—Mr. Smith, why are you always asking me to do the difficult work?

—Because you _______ do such a thing and nobody else is fit for it.

A．would            B．should            C．can              D．may

Mr. Wang would have continued to lead _____ poor life instead of changing his lifestyle if he hadn’t met Mr. Smith by_____ accident who was a businessman. 

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

16．.—Mr Smith, may I ask for a few days off? I am worn out.

--____. We are too busy.

假定你是李华，将去英国某学校短期学习，被安排住在Smith先生家。请你写封短信与其取得联系并询问以下情况：

1. 住宿条件；       2. 膳食安排；       3. 交通情况。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语已为你写好。

Dear Mr. Smith

I’m Li Hua from China, writing to ask about my stay with your family.

________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

阅读下列各小题， 根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号内。

1.So rapidly                                                                                          that no book can ever be fully up to date. (advance)

计算机技术发展如此之快以致于书都不能全面及时更新。

2.Without the flood in the village ten years ago, the group of youths ______________ with their parents during their childhood. (lead)

村子里要是没有十年前的那场洪水，这群年轻人在他们的童年时期本可以和他们的父母一起过着快乐的日子。

3. Hearing the joke, everyone in the room couldn’t help _______________. (burst)

听到这个笑话，屋子里的人都忍不住爆笑起来。

4.Mr. Smith doesn’t know this city very well because it was only two months ago, in

March, _____________ working here. (start)

史密斯先生对这个城市并不太熟，因为他在两个月前，也就是三月份，才开始

这里工作。

5. His younger sister teaches in a secondary school, in front of __________________.

(flow)

他妹妹在一所中学教书，学校门前流淌着一条小河。

6.The old temple ________________ several times, now it looks brand-new. (restore)

这个古庙经历了数次重建，如今看着一派簇新。

7.We’re said _______________________ in the Information Age, a time for new discoveries and great changes. (live)

据说我们正生活在信息时代，一个有着新发现和伟大变革的时代。

8. I ________________________ if you would turn the music down. (appreciate)

如果你把音乐关小一些，我将不胜感激。

9. We all believe that with the help of science and technology, it will not take too long _________________________ the Mars. (settle)

我们都相信在科技的帮助下，不久人类将定居火星。

10.________________ teenagers taste, the song is increasing popular with middle school students. (base)

基于青少年的品味，这首歌在中学生中日趋流行。