11．　　The sorting of garbage has many advantages. It can not only protect the environment, but also (1)      wasting the useful rubbish. So people have come up with many good (2)      to sort their rubbish.
　　A UK company invented a "smart dustbin" to help with waste sorting (3)      . People just need to drop their waste into the dustbin. A camera and sensors (感应器) in the dustbin can tell what type of rubbish it is and correctly sort it.
　　South Korea is using a way called "Pay For Your Waste" to (4)      its people to reduce food waste. When throwing away rubbish, there is a special dustbin for food waste only. The smart dustbin then tells the (5)       of the food. People have to pay for their food waste by scanning (扫描) a barcode (条形码) on the dustbin. If they throw away (6)       food, they will pay more.
　　Japan does best (7)       waste sorting in the world. They sort waste so carefully that even plastic bottles and their caps go into different dustbins. Different types of paper (8)      have their own dustbins.
　　China is improving its waste sorting skills. On July 1, 2019, Shanghai introduced waste sorting rules. If someone does not follow these rules, people from the relevant departments will (9)      them. Shanghai also works with Alipay to (10)       "green accounts (账户)" service for its residents (居民). If you sort the garbage correctly, you will get more points in your account. If you get more points, you will get more gifts.

13．阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式(不超过3词)．
　　It's quite natural for us to make mistakes. However, (1)       you make the same mistake for three times or even more, you're too silly to be forgiven. How do you avoid making the same mistake again in daily study?I think keeping an error correction book after class is a good way. Mistakes must be (2)       (correct) in the students' learning. Correcting is more valuable over the long term, especially for the (3)      (nine) graders. An error correction book can help you in these ways.
　　Pay attention to your mistakes (4)      time. When correcting mistakes, students will think (5)       (serious) and improve from correcting mistakes. Always looking over your own error correction book can make up for your knowledge gaps.
　　Develop good studying habits. The reasons why students make mistakes are as follows they don't fully understand what they have (6)      (learn); they don't remember what they should remember;they are too careless.
　　To find out the reasons for the mistakes, students will avoid the above points. And then they (7)      (not) repeat them. Gradually they will develop the good habits of listening carefully, remembering things and (8)      (overcome) problems.
　　Provide the helpful basis for the final review. The error correction book can become one of the most useful (9)      (tool). It can (10)       (help) students to avoid making similar mistakes in the exam. The error correction book is valuable for every student.

14．　　Good news! For the coming film festival, there are some promotions (宣传) in Xidan Cinema. This festival lasts seven days (Saturday, June 11 — Friday, June 17). Here is the poster.

15．　　Would you like to live in a city where buildings turn the lights off for you, and self﹣driving cars will find the nearest parking space themselves? Although it might sound a little far from you, living in a "smart" city like this could happen sooner than you think.
　　Great changes have taken place in towns that we have lived in for centuries, while completely new cities are being built. One such place is the city of Songdo. Every home there will have a "telepresence" system (远程遥控系统)-allowing users to control the heating and locks, take part in video meetings, and receive education, healthcare and government services. Around the city, escalators(自动扶梯) will only move when someone is on them, and offices and schools will all be connected to the system.
　　The great mind behind Songdo is from the company Cisco. In fact, technology companies around the world such as IBM, Siemens and Microsoft are already in the business.
　　About 75% of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, so cities will need to be more modern to deal with the coming problems. " Making cities smarter is one way out, and I think this will in turn make cities greener, "said Dan Hill, head of a research company.

16．　　Elias Howe is always used to going to bed at 4 o'clock in the morning. Working all night became his living habit. Who's Elias Howe? You may never hear of him. He was born in America. The sewing (缝纫) machine was invented by him.
　　Over 100 years ago, without modern machines, people had to do the sewing by hand. Elias decided to design a machine to do the sewing instead of our hands. However, he had a trouble. He couldn't get the thread (线) to run around the needle (针). Inventing sewing machine was his dream. So he did not give up. He kept thinking about how to solve this problem.
　　Once he was tired, he slept in bed. He had a dream. In the dream he was caught by a king. The king ordered him to build a perfect sewing machine, or the king would kill him. Elias met the same problem as before. The king was so angry that he ordered his soldiers to kill him. The soldiers raised spears(长矛) and came up to him. Suddenly Elias noticed something. There was a hole in the tip (尖端) of each spear.
　　Before the spears stuck to his body, Elias woke up from the dream. And he realized that he had found the answer to the problem. Instead of getting the thread to run around the needle, he made it run through a small hole in the tip of the needle. A simple thought finally made Elias invent the first sewing machine.

17．　　When I studied in Nanyang No. 1 Middle School, I had a classmate. Her name is Chen Lulu. She always pointed out my weak points in front of me. Sometimes she said I was a lazy student and I didn't finish my homework on time. (1)       Sometimes she said I was unfriendly and so on. I tried to put up with (忍受) her as long as I could. (2)       I had to run to my father with tears in my eyes.
　　My father listened to me quietly, and then he asked me, "Are the things what she said true or wrong?Mary, didn't you ever wonder what you're really like?Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. (3)      ."
　　I did as my father told me. (4)      I brought the list back to my father. He didn't accept it. "That's just for you," he said, "Correct mistakes if you have made and guard against them if you have not. When you listen to something is true, you'll find that it will be helpful to you."
　　(5)      Chen Lulu's words often appear in my mind. In fact, in our life we are in trouble. Often someone gives you some advice. For some advice you will remember all your life.

23．学校英语社团正在举办英语征文活动, 其主题是介绍自己的家庭．假设你是李明, 请根据以下要点提示, 写篇题为"I'm Proud of My Family"的英语短文投稿, 讲述你的家庭故事．
要点:
1. 相亲相爱, 努力学习、工作;
2. 邻里和睦, 礼貌待人;
3. 爱护环境, 从我做起;
4. 积极参加志愿活动．
要求:
1. 文中必须包含所有提示要点, 可适当发挥;
2. 条理清晰, 字迹工整, 不得少于80词;
3. 文中不得出现真实人名和校名等相关信息．
I'm Proud of My Family
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