—— I can hardly believe my eyes. Is that you, Lucy?
——Yes. It has been almost 20 years______ we were together.
A. Until B. before C. after D. since
---Can you write the number eighty-five thousand, six hundred and twenty-six?
---Yes, it is __________.
A. 856620 B. 85626 C. 58662 D. 58626
—— Everyone knows Canada is the second largest country in the world.
——That is, it is larger than______ country in Asia.
A. any other B. any C. other D. Another
—Oh, there isn't enough for us in the lift.
—It doesn't matter. Let's wait for the next.
A. ground B. floor C. place D. room
书面表达（1题；计15分）
为了解我国中学生的学校生活，透视我国中学教育现象，某国外教育机构在自己的官方网站开辟了以“My school life”为题的发帖栏。请你根据下列思维导图提供的信息，写一篇帖文，介绍自己的学校生活和你的看法。
提示：1、短文应包括导图中的全部信息，条理清楚，行文连贯；
2、短文中不能出现真实的人名和地名；
3、词数不少于80，开关已给出，不计入总词数。
My School Life
I’m a student in a middle school in China.
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
完成句子（共8小题；每小题1分，计8分）
根据汉语和所给英语单词的提示，用相关短语或结构完成下列句子(每空词数不限)。
1.如果你不懂得这个词，你可以在词典中查阅。（look）
If you don’t understand the word, you can ____________________ in the dictionary.
2.我们应该为自己是黄冈中学的学生而感到自豪。（take）
We should _________________ ourselves as a student from Huangguang Middle School.
3.当你开车时，请注意交通标志。(attention)
Please __________________ the traffic signs when you drive a car.
4.我想知道露茜长大了要干什么。（grow）
I wonder what Lucy is going to do when she _________________.
5.他努力去解决那个问题，但对他来说太难了。(effort)
He ___________________ to solve the problem, but it was too difficult for him.
6.随着高考制度的改革，难道你认为英语现在就不值得学了？（worth）
With the reform of college entrance examination system, don’t you think English ______________
________________ now?
7.无论你买到什么，你可能认为那些产品就是那些国家生产的。（matter）
___________________ you may buy, you might think those products were make in those countries.
8.我的英语老师建议我不要放弃用英语练习写作。（give）
My English teacher advised me _________________________ practicing writing in English.
