11．　　The school music club opens. Tony wants to (1)       the club, but he doesn't want to go alone (单独地). So he is (2)       his friends at home. He wants to ask them to go to the (3)       with him, but everyone is (4)      .
　　Martin is doing his homework at home. It usually takes (5)       two hours to finish it. Peter is writing a letter to his pen pal and he doesn't like (6)      . Jim likes music very much, but he is singing songs with his classmates at school. They are having a (7)       contest (比赛). Alice is cleaning her room with her mother. Simon is helping his brother (8)       his English. He often does badly in his tests. Tom is sick (生病的). He has to (9)       at home. Mary is playing baseball with her sister. Tony is not happy (10)       no one can go to the club with him.
　　At last, he arrives at school alone. When he gets there, the class is over. It's break (休息) time now. There are some cars in the parking lot (停车场). They're the (11)      . His classmate, Mark, is playing (12)       with some boys. Alan and Ben are lying and (13)       each other in English under a tree near the parking lot. They want to improve their English. There are two girls in the classroom. One (14)       the music, the other is writing to her pen pal. All the teachers are having a rest in their (15)      . All of them are very relaxed.

12．　　December 21st is Becky's birthday. When she gets home after school, she sees her parents sitting at the table. On the table there is a birthday cake with fourteen candles. They say to her, "Happy birthday, dear! We have a present for you, Becky. Go and look for it in your bedroom."
　　Becky runs quickly to her room. On her bed she sees a red box. She thinks that her present must be in the box. She opens it. There is nothing but a card in it. The girl takes it out and reads, "Dear Becky, I'm your present. My first three letters are the same as in the word 'come'. My last two letters are the same as in the word 'water'. My middle three letters are in the word 'put'. What am I?"
　　Becky thinks hard and soon smiles. Then she goes to the living room and shouts, "Aha, I know what present it is. Thank you very much, Mum and Dad! But where is it?" Her mother answers, "Look at the back of the card." Becky turns it over and reads, "Come and look for me in the study."
　　Becky hurries to the study. There on the desk she finds her present. What is it? Do you know?

13．　　Lots of families in Great Britain (英国) have one or more pets.
　　Dogs are the most (最) favourite pets and there are about 6 million (百万) of them in Britain. The second favourite pets are cats(about 5 million) and the third favourite pets are parrots.
　　However, some families do not keep cats or dogs. They keep other animals as pets in their homes. There are more than 12 million pets in Britain. The English take good care of their pets. They give them nice names: Rover, Rex, Cindy, Misty (for dogs); Albert, Snowy, Fluffy, Tom (for cats); Polly, Chatterbox (for parrots ); Guy, Scamper, Shipley, Shirley (for monkeys). When they speak of their pets, they say, "he" or "she" instead of (代替) "it".
　　The English give their pets nice food to eat. They buy food for their pets in pet shops. The English are pet lovers!

14．　　Kayla is 11 years old. She studies at Lincoln School. She likes to draw pictures and play sports. Soccer is her favorite sport. She has many friends and they often go to play soccer after school.
　　"I really like this neighborhood. All the people here are nice." says Kayla. "On weekends, we often go to Helping Centre and help to make food for the people in need. On School days, my mum gives me $5 every day. I also get money by walking dogs in the neighborhood. And I put some of the money in the bank. My mum gets a new job, so we may go to a new place. I'm excited and a little nervous about living in a new neighborhood and making new friends."

15．阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。(每个选项只用一次)
　　Mr. Smith works in a hospital. His medical skills are good and he is a popular doctor in the hospital. (1)       So he hopes to have a good rest at home. He lives in a building outside the city. All his neighbors keep quiet except (除了) Mike, who moved there last month. (2)       He likes music and bought a piano last week. He always plays the piano after supper. He can't play well, so he makes a lot of noise. (3)      
　　Two weeks later, Mike is ill. (4)       Mr. Smith looks him over and says, "If you stop playing the piano at night, you'll soon be all right." (5)       a nurse asks, "Does playing the piano have anything to do with his recovery (康复), Mr. Smith?" "Yes," says Mr. Smith, "He's one of my neighbors!"

16．　　Do the boys and girls have the same favorite (1)      (subject)? The answer is "No". There (2)      (be) many differences (3)       boys and girls at school. As we know, sometimes we say boys (4)       math and girls like English. That's right. Many boys like P.E. And (5)       also like science and math. Many girls like (6)       (China) and English, (7)       science and math are not their favorite subjects. Girls usually (8)      (not) like math or science. (9)       don't girls and boys have the same favorite subjects? We don't know what the reason (原因) (10)      (be). Do you know?

24．请以"My Best Friend"为题写一篇英语小短文，介绍你的好朋友Lucy的情况。
写作要点：
1. 她家离学校3公里，她每天骑自行车去学校。
2. 她学校有许多校规，上课不能迟到，在学校必须穿校服，不能在教室里听音乐。
3. 她擅长弹钢琴，她最喜欢的动物是狗，因为她认为它们很可爱。
4. 我有一张她的全家福，她父母正在唱歌，她正在弹钢琴，她家的宠物狗正坐在沙发上。
写作要求：
1. 70词左右，可适当发挥 (已给出的不计入总词数）；
2. 文中不得出现真实姓名、班级等。
参考词汇：rule (规定)；kilometer (公里)；uniform (校服)；sit (坐)
My Best Friend
　　Lucy is my best friend. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________