先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。

In some parts of the United States, farming is easy. But farming has always been h_________(1) in the northeastern corner of the country, which is called New England.

  New England has many t_______ (2 ) and thin, rocky (多岩石的) soil (土壤). Anyone who has wanted to start a new f________ ( 3 ) there has to work very hard. The first job is to cut down trees. The n_________ ( 4 ) job is to dig (挖) the stumps (树桩) of the trees out of the soil. Then the farmer has the difficult job of m_________ ( 5 ) stones from his land.

  The work of removing stones never really e_________ ( 6 ), because every winter more stones appear. They come up t__________ ( 7 ) the thin soil from the rocks below. F_________ ( 8 ) have to keep removing stones from the fields. Even today, farms which have been worked o______ ( 9 )for 200 years keep producing more stones. That is why stone walls are used i________ ( 10 ) of fences (篱笆) around New England fields. The stone walls are not high, a man can easily climb o_________ ( 11 ) them. But they keep the farmer’s cows from j_________ ( 12 ) his neighbour’s cows.

假设你叫王磊，你了解到Happy Teens是一个专门通过开展丰富多彩的活动来解决青少年问题的组织。请用英语给Happy Teens的主席Jack 写一封电子邮件，介绍同学李明加入他们的组织。信的开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

要点：1）李明是九年级二班的尖子生；

      2）正直、乐于助人，已帮助两名贫困儿童重返学校；

3）爱好体育运动，想成为北京奥运会（Olympic Games）的志愿者( volunteer )；

      4）但有时因父母要求太严格而感到闷闷不乐，几天前来向你征求建议；

      5）你鼓励他加入Happy Teens, 这样就可以……

要求： 语句通顺，意思连贯；包含以上所有要点；字数：80个左右。

Dear Jack,

I have a friend named Li Ming. _____________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

I hope you will agree with me.

                                                                  Yours,

                                                                Wang Lei

—Smoking is not                 in this room．

—Sorry，1 won't do it again．

A．asked                         B．seen                    C．allowed                  D．minded

He invited all his friends except                  ．

A．you and I             B．you and me          C．I and you                      D．you and I

—The book                  you about fifty dollars．didn’t it?

—No．I only          thirty dollars for it．

A．cost，cost                  B．cost，paid                  C．paid，cost             D．paid，paid

—The rich man                    his money before he died．

—Yes．I think he wanted to make himself feel better．

A．put up                 B．gave away            C．took away              D．picked up

If it                rain tomorrow，I'll go to see my grandparents．

A．does't                  B．isn't                     C．won't                     D．didn't

It is said that the old man offered the poor child                 dollars last year．

A．two thousands                                          B．two thousand of

C．two thousands of                                       D．thousands of

—Could you tell me                    ?

—Because E want to help the people there．

A．why do you go to Tibet   

B．why did you go to Tibet

C．why you are going to Tibet

D．why are you going to Tibet

—I called you yesterday afternoon．but there was no reply．

—I                a dolphin show at the zoo with my cousins all the afternoon．

A．have watched                                           B．will watch   

C．am watching                                             D．was watching