Will you speak louder so as make people _____ you?
   A．to hear     B．heard     C．hearing    D．hear

The car industry can't survive ______ the government help.
   A．without     B．with     C．besides      D．except

I had considerable difficulty ______ her to go out for a drink with me.
   A．to persuade  B．to have persuaded   C．persuade   D．persuading

Mr. Black, our new English teacher, is strict _______ kind.
   A．or          B．but          C．with           D．as well

______ China Today is a good way of improving our English.
   A．Having read  B．Have read    C．Reading       D．Read

If I ______ you, I wouldn't miss the chance tomorrow morning.
   A．be    B．will be     C．am     D．were

Those who want to attend the meeting should _______ the form.
   A．fill in      B．fill up      C．fill with     D．fill of

After ______ for the job, the interviewees will be required to take a health check.
   A．to interview     B．being interviewed    C．interviewing    D．having interviewed

Compared ______ our small flat, Bill's house seemed like a palace.
   A．in         B．for        C．with         D．as

—Each of the hard-working students ______ to go to college.
   —So do we.
   A．hope       B．hoping     C．hoped       D．hopes

He says ______ clearly ______ beginners understand most of his words.
   A．such…that  B．so…that  C．such a …that  D．so a …that

Language is a tool _______ people communicate with each other.
   A．by all means    B．by means of     C．by means of which     D．by means of that

Julia didn't have enough clothes ______ a week.
   A．to last         B．last             C．lasted                D．last for

He is pleased ______ what you have given him.
   A．of            B．to              C．with                 D．in

Scarcely had he fallen ______ when a knock at the door awakened him.
   A．sleeping       B．asleep           C．sleepy               D．sleeper

It is strongly recommended that teachers _______ computers in their teaching.
   A．will use        B．shall use         C．use          D．used

The more careful they are, _______.
   A．the less mistakes will they make       B．the less mistakes they'll make
   C．the fewer mistakes will they make     D．the fewer mistakes they'll make

John will get the money from his aunt _______ her death.
   A．with the help of         B．in the event of          C．according to        D．in face of

We didn't know what to do _______ the money had gone.
   A．once            B．whether               C．though           D．then

—Mr. Jiang, long time no see. How are you?
   —Fine, thanks. How are you _____ your teaching?
   A．getting well with         B．getting across          C．getting together          D．getting on with

Some people think ________ more about their rights than about their responsibilities.
   A．much           B．too            C．less           D．very

There are ______ as many houses in this area as there used to be.
   A．two            B．twice           C．second        D．secondly

Columbus and his crew _______ from Europe in 1492.
   A．set out            B．put out          C．ruled out       D．sorted out

______the kids have left home, we're got a lot of extra space.
   A．Since that           B．Now           C．Even if         D．Even so

We've asked the neighbors to _______ the house for us while we are away.
   A．have an eye to         B．keep an eye on
   C．have an eye for       D．keep an eye open

The hotel is going to be ______ into a nursing home.
   A．controlled            B．confirmed          C．consumed        D．converted

The young man ______ in this company since he graduated from Madison College five years ago.
   A．was working        B．has been working     C．works          D．worked

The college offers so many courses; the students haven't decided ______.
   A．where to choose       B．whom to choose     C．which to choose     D．why to choose

He said he'd phone you ______ he got home.
   A．for a while         B．after a while          C．at moment          D．the moment

With a good ______ of both Chinese and English, Miss Lin was assigned to be the tour guide for the American visitors.
   A．command             B．interest             C．result          D．impression

A college or university's international student office is a good place  (31)   getting to know the school and the country. Let's  (32)   support services for international students in the United States. Our example is the University of Southern California (U.S.C.),  (33)   has had the most international students in American colleges or universities  (34)   the past seven years. U.S.C. 's Office of International Services says  (35)   student this years is about seven thousand five hundred.
   The Office helps  (36)   student life at the university. It also organizes programs to help foreign  (37)   feel more relaxed in their new surroundings. Most American colleges and universities have a similar  (38)   that helps international students. These offices look for ways to get students  (39)   in school life and make  (40)   friends. Their job is not always easy. International students often want to  (41)   thier free time with friends from their own countries. The office at U.S.C.  (42)   assists family members who come to the United States with international students. The family members can take English classes and go on trips to places  (43)   museums.
   India, China, South Korea, Japan and Canada  (44)   the most students to the United States during the last school  (45)  .Next came Taiwan, Mexico, and Thailand.

