I am sure she tells the ______ because she never tells lies.

A. letter              B. truth              C. relation

My hometown is a beautiful place______ any pollution.

A. with         B. out          C. without

Most parents are always ______ their children______ others.

A.  compared; with      B. compares; with     C. comparing; with

The bell rang ______ the teacher was explaining the problem to the students..

A. after    B. while     C. before

Ben had to ______ taking a shower till tomorrow morning because of the cold water

A. put up     B. put off     C. put on

—We should provide enough food and water ______ the climbers.

—That’s right. They may be too tired after they arrive here.

A. in     B. with     C. for

– I’m too tired because of too much homework.

-- ______ get enough sleep?

A. Why don’t you    B. Why don’t   C. How can you

–Which do you prefer(更喜欢), orange or coke?

–______. I want a cup of tea.

A. Both        B. Neither      C. Either

假设你是Shirley。你的笔友李华和父母之间有一点小矛盾，想向你倾述。下面是

他给你的电子邮件。请你根据他的邮件内容写一封回信,谈谈你对这件事的看法和理由，

同时提出一些帮助他解决问题的建议。

要求：1. 回信须包含所有要点内容，可适当发挥。

2. 不少于60词，开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Li Hua,

I’m sorry to learn about your trouble.  ________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

I hope what I said can be of some help to you.

Yours,

Shirley

根据短文内容，从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。每个选项只能用一次, 有两项剩余。请将答案标号写在答题纸相应的横线上。

Dear Abby,

I’m a helpless mother of a teenage boy. My son is going to be 15 this summer.  He used to help me 1. the clothes or do the dishes at home. But I find that the older he grows, the2. we talk. We can’t get on well 3. each other. I feel very sad and I really need help.

My first problem is about his hobbies. He 4. almost his spare time on computer games. When he gets home, he always 5. the computer and closes the door. I’m getting more and more 6.  about him, especially when his English teacher tells me he hardly ever gets good grades in the English exams.

7., he likes new technology (科技). It seems that he tries very hard to keep up with his classmates on the new technology. But I don’t have enough money and I can’t 8. all the things he wants.

Recently, I’ve found he is always 9. . I’ve never seen him talking to his friends on the phone or hanging out with 10. on weekends. That’s the last problem I have.

What should I do to help him? Please give me some advice.

A helpless mother