She wishes to become a beautiful girl, ...

I have never dreamed of ______such a beautiful place in the world. 

A. there is            B. there to be          C. there being        D. having

假定你是一名高中生，一次一位外国朋友问你，除了在学校学习英语之外还有什么其它途径练习英语。请你根据提示用英语写出你参加“英语角” 的情况。提示：1、“英语角” 于两年前成立，许多中学生参加，有时也有些大学生和外国友人来此。2、活动时间：每周六上午。3、活动内容：练习英语口语，谈论大家共同感兴趣的事情，交流学习英语的经验等。4、谈你参加此项活动的体会。

参考词汇：“英语角”：English corner

翻译

1.由于天气不好,他开会迟到了.

2.汉语的发音与英语的发音有相当大的区别.

3.应该充分利用这本书.

4.不管你信不信,中国足球队战胜了伊朗队.

5.他在英语学习中取得了如此大的进步,以至于老师表扬了他

The city of Venice，in  Italy，is one of a kind．It is built on more than 120 islands，just off arrival．After explaining where my new house was，I told him that I had left the key under the doormat．Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get back，I suggested that be make himself at home and help himself to anything that was kept in the refrigerator（冰箱）．

　　Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house．At the moment，he said，he was listening to some of my records after having had a nice meal．He had found the pan and meat in the refrigerator．Now，he was drinking a cup of tea and hoped that I would join him soon．When I asked him if he bad any difficulty finding the house，he answered that the only problem  was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat，but luckily，the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and  he had climbed in through the window．I listened to all this in great surprise．There is no apple tree outside my window，but there is one by the living room window of my next-door  neighbor’s house！

　1.When my friend arrived，I could not go to meet him because________．

　2.A doormat is a mat______．

3.I listened to my friend’s phone call in great surprise because____．

　4.At last my friend______．

　5.The writer left the key under the doormat so that______．

Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has be come common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．

1.Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．

2.Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．

3.The young man became a mechanic，_______．

4.The “Model T” was very famous_____．

5.　Ford built his own car factory