My cousin has made _____ great prog
ress in her spoken English that she can now talk freely with foreigners.
A. so B. too C. such D. quite
— It sounds ________ that a truck hit two cars.
— Luckily, _______of three drivers was hurt.
A. terribly; none B. terrible; none
C. terrible; neither D. terribly; neither
The the underlined part of the word “message” is pronounced as_______.
A. / i:/ B./e/ C. /ei/ D./i/
假如你是Linda, 16岁，一个开朗外向、乐于助人的女孩。你需要向美国Brearley School递交申请，其中，需要说明你曾参加过的志愿者活动。请根据以下信息写一封申请书。
简单向对方学校介绍自己的基本情况；
从下面四幅图中选择两项志愿者活动，并介绍你参加这两项活动的情况；
描述参加活动的感受。
Dear Brearley School,
I’m writing to you in hope of studying in your school.
1. As we know, Thursday is the f__________ day in a week.
2. According to a r_________ in the newspaper, the basketball star was seriously injured.
3. If the sun s________ brightly, the weather is usually warm.
4. After f_________ his homework, Jim went to play with his friends.
5. This book b_________ to Simon. I’ll give it back to him at once.
6.East or w______, home is the best.
7. You can’t imagine how quickly Qianjiang Xincheng has changed. More and more new tall b________ have been built there.
8. All the students went to the playground to have PE class e______ Bob. He was ill.
9. You should realize it’s d________ to play near the lakes and rivers, so be careful.
10. He’s the most popular teacher, though he is the youngest and has the l______ experience.
The UK wants Chinese teachers to help to increase the level of maths in its ____1.____. Chinese students ___2.______the highest international test results. There is a huge ____3.____in maths levels between the UK and China. A newspaper said: "The children of cleaners in Shanghai do better than ____4._____of UK doctors and lawyers in global maths tests." The UK will hire 60 ____5.______Shanghai's best maths teachers to help improve the ability of one million British students.
The UK is ____6._____behind many countries in maths. Poor education in maths costs the UK economy $30 billion a year. Britain's education minister went on ____7.______fact-finding task to China. She said: "We have some excellent maths teachers…but ___8.______I saw in Shanghai… strengthened my belief that we can learn from them." She added: "They have a can-do attitude to maths and I want us to ____9.____that." Having better Maths skills mean you can get ____10._____salaries and better jobs.
