to school. They will stay at home and study online. Students from all over the world may study together (B)      the internet. We may eat more genetically modified (转基因的) food. And more robots will be around us. ②很多危险的家务将由他们做.
Living
People will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too. Everyone will carry a pocket computer. ③computer,the,answers,will,all,the,to,their, people,problems,give. Everyone will have telephones in the pockets, too, and they will be able to talk to their friends all of the world.
任务一:(1)将文中A、B两处横线上填入适当的单词, 使短文完整. (仅限填一词)
任务二:(2)将①处英语翻译成汉语.
                                                                                
任务三:(3)将②处汉语翻译成英语.
                                                                                
任务四:(4)将③处单词连成句子.
                                                                                
任务五:(5)请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题.
                                                                                

30．A: Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the Pacific Cinema?
B: Certainly. It's on Center Street. You can get a taxi or take the subway.
A: (1)            ?
B: About ¥40. It costs only ¥4 to take the subway.
A: Oh, I'd better take the subway there.
B: You should walk to Green Road first, and then take the subway to Center Street.
A: How long will it take me to get to the Center Street by subway?
B: It will take you about half an hour.
A: Well. (2)            ?
B: About 5 minutes' walk. Walk along Center Street, it's down the street on the left. It's between a big mall and a bank.
A: (3)            .
B: You're welcome.

31．"你养我长大, 我陪你变老. "父母亲一直在为我们的成长默默付出, 成长要学会感受爱、回报爱. 今天是父亲节, 是我们向爸爸表达感激的好机会. 请根据以下所给要点, 写一篇英语短文.
(1)给我生命, 一直照顾我成长;
(2)努力工作, 为我提供良好的生活和教育条件;
(3)拥有爱心, 教我学会. .. .. .
(4)今天, 我要为您. .. .. .(自主发挥, 至少两点)
注意事项:
(1)词数90左右, 开头已给出, 不计入总词数;
(2)文中不得出现真实的地名、校名、人名等信息.
You raise me up. I will be with you in your life. You are an important person in the process of my growth.      .
I hope you will be happy and healthy forever.