16．A. frightened B. festivals C. drive away D. excited E. welcome
　　No one knows who flew the first kite. Two thousand years ago, Chinese farmers flew kites to (1)       the New Year and bring good luck to Earth.
　　In China, people also used kites during war time. One Chinese story tells how soldiers put noise makers on kites and flew them at night over the enemy camp. The enemies were (2)       by the noise and ran away.
　　About 1,300 years ago, Chinese travelers took kites to Japan. Soon kites filled the skies there. Kites reached Thailand about 700 years ago. During floods, Thai farmers flew kites over their fields. They hoped the kites would(3)       the clouds and stop the rain. Today, kites are popular all over the world. Kite fans meet at (4)       in many parts of the world and have great fun.

17．A. inventors B. feeling C. understand D. throw away E. measure
　　Over the years, Kites have also helped people (1)       the natural world. In 1749, for example, thermometers (温度计) were tied to kites to (2)       temperatures. In 1906, kites were used to take pictures of San Francisco, California after an earthquake. The photos helped people plan what to do.
　　Kites also helped (3)       find out how to make airplanes. The Wright brothers studied how kites flew, which helped them make the first successful airplane.
　　Since the ancient Chinese first set their kites into the air, people have loved flying kites. Kites give us ways to celebrate, relax and explore. So go to fly a kite! Enjoy the (4)       of wonder that kite flyers have felt for centuries.

33．Choose the best answer (根据短文内容, 选择最恰当的答案)

34．Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成 短文)
　　When my brother and I were young, we always spent a few weeks in summer with our uncle. He was a famous geologist (地质学家). He loved to go on long walks to find stones to add to his (1)       at the university. We liked to follow him.
　　One morning, we left early and this time our uncle had bought us backpacks (背包). "You can help me (2)       the stones," He explained.
　　The whole day we walked around the countryside, and every now and then, my uncle put stones in our bags. We were a bit (3)       that he also took some stones out from our bags at times. We thought he had just found better stones than the ones we already had.
　　When we reached the houses in the late afternoon, we were tired. The backpacks were so heavy that we gave a big sigh of relief when we put them on the ground, (4)       our uncle's backpack was half-empty.
　　"Why did you give us so many stones?" We asked. "I didn't, you did." he said, waiting for a while before continuing. "You didn't know it, but I made you go through a little attitude test today. Every time you were complaining (5)      , I put a stone in your bag. When you talked about something with positive (积极的) thinking, I took out a stone. And now, look at you bags."
　　The bags were almost full.
　　"Your negative (消极的) thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in bags."
　　Our uncle (6)       us one of the most important lessons in the life. The power of attitude. No matter how many difficulties we came across, we considered them as chances for us to improve. And every day seems much better and brighter.

35．Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词, 使其内容通顺, 每空格限填一词, 首字母已给)
　　Anna Du was walking along the beach when she noticed plastics there. She reached down to pick them up, and quickly realized there were many more tiny pieces than she could deal with. It seemed i(1)       to clean them all up.
　　Du, 12 years old at the time, tried to solve the problem like any good scientist-first, by doing a little r(2)      . She conducted surveys and searched for information. That's how she learned that 8 million tons of plastics end up in the oceans every year.
　　Then she got to work building something that could help solve the problem:a remote-operated vehicle (遥控潜水器) — ROV, Her ROV can move through water and find plastics on the ocean floor.
　　The actually cool part of Du's ROV is the detection (探测) system. She uses a c(3)       along with three different kinds of light to find the plastics through pictures. She also uses visible (可见的) light to find unnatural colors that might make the plastics stand out.
　　"She has a very good engineering sense to break down a problem like this and then go after it," says engineer Casey Machado, "It sounds s(4)      , but it's a level of thinking that's really difficult."
　　Do started attending public events and workshops at a university when she was five years old, and so she picked up the engineering skills necessary to build her ROV. She says actually getting her ROV to move through water well was not easy. She f(5)       many times, but she never gave up trying and testing.
　　When asked about future plans, she said that she wanted to address the effects of climate (气候) change. "I think there are a lot of problems that could be solved with new i(6)      ." says Du.
　　Du thanks her parents, who for years have taken her to student outreach activities, for supporting her interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). She says she has been able to meet students and scientists there.
　　"I know I want to be an engineer because I like building things to help solve world problems," says Du. "But I'm not sure what kind of engineer I want to be yet."
　　L(7)      , she has plenty of time to figure that out at her age.

36．Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
　　In the middle of a city, there was a museum that was decorated with beautiful marble tiles (大理石砖) and a huge marble statue (大理石像). Many people from all over the world visited the museum every day to admire the statue. One night, the marble tiles started talking to the marble statue.
Tiles: Hey statue! Don't you think it's unfair that everybody comes here to admire you. They don't notice us at all.
Statue: My dear brothers. Don't you remember that we are actually from the same place?
Tiles: Yes, we do. That is why we feel it is even more unfair. All of us were born from the same place, and yet the world treats us so differently now. This is so unfair!
Status: Yes, you are right, my brothers. But do you still remember the day when the artist tried to work on you, but you refused him?
Tiles: Yes, we didn't like him. He had such sharp tools that we were frightened. We turned him away because we didn't want to get hurt.
Statue: Well, since you refused his tools, he couldn't work on you. When he decided to give up on you, he started working on me instead. I knew at once that I would be something different and special after his hard work. I bored the pain and allowed him to fashion (雕琢) me as he wanted!
Tiles: But it hurt quite a lot.
Statue: My brothers, there is a price for everything in life. Since you decided to give up halfway, you can't complain about the world's unfairness to you.
The marble tiles became quiet and deep in thought: "If _______, _______."

37．Write at least 60 words on the given situation(根据以下情境写一篇不少于60 个词的短文, 标点符号不占格．)
石砖和雕像的经历告诉我们, 不同的选择会带来不同的结果．生活中, 我们也会碰到很多选择．请以"I chose to "为题, 结合自身的经历, 说说你是怎么做的?你为什么会做出这样的选择?
The following is for reference only
• choose to be / do
• make up my mind
• encourage me to
(注意:
(1)短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名等个人信息, 否则不予评分．
(2)照抄阅读语篇不得分.