It won’t be quite a long time _______ your son is back, so don’t be worried.

A. that     B. since      C. before        D. until

 It is the teacher _____taught me when I was a child _____ I’m going to visit.

A. that, which     B. who, that       C. who, which         D. whom, that

 Mike，as far as I know，________ like to play music.

A．seems     B．appears   C．feels    D．does

 People wrote letters to get in touch in the past. Nowadays email has ______the way people communicate.

A. directed    B. conveyed    C. transformed    D. sponsored

 We were required not to______any important details before it was made public.

   A. try out          B. make out    C. let out        D. break out

 He couldn’t ________ his father that John was telling the truth.

A. convince     B. believe      C. admit      D. display

 ________many times, he still couldn't understand it.

A. Having been told       B. Being told

C. He was told           D. He had been told

 The gasoline_____. Let’s fill the car up at the next gas station.

   A. is running out     B. has run out 

C. is being run out    D. has been run out

 He was very busy yesterday；otherwise，he ______ to the meeting.

A．would come   B．came    C．would have come   D．will come

假设你是新华中学的学生李华，你的美国笔友名字叫Tom, 来信反映他在上个月学校举办的运动会上成绩不佳，心情不太好。来信征求你的建议。请你根据以下要点给他回封信：

1. 分析原因；

2. 你的建议 (如乐观的人生态度、坚持锻炼、努力学习等)。

注意：

1. 词数120－150；

       　2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

                                                                                                                       Yours,