31. 
A．to start               B．starts               C．to stop              D．stops

32. 
A．talk                   B．to talk              C．talk about            D．to talk about

33. 
A．that               B．who                C．whose               D．which

34. 
A．as                  B．for                 C．to                  D．at

35. 
A．the number of        B．a number of           C．a lot of                  D．a great deal of

36. 
A．express               B．expressing      C．explain              D．explaining

37. 
A．college               B．colleges             C．student              D．students

38. 
A．branch             B．office        C．department           D．organization

39. 
A．consisted               B．consisting      C．involved             D．involving

40. 
A．rich                B．poor                C．old                  D．new

41. 
A．cost                B．spend               C．take                 D．save

42. 
A．also                B．yet                 C．already               D．thus

43. 
A．unlikely               B．unlike               C．like                 D．likely

44. 
A．sent              B．took         C．brought              D．carried

45. 
A．month                B．year                 C．week                D．day

Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four time zones, one hour apart. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.
   If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day, As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set  clock back; traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.
   If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you cross the International Date Line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday; traveling west, it is tomorrow.

Today almost 70% of the electrical power we use comes from power plants that use fossil fuels (矿物燃料) to make electricity. Fossil fuels, such as oil, coal, and natural gas, are burned to make electricity. Burning fossil fuels releases pollution and carbon dioxide gas (CO2) into the air. The more fossil fuels we burn, the warmer the air around Earth gets. So building fossil fuel plans is not always the best answer.
   Actually, there are other ways to make electricity without burning fossil fuels. People have been using the power of wind for centuries. Wind power won't solve all our energy problems, but it can help meet some of the demands in certain places. Since the late 1800s, scientists have been working to turn the sun's energy into electricity by using solar cells (太阳能电池). The problem is, solar cells are very expensive. Another way to make electricity is to use nuclear energy. It has been used for more than 50 years. Today about 10 percent of all the electricity used in the U.S.A. comes from this source.
   Although nuclear power doesn't pollute the air as the burning of fossil fuels does, there is a major drawback . The waste products from nuclear power plants are dangerous and must be stored in safe places. Many people are concerned about the safety of nuclear power.

A new study by the Development of Health in Taiwan shows that more than half of the adult population in Taiwan lacks an understanding of health problems.
   More than 2,000 adults took part in the survey to find out about their knowledge of diet, health-care, disease control and medicine. Surprisingly, only 51% of the people surveyed understand that common cold has no cure, and taking medicine is absolutely no use at all. The problem is mad worse by doctors who give their patients large doses of useless drugs. More than two-thirds believe that it is only the nicotine in cigarettes rather than the other chemicals that causes cancer. These people believe that if they smoke “light” cigarettes with less nicotine, they will lead to more illness, suffering and early death.
   But the outlook for health education in Taiwan is not all negative. The survey concludes that younger Taiwanese have a better understanding of health concerns than their parents, while senior citizens have the least understanding among the three age groups.

Dear Mr. Robert,
   Although we sent you your goods on time, we have waited nearly two months for you to pay the balance of $5000, which is over due. When you ordered the shipment of computers, you requested that we send you the entire order no later than June 1, and we shipped the goods by air freight on May 25.
   As you agreed in our original credit arrangement (赊账协议), payment was due in 30 days, on June 30. Yet, as it is already August 26, we still have not received your payment. In fact, we have not received any answer to the notice we sent to remind you that the payment is due.
   We regret to say that if we cannot receive your payment by September 15, we will be forced to ask our lawyer to take measures and collect it through legal procedures.
   

Sound travels four times faster in water than in the air.

It was not until you told me about it yesterday that I realized my mistake.

China will be the largest market for automobiles if its economy continues to grow.

I find it hard to leave the land where I have lived for 30 years and where there are sweet memories of my childhood.

我反复尝试，终于得到了一份工作。

没过多久，房子外面就聚集了很多人。

这家工厂里的所有机器都是中国制造的。

我不满意那家旅馆的服务，因此要向旅馆经理投诉。

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写一篇题为“Should Private Cars Be Encouraged in China?”的作文，要求分三段，100个单词左右，内容包括：
   (1)有人认为应鼓励中国私家车的发展；
   (2)有人认为私家车的普及造成了许多问题；
   (3)说明你的观点。