16． In the past, children did not have computer games to play, TVs to watch, or books to read, so they often created(创造)their own games. They(1)        a lot of time in their classrooms or (2)        housework at home. A lot of them thought outdoor games were the most (3)        things to do.
One popular outdoor game was rolling the hoop(滚铁环). Children (4)        a big hoop and raced(赛跑)each other with their hoops from one point to(5)        in a park. The one who could get to the finishing point was the(6)        . It sounded like an easy game, (7)        in fact the hoop was quite difficult to roll.
Another fun game was nine pins(瓶柱). Nine pins were placed three in a row. If one person (8)        all nine pins with a ball, he would be the winner.
Children also flew kites and went fishing and swimming. Even some simple games like taking a photo were popular if they had friends to play(9)        . If the weather was bad, such as rainy or snowy, children often read or drew (10)        .

17． Su Su is a 16-year-old Beijinger. She studies at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University. She has just published(发表) her first book, The Enigma of the Universe.
The Enigma of the Universe tells a story of a girl called April. One day she meets an alien(外星人) boy named Kaka. Kaka takes April on a journey into the universe(宇宙). Later April finds out a big secret about Kaka. . .
What's special about this book? It's a book written in both Chinese and English.
Su wrote the book when she was 14 years old. She was influenced(影响) by the book Sophie's World and the movie The Truman Show. Sophie is a girl who is interested in philosophy(哲学). Truman's life is run by television.
These stories gave Su an idea for her own book. She decided to write it in English. "My English teacher asked us to write something, " says Su, "I thought I'd write about my idea. "
Su spent a whole summer vacation writing the story. "Sometimes I had to stop because I couldn't find the right words, " says Su. "I used the dictionary all the time. "
After finishing the English novel, Su had another idea. She decided to turn it into Chinese. The job took her just a few days. "It was easy because Chinese is my mother language, " she says.
Su says her story is "a mixture of philosophy and detective (侦探) story and science fiction". "My classmates and I have turned it into a DV play, " says Su. "I wrote the play and I played April. We will show it in our school soon!"

19． Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience(经验), who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war (战争). By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today﹣﹣a person who is new in a job.
About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old﹣timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn't have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.
A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution (革命) is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientists who had green thumbs.

36．阅读下面的短文, 根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息, 在答题卷上相应的横线上填写答案, 每空限填一词.
Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is WiFi in their houses? Have you ever searched for Wi﹣Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels? The answers will probably be "Yes". Most of us want WiFi everywhere as if we can't live without it. But we can only use free WiFi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing (连接) the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.
A rich, powerful organization in the USA called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has decided to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free WiFi to every person on Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit (轨道) in 2018.
This is because they have made a survey and found that only 60% of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to offer people the necessary infrastructure (基础设施) to access the web.
We can expect to use free WiFi all around the world in the near future.
阅读以上信息, 用恰当的词完成下面的表格, 每空一词.

37．About three years ago, I felt very lonely(孤独的). I didn't like my classmates, my parents or a              else. My classmates didn't want to talk w              me and my parents were always saying that other kids were better than me. I thought I was the most u              person in the world.
One day I had a big fight with one of my classmates. I was s              angry that I hit(打) him in the face. Just at that time, a boy stood up and s              the fight. He was the monitor(班长) of our class.
After that, he often helped me and we became good f              . Whenever(无论何时)I got angry or sad, he would help m              to cool down. My life began to change(变化)because of the boy, my best friend. We spent a lot of interesting days together. As time goes by. I have become happier with people and things. And it s              that people around me have changed, too. My parents don't shout(大声喊)at me any more and my classmates become f              to me.
But now I can't often see my best friend because he is seriously ill(生病的)and is s              in hospital. How I miss the days when we were together! I hope he will be all right and come back to school soon.

38．智能电话带给学生们巨大方便的同时,也有不利的一面.请根据以下提示介绍智能电话的利弊,并谈谈你对于中学生使用智能电话的建议.
要求:80词左右,可以适当发挥.
内容包括:
1.带来方便,可以随时上网
2.可以作为学习工具
3.方便和父母联系
4.但是不少学生沉迷于聊天和游戏
5.你的建议
参考词汇:智能电话smart phone , 学习工具 learning tool,沉迷......be addicted to
Smart phones are popular with students these days. They bring great convenience to their lives.