16．A. Later B. bored C. Now D. died E. deeply
　　His clothes and hat were worn out. He often had a bottle of wine in one hand, and either a fan or his shoe in the other. And he always looked carefree. (1)      , have you guessed who he is?
　　For more than 800 years, Ji Gong has been a household name in China. The monk (僧侣) has continued to be (2)       loved by people for his strange behavior and his warm heart towards the poor and sick.
　　Ji Gong was born into an official's family in Zhejiang. When he was 18 years old, his parents (3)      . The man then went to a Buddhist (佛教的) temple in Hangzhou and became a monk.
　　Ji soon became (4)       with life in the temple. Against the rules of Buddhism, he ate meat and drank wine. He was also often seen walking in the streets in dirty clothes. The other monks in the temple all looked down on him.

17．A. nearby B. ceremony C. call D. just E. make
　　However, Li didn't forget the teachings of the Buddha. Whenever he met poor or sick people in the streets, he tried to help them. For this reason, people started to (1)       him"Ji Gong" ("Ji"means"to help"and"Gong" means"an important man").
　　As a result of his many years of charity, Ji Gong gained some supernatural (超自然的) powers. One of these powers was the ability to see into the future. In one story, he foresaw that a Landside (山体滑坡) was about to hit a (2)      village. He tried to warn the villagers, but no one would believe the drunk monk. Ji Gong had to think quickly. Just then, he saw a wedding (3)      . Ji Gong took away the bride (新娘) and ran out of town. Every villager chased after him. Suddenly. rocks from the top of the mountain rolled down. The village was destroyed in the blink of an eye. Thanks to Ji Gong, no one was killed in the landslide.
　　So we should not judge people (4)       by their appearance. For Ji Gong and many other people, their goodness lies not on the outside but inside of their hearts.

33．Choose the best answer.

34．Choose the best answer and complete the passage.
WHO DID SUNDY'S HOMEWORK?
　　Sandy never did homework. "Too boring," he said. He played baseball and basketball (1)      . His teachers told him, "Sandy! Do your homework or you won't learn a thing." And it's true, sometimes he did feel like a ding-a-ling (怪人).
　　But what could he do?He hated homework.
　　Then on St. Patrick's Day, his cat was playing with a little doll and he took hold of it away, it wasn't a doll at all, but a man of the tiniest (2)      . He had a little wool shirt in old fashion and a high tall hat much like a witch's. He shouted, "Save me! Don't give me back to that cat. I'll grant you a wish, I promise you that."
　　Sandy couldn't believe how (3)      he was! Here were the answers to all of his problems. So he said, "Only if you do all my homework till the end of the term, that's 35 days. If you do a good enough job, I could even get As." The little man agreed, "I'll do it."
　　And true to his word, that little elf began to do Patrick's homework, except that there was one little (4)      . The elf didn't always know what to do and he needed help. "Help me! Help me!" he said. And Sandy would have to help — in whatever way.
　　"I don't know this word," the elf said while reading Patrick's homework. "Get me a dictionary. No, what's even better, look up the word and sound it out by each letter."
　　When it came to math, Sandy was out of luck. "What are times tables?" the elf asked. "We elves never need that. What is addition, subtraction, division or fractions?Here, sit down beside me, you simply must (5)       me."
　　As a matter of fact, every day Sandy was working harder than ever! Finally the last day of school arrived and the elf was free to go and Sandy got his As. His classmates were amazed;his teachers smiled and were (6)       praise. And his parents?They wondered what had happened to Sandy. He was now the model kid who had developed a whole new attitude.

35．Fill in the blanks with proper words.
　　It was a cloudy afternoon. I was walking in the park near my neighborhood. The wind was blowing hard and I knew it was about to rain. Even so, I didn't want to go home. I had a terrible argument with my mom and ran out of the house just 10 minutes earlier.
　　I sat down near a lake. There were many children playing with their parents nearby. I felt a little l(1)       . "Shall we play together?" A little girl came toward me with a ball in her hands. I agreed and she h(2)       me the ball with a sweet smile.
　　When it began to rain, all the children at the lakeside went home with their parents.
　　"Where are your parents?" I asked the girl. "My mom is selling candied fruit (蜜饯) outside the park. She hardly takes care of me," the girl explained, "I usually play alone here. It's OK i(3)       you need to go home now. I am old enough to stay here and wait for my mom."
　　"But it's raining." I said. "You'd better not be here alone when it's dark."
　　"It's no problem. Mom won't leave me alone. She is coming soon," the girl replied. "She is my mom, even if she s(4)       cares for her daughter."
　　A 5-year old girl taught me to love and believe in my mom. Should I listen to her and say s(5)       to my mom?
　　In the end, I took the little girl to her mom's vending cart (售货摊) and then ran home quickly. Opening the door, my mom was close to t(6)      : "Where have you been? I looked for you everywhere! See how wet your coat is! Don't come to my room even if you get a cold tonight!"
　　But I knew she wasn't angry anymore. A(7)       taking a shower, I heard her shouting outside my room: "Dinner time! Come out if you feel like eating some fish balls."

36．Answer the questions.
　　Who can jump the highest at your school? Who has the most skips over a rope? Who's the fastest at solving a Rubik's Cube (魔方)? Everyone can be the best at something. Recently, Beijing 101 Middle School held an activity called "Guinness Campus" to help students find their potential (潜力).
　　"There are all kinds of projects you can take part in and all kinds of records for you to set," said ninth-grader Liu, "I choose Domino Tower because I have the most confidence in this."
　　Students needed to build a tower using dominoes (多米诺骨牌). Who ever built the tallest tower in one minute won. Liu set the record with 33 levels. "At first I didn't do it well, but after learning from other people and trying over and over again. I found some ways to do it faster," she said.
　　"The game requires you to be calm and patient. If you lose your temper (脾气) when the tower falls. you may lose the chance to win."
　　Seventh-grader Wang set a record for the longest juggle (颠球) of a soccer ball with one foot.
　　He did it for 4 minutes and 34 seconds. "I started to play soccer at 5 and have been practicing juggling for three or four years, so I'm confident I can do it well," said Wang. "Juggling with only one foot needs good balance and stability (稳定性), which I'm good at. You also need to train hard for sure."
　　When asked if he was afraid that someone else would break his record one day, Wang said he was expecting that to happen. "The charm (魅力) of Guinness Campus is that we keep reaching higher goals. If someone breaks my record next year, I'll be even more encouraged to try harder. finding more potential within me."

37．Write at least 60 words on the topic"I can be better".
【以"我可以更好"为题, 写一篇不少于 60 词的短文, 标点符号不占格．】
提示:校园吉尼斯纪录创造者的经历告诉我们:每个人都能够通过努力改变自己, 让自己变得更好．请结合自己的具体经历谈谈你对这一观点的认识．
注意:短文中不得出现任何人名、校名及其他相关信息, 否则不予评分．照抄语篇不得分．