－What’s that terrible noise?

－The neighbors _______ for a party.

A. have prepared   B. are preparing C. prepare         D. will prepare

I invited Joe and Linda to dinner, but ______ of them came.

A. neither         B. either        C. none            D. both

_______ the rain falling so hard, it becomes more and more difficult to carry on the rescue work.

A. Since            B. As           C. With             D. For

The families of the trapped miners’ are ________ to get any information about their relatives from the rescuing center.

A. deserving      B. sticking   C. hating          D. dying

  This printer is of good quality. If it ______ break down within the first year, we would repair it at our expense.

    A. should           B. would            C. could            D. might

书面表达 (满分25分)

目前，越来越多的中学生利用周末上各种各样的培训班。对此存在两种不同观

点：

根据以上提示，以Are private classes necessary?为题，写一篇120词左右的短文，反映表中内容，并简要阐述自己的观点。文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。

    参考词汇： 巩固—consolidate

                       Are private classes necessary?

    More and more middle school students are taking all kinds of training classes at the weekend. There are two different viewpoints about it. ____________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

__________ good exercise.

  A. Climbing hills is                B. Climbing the hill is

  C. The climbing hills are            D. The climbing of hills are

The Internet plays _______ an important part in our society _______ it has influenced our life.    

A. such; as           B. so; that     C. so; as        D. such; that

The dress of this kind doesn't suit me．Would you please show me ______ one?

    A．some            B．another              C．any             D．the other

–What’s that noise?

   –Oh, I forgot to tell you. The new machine ______.

A. was tested  B. will be tested   C. is being tested   D. has been tested