My daughter cares more for new clothes than anything else in the world, so she is very _______ about what she wears.

   A. special         B. strict         C. especial      D. particular   

“I still haven’t thanked Aunt Lucy for her present.” “It’s time you _____.”

A. do               B. did         C. had                    D. would

__________ fired, your health care and other benefits will not be immediately cut off.

A. Would you be   B. Should you be  C. Could you be    D. Might you be

The meeting was expected to start at 9 o'clock but the manager didn't turn up ______ twenty minutes later.?

A. before       B. until          C. after     D. since

He is old, so his son will _________ the farm.

   A. take charge of            B. in charge of               C. charge        D. be in the charge of

    假设你是李华，今年夏天即将进入伦敦大学学习，但是不知怎样适应国外大学的生活。所以写信给你的英国笔友John，结合下列其他大学新生经常遇到的情况，寻求建议。

1. 感到孤独、经常想家；

2. 文化、食物、气候不适应；

3. 在生活中不会照料自己；

4. 难以找到满意的房东；

5. 教师全英授课难以理解。

注意：1. 短信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数； 2.词数100左右。

Dear John,

This summer I will go to study at London University, but I don’t know how to adapt myself to the new life.

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Yours,

Li Hua

For a long time they walked without saying ________ word. Jim was the first to break

___________ silence.

A. the; a         B. a; the                C. a; /             D. the; /

___doesn’t seem to have been any difficulty solving the problem.

    A. It       B. He      C. There     D. That

---- Susan, go and join your sister cleaning the yard.

    ---- Why ____? John is sitting there doing nothing.

       A. him     B. he      C. I        D. me

The population of China is larger than____ of Japan.

    A. those      B. the one     C. that          D. it