11．　　Hi!I am Bob Smith from England. I am in Hefei and I am studying in No. 12 Middle School. I usually go to school(1)      7:00. It's about 5 kilometers(2)      my home to school, so I usually go to school(3)      . The bus ride usually takes about 15 minutes. But when it rains, my father(4)      me to school. I like my school very much, although(尽管)there are(5)      rules here. Li Ping is my good friend, she is of(6)       height, and she has long straight hair. She likes animals(7)       they are very cute. Last weekend, she(8)      to the farm. She(9)      a horse and picked strawberries, but she(10)      a cow. She really had a great time.

12．　　I often went to a park near my home. I always saw a little boy sell(1)      there. He tried to ask everyone to buy his flowers. When he saw(2)      , he always said, "Sir, buy a flower, please!"(3)      I never bought any flowers from him.
　　One day, I went to the(4)      . The boy was there again. I didn't(5)      him and walked past him into the park. When I came out of the park, the boy was still there. But he didn't ask anyone to buy his flowers. I wanted to know(6)      . I walked to the boy. He looked at me but(7)      say anything. "Boy, why don't you ask people to buy your flower today?" He(8)      , "Because my grandmother is dead(死亡). I don't need much(9)      now. You can take a flower for free. " I bought all his flowers. But I felt so sorry, because I didn't give him any(10)      when he needed.

13．Jenny:Hello?This is Jenny.
Laura:Hi, Jenny. (1)      
Jenny:Oh, hi, Laura. (2)      
Laura :Not much. I'm just washing my clothes. What about you?
Jenny:I'm watching TV. (3)       My parents aren't at home. We can eat out.
Laura:Yeah. (4)      
Jenny:Let's meet at my home first. Come at half past six.
Laura:OK. (5)      

A. Do you want to join me for dinner?
B. What are you doing?
C. I'd love to.
D. Let's meet at 7:00.
E. See you then.
F. It's Laura here.
G. I like washing clothes.

15．　　John was only eight years old, but he began to play the piano (钢琴) five years ago. One day, he played a piece by Beethoven at a party and he played wonderfully.
　　The piece has some long rests(休止符) in it. In each of these rests he took his hands away from the piano and waited. At last, during one of these rests a rich woman came over to him. She said: "My boy, why don't you play us what you know well?"

16．　　I am Peter. I live in a noisy neighborhood. There is a supermarket between my house and a post office. My mother often goes shopping in the supermarket. There is a big park across from the supermarket. Lots of people go there to have fun. I like to play soccer there, too. But my favorite place is the library because it is very quiet and I enjoy reading there. Last week, the science museum with my friends and it was very interesting. We went there by bus and we learned a lot about robots. I also went to a gift shop to buy some gifts for my family. I really had a good time.

17．　　My cousin Bill likes going to the beach on Sunday. Last Sunday it was sunny. He went there with his brother. They got there at 9:00. There were lots of people on vacation. Bill and his brother sat down and began to relax.
　　Soon Bill found there were lots of empty(空的) bottles on the beach. He also saw some paper bags on the beach. That made Bill sad. He and his brother began to clean the beach. They worked hard. About two hours later, the beach was clean again. At last they put up a sign, saying "No Littering"on the beach. They wanted people to keep the beach clean. After that, they were very hungry. So they went to a restaurant nearby to have lunch. Then they went home.

18．What Will You Do with A Dollar?
　　■ I will hide the dollar in the most beautiful place that I can find, and then create a map to the dollar. I hope someone will discover this map years later and have a magic travel to go on.
　　Philip Stockton
　　■ I will buy a cup of coffee for the most successful person in New York and ask for his/her secret of success.
　　Patrick Martine
　　■ A single dollar gets me almost nothing, so I will get my friends together and ask each of them to give a dollar. We will give an open﹣air concert in our town. I hope the show can brighten the day of the town.
　　David Andrew
　　■ In my travels, I find people need clean drinking water most. I once saw in Africa 40 to 50 people travel 25 miles for water. So I will use the dollar to provide free drinking water for people in need.
　　Ben Harrison
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19．　　An old man lived with his grandson. Every day the old man got up early to read books. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to follow him in every way he did.
　　One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa, I want to read that book as you do, but I can't understand it, and I always forget everything when I close the book. What's the use of reading the book? "The grandfather said, "Take the coal (煤) basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water. " The boy did as his grandpa said, but all the water ran before he got back home . The grandfather laughed and said, "You will have to walk faster next time. "
　　The next time the boy ran faster, but the basket was still empty. He told his grandfather it was impossible(不可能的) to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead. But the old man said, "I just want a basket of water. You are not trying hard enough. "The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the basket into the river and ran hard. But there wasn't anything in it again. He said disappointedly(失望地)"Look, grandpa, it's useless. " "Watch the basket, "said the grandfather. The boy had a look at the basket and the first time realized (意识到) that the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a clean one, inside and outside. "My child, that's what happened when you read the book. You might not remember everything, but the words will change you inside and outside. That's what you got from reading. "

25．从小到大你一定收到过不少生日礼物( birthday present)．假如你是李华, 请你在英语课上用英语介绍一件你最喜爱的生日礼物．(可适当发挥, 70词左右．)
要点提示(1)礼物名称, 谁送的, 什么时候送的;
(2)礼物的材料和产地, 以及收到礼物时的感受;
(3)最喜爱这件礼物的原因．