Spoken English slightly differs from country to country．For instance, in some parts of the US the “r” sounds at the end of the words______．

       A．is dropped                                           B．have dropped      

       C．has dropped                                        D．are dropped

 Scott was very nervous at the beginning, but finally he _____ his courage to speak it out, and the teacher accepted his apology and forgave him．

       A．made up                                             B．brought up          

       C．worked up                                          D．lived up

 Tourists can have a better view of the sea and the island from their _____ on the top of the temple on the mountain．

       A．position                                              B．situation             

       C．condition                                            D．stage

 People who seldom take part in sports or _____ diet is high in fat will gain weight quickly．

       A．who                    B．whose                 C．which                 D．what

 The employees were made to spend as much time as they could ______ more products to meet the _______ market．

       A．producing; growing                             B．to produce; grown

       C．to produce; growing                            D．produced; grown

 While having breakfast, Lee went through all the ______ ads in the newspaper, hoping to find a suitable job．

       A．identified                                             B．classified            

       C．simplified                                            D．clarified

 We shouldn’t think barefoot running strange．It’s normal, fun and comfortable if _____ properly．

       A．doing                  B．to do                   C．done                   D．being done

 Unexpectedly, my hometown experienced _____ most violent snowstorm in _______ November, causing _______ great loss．

       A．a; /; the               B．a; the; the            C．the; /; a               D．the; the; a

       假如你是李华，你在英国的笔友上周来信说自己性格内向，不善与人沟通相处。并为此苦恼不已，请你以此为话题给他写一封回信安慰他。

注意：1．词数100左右。

       2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

       3．开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

       Dear Jim,

       I’m glad to have received the letter you sent me last week．

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Best wishes to you !

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

       阅读下列短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格中填入恰当的单词。

       注意：每个空格只填入一个单词。

       About six years ago, I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table．I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation．At one point the woman asked, “ So, how have you been?” And the boy---who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately．”

       This incident（小事） stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing．As far as I can remember, my friends and I hardly found out we were “ depressed” until we were in high school．

       The evidence of  changes in children has increased steadily in recent years．Children don’t seem childlike anymore．Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to．

       Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different．Childhood as it once was no longer exists．Why?

       Human development is based not only on natural biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge．Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new situation．Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in gradual stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders．

       In the past 30 years, however, a secret-revelation（提示） machine has been installed in 98 percent of American homes．It is called television．Television passes information, and indiscriminately （不加区分地）, to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults．Unable to resist the temptation（诱惑）, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures．

       Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access．Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practiced．Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials．

Title: （1.）________ in Today’s Children