18．Im glad you told me the show was called off．                 I'd have traveled all the way to Beijing for nothing．（　　）

A．

Besides

B．

Otherwise

C．

Somehow

D．

Though

17．The lecturer talked so fast that the audience had trouble                  ．（　　）

A．

putting up

B．

taking up

C．

keeping up

D．

giving up

16．Ive often helped Bob             when hes been a bit short of money．（　　）

A．

out

B．

up

C．

down

D．

over

15．假定你是李华，你班同学进行了一场关于"公交车上是否该让座？"主题的大讨论．一些人认为不应该让座；另一些人认为这是一种好行为．请你用英语给某英语报社写一篇100词左右的短文，介绍讨论情况，并谈谈自己的做法和看法．
Dear editor，
Recently my classmates had a heated discussion about whether we should offer seats on bus or not．
Some students are against offering seats on bus．The reason they hold is that all passengers have equal rights to have their own seats，especially when they are tired．The old and disabled should own separate buses specially provided for them．On the other hand，the others are in favor of it．They think it is a good deed．
As for me，I always offer my seat to women who are pregnant or holding a baby．I also offer my seat to the senior citizens．Actually，I offer my seat to whoever really needs it．In my opinion，I think offering seats on bus，a small act though，is a symbol of kindness and the level of our civilization．
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua．

14．Teachers want to get along with students．（71）E  The clashes （冲突） can happen between any two people．
Show your teacher that you want to make the situation better．（72）F  By handling a problem like this，you learn something about how to get along with people who are different from you．
（73）G  Just like your parents have business relationships with the people they work with or the people who deliver the mail to your house，kids also can have these kinds of relationships．They are different from your family relationships and friendships，which are built on affection and love．In a business relationship，each of the two parties gets something out of the relationship，but does not necessarily need to be good friends or like each other a lot．（74）B
When you act this way，and remember that you're not the only kid in the class，you are helping your teacher．（75）C  Teachers also like it when students follow directions and when they learn and obey the rules of the classroom．For instance，there may be rules about listening when another student is talking，or about taking turns，or about raising your hand when you want to say something or ask a question．

A．So they will be happy when you do well in exams．
B．In other words，they need to"get down to business"．
C．Your teacher is likely to notice this and appreciate it．
D．However，they may develop friendship with each other．
E．But teachers and students sometimes have personality clashes．
F．Then he or she will probably do everything possible to make that happen．
G．Your relationship with a teacher is often your first chance to develop a"business relationship"．

12．In order to save the animals out of danger，they                a special place for them to live freely．（　　）

A．

set free

B．

set off

C．

set aside

D．

set out

11．Before the Network was introduced in this poor area，children here had no               to computer．（　　）

A．

access

B．

approach

C．

attitude

D．

attraction

10．Helen was much kinder to her youngest son than to the others，which，of course，made the others              him．（　　）

A．

obey

B．

envy

C．

resign

D．

adapt

9．-Hey!We'll attend the graduation ceremony next month．
-Oh，               !（　　）

A．

cheer up

B．

well done

C．

go ahead

D．

congratulations

8．与很多国家一样，美国也比较缺乏淡水，尤其是在春夏季节．根据一项调查表明，美国的淡水使用分布情况如下面的图表所示．请根据图表，写一篇调查报告．

注意：1．短文必须包括图表的内容；
2．词数100左右．
参考词汇：consumptive adj．消费的　thermo power热能　livestock n．家畜．
From the graph，we can see that most of the fresh water in the US has been used to irrigate the fields，which accounts for 82 percent of all．While the rest，about 18 percent in all，is used in domestic daily life，industry，livestock，commerce，thermo power and mining，among which domestic use of fresh water has the biggest percentage，accounting for about 7 percent．The use of fresh water in livestock，industry and thermo power is equally 3 percent，taking the third place，and commercial and mining use of fresh water accounts for the least，only 1 per cent．
America has the most developed agriculture and so consumes the biggest share of freshwater．．