Mr. Smith works with a mobile phone company, but he _____________ for this international meeting, since he is on holiday.

    A. works        B. is working       C. has worked       D. had worked

Mr. Smith works with a mobile phone company, but he _____________ for this international meeting, since he is on holiday.

A. works        B. is working       C. has worked       D. had worked

书面表达（共15分）

目前，九年级的同学们学习任务繁重，易产生焦虑等情绪。你的朋友Simon以往性格开朗，最近因感觉压力大而变得少言寡语，与同学沟通困难；他在英语学习上有困难，而且考前紧张失眠；因父母让他放弃他喜爱的篮球活动而与父母吵架。假设你叫Joe，请根据Simon的问题，给他写封E-mail，提出解决方案。

要求：1、针对问题，用不同的方式提建议，其中包含虚拟语气。

      2、语言流畅，语法正确。

      3、词数:80 – 100。（开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数）

Dear Simon,

I’m sorry to hear that you have had so much trouble since you got into Grade 3. __________

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Best wishes,

Joe

Mr. Smith works with a mobile phone company, but he _____________ for this international meeting, since he is on holiday.

A. works        B. is working       C. has worked       D. had worked

My father had a small business, employing（雇用）fifteen people at any given time. We sold all kinds of milk products. I had worked for my father since I was young,      did all seven kids in my family.

One day, we had a new employee, Debbie, who wanted to work in the store for the summer. She had     done this type of work before, but planned to give it her all.

On her first day, Debbie made just about every mistake in the    . She charged the wrong prices for items, she gave the wrong bag of food to the wrong customer, and she    and broke a half gallon of milk. The torture（折磨）of watching her fighting her way was too much for me. I went into my father’s office and said, “Please go out there and put her out of her misery（苦恼）.” I      him to walk right into the store and let her go away from our store.

Since my father’s office was situated within view of the sales counter, he had surely      what I was talking about. He sat,     , for a moment. Then he got up from his desk and walked over to Debbie, who was standing behind the counter.

“Debbie,” he said, as he put his hand      on her shoulder. “I have been watching you all day, and I saw how you     Mrs. Forbush.”

Debbie’s face turned red and tears began to     in her eyes as she tried hard to remember Mrs. Forbush from the many women she had given the wrong change to or drop off her milk onto the floor.

My father continued, “I’ve never seen Mrs. Forbush be so      to any one of my employees before. You really knew how to deal with her. I am sure that she is going to want you to    her every time she comes in. Keep up the good work.”

In return for being a wise and kind employer, my father got a trusty and hardworking employee for fifteen years … and a friend for life.

1.A. unless                      B. neither                    C. as                  D. nor

2.A. already               B. yet                         C. never                   D. ever

3.A. vision                  B. book              C. spirit             D. position

4.A. dropped         B. lost                    C. touched        D. missed

5.A. encouraged                 B. forced                    C. expected              D. influenced

6.A. followed                B. seen                            C. guessed      D. heard

7.A. careful                  B. upset                       C. angry                     D. thoughtful

8.A. gently                      B. seriously                      C. lightly              D. directly

9.A. accepted           B. agreed                           C. treated                 D. considered

10.A. run               B. well                              C. appear                      D. rise

11.A. funny                 B. hopeless                         C. rude                        D. polite

12.A. wait on              B. look after                        C. stand for                 D. depend on