—We’ll go to the party to be held in Anhui Grand Theater at 8 tonight. Could you join us?

—I’m afraid I can’t. I        the holiday plan with my friends.

A. am discussing   B. have discussed   C. will be discussing  D. will have discussed

 Several months ago, police in Beijing looked into several crime cases        personal information had been illegally accessed.

A. where       B. that       C. which       D. whose

 The government has promised that more funds        to provide better school bus services in rural regions.

A. will invest  B. have invested  C. will be invested  D. have been invested

 I’ll be busy on        Sunday morning, and perhaps I’ll have        late night.

   A. the, a       B. 不填, a       C. 不填, the       D. the, 不填

 We’ll learn much from this failure, so our suffering and efforts are not        .

A. in return       B. in vain      C. at random       D. at all costs

—What about going to the beach for the weekend?

—        I can’t make a decision now.

A. What an idea!   B. How come?   C. Are you kidding?   D. It depends.

—You had better break up with the boy, Lucy.

—I don’t hang out with him any more. You        have told me that at the beginning.

A. would       B. should       C. could       D. must

 When the first e-book readers appeared in the late 1990s, technology experts        a great future for the digital publishing industry.

A. predicted     B. established     C. arranged      D. imagined

法国哲学家卢梭说过：“No Thanksgiving would be no virtue”（没有感恩就没有真正的美德。）如今社会上一些人缺乏感恩之心，少数人甚至在父母年老体弱时都不愿意赡养。

       请你结合自己的实际，谈几点父母值得你感恩的地方，以及将来你会做些什么来报答父母的养育之恩。

注意：

1．短文的开头已给出，但不计入总数。

       2．字数100字左右。（感恩-thanksgiving）

       Not only do our parents give us life, but they also give us endless love and support, always sharing our happiness and sorrow.

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       Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.   

    “I would never have said to my mom,’ Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”  

    Music was not the only gulf(分歧). From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.   

    Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

    No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friends.”   

    But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents.   

    “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”   

    Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving(演化的) roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.   

    “My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds,were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”