16．　　Devdatta is a wise man in India. People would give him gifts and money to ask him for (1)      . Devdatta had great wealth but he never (2)      anybody, so he put all his money in a bag which he carried around wherever he went.
　　A cheat noticed that Devdatta (3)      carried his bag, so he was sure that there was something (4)      . The cheat went to Devdatta's home and said, "I'd like to start a new life, and you are the greatest master. Could you please accept me (5)      your student and guide me?I will serve you with all my heart,"
　　These sweet words made Devdatta feel happy, and he said yes to the cheat's (6)      . Day after day, the cheat did everything to prove (证明) himself to be a good student and servant , but (7)       never won the full confidence of Devdatta and had no chance to take the bag until one day.
　　On that day. a farmer invited Devdatta to (8)      a ceremony to celebrate harvest. When the ceremony was finished the party began, Devdatta stood up and danced with the farmers. His bag was too heavy (9)      he asked his student to look after it, That was the (10)      time he saw his student.
　　"Be careful about sweet words," people said when they heard the story. "Even a clever man may be cheated."

17．　　Haley saw a dog coming towards her when she was alone in the backyard. "What a(n) (1)      dog!" she thought, The dog jumped at her and began to lick (舔) her hand, Haley couldn't help laughing. She held it up and said to herself, "I (2)      if this lovely dog belongs to someone."
　　She took the dog to (3)      it to her mother. "Do not name the dog, " her mother said. "This dog may belong to someone else. We will put up some notices. Maybe its (4)      is looking for it everywhere. "So they posted lots of notices all over the neighborhood. A week went by, but nobody (5)       about the dog.
　　Haley was secretly (6)      . During the week Haley took good care of the dog. She fed it twice a day, and took it out for walks. She called it Racer (7)      it ran fast. Every night before she went to sleep, Haley wished that she could keep the dog. "I'm sure someone will call about this dog, "her mother (8)      saying.
　　However, another week went by and no one called. Then Haley had a(n) (9)      . She went into the kitchen and used the phone there to call her mother's cell phone. When her mother answered the phone, Haley said, "I am calling about the dog. l would like to keep it. "
　　At first Haley's mother was surprised, Then she (10)      . "I guess this is your dog now, Haley!" her mother said.

18．A:Good morning, madam. What can I do for you?
B: (1)       Can you show me one?
A:Yes. We have the latest Huawei Mate X. (2)      Red?
B:Oh. no. I want to buy one for my husband. Please give me a black one.
A:OK. What about this one?
B:Wow, it looks so cool.
A:Yeah. (3)      
B:I think so. How much does it cost?
A: ＄2. 600.
B:Oh, that's a lot of money. (4)      
A:Sorry, it can't be cheaper.
B:Then pack it for me, please. (5)      
A:Either Alipay or WeChat pay is OK.
B:Well, I'll use Alipay.
A. What color do you prefer?
B. Who do you want to buy it for?
C. Can't you cut down the price?
D. How should I pay?
E. I'd like to buy a folding mobile phone.
F. You'd better buy the mobile phone on the Internet.
G. I'm sure your husband will like it as soon as he sees it.

20．　　Some people can join a group of strangers and feel tally comfortable, but Abbey is not one of them. Abbey has just moved here from a town in the mountains.
　　At first, it was hard for her to get used to all the changes in the new place. So she kept to herself and talked only when our teachers talked to her. She always concentrated on whatever book she was reading during lunchtime.
　　One day, Abbey and I were waiting for the school bus when it started pouring with rain. We ran under a tree for cover. Then I complained to her about San Francisco's weather. "The weather here is strange. "
　　"Yeah, "she said. " The weather in my hometown is strange, too. There are surprising winter snows. "
　　"Do you know how to ski?" I asked.
　　"I've been skiing since I was four. How about you? "she said.
　　"I's my favorite thing to do. " I pointed to the book she was holding. " Uh-oh!Your book is getting wet."
　　"I's OK. I've just finished the last page," she said. "Science-fiction novels are so hard to put down."
　　"I love reading books, too, "We both smiled. It took a little while for Abbey to feel really comfortable in our school. But she says now that the day we got wet at the bus stop was the day she thought that living in San Francisco might not be too bad after all.

21．　　People and animals often enjoy loving relationships with each other. When people take some animals into their families as pets, the animals can help those people in loneliness and give them some fun. In the wild, people show their love to animals by taking care of the environment that the animals depend upon to live, and wild animals show humans natural beauty and power. Here are some famous animal stories in which animals have helped people in need.
　　A great white shark attacked (攻击) surfer Todd Endris in the Pacific Ocean. It hurt his back and right leg. To his surprise, a group of dolphins formed a protective ring around Endris so he could make it to the beach for first aid and save his life.
　　The Lineham family from Birmingham. England escaped (逃脱) from a burning house thanks to their cat named Sooty. Sooty told them by scratching at the family's bedroom doors until they woke up. Then they were all able to escape from the fire before the smoke surrounded them.
　　A tree-year-old boy accidentally fell into the gorilla enclosure (大猩猩圈)at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo and was in danger. Suddenly, a gorilla named Binti Jua picked him up and held him gently close to her and protected him from being injured by other gorillas until zookeepers could save him.

22．　　Recently, Huawei, one of China's best high﹣ tech companies, has launched (发布)an app called StorySign that will make it easier for deaf children to read stories.
　　Some AI skills from Huawei are used in the app. They help deaf children read by turning written text into sign language. A character called Star in the app makes it easier to use the app.
Users can also choose a book from the app's library that is then shown in sign language using cartoon characters, The first book on the StorySign platform (平台) is the popular children's book Spot the Dog.
　　The developers tried to make the app's main character Star popular with both boys and girls Star also wears a hearing aid (助听器).
　　"We created StorySign to make it possible for families with deaf children to enjoy an exciting story time, said Andrew Garrihy, Huawei's CMO for Western Europe. "We hope that by reminding people to understand deaf children better, they'll be encouraged to support one of the charity partners we are working with across Europe. "
　　There are about 32 million deaf children around the world, Many of them have. Trouble learning to read, This might be because of no good way to turn written text into sign language, Now the app gives deaf children a great tool.

23．　　One day, a man was leaving for his office. When he opened the door of his car, a stray dog sleeping under his car got scared, It came out and bit him in the leg!The man was very angry. He threw a rock at the dog but he was not able to hit it.
　　Upon reaching his office. the man took part in a meeting. During the meeting, he took out his anger on his colleagues, His colleagues couldn't understand why the man was so unfriendly, so they argued with him, Gradually, the man's anger spread through the whole company.
　　The man couldn't put his heart into his work the whole day. He was still angry after returning home. When his wife opened the door for him, she said, "I called you but you didn't answer. Why are you so late today?" The man shouted, "I didn't go to the office to play. I went to work So don't ask such stupid questions!"
　　His wife was upset about being shouted at for no reason, However, she didn't shout back at that time, When the man felt better, she said to him softly, "Sometimes, when we are angry about something, we might take out our anger on others, But this is unfair to them, right?"
　　The man realized his mistake. I'm sorry, I should learn to control my anger, he said.

29．书信, 就像大海, 就像高山, 喜怒哀乐都包含其中. 千百年来, 书信一直是人们交流情感、传递信息的重要工具. 在你的成长过程中, 你最想给谁写一封信呢?假设你是林俊, 请以" A letter to_______"为题, 给你的亲人、老师或朋友写一封信.
要求:
1. 先将题目补充完整, 如A letter to my mother/father/teacher / best friend;
2. 语言流畅, 语句通顺, 语法正确;
3. 词数80～100.
A letter to _______
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