16．　　If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste success. But if you are (1)      , success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.
　　I love eating persimmons (柿子). But you can't get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably taste bad. In Grade Nine, (2)       my grades were very poor, my parents were (3)       that I wouldn't be able to get into an excellent senior high school. They (4)       me to study harder, but I didn't really understand why they were so anxious.
　　Summer came. The hot weather made me sleepy. And every time I wanted to stop (5)      , Mom would shout, "Hey! Think about your (6)      . If you don't work hard, you'll regret!" I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I (7)       was playing with my friends. My mom would say to me, with a serious look (8)      her face, "If a persimmon tree doesn't grow in summer, it can't bear fruit in autumn! Only by hard work (9)       you get good results."
　　I didn't understand it at that time. A few months later, I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. Suddenly, I (10)       that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.
　　I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruit of my hard work!

17．　　China and Western countries have something different in cultures about certain animals, but when it comes to pigs, we have the same idea — pigs are ugly, lazy and stupid.
　　Just look at some Chinese sayings such as "Boiling a dead pig" and "A pig looking in the mirror is still a pig. "And in English, there are some expressions like "Eating like a pig" and "Pigs might fly." None of them are complimentary (赞美的).
　　However, pigs have some good qualities (品质). They are even as smart as dogs and elephants. They have good memories. And they know whether (是否) people treat then well or not.
　　A UK cartoon, Peppa Pig is a most popular cartoon. The four members in the pig family teach children from all around the world about love, friendship and the value (价值) of family. And a Chinese cartoon film, The Adventures of Me Dull, is also very famous. In the cartoon, the little pig, Me Dull, has a heart of gold and always works hard towards his dreams. Most people want quick success, but Me Dull is slow and patient, and not afraid of failing again and again.
　　Maybe when we talk about pigs next time, we should think of their good qualities.

18．　　If you want to travel to Singapore, here are two famous places of interest.

19．　　You may know a lot about smart phones, but what about smart cities?
　　Imagine living your life like this: When you wake up in the morning, you say "open the window" to a computer and it opens the window. The sunshine is shining and the birds are singing, then you finish breakfast, sit in front of your desk and begin to have classes through the Internet. With the help of building a smart city this way become true one day.
　　A smart city uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning. Save resources (资源) and make our lives easier. For example, people who live in a small city where there is Internet almost everywhere can do many things at home, such as booking train tickets and paying water bills. What a beautiful life it is!
　　Now China is making some cities smarter, for example, Guiyang is going to build free Wi-Fi in the whole city. Tianjin plans to start a smart city program to solve traffic problems. Zhuzhou is creating a smart city, so everyone in the city should play a role in it.

20．　　Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. The first important way is that they provide man with food, wood and other products (产品). Trees provide not only man with food, but also many animals with food. Without trees, many animals can not live on the earth. It's not easy for man to live on the earth, either (也不).
　　The second important way is that trees give us shade. On a hot summer day, people are eager (渴望) to have a rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way. You can imagine (想象) how important the shade of a tree is to man and to animals.
　　The third important way is that trees help to prevent drought (旱灾) and floods. However, in many parts of the world, man has not realized (意识到) the third important way. He has cut trees down in large numbers. In the end, he finds that he has lost the best friends he once had.

21．　　Here is a true story about a young man in a small town. He once liked drinking lots of wine out and often got home drunk. His wife was very angry, but could not do anything to stop him from drinking.
　　The young man had a 5-year-old daughter, who was lovely and very clever. He loved her very much. One evening, he got home drunk as usual. Seeing this, his daughter said to him, "Do you really love me, dad?" He answered, "Yes, of course." After a little while she asked him, "Do you listen to me, dad?" He replied to his daughter, "Yes, of course." She asked again, "Can you give me a promise, dad?" He answered her with the same three words for the third time and then added, "What is it?" The daughter said, "Please promise me that you will never drink, dad." Hearing this, he promised her that he would not drink any more from then on.
　　The next afternoon, the young man planned to go out to drink. Before leaving home, he said to himself, "If my daughter asks me why I have drunk again, what shall I say to her?" He didn't go out to drink that afternoon. From then on, whenever he wanted to drink, he would remember the promise he had given to his daughter. As a result, he never drank again and his bad habit — drinking was prevented (阻止).

22．
(The doorbell is ringing. Ling goes to open the door. )
Ling: Hello Li! (1)      
Li: I ran all the way to your house. Would you like to go to the zoo this Saturday? (2)      
Ling: Good idea. I haven't been to the zoo in Edmenton yet. (3)      
(Li screams!)
Ling: (4)      Why did you scream?
Li: I tried to sit down, (5)      
Ling: Oh, don't be afraid. That's my pet.

28．根据短文内容及首字母、汉语提示或所给词的正确形式填空。
　　One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about (1)            (be) late for school. There were many people waiting in line at the bus stop, but most of them just stared (盯着) at their mobile phones, listening to music or looking (2)            WeChat. No one talked (3)o             laughed.
　　When the bus finally came, we all hurried to get on. I got a place next to the window. A boy on a bike caught my attention (注意 ). He was riding beside the bus. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused to stop (4)u             we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept (5)            (ride). He was carrying something and (6)            (shout). Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up to the door of the bus. I heard (7)             exciting conversation (谈话). Then the driver stood up and asked, "Did anyone lose a bag at the last stop?" A woman on the bus shouted, "Oh, dear! It's (8)            (I)". She pushed her way to the driver and took the bag thankfully.
　　Everyone on the bus (9)            (begin) talking about what the boy had done, and the crowd of strangers (陌生人) (10)            (sudden) became friendly to one another .
　　Sometimes even something small can change the relationship among people a lot. What an unforgettable experience!

34．假如你是李明，你收到了笔友Sam的来信，信中他问你上周末做了什么事情。请根据下面提示给Sam写一封回信。
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Dear Sam,
　　How are you? I was busy last weekend. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Ming