Kunming is called “Spring City”, but it _____ snow in winter.
A. shall B. can C. must D. might
The old black woman sat under the pine tree, her grandsons, ______ around her, ______ to an old story.
A. seating; listening B. seated; listened C. seating; listened D. seated; listening
He was elected______ president of the company, and _____news came ,in fact, as ______surprise.
A. a; the ;X B. X; the ; a C. a; X; the D. the; the; a
假如你叫李华，最近你校在为一批来自英国的学生征寻住宿家庭，你有意申请。请用英语给校长写封信，说明你申请的理由：
1．住房宽敞，有私家车；
2．擅长英语，乐于交流；
3．去年接待过英国学生。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头已为你写好，不计人总词数。
Dear Sir，
I’m writing to request a valuable chance to be one of the host families for the British students．
Yours,Li Hua
Time flies as an arrow. I’m already in the second half of senior Grade 3 before I realized it. it
is only a little more than three months before I graduate middle school. At the present. I’m busy
review my lesson in order to take the college entrance examination. I hope to go to Beijing
Universiv, that is one of the best university not only in China but also in the world. I’ll try my best
to turn my dream into reality. Most of my classmates are also studying very hard to realize our
wishes I do believe everyone will able to enter a very good university and college.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余的。
In many countries, it is important to have many children ．In the US, a few religious groups emphasize the importance of large families, but most people think one or two children are enough, and many couples have no children．__1._____ Having many children would restrict the freedom and individualism of the parents as well as the other children in the family.
Parents teach individualism by the way they raise their children．___2.__ Parents begin teaching this self-reliance early , asking the child to do things on her own and praising her when she does.
__3.____ They bring their children with them to church , to sporting events, to stores, and to social events．However , many places, such as expensive restaurants and live theatre productions , do not welcome children．Most formal social gatherings , those with written invitations do not welcome children either.
Children , especially boys are expected to be energetic and assertive(果敢的)。__4.__ Parents are expected to keep their children under control at all times, particularly in public places and in the homes of others．When a child misbehaves , only the child’s patents may discipline him．__5.____ Most patents discipline their children by rewarding good behaviors, not by punishing bad behaviors．While a spanking , a slap to the child’s buttocks(屁股)， is acceptable to some people, any punishment that wounds the childe or leaves a mark is considered child abuse and is against the law.
A．The relationship between American parents and their children is harmony.
B．That doesn’t mean , though , that they are allowed to “run wild” in public.
C．Because taking care of a child is very costly, financially , emotionally, and socially ,many couples view large families as a disadvantage.
D．Others adults should not interfere （干涉）unless the child is doing something which may be harmful to himself.
E．American children are expected to accept invitations to a formal party.
F．Many parents want to expose their children to a variety of situations.
G．They want to create a self-reliant, independent child , who can make it on her own by age eighteen.
