A long time ago, there was a garden. Many vegetables grew in the garden. And there was a big ________ near the vegetables.

The vegetables and the big tree didn’t like each other. The vegetables drank a lot of water, so the tree ________ drink enough water. The big tree looked at the vegetables ________, and he decided to teach the vegetables a lesson.

On a summer day, the ________ was shining in the sky, the big tree decided not to share its shadow(阴影) with the vegetables. It made the vegetables very hot. There was not enough water ________, so they soon became very dry and ugly. ________ that time, the gardener came to see these vegetables. He was very sad, ________ almost all the vegetables were dry. Then he decided to build a new garden.

It ________ the gardener too much time to build the new garden. He was so ________ that he couldn’t take care of the old garden. ________ the big tree and the vegetables felt very thirsty. The big tree felt very regretful (后悔的), because he chose a wrong way to teach the vegetables a lesson.

Perhaps you’ve already watched or heard about Readers, a TV show that has recently become popular on CCTV. It is hosted by Dong Qing. It invites different people to read aloud on the stage and tell their moving stories. They can read everything, like poems, books, letters and so on.

Many people are fans of the show and fall in love with reading aloud at home. Now the show gives people special reading pavilions（亭子）to read in some big cities of China, but every pavilion is so small that only one person can come into it each time. Everyone can read what they like for three minutes in the pavilion. Later the show will pick some of the readers and invite them to read on TV.

Thanks to the wonderful TV show on CCTV, the young are becoming more and more interested in Chinese traditional culture.

Nowadays there seems to be an app for everything. And mobile apps have been a part of our life. The following apps are part of the most popular apps.

Ctrip: It can be the best helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or airline tickets. You can buy tickets anywhere at anytime.

Ximalaya Reading: It has lots of books, including poems, short stories, novels and even fairy tales for children. We can download book recordings and listen to them. It has more than 1 million valuable resources( 资源).

Baby Bus: It is a very good friend for children under three years old. Kids can learn to speak and draw pictures with the help of this app.

World Heroes: It may help you learn more English words while you’re playing games, so if you have problems remembering the new words when you learn English, use it!

In 2012, Li Tao’s mother was badly ill. He was worried because he needed lots of money. So he sent a message for help on his Wechat. He promised he would return all the money in 3 to 5 years. In this way, he raised over 100 thousand yuan in several months. Two years later his mother died. After he finished his college. He worked hard and saved all his money. He wanted to return all the money as soon as possible.

Last week, Miss Zhou received a call. On the phone, a man said he wanted to give some money back to Miss Zhou. Miss Zhou didn’t believe what she heard at first. But five minutes later, she got a message from the bank. The message told her that she got some money. The man was Li Tao, the college student she ever helped 5 years ago! A reporter knew about it, and he wrote an article on the Internet. Soon, more and more people knew about Li Tao. They thought Li Tao did what he should do.

The story tells us, whenever we make a promise, be sure to keep it!

John was a good student but he didn’t respect others. One day, his mother gave him a drum as a birthday gift. He often went around the classroom playing his drum. When others asked him to keep quiet or play somewhere else, John refused.

John’s classmates couldn’t bear the noisy drum, so they stopped playing with him. Peter, one of his classmates, invented special earplugs which allowed people to hear normal sounds, but stopped the bad ones. John got very angry with Peter. He even had a big fight with Peter.

A few days later, a clock was put into the classroom, just next to the desk of John. The clock was making the noise like “Tick tock, tick tock.” John couldn’t concentrate on(专注于……) his study at all. However, the others, with their special earplugs, were OK. Soon John started to realize how much he had disturbed(打扰) his classmates with the drum, and how silly it had been to fight with Peter. In order to change the situation, John decided to say sorry to his classmates. What’s more, he no longer played his drum in the classroom. Seeing John’s great changes, his classmates finally forgave(原谅) him and decided to play with him again.

From then on, John changed a lot and got along well with his classmates.

In China, learning some safety knowledge is becoming more and more important now. How should you keep yourself safe?
31． .

At school：

When students around you begin to push, try to hold onto something, or stay in a safer corner.
32． .

On your way home or to school：

Wait for the green traffic light.
33． . Dress in bright colors, so the drivers can see you easily.

34． ：

Stay calm and leave quickly. Use a piece of wet cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that you don't breathe in smoke.

For riding on the escalator（自动扶梯）：

35． .You should hold onto handrails（扶手）and stand on the right side of the escalator, because right arms are stronger.

阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号内所给单词的正确形式（每空最多不超过三个单词）。

Nowadays we can see more and more electric bikes in the street. Electric bikes
36． (be) easy to ride. They run fast and make no
37． (pollute). They become very popular,
38． the electric bikes also cause more traffic accidents. So China plans
39． (make) new rule for the electric bike riders. If an electric bike is
40． (heavy) than 40 kilos and can go faster than 20 kilometers an hour, its rider must get a license. It means riders have to pass driving tests before they ride
41． (them) electric bikes on the road.

People have different ideas after
42． (hear) the plan. Some welcome the plan. A bus driver said happily, “
43． a good plan! I think it will make the street much safer.” Some are not happy with the rules at all. One rider said
44． (sad), “I don’t want to get a license. That’s not convenient
45． me to get one.” Some don’t care about it. A young rider said calmly, “I prefer to use shared bikes which are popular in many big cities of China now. I hope they can come to Loudi earlier!”

A man came home from work late, tired and unhappy.

(A)He found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.The boy asked, “Daddy, how much do you make every hour？” The father was angry at his son's question.When he said $20 an hour, the little boy asked him for $10.The father was even angrier because he thought the boy just wanted some money to buy a toy.So he didn't answer his son.The little boy quietly went to his room. After about an hour, the man calmed himself down (使……平静)and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.“Maybe I was too hard on you just now,” the man went into his son's room and said.“Here's the $10 you asked for.” “Oh, thank you, Daddy！” the little boy said. Then he reached under his pillow(枕头), pulled out some crumpled(压皱的) money and said, “Daddy, I have $20 now.Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow.(B)我很想和你共进晚餐。”

假如你是Li Hua，你被评为学校的“美德少年”，初中三年的学习生活即将结束，你远在英国的表妹Linda即将回国学习，她来信请你给她即将开始的初中生活提出一些建议，请根据下面的要点提示，写一封回信。

I’m very glad to hear that you will come back to China and study in my school next term. Here are some suggestions for you.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes, and I’m looking forward to seeing you earlier.

Yours,

Li Hua