11． (Li Mei meets her friend Xiao Ming on the way to school. Li Mei＝L Xiao Ming＝X)
L: Hello, Xiao Ming! You look a little unhappy. (1)      
X: It's just my mom. She always nags (唠叨) me.
L: Really? (2)      
X: She nags me about almost everything. "Get up now... Everything must be in place... Don't forget to... Don't listen to music..."
L: Well, all the mothers like saying these words to their kids.
X: Also, I am interested in music, but she doesn't like it. (3)      
L: Maybe you are right. But I should say she nags you because she loves you.
X: (4)       I'll try to understand(理解) her.
L: That's right! Making yourself understood is important. If your mom knows that everything is fine, she will never nag.
X: OK! (5)       Thank you.

12．　　Hello, friends! I'm Harry. I'm a middle school student. There are many (1)       in my school. Students can have great fun in these clubs.
　　I love music. I can (2)       and dance very well. So I joined the music club. The club has activities on Tuesday and Thursday. I (3)        many good friends in the club. We have the (4)       interest. I'm always very happy to (5)       to my dear friends.
　　Besides (除此之外) music, I'm also very good (6)       playing chess. So I joined the chess club, too. But the chess club (7)       has activities on Monday. So you can see I have club activities (8)       day(s) a week.
　　There will be a music festival next month. All the students in the music club need to prepare (准备) well for it. (9)       next week, there is going to be a chess game for me to join in. So I'm very (10)       these days. But I think my school days are really interesting.

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14．　　Everybody has a home. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different homes, too.
　　Some animals live in holes (洞) under the ground. The mouse lives under the ground. His home has two doors. If any animal comes into one door, the mouse goes out from the other one. Some birds live in holes in trees. They come out for food in the daytime and go back to sleep at night. Snails' (蜗牛) homes are quite interesting. They carry their homes on their backs. Cows, cats and dogs live in people's homes.
　　We can see all kinds of animals in the zoo. It is a big home for lots of animals. But I think they should be free.

15．　　Mary is a music teacher. On weekdays, she usually gets up at five twenty in the morning. After brushing her teeth, she eats her breakfast. After that, she often plays the guitar. At about half past seven, she takes the No.7 bus to her school. She is never late for work.
　　Mary has no lessons on Tuesday and Thursday. She usually goes to the guitar club. There she helps children with the guitar.
　　On weekends, Mary never gets up late, either. Habit is the second nature. She gets up at half past five in the morning. At five forty, she runs. She has breakfast at about half past six. Then she goes to visit her grandparents. Her grandparents are very healthy. They always take a walk after dinner. On Sundays, Mary usually cleans her room because she doesn't have time to clean it from Monday to Friday.

16．　　New Year's Day is a traditional festival for people in the world. On this day, people in different countries eat different food.
　　In the US, people eat herrings(鲱鱼). Americans like herrings because they always swim fast together. They are the symbol of happiness and richness for a family.
　　In Spain, families like to get together, listen to music and play games. And when it's twelve o'clock and the New Year begins, people eat twelve grapes. They think grapes can bring good luck in the next twelve months.
　　As we know, dumplings are the best food for the Chinese. They mean tuanyuan. And many families make one or two dumplings with coins (硬币). People who eat them will get happiness in the next year.

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　　Chris is a 12-year-old boy. He (1)             in a village in England. The school in the village isn't far (2)             his home. Also, there is a bridge between (3)             home and the school. Every day Chris (4)             the bridge to school on foot. He usually gets up at about 7:00 in the morning. It's not (5)            . He has breakfast (6)             and then goes to school. It takes him about ten minutes (7)             to school. School starts at 8:10. His favorite subject is math. He thinks (8)             are interesting.
　　Chris has a(n) (9)            . He hopes to go to a big city like London some day. "I (10)             take the subway. It must be fun," he says. Can his dream come true? "Sure, it can," says Chris.

18．　　作为学生，我们在学校需要遵守很多规则。在家里，我们也有很多规则。假如你是Jenny，你有很多家规。请根据表格内所给提示内容给你的好朋友Tom发一封电子邮件，告诉他一些你的家规并谈谈你对这些家规的看法。

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1. 词数不少于40词；
2. 表格内所给词汇必须用上；
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Dear Tom,
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Yours,
Jenny