I doubt ____________all the people invited will come to attend the ceremony in such bad weather.
A. whether B. that C. how D. what
Hurricane Sandy hit America violently.__________, about 140 deaths were caused by it.
A. As a rule B. As a consequence C．As usual D. As a result of
最近，你校同学正在参加某英文报组织的一场讨论。讨论的主题是：公园要不要收门票?请你根据下表所提供的信息，给报社写一封信，客观地介绍讨论情况并陈述自己的看法。
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60％的同学认为 |
40％的同学认为 |
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1．不应该收门票 |
1．应收门票，但票价不要太高 |
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2公园是公众休闲的地方 |
2．支付园林工人工资 |
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3如收门票，需建大门、围墙，会影响城市形象 |
3．购新花木 |
注意：1．信的开头已为你写好。2．词数：100左右。3．参考词汇：门票---entrance fee
Dear Editor:
I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we have had about whether an entrance fee should be charged for parks．
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Amy,
I glad to discuss your present situation with you. People often miss parents for the first time they left home. However, most people have to leave home for higher educations or employment. You cannot live with our parents forever. You should realize that the separation will help improve your person ability. You need to make new friends and share ideas with whomever has something in common with you. Maybe you will still miss your parents, and your new friends will bring joy to your new life. Also I suggest you will enjoy yourself by taking the active part in different activities. You will get much pleasure.
Faithfully yours
Sharon
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
71 But science may have just proved them right – because beautiful women are more likely to have daughters than their plainer counterparts, according to a study.
As parents tend to pass on genes that determine looks, this could result in handsome men becoming rather thin on the ground. 72 For example, Yasmin Le Bon is signed to the same modelling agency as daughter Amber, and Jerry Hall’s daughters Elizabeth and Georgia Jagger have both taken to the catwalk.
Dr Satoshi Kanazawa, of the London School of Economics, analysed data from a survey of 17,000 babies born in Britain in March 1958 and tracked them throughout their lives. 73 When they reached 45, they were asked about the gender of any children they had.
Those rated as attractive were equally likely to have a son or daughter as their first child – but the unattractive sorts were more likely to have a son. 74
Dr Kanazawa believes that parents tend to produce children who benefit from their own features. 75 So it pays for attractive women to have daughters. But couples blessed with strength and aggression rather than looks are better off having boys, as these characteristics are of more use to males.
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A．Women are becoming more beautiful over the generations because attractive women have more children than plain ones. |
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B．Single girls have always complained that good-looking men are difficult to find. |
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C．Beauty is of more benefit to a woman than a man. |
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D．At the age of seven, their attractiveness was rated by their teachers. |
E. Put another way, the beautiful women were more likely to have daughters.
F. And it may also explain why many models have daughters who follow in their fascinating footsteps.
G. Famously good-looking parents like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are more likely to have girls than uglier couples.
One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister．On this occasion, the work was made less troublesome by the presence of his girlfriend．I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children．Later, I discovered that complete confidence was the last thing I should have left home with．
I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out．I called home with this happy news．But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing．
It was, I should point out, after 10 p．m．,when the two younger children should have been in bed, and when the two older children should have been answering the phone．“I’ll give him a lesson,” I said． I decided they must be outside．Why they might be outside at 10:30 on a winter night I had no idea, but it was the only explanation I could come up with．
Finally, in desperation, I called his girlfriend’s house． After what seemed like countless rings, his girlfriend answered．“Yes,” she said brightly, “He’s right here．”
He came on the phone．I was not my usual calm, rational（理智的）self． After all, one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’t trust modern teenagers．“Where are the children?” I said．He said they were with him．They had done nothing wrong．My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake．This was too good to be believed． Well, it turns out that I shouldn’t have believed it．It was only part of the truth．
The following Saturday evening we were at my parents’ home, celebrating my birthday．My oldest son gave me the children’s gifts．Mounted and framed were a series of lovely color photographs of my children, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderful expressions．They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the father of my son’s girlfriend．
1.The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because ．
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A．she knew that her eldest son was a good baby-sitter |
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B．she thought it no hard work to take care of the younger ones |
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C．she believed he could do well with his girlfriend’s help |
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D．she could not find a baby-sitter on that winter night |
2.When the author called home that evening, she found that ．
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A．two younger children had already been in bed |
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B．the children were preparing a birthday gift for her |
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C．her son was quarrelling with his girlfriend |
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D．there was no one answering the telephone |
3.What might the children do that evening?
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A．They had a birthday party． |
B．They framed some photographs． |
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C．They had their pictures taken． |
D．They made some beautiful clothes． |
4.What does the author intend to tell us by the story?
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A．Modern teenagers are not worth trusting． |
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B．It is no easy job to look after young children． |
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C．It’s no good to have a girlfriend at an early age． |
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D．Her children have a caring and tender heart． |
