11．　　"Everybody, it's time for our group project. Let's get to work!" says Ms. Green.
　　Helen is the leader of one group. She is not (1)      forward to working with her group because a boy named Ray is always absent from the group meeting. He doesn't follow the rules, and he (2)       to do any work. This slows the whole group down.
　　Helen considers telling Ms. Green about these problems, but she doesn't want to get Ray in trouble. (3)      , she decides to talk to him and find out what the (4)       is. She says, "Everyone is working hard on our project. But so far, you haven't done anything. Is there something wrong?" Ray thinks (5)       for a few seconds, and finally says, "It's not that I don't want to be in the (6)      . Sometimes I don't really understand the things we're learning. I know it's not fair, but I don't want to say anything stupid, (7)       I do nothing. "
　　Now Helen understands. Ray isn't (8)      !He just needs help! "From now on, " she says "I will my best to help you feel more confident. Then you can do your share , and it will be (9)       for everyone. ""Thank you! I'll try hard to do my part, " says Ray.
　　Amy feels happy. She realizes that (10)       problems is better than keeping them as secrets.

12．　　Girl
　　Dicky bird, Dicky bird,
　　Where are you flying away?
　　Why do you fly when I wish you to stay?
　　I would never hurt you, if you would come.
　　And sing a song while you sit on my thumb.
　　Bird
　　Dear girl, I will sing to you here in the tree.
　　But do not come any nearer to me.
　　Your wide open hand and your eyes big and bright.
　　Fill poor little Dicky with fright.
　　Girl
　　I love you, dear Dicky.
　　So why should you fear?
　　If you come with me, my sweet, pretty dear.
　　You shall live in a silver house so happy.
　　And feed on a piece of white sugar each day.
　　Bird
　　Oh, little girl, my home is in this tree.
　　I love the fresh air, the sunshine is free.
　　My three babies are calling me. so I must fly.
　　And sing as I leave you,
　　Goodbye, goodbye!
　　

13．　　It's not WASTE until it is WASTED!
　　Our school is now requiring every student to form a habit of sorting the waste. Here in our schoolyard we lay four different colors of rubbish bins for different kinds of rubbish. The red is for harmful waste; the blue is for waste that can be recycled; the green is for kitchen waste; the yellow is for other waste.
　　The followings are some instructions for you.
　　Glass: Empty bottles without caps can be recycled to make new glass bottles.
　　Warning: Mirrors and light bulbs must not be included in the glass waste.
　　Paper: Newspapers. magazines, boxes must be can enough to be recycled.
　　Warning: Paper tissues and wallpaper are not recyclable as paper should be kept separately.
　　PMD waste; Packaging made of Plastic or Metal and Drink boxes are used to make new packaging.
　　Warning: Plastic pots (e g yoghurt pots), plastic bags must not be included with the PMD waste. Harmful waste; out-of date drugs, used batteries (电池), paint and oil. .
　　Besides, if you don't need your old bikes at all, our school volunteers will collect them. We're going to fix them up and then give them away to kids who don't have enough money for a bike.
　　To find out more about recycling, you can visit our school website.

14．　　An idiom (习语) is a phrase that we can't understand from the meaning of each word. For example, if an American boy asks his mum what's for dinner tomorrow, she may say, "I'll play it by ear." That means she doesn't have plans for dinner and she will decide later.
　　"Play it by ear" used to mean playing music without using the sheet music (活页乐谱), but now it's different.
　　There are many idioms in English. If you learn to use them, your English will be much more colorful.
　　Have you ever heard the idiom "He bought the farm"? It means "He died" Do you know how it became popular? It was first used in World War I. When a soldier died, the government gave his family enough money to buy a farm.
　　In the early 1930s, people in the US often did not know when or where their next meal was. So as soon as they got something in their hand that could be eaten, it would go into their mouth. That was how people began to use the idiom "live hand to mouth".
　　And don't be angry if your English friend says this to you, "Break a leg in your game!"
　　He is wishing you good luck! Hundreds of years ago, people believed in sprites (小精灵). Sprites enjoyed causing trouble. If the sprites heard you ask for something, they would make the opposite happen. Tell someone to "break a leg" and the sprites would make something good happen.

15．　　Because of the large population on the earth, the world is not only hungry, it is also thirsty for water now. The world's population has reached 7. 5 billion. And it could possibly grow to 15 billion by the year 2100.
　　On the other hand, about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can't drink or use for watering plants directly . Man can only drink or use the other 3% of fresh water which comes form rivers, lakes and underground. And we can't even use all of that, because some of them has been polluted.
　　Now more water is needed. The problem is: can we avoid a serious water shortage later on? Firstly we should all learn how to save water. Secondly, we should find out the ways to reuse it. Today, in most large cities water is used only once, but it can be used again . Even if every large city reuse its water, still there would not be enough. What could people turn to next?
　　The sea seems to have the best answer. The sea is very big. Look at the map of the world, there is more sea than land. It covers three quarters of the earth. All that needs to be done is to get the salt out of the sea water. Scienists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it. So you see, if we can find a way out, we'll be in no danger of drying up.

16．　　We can't remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat, waiting to be "liked". Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see      we get "liked" or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal.
　　Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?
　　A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. As a result, it showed that the more photos they took, the less delicious the food seemed to them. So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?
　　Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will not be able to control himself and check his mobile many times. "Does everyone like my photos? I hope a lot of people like them!" It seems that your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.
　　So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

(1)任务一:根据意思用短文中单词的恰当形式补全下列句子.
Do you still              clearly the day you began to use your mobile?
(2)任务二:根据短文内容. 写出空格处所缺单词.             
(3)任务三:请把上文中画线的句子翻译成汉语.
                                                                                
(4)任务四:请根据短文内容回答下列问题. Does taking photos of food make the food less pleasant?
                                                                                
(5)What can we learn from the passage?
                                                                                

17．　　I (1)f            in love with English at a very young age, because I thought it was one of the most wonderful (2)            (语言) in the world. Full of strong wishes for English, I began to learn it. But soon I found it was (3)h             than I expected. There were too many words expressions and many other things to memorize. And even if you know how to write them, you can't use them (4)            (correct). And I did rather badly in my (5)            (one) English test. I was worried (6)             it. While I was in trouble, my English teacher gave me lots of (7)            ( help). I knew that interest didn't mean (8)            ( something) and I should have some learning methods. I did (9)a             he said and tried many different ways to learn it. As the days went by, I could do better and better and became more and more interested in it. (10)             I wish to practice speaking English with foreigners some day!

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19．speak, than, words, louder, actions
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20．been, where, she, has
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21．see, tonight, us, you, will, off
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22．honor, speech, it's, give, to, a, my, here
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