根据首字母提示完成短文填空。

        I am studying at Sydney Russell School, a s____ but very famous school in Australia. All the lessons there are taught in English. I have f____ subjects this term. What a big challenge!

        Last w____, Mr. Brown, my science t____ asked us to do a project on trees. Ming and I were in the same group. B____ of us were from China. We spent several hours s____ the library every day, reading and surfing the Internet. We even planted two trees in the school garden and took many p____ of them.

        The most e____ part was the presentation. We introduced many things about trees, for example, the t____ and oldest tree in the school. Everyone enjoyed the presentation.

        Learning by doing helps me a lot. I'm sure everything will g____ better.

下列关系正确的是（　　）

1927年到1936年，中国的工业增长率达8％以上，GDP飞速增长，9％的增长速度是同期日本的三倍，被称为“黄金十年”。这一时期中国经济迅速增长的原因是（    ）

读课文《我们上路了》，说说“风、雨、雷鸣电闪”各比喻了什么？