11．　　Now I work as a teacher at a Spring Bud School in Guangxi. I wish to help the girls like the way the project helped me.
　　Before the Spring Bud Project started, I (1)       at home and helped my mother (2)       the housework. (3)       to school changed my life. I learnt to read (4)       write. I also learnt to do many (5)       things.

12．　　Doing voluntary work is an easy way to help others, and it's also a great way to help (1)      . Helping others in your community (社区) is a great way to bring joy to others and get the most out of life. You'll feel good for (2)       your time. It's also possible for you to make (3)      with people around you.
　　Doing voluntary work is good for your health, too. (4)      new study has found that people who do voluntary work (5)      at least 200 hours a year are healthier than those who never do. It's very good for people who work in office, because (6)      usually sit too long every day. However, doing voluntary work helps to stop (7)      too long and makes you do more exercise.
　　You can choose to become a volunteer. Also, you can give away money to people in need. Besides, you can donate(捐献)your unused clothes or books. You will get a sense of happiness.
　　Sometimes voluntary work is boring, (8)      it can help you a lot.
　　It (9)      help you keep healthy, improve your skills and make you become a confident person. Now more and more people are offering (10)      some voluntary work. Please join us and work together for a shared future.

13．　　One day, a boy had a fight with one of his classmates. Then he went to his (1)       and told him his story angrily. "He is really bad," the boy said, "and I (2)       him."
　　The grandfather said, "(3)       me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I, too, sometimes hated others for what they did."
　　As the boy (4)       carefully, the grandfather went on, "There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is (5)       and kind. He gets on well(6)       everything around him. But (7)       is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He can't think carefully (8)      he always hates others. It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control (控制) me. "
　　The boy looked into his grandfather's (9)       and asked, "(10)       tiger always controls you, Grandfather?"
　　The old man said slowly and seriously, "The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and seldom (很少) get angry now. "

14．　　Looney Tunes is an American cartoon produced by Warner Bros. Company in 1930 during the golden age of American cartoon. It is known for introducing famous cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig. From 1942 to 1964, Looney Tunes was the most popular cartoon in movie theatres. It became even more popular than the works of Disney and other popular competitors.
　　SpongeBob SquarePants is an American cartoon created by Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The cartoon introduces the adventures of the main character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Many of the ideas of the cartoon came from an educational comic book named The Intertidal Zone, which was created in 1989. The author began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a cartoon in 1996. The cartoon has won many awards.
　　The Simpsons is an American cartoon created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is based on the daily life of a middle class family the Simpsons, which includes Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The story is set in the town of Springfield. Since its first show on 17 December, 1989, 610 stories of The Simpsons have been created. The Simpsons Movie was put on in 2007, and gained over＄527 million. Time magazine even named it the 20th century's best cartoon.
　　The star among the cartoon characters must be Mickey Mouse. The famous cartoon Mickey Mouse from America was created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Mickey is probably the most famous mouse in the world now. He has appeared in different cartoons and even video games. This famous Walt Disney character is a cute little mouse with surprising ability.

15．　　I like skiing and I've been skiing since I was eight or nine years old. I've been to many places like China, Canada and so on. But it was in my home country, the USA, that I came closest to death.
　　It was April 1, 2011. I was skiing with my friends Jeremy and Xavier. That day, I was the last person to ski. They were watching me from a safe area. Suddenly, I heard someone crying loudly. I turned around and saw the whole mountain start to move behind me. It was a massive avalanche (大雪崩), the kind of avalanche that destroys trees, cars, buses, even houses!Tens of thousands of tons of snow were coming straight down the mountain behind me. I felt the snow push me forward, hundreds of metres, and then cover me. It was so heavy that I couldn't breathe. And then it pushed me forward again and then stopped. I looked around, and for a few seconds I stopped feeling terrified.
　　I looked down into the bottom of the valley. "OK. I'm going all the way to the bottom!" I thought. Then the snow pushed me again down the mountain. In the end, I felt the avalanche slow down and I just popped (离开) right out of the snow at the bottom of the valley.
　　It took Jeremy and Xavier about 20 minutes to reach me. They couldn't believe it when they saw me. I was so lucky. Has the experience changed me?Do I think about life differently?I don't know. But I do know that it's important to live your life with meaning. Life is a gift, so use it wisely.

