20.  ________of both sides, the two companies decided to _______ to become more competitive in the global market.

     A. For the benefit; combine                  B. In the interest; be combined  

     C. On the basis; combine                    D. With the help; be combined

二．　书面表达

近年来中国中学生中出现了 “出国学习热”，成千上万的中学生已经去国外学习，而许多其他学生还一直在设法出国，对此人们有不同的看法。请根据下面表格提示，以Studying Abroad 为题给二十一世纪英文报中学生版写一篇短文。

Advantages     1. 与不同文化背景的人交友。 2. 学习国外先进的科学技术。 3. 更快地学习外语。Disadvantages    

       1. 年纪小、缺乏生活经验，自理能力差。 2. 情感孤独，思乡。 3. 生活和学习费用高。    你 自 己 的 看 法   

注意：1．短文须包括所有要点，内容连贯；

 2．词数；80-100左右；开头已给出（不计入总词数）。

Studying   Abroad

In recent years, studying abroad has been popular with Chinese high school students.

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    第二节：开放作文

    请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

    In your spoken English class，your teacher shows you the following picture．You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

参考词汇：label标签

23．Naturally I will come to you for advice whenever I feel I need________.

A．them                         B．one                     C．some                     D．Few

26．______life began on the earth is one of the biggest puzzles to scientists.

       A．How B．What C．Where      D．That

A number of tests have been conducted to _________ that these drugs have no side effects.

A. find out             B. look for            C. make sure     D. work out

Technology has made the delivery of information less difficult, thus _____ information available to more people.

A. to make     B. made  C. making      D. to have made

–Can you spare me some time?   –I'm afraid not. I have lots of letters _____.

A. doing with            B. to do for      C. to deal               D. to deal with

The discovery of new evidence led to _____.

A. the thief having caught     B. catch the thief

C. the thief being caught       D. the thief to be caught

The concert last month was ______ that all the audience wanted to attend it once again.

A. so success       B. such success   C. so a success     D. such a success