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  Directions :Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese .

    假如你是某家英文报社的编辑，昨日收到一位中学生读者刘娟的来信。请根据来信内容用英语写一封不少于120字的回信。

Dear Editor,

I am a hardworking girl and want to be the number one in my class. But in the exams, I always make mistakes that I should have avoided. I really worry about it. What can I do to improve my performance in exams?

Wang Li

Dear Liu Juan,

It’s good that you know what prevents you achieving satisfying scores in exams.

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Editor

23. —Do you ______ the idea of living a low-carbon life?

—It sounds tough, but it is a tendency.

correspond to      B. apply to             C. cater to               D. subscribe to

26. They got married 30 years ago and never ______ in the past years.

       A. they didn’t quarrel                     B. they have quarreled    

C. did they quarrel                         D. have they quarreled    

John received an invitation to dinner, and with his work ________, he gladly accepted it.

A. finished         B. finishing      C. having finished      D. was finished

17. Can you lend me the book ________ the other day?

   A. which you talked    B. that you talked     C. about that your talked  D. you talked about

34. _________ that Tom got inside the room to see what was going on.

    A. So strangely did he feel          B. So strangely he felt

     C. So strange did he feel                   D. So strange he felt

第二节  语法填空(共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分)

    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，在空格处填人一个适当的

词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l-40的相应位置上。

   The most universal facial expression is, of course, the smile – its function is to show happiness and put people at    31    (easy). It does not always mean that we are     32    (true) happy, however. Smiles around the world can be false, hiding other feelings    33    anger, fear or worry. There are unhappy smiles. For example,    34    someone “loses face”, he smiles to hide it.    35   , the general purpose of smiling is to show good feelings.

From    36   time we are babies, we show    37    (happy) or anger by frowning. In most places around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone    38    ( show ) anger. Making a fist and    39    (shake) it almost always means that someone is angry and threatening    40    person.

23. Jenny is always _______, never complaining about her poor health and other troubles.

A. careless　　      B. grateful              C. cheerful　  D. comfortable

The new teacher was very quick to _________ the rules of the school

A. adapt to   B. addict to   C. concentrate on   D. depend on

The purse found on the playground matches the ______ by Mary, so it must be hers.

A. direction           B. expression         C. description        D. instruction