The teenagers wonder ______makes Jay a successful pop singer.

 A. what is it that              B. what it is that             C. that it is            D. what  is it that

 In 1995, the Chinese government         a plan for "rejuvenating the nation by relying on science and education".

 A. benefited from            B. put forward               C. took advantage of             D. looked into

Nowhere ________ us; we still don’t know the answer.

A. will this argument lead to                           B. this argument leads to        

C. has this argument led to                            D. leads this argument to

In a city with ________ industry, land is precious and cannot be used for traffic without permission.

   A increase        B. boom        C. increasing       D. booming

Although she believed that she had a good chance of recovering, the doctors said that few, __________ , could come back to normal after getting this disease.

A. if any         B. if so          C. if not        D. if ever

 ―I don't believe that John can remember what the robber was like．

―You're quite wrong. l know it was dark. but he            the robber's face ―I'm sure of it！

A．had seen    B．was seeing    C．did see     D．would see

 The girl was determined to marry the young man she fell in love with _______ her parents’ disagreement.

  A. by means of          B regardless of              C. due to                   D. in favour of

--- The child is said to have        gift for teaching deaf children.

--- She’s something. I think it calls for        patience and imagination.

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

以“Water Shortage”为题写一篇120词左右的短文，必须包括以下内容：

1.       水资源严重缺乏

2.       水资源缺乏的原因

3.       如何解决水资源的问题

  Manhattan is the heart of New York City. It is really an island, which is only 13 miles long and 2 miles wide. Seen from the air, it look like a long finger. From the sea it is just like a picture we often see.

  Manhattan has some wonderful sights. What is the easiest way to see them? First, get a map of New York City, which is often supplied free at gas stations and tourists offices. You can take a bus tour, but a better way to see the sights is to walk, and you’ll walk with your head thrown back so that you can look at the tall buildings rising like steep cliff(悬崖) on__________ of the streets.

  It is not easy to get lost here. The streets of New York from squares called blocks. Nearly all the streets are in the straight lines, running from east to west. Those from north to south are called avenues. Most of the avenues and streets have only numbers. The famous fifth Avenue is the dividing line between the east and west in Manhattan. Here you’ll see the Empire State Building. On the 102^nd floor, over 1,400 feet above the ground, it is possible for you to see the area in which one in ten of all the people in America live. You can also look down at the other huge skyscrapers, the United Nations’ buildings, the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) in the harbor, Broadway---the longest street in the world but not the straightest, and the greatest ships in the world’s biggest port.

1.   What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

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2.   Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

A street known as the Fifth Avenue divides Manhattan into two parts---the east and the west.

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3.   Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words and phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words)

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4.   Which is the better way to see the sights in Manhattan---to take a bus or to walk? Why?

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5.   Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

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