根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或词组填空，使对话内容完整正确。

Helen：Hi，Tony! What do you think of the TV programme about Pompeii?

Tony：Pompeii? What is Pompeii?

Helen：It is a dead city ___1___ Italy．

Tony：Why do you say it's a dead city?

Helen：Because Mount Vesuvius，a grass-covered volcano（火山）erupted（喷发）in 79 AD．When the eruption ended two days later，the ___2___ city was covered with 20 feet of stones and ashes．

Tony：Wow! How terrible! Then how long did Pompeii lie under the stones and ashes?

Helen：For centuries．Later，in the year 1861，an Italian scientist ___3___ Pompeii．The city looked almost ___4___ it had looked in 79 AD．

Tony：Really?

Helen：Yes，in the city you can see everyday objects which remind you of people's __5__ there．

Tony：That's amazing．I'll go there to have a visit if I have time．

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

When the Great Library of Alexandria burned，the story goes that one book was saved．But nobody thought it was a v__1__ book．A poor man，who could read a little，bought it for a few coins．

The book wasn't very interesting．but between its pages there was something very interesting i__2__．It was a thin strip of vellum（羊皮纸）on which as written the secret of the “Touchstone”!

The touchstone was a small pebble（卵石）that could t__3__ any common metal into pure gold．The writing e__4__ that it was lying among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it．But the secret was that the real stone would feel w__5__，while ordinary pebbles were cold．

So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles．He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again b__6__ they were cold，he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of t__7__．So，when he felt one that was cold，he threw it into the sea．He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone．Y_8__ he went on and on this way．

One day，however，about mid-afternoon，he picked up a pebble and it was warm．He threw it into the sea b__9_ he realized what he had done．He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along，he still threw it away．

So it is with opportunity（机会）．U__10__ we are careful，it's easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand．

假如你是来自美国威尔斯中学的交换学生Simon，即将回校开始高中学业。学校要求高一学生必须修满9个学分（Credit）的课程，除学校规定的6个学分的必修课（Required Course）外，你还得自选3个学分的选修课（Elective Course）。请从学校提供的选修科目中，选择几门课程，修满3个学分。给学校写一封信，陈述你所选择的选修科目及选择的理由。

注意：1．信中不能出现你的真实姓名和学校名称。

2．内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯。

3．词数80左右。信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Sir／Madam，

I am pleased to return to the school next term．I will choose                        

—How about_________ charity show?

—I should say it was________ success．

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

—Sorry，I made a mistake again．

—_________．Practice more and you will succeed． 

A．Never mind       B．Certainly not        C．Not at all       D．Don’t mention it

Make sure you’ve got the tickets and guidebooks and________ before you leave．

A．something        B．anything        C．everything         D．nothing

假如你叫李明，在六月一日参加了“儿童节爱心捐助”活动，并去看望了所资助的孩子王刚。

请根据感谢信内容和所给中文信息，写一篇日记，叙述活动当天的经历和感受。至少写出5句话。

一杯水举一分钟很轻松，举一小时手臂要酸痛，举一天你就会……面对长时间的压力（pressure）；是走出户外，呼吸新鲜空气?还是捧读书卷，感悟文字书香?是促膝交流，体会友谊温暖?还是请你围绕面对学习压力如何放松自己这一话题，展开思路谈谈你的感想。

    要求：，

    1．请根据所提供的信息材料和话题（不要逐句翻译），写出结构严谨、条理清晰、语言丰富优美、语法准确、可读性强的短文。

    2．至少80词。

    3．不得使用真实姓名、地名和学校名。

    4．题目自拟。

—How many _______ are there in the kitchen?

—Only two.

A．bag of rice        B．bags of rice         C． bags of rices

He has been here _______ he left his hometown.

A． since              B．in           C． for