You can’t predict everything. Often things don’t_____ as you expect.

       A. run out     B. break out    C. work out    D. put out

—What do you think of Thomas?

—Well, he is good, warm-hearted, hard-working and intelligent; _______, I can’t speak too highly of him.

　　　 A. in a word　　 B. as a result　 C. by the way　 D. on the contrary

 With new technology, pictures of underwater valleys can be taken ____ color.

       A. by   B. for    C. with   D. in

 The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took ____pictures of them.

       A. many of     B. a large amount of    C. a plenty of    D. masses of

 Playing on a frozen sports field sounds like a lot of fun. Isn’t it risky, ______?

       A. though    B. also    C. either    D. too

 Some don’t agree to the plan, while I’m out of ____ opposed to it.

       A. those who     B. who    C. those    C. that

 You may depend on ____ that they are of much value.

       A. that     B. it     C. these     D. them

 Sam has been appointed ____ manager of engineering department to take ____place of Tim.

       A. /; /       B. the; /     C. the; the     D. /; the

 Experts think that ____ recently discovered painting may be ____ Picasso.

A. the;/     B. a; the    C. a;/    D. the; a

众所周知，一个人的成长过程是较为复杂的，其个性的形成和发展受诸多因素的影响，假如《二十一世纪英文报》向你约稿，了解至今哪些因素对你的成长影响最大。请你以Tracking My Growth为题，按以下要求写篇英语短文。

        1．选择并陈述对你的成长起着很大影响的家庭、学校、社会、朋友、书籍、名人等诸多因素中的两个或三个；

2．谈谈你的看法和理由。

注意：    1. track 跟踪、追踪、循迹；

2. 词数120 左右，文章的标题已给出（不计入词数）。

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