16．　　What's the most popular Winter Olympics design with kids and teenagers?It must be the mascot(吉祥物)．Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda in an ice shell, was chosen as the mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in 2019. Now it has been made into lovely toys and models, as well as printed on notebooks, bags, and so on.
　　"The International Olympic Committee(国际奥组委)has found that successful mascots had to be cuddly(令人想拥抱的)and liked by 9﹣year﹣old children. "said Cao Xue, one of the designers of Bing Dwen Dwen. "And I knew Bing Dwen Dwen would be. "
　　Cao's team once made three designs, and Cao asked his 9﹣year﹣old son to choose his favorite. "When he first saw it, he chose Bing Dwen Dwen, which was the final mascot, "Cao said.
　　Cao's team tried many plants and animals, finally going with a panda. "What can better stand for China than our national treasure(宝藏)?"said Cao, "We don't need to say anything to have it understood across different cultures. "
　　They faced a problem, though, there were already too many cartoon pandas. Cao's team looked at panda designs from around the world. They wanted to make sure their panda was different. For this reason, Cao thought that it should be a baby panda. This is how they got Bing Dwen Dwen's body shape.
　　Bing Dwen Dwen looks like an astronaut in a space suit. It waves its left hand to say hello. It has two red hearts on its hand, showing kindness and love. A series of colored floating lines around its head look like the tracks on an ice rink(冰场). They refer to"Ice Ribbon(冰丝带)", which stand for Beijing's National Speed Skating. The colorful lines also refer to fast 5 G signals.

17．　　The traditional Chinese skill of turning bamboo into beautiful pieces of tools and furniture has got much attention on the short video platform (平台) Tik Tok (Douyin). Skilled bamboo weavers (编织工人) are showing how they work —cutting, weaving, burning and boiling.
　　(1)       "That's amazing!" A Tik Tok user from America wrote after watching the videos. (2)      
　　(3)      Pan Yunfeng, 51, is from Lin'an in Zhejiang Province. He makes pot brushes and bamboo umbrellas and puts the videos on Tik Tok. (4)       With over 5 million followers on Douyin, he has become popular among netizens abroad.
　　Bamboo weaving art began 2, 000 years ago. (5)       In 2008, it was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产). Now, the popularity of bamboo art on Tik Tok has opened a window for foreign netizens (网民) to understand Chinese culture better.
A. He started learning the skills at an early age.
B. What's more amazing is that workers do it simply by hand.
C. These skills are seen as a magic Chinese power in foreigners' eyes.
D. They have got thousands of likes.
E. They have got thousands of likes.

18．　　The best way to learn a new language is to make friends with native(本地的)speakers. Julia is from the UK. She had d(1)       in speaking Chinese when she came to China at first. She felt l(2)       because she didn't have any friends at school. Later, she tried her best to communicate with body language to (3)e        her ideas. Then she made a lot of Chinese friends. In order to r(4)       her spirits, they organized parties for her. So Julia had chances to p (5)       speaking Chinese. Friendship brought Julia much joy. The ability to speak Chinese brought her much c(6)       in a new life.

26．假设你的印度网友Mary下个月要到你们学校交流学习．请根据下面的内容提示, 用英语写一篇短文告诉她关于肢体语言的注意事项．词数80左右, 开头已给出, 不计入总词数．
内容提示:
1. 中国人见面通常微笑, 握手;
2. 在中国, 点头表示同意, 摇头表示不同意;
3. 眼神交流很重要;但与长辈交流时, 不要长时间看着对方的眼睛;
4. 你的其它建议(至少一点)．
注意:
1. 词数80左右(文章的开头已经给出, 不计入总词数);
2. 内容必须包括所有要点, 但不要逐条翻译;
3. 在所提示的要点之外, 要求有适当发挥, 使短文连贯、通顺;
4. 短文中不要透露学校和姓名等个人信息．
Body Language in China
　　We often use body language in our daily life. I'd like to tell you something about it in China. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________