11．阅读下面短文, 从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项．
　　"The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence (篱笆). "That's an old (1)      in English. It means other places often look (2)      and more interesting than the place where you live. Some people (3)      that young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring (忽视) Chinese culture and, instead (反而), buying Japanese cartoon books, (4)      Korean soap operas and even celebrating Western holidays.
　　Foreign books and soap operas are good, (5)      Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but it can (6)      have the meaning for Chinese that Spring Festival has, and the West has nothing to compare (比较) with Mid﹣Autumn Festival. And let's not forget the (7)      of Chinese culture I like best:its friendliness. Not all countries are as (8)      as China.
　　It's good to enjoy other cultures and to learn (9)      them, but they can't take the place of your own culture. It's good to look on the other side of the fence, but (10)      you take a good long look. You will find that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.

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13．　　The students in Canada think that the long winter vacation can be a great time to learn and do some new things. The following may help you plan an interesting winter vacation.
　　Taking time out
　　The winter vacation can be a great time to do something for the next year. You can spend some time thinking about your wishes. That's important for you.
　　Being a volunteer (志愿者)
　　Are you thinking about helping others?The winter vacation brings you lots of time to do something for them. Helping others can make you happy. You can also make new friends when working as a volunteer.
　　Reading
　　Don't let your brain (大脑) get lazy. You need to make your brain run. Go to the library or the bookstore and find books that are interesting. You can learn a lot from books.
　　Other things
　　Think about other things you wish to do. You can choose to write a book, study English, get a part﹣time job or make a trip to some interesting places.
　　Now it's time to talk to your parents about your vacation plan. Then you can have a great winter vacation.

14．阅读短文, 并按要求完成1～5题．
　　Imagine this:Your parents go away for work, but you have to stay at home without them. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around?Would it be a wonderful holiday for you?
　　"I can cook tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same," said Li Yujie, a girl from a middle school. But I always forget things. I watch television and then burn the soup."
　　"Now parents do almost everything for us. So we don't know what we can do and how to look after ourselves," Li Yujie said. .
　　Usually teenagers spend most of their time doing their homework. They don't learn any life skills (技能) until they finish high school. However, Simon doesn't think so. "I think I am OK. I know how to cook some dishes because my mom showed me, " the 13-year-old boy said.
　　In his opinion, many teenagers depend (依赖) too much on their parents. In fact, there is much more to learn than cooking. They should know how to clean up their rooms and wash their own clothes. For most teenagers, it wouldn't be a holiday at all. It could be a time to learn to be independent (独立的) and take care of themselves well.
　　As teenagers, you need to learn some life skills to make your life easier.
(1)～(2)题完成句子;(3)题简略回答问题;(4)题找出并写下全文的主题句; (5)题将文中画线句子译成汉语

15．根据短文内容及所给提示, 在文中的空白处填写一个正确的单词．
　　Thanksgiving Day was coming. A teacher (1)       (give) her class an interesting task (任务)一to draw a picture of something to show their thanks.
　　The teacher thought most of her students would draw turkey or some other (2)      ( tradition) food of the festival. And so they did. But Douglas (3)      (choose) to draw something different. Douglas was a child of unhappiness. When other children made an (4)      (invite) to him to play with them, he always turned it (5)      and then stood close by his teacher's side. When the teacher asked him (6)      draw a picture, he drew a hand!Nothing else.
　　His work caught his (7)      (classmate) eye. Whose hand could it be?Some students guessed it might be the hand of a farmer because farmers fed(8)      (turkey). Later, other students also joined the guess. They even forgot to ask the artist himself.
　　When the discussion stopped, the teacher asked Douglas whose hand it was. The little boy replied, "It's (9)       (you), madam.
　　She got surprised at his words. Then she remembered that she often took his hand. Sometimes she said, " Douglas, take my hand. We'll go outside. "Sometimes she said, "Let me show you (10)      to hold (抓住) your pencil. " She didn't know these were more important to Douglas than anything else. She hugged Douglas and decided to give him more love.

21．假如你是王琳, 你的英国笔友Kate给你发来一封电子邮件, 询问你将来生活的打算．请根据下面的提示及要求给Kate回一封电子邮件．
提示:
1. What are you going to be?
2. Where will you live?
3. What will you do in your free time?
要求:
1. 条理清晰, 语句通顺, 语法正确, 书写规范．
2. 邮件中必须包括所有提示要点, 可适当发挥．
3. 词数70左右(开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数)．

Dear Kate,
　　It's nice to hear from your e-mail. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Wang Lin