16．　　Kindness is not always a straight line. I was travelling in a city of Central America with a friend, and we were looking for(1)      . We were standing on a street corner and did not know what the Spanish(西班牙语的)word for"post office"was. One(2)      man could see we were in difficulty and came up to us. We tried to(3)      what we were looking for, and he said, "Oh, yes, yes. "He(4)      us down all these little streets. It seemed like we walked for miles. (5)      , he pointed us to a(6)      without any name on it. But when we(7)      , we found it was not a post office.
　　When we walked out and were again standing around looking lost, a woman soon came up and asked if we(8)      help. Again we tried to explained(9)      we were going. The woman said she(10)      where the post office was. Then we(11)      her to another building which also hand no(12)      and we found it was not a post office, either. At this point we decided not to listen to anybody else. But then another person came up and said, "I can(13)      you. "We said, "No, thank you. "(14)      he didn't listen to us. He actually caught me by the hand and pulled me through the streets. Circling around, we came back to the first(15)      we had been standing on when we began. He pointed across the street, and there was the post office.

17．　　Josh and Amy are like many teenagers these days. They have jobs to do to help out around the home. Josh washes cars for his neighbors while Amy helps their neighbor's kids with their homework. Like many families, both of Josh and Amy's parents work outside the home.
　　Everyone in Josh and Amy's family is busy. Their mom works in an office and often has to stay late for meetings. Their father owns his own small business and stays late to finish his work. Josh and Amy go to school. Both belong to clubs and sports teams. They also have lots of friends with whom they want to spend time.
　　Josh and Amy's mom leaves for work at 7:00 in the morning and does not get home most days until 6:30pm. The same is true for their dad, but he leaves home in the morning even earlier.
Josh and Amy's parents work to be able to provide for their family. They need money to pay for their home and to pay their bills. Next year they want to buy a new car. The family also wants to go on a vacation to California. Josh and Amy need clothes, books, and other things for school. Their parents are also saving money so Josh and Amy can go to college when they finish high school.

18．Live Music﹣﹣﹣Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet(号手). He is known to play well into the early hours, so don't want to get much sleep.

Scottish Dancing
Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given.

Shows﹣﹣﹣Anhui Museum
There are 12, 000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.

Your pen friend is coming from Australia to your city for a holiday. You send him this E﹣mail to tell him something about the hotels.

19．　　We moved away from my grandmother when I was eight years old. I missed her a lot. I was her favorite granddaughter and she was my favorite grandma.
　　Two years later my mother and father separated and soon divorced. I felt as if my world was falling apart. I lived with my mother for a time, next door to my grandma and grandpa in an apartment while my father was away during World WarⅡ.
　　Grandma never had much in the way of money or material things. But it was the little things she gave me that let me feel warm, like letting me dip my fingers in the sugar bowl, letting me sip the coffee from her cup or allowing me to sit on the table as I had meals.
　　Though she didn't have much, she did something for my brother and me. I will always remember she saved her coins in a glass jar. I thought my grandma could have used these coins herself, but she saved them to give us when we came to visit her.
　　I don't remember how much we collected on our visits, nor was the amount(数目)important. It was the idea that she remembered us, and cared about us when we were away from her.

20．阅读下面的短文, 把A﹣E五个句子填入文中空缺处, 使短文内容完整.
　　Everybody talks about the weather. It's the most popular topic of conversation (谈话). For example, people may say to each other"Isn't it a nice day?""Do you think it's going to rain?"or"I think it is going to snow. "(1)      Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. (2)      One man may say, "Do you see how cloudy it is in the east?It is going to rain tomorrow. "But another man may say, "Yes, it's cloudy in the east, so we are going to have a fine day tomorrow. "
(3)      When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it is going to rain; he won't believe other things. When people are having a picnic, but it begins to rain, they will be so sure about something that shows the weather is going to be fine very quickly. (4)      
　　Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he does not always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake. (5)      

21．
　　It was a cold(1)      morning after the winter vacation. And it was my first day at my new school. I(2)      alone slowly and worrying about lots of things. It was early and there weren't many people on the road. (3)      a girl who was riding a bike on ice fell down. She was trying hard to get up(4)      fell again. Without(5)      , I went over and helped her. She said "thank you" with a smile and then rode away. Her(6)      warmed me a lot.
　　Finally, I got to school. The teacher led me to the classroom and introduced me to the class. Then he asked me(7)      down beside a girl. I felt so nervous that I didn't dare to look at her. Soon the(8)      class, English, started. Their textbooks(9)      different from those in my old school. As I was wondering what to do, an English book appeared in front of me. "Let's share, " the girl beside me said, "Hi, I'm Carrie. " I looked up. It was the girl I helped this morning. Later on, we became good friends.
　　From that I learned:to help others is actually to help(10)       !

27．假如你是李华, 你们学校将举行一场关于传统戏曲的活动, 你打算邀请你的好朋友Mike参加. 请根据以下提示给他写一封电子邮件.
(1)活动时间:4月21日
(2)活动地点:学校操场
(3)参加人员:全校师生
(4)活动内容:欣赏节目, 了解传统戏曲.
注意:(1)词数:80左右.
(2)可适当增加细节, 使行文连贯
(3)开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数
(4)参考词汇 戏曲opera 表演 performance 传统的 traditional
Dear Mike,
　　How are you? Now I have a piece of good news for you. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua