Linda didn't get there on time because of the bad weather. Additionally, her car was in poor ______
A. situation B. position
C. condition D. direction
I call him ______ ; even when there is not much to say.
A. now and then B. by and by
C. step by step D. more or less
Temporary failure is not to be feared. We must bear it in mind that the pains-taking effort we have will ______ in the long run.
A. pay off B. take off
C. break off D. kick off
假设你是李华,你的美国笔友玛丽最近在中国学习。她写信向你述说了她的困扰：不适应新环境，想家，感到焦虑。请你根据以下要点提示给她写一封回信。
1.表示理解并给予安慰 2. 提出建议并说明理由。
注意：字数120左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总数.）
想家的，homesick
Dear Mary,
I’m sorry to learn that you are having such a bad time.
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短文改错,文中共有10处语言错误，
I tried a new lifestyle. I gave up the Internet, but even didn’t watch TV. I thought I would feel very boring. However, I had very different day. I wrote two article that morning. In the past, I always want to write one, but I didn’t have time. While I was separated from the net and TV, I could devote me to writing. I once read an article, that said that every morning the writer spent two hours wrote without the net. At that time, I thought up she was too strict. After I tried the method myself, I found it real worthwhile.
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词，并将答案填写在相应位置上。
Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the1.important thing in her life. To tell you the 2. (true), she took lessons for years and practised every day, 3. her voice didn't improve. 4. (honest), it didn’t get better, it just got louder.
Her teacher finally5.（give）up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused 6.quit)(停止), and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her former teacher to attend.
The teacher was very worried about 7.to say after the performance. She knew it would be terrible and it was. She didn't want to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings 8. . Finally, she got an idea and went backstage(后台) to greet her former pupil.
“Well”, said Alice, “what did you think of 9. performance?”
“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll 10. be better than you were tonight.”
