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　　A recent survey finds that a large number of American teenagers are not getting enough sleep, especially during the school week. The problem appears to get worse as they get (1)            .
　　On average, 6th-grades sleep 8.4 hours on a school night, and 12th-grades only 6.9 hours. The survey also says that not getting enough sleep can (2)             problems in a teen's life. Many teens fall asleep in school, so it is not (3)             that they get lower grades than those who do get enough sleep.
　　Nearly all teens have at least one electronic item, telephone, television, or computer in their bedrooms. Using them on a school night not only takes the teen's time away from homework, but also makes it (4)             for them to fall asleep. The survey suggests students avoid (避免) doing (5)             activities for an hour before bedtime. (6)            , use that hour to read for fun or take a warm shower.

31．Choose the best answer (根据以下内容, 选择最恰当的答案):
　　Why do people travel? "To see more of the world," many people would say. But travelling abroad now means much more than that for the growing number of Chinese tourists. Of course it offers us good opportunities to meet people from other countries, and learn about their culture and customs.
　　According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Chinese people usually join large tourist groups and visit several countries in one trip. Japan, Thailand and Russia are the most popular countries while Hong Kong is losing its shine in Chinese eyes.
　　Chinese people don't just travel for sightseeing. The China International Travel Service Company said that all their tour trips sold out a month before Christmas Day. Stores offered discounts (打折) during that time, so shopping in Europe and the United States is popular among Chinese travellers.
　　In December, China is going through a very cold winter. So many people like to go to some countries in Southeast Asia because the weather there is quite pleasant. The improvement of living standards means more Chinese can travel abroad. But some of them don't have a sense of public manners. A report by Living Social website in March even listed Chinese as the world's second worst tourists.
　　If you want to change that bad name, remember to avoid the following: littering, spitting, snatching bus seats, line-jumping, talking loudly and smoking in non-smoking areas. Besides, we should learn some necessary manners of foreign countries.

32．　　Ronny looked like every other kid in the 1st grade classroom where I volunteered as the Reading Mum. However, Ronny was different from his classmates in other (1)      . He had a speech problem so he couldn't (2)       like other kids in his grade. I worked with all the students in Ronny's class one by one to improve their reading.
　　On the days when it was Ronny's (3)      , I gave him a silent smile, and he flew out of his chair. He sat close to me and opened the book carefully. His fingers move slowly under each letter as he tried to read out. Every time he managed to read a word, the biggest smile would spread across his face and his eyes would shine with (4)      .
　　Before the year ended, I gave Ronny a book—one of those Little Golden Books that only cost ＄5. A few days later, I noticed Ronny on a chair near the playground, the book open in his lap (大腿). His teacher said, "He hasn't put that book down since you gave it to him. Actually, that's his first book he's ever owned." Keeping back my tears, I walked towards Ronny and asked, "Will you read me your book?" To my surprise, he read to me more (5)       than I'd ever thought. The pages were already dog-eared, like the book had been read thousands of times. When he finished reading, Ronny closed his book and said with great satisfaction, "Good book!"
　　What a big (6)       the writer of that Little Golden Book had made in the life of a disadvantaged child!

33．　　The electricity station in our community (社区) happened to be repaired last Saturday, so the workers cut off our electricity that day. We all thought that it must be a very boring day. W(1)             electricity, we could do nothing. But it was just the other way around.
　　After g(2)             up in the morning, I started doing the housework myself rather than relying on the electrical machines like the vacuum cleaner. It was a little harder for me to do that job because I didn't know how to make the dust disappear with the little rag (碎布). However, Mum t(3)             me and after I got it, I felt very proud. Second, I went shopping with two friends instead of shopping directly on the I(4)            . We tried on different kinds of clothes in the shopping mall, enjoyed the whole process and felt very excited. When I returned home, Mum had p(5)             a rich dinner and we enjoyed it under the candlelight. What's more, we didn't sleep so late as u(6)            . We went to bed at 9 p.m. that night and felt very energetic the second day.

34．　　A king wanted to find the answers to three questions. The questions are: when is the right time for every action, who are the most important people, and what is the most important thing to do? The king asked learned men, but their answers didn't please him. In the end, he decided to visit a wise man who lived in the woods.
　　When he got close to the wise man's hut, he asked his bodyguards to wait behind. He found the wise man digging. He asked the wise man his three questions, but the wise man didn't respond. Seeing how old the wise man was, the king helped him dig. The king dug for hours, but the wise man never said anything. Just as the king was about to leave, a wounded (受伤的) man ran to the hut and fainted (晕倒) before them. Then the king carried the wounded man to the hut and looked after him. The wounded man said that he was the king's enemy and had wanted to kill the king. He asked for forgiveness and promised to serve the king faithfully (忠诚地).
　　Afterwards, the king repeated his questions to the wise man. The wise man replied, "If you had not helped me dig earlier, you would have left and been killed. So, the most important man back then was me, and the most important time was when you were digging. The most important thing to do was to be kind to me. When the wounded man arrived, he was the most important person, and saving him was the most important thing. By doing so, you made peace with an enemy."

35．Write at least 60 words on the topic "__________ is/are important to us"
(以 “_________ 对我们很重要”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格)
Use the following as your reference:
1. How much do you know about…?
2. Why is/are…important to us?
3. What can we do for it/them? (At least 2 examples)