We'll carry on the work ______ we can get the machines we need. After all, it's the determination that really counts.
A. unless B. before C. whether D. while
As a good speaker, it is important that you get your message to listeners.
A. through B. across C. toward D. forward
—The door is still open.
—How come? I mean, I _________ to lock it then.
A. remembered B. would remember C. remember D. had remembered
English songs are fun. But ________ that, they’ll help you improve your English skills.
A. other than B. more than C. rather than D. regardless of
假设你是张华，是某中学的高三寄宿生。面对目前的学习压力，想和家中的父母交流，感谢他们对你的爱与鼓励，告诉他们你的学习、思想近况及考前打算。请你用英文写封短信发到你父母的QQ邮箱上。
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1. 词数120左右。开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
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Dear Mom and Dad,
With the college entrance examination drawing near, how I wish I could have a face-to-face conversation with you, but
Your loving son，
Zhang Hua
Gao Xiaosong was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His grandfather was headmaster of the famous Tsinghua University. His wife’s father graduated from the Imperial College London and founded Shenzhen University. He basically grew up on Tsinghua's campus, and studied in the top schools in China, before he, unsurprisingly, entered Tsinghua's electronic engineering department, one of the school's best majors.
He wrote On the Same Page as You are at age 24. Almost overnight, every young person knew the song by heart. That tune and his later works made him a household name in the country. He later became a judge on the hot variety show (综艺节目) China's Got Talent.
Everything has gone right for him aside from one major bump in the road—he was arrested for drunken driving in 2011, after he left the first press conference for his film, My Kingdom.
"For me, the six months was not only a result of the trial but also an atonement,（赎罪）" he says. "Six months is like a leaf falling from the tree of life—no big deal. I was a spoiled person in many ways before 40. So, maybe it was an opportunity to pay for my wildness and arrogance(傲慢) in my youth." The hardest thing for him in prison wasn't sleeping between a thief and a bad man but missing his daughter's development from ages 3.5–4.
Gao has become even busier after getting out of prison for drunken driving. A tour concert of his songs is going around the country, while Morning Talk airs weekly. He is searching for new vocal talent for a music company, and his next film is in progress. But he knows clearly what he wants from life—he plans to focus on music until he turns 60, after which he'll focus on writing and film directing. "You can never write pop music at 60," he says. "I don't complain about that. But you can always write a good book or direct a good film, no matter how old you are."
1.What caused him to become well-known to every family in China?
(No more than 7 words) (3 marks)
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2.What did he find it the most difficult to do when he was in prison?
(No more than 11 words) (2 marks)
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3.When is he going to devote himself to writing and directing films ？
(No more than 7 words) (2 marks)
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4.What words can be used to describe Mr. Gao’s character before he was forty?
(No more than 6 words) (3 marks)
