11． In America, the school day usually starts at 9 a. m. and (1)        at about 4 p. m. The school subjects are different from (2)        . In China, we always have Chinese, maths, English, P. E. and so on. But in America, students have more lessons, such as (3)        and driving lessons. Their school life isn't just about study. They have (4)        things to do than the Chinese students do. There (5)        many clubs in American schools, too. If the students are (6)        in sports, they can join different sports clubs. From 2:30 p. m. (7)        4 p. m. , they do different things in different clubs. Maybe you think English is very popular in the world, (8)        American students don't need to learn any (9)        language. But that's not true, American children from the age of seven (10)        learn a foreign language. For example, they learn French or Chinese.

12． My dream is to work in a hospital. I think that a(n) (1)        is one of the most important jobs in the world. (2)        people are busy working every day. They don't have much time to relax or do exercise. Many of them are in poor health(3)        they don't take care of(照顾) themselves. I would like to help them get(4)        again. I know it's not easy to be a doctor. I need to (5)        a lot. I'm going to study hard to improve my skills.
(6)        a doctor I am going to try to help patients(病人). I'll (7)        be there with them when they need me. If someone doesn't have enough(8)        , I am still going to help him or her. I believe(相信) after he gets some money, he is going to give the money back to(9)        .
Maybe doctors can't make a lot of money, but I do not (10)        . It would be great to be a doctor because I can help others. Helping others would make me happy.

14． In Singapore, many middle school students spend a lot of time on their studies. People think good schooling is a ticket to success in their future. So, many of these students try their best to get good marks in their exams. They have a lot of homework every day and exams are usually difficult. Sometimes some of them have to go to remedial classes after school.
There are many after﹣school activities sports and games, music and dance, hiking and rock climbing, etc. They are also very happy to do community service (社区服务).
In their free time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood blockbusters (好莱坞大片), Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them. Some of them also spend their free times surfing the Internet, emailing their friends and playing computer games.
They sometimes go to cafes, fast food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookstores.
So, it looks like the life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful.

15．配对阅读:左栏是五个人的情况介绍, 右栏是七个旅游项目的描述. 请为每个人选择最适合参加的旅游项目配对.

24． What will our life be like in the future? We won't use paper to (1)             on. We can study on computers. And there will (2)             fewer cars and less pollution. Everyone will play a (3)             in saving the earth. The sea will be cleaner and the sky will be (4)            . So the environment will be better and better.
I believe people will even have robots in their homes. They can help (5)             the housework. Of course, there are already robots (6)             in factories now. They do simple jobs over and over (7)            . And they will never get tired.
People will be (8)             to fly to the moon for holidays. Perhaps people will live on a (9)             station one day. However, some people disagree. They think it is (10)             for humans to live on the moon.

25． Today , more and more sharks(鲨鱼)die because of humans' activities. Sharks are facing hard living conditions these days. As we know , sharks are among the oldest animals on earth. There are over 500 kinds of sharks living in the oceans. Most of them are quite large and they are about two meters long. Yet some are small , for example, the dogfish shark is less than 20cm long. The shark has a strong sense of smell. This sense helps sharks find their food. Sharks eat fish and plants in the ocean.
Sharks grow slowly. About forty percent of all sharks lay(产) eggs. The others give birth to baby sharks. Some sharks carry their babies inside their bodies as humans do. Some sharks are not able to have babies until they are twenty years old. And each of them gives birth to at most ten baby sharks.
People kill sharks for food, medicine and their skin(皮肤). Experts say the market needs much more sharks. In Asia, people enjoy a kind of food made from shark fins(鱼翅).
For the reasons above, some sharks are endangered.
根据上面的文章用完整句子回答下面5个问题.

26．假如你是David, 看了上面这篇短文后, 请你根据下面的写作要点提示, 写一篇有关保护野生动物的演讲稿.
【要点】1. 简要介绍当今野生动物面临的生存条件.
2. 为了保护野生动物, 我们应该怎样做?(至少两点建议)
3. 号召同学们参与保护野生动物的活动.
【要求】1. 不能照抄原文, 不得在作文中出现真实校名、班级和姓名等.
2. 语句连贯, 词数70词左右. 开头和结尾已给出 , 不计入总词数.