— Batteries called “white elephant” met its Waterloo in the market of Europe.
— Europeans won’t be interested in it. Because a white elephant means a thing that is useless, __________ it may cost a lot of money.
A.since B.unless C.if D.although
Night-lights, as we know, are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard her children. So you can go to sleep ________ the night-lights on, if you are afraid of the dark.
A.at B.with C.in D.on
— Why do you put a big mirror(镜子) in the front of the school?
— Everyone can look for a while at __________ in the mirror before entering the school.
A.he B.him C.his D.himself
It is said sending messages on QQ is sometimes not safe. You’d better use _________ USB drive to store the important materials.
A.a B.an C.the D./
书面表达
假如你是Li Hua, 要给在美国的笔友Eric写信, 介绍你进入中学以后的生活。 要求：1. 文中应包含提示中的2一3项信息, 还可适当发挥。
2. 文中不能出现真实姓名和校名。语言流畅, 书写美观。
3. 词数：80词左右（信的格式和开头已给出, 不计入总词数）。
subject | School life | friend |
teacher | lunch |
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阅读下面的短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Alex is an English boy. Now he is in America（美国）1.his grandparents. He doesn't know anyone（任何人）in America and he wants 2.（make) friends with his classmates.
It’s a fine day to play sports. He 3.（ask) some of his classmates to play football（足球）after school. They meet at the school library. Alex is the first there 4. then his classmates come. Some of them come with their friends. Alex thinks they’11 play 5. （good).
“I have 6. ball.” Alex tells Leo, one of his classmates. Leo loves football and he always watches football 7.（game) on TV. Leo says he has a ball, too. Leo’s ball is oblong （椭圆形的）, but 8.（Alex) ball is round（圆形的）·How can they play with 9. （this) two balls? But they have two balls now and all of them can play and they 10.（be） very happy.
