20．A：Hello，Sam!May I ask you some questions？ B：（71）Sure．Go ahead． A：Where do you prefer to live，in the city or in the countryside？ B：I like living in the city better． A；（72）Why do you think so？ B：It's easy to do shopping and the transportation in the city is nice，too． A：（73）Anything else？ B：I can also study in modern schools to get a good education． A：But the city is becoming more and more crowded．What's more，the cost of living is high in the city． B：（74）I agree．So people must work hard． A：Thank you for telling me so much． B：（75）You are welcome．
17．Fang：Hi，Li Hong!You look a little sad．（106）F Hong：Bad luck!I failed the English exam again． Fang：I'm sorry to hear that．（107）G Hong：I did．She asked me to learn new words by reading English magazines，listening to tapes and so on． Fang：Yeah．（108）A Hong：I think so．But I feel sleepy when I listen to tapes．I can't put all my heart into learning．（109）C Fang：You can write the new words in your notebook and learn them at home，or even on the bus． Hong：（110）B Thanks． Fang：You're welcome
A．Your English teacher is really kind． B．That may be helpful． C．What should I do？ D．What a pi!E．I think they're the best ways to learn English． F．Why do you look unhappy？ G．Why not turn to your teacher？
2．Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给） A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the friends he keeps．A good book may be like the best friends．It is the same today as what it always was，and it will never c（81）hange．It is the most patient and loyal companions．It does not leave us in hard times．It always treats us with the same kindness：amusing，educating and comforting us． Books can make strangers become friends．Men often discover their similarities with another man they meet for the first time from the same l（82）ove of a book．The book is a truer and higher bond of friendship．Men can think，feel and communicate with each other through their f（83）avoriteauthor． A good book is often the best thing containing the best thoughts of human beings．The best books are treasures of good words and golden thoughts． Books have the ability to stay a（84）t forever．Temples will fall in ruins，but good books survive．Great thoughts shown in the books never fade with time．They are as fresh as when they first p（85）assed through their authors'minds years ago．The only e（86）ffect of time is to remove the bad products and keep what is really good． Books introduce us to the best authors ever in the history； they bring us to the front of them．We hear what they said； we see them as if they were really alive； we communicate with them and learn their true thoughts； we become happy for their pleasures and sad for their sorrows．We walk into their hearts and listen to them from their deepest bottom．Their great thoughts have great influences on us．They educate us，encourage us and improve us．Thus we can build ourselves to be much b（87）etter．
