_______, and we will do the work better.

   A. Give us more time                      B. Given more time

   C. Giving us more time                     D. Having given us more time

 With just four years _______, the Brazil Olympic organizers have promised to deliver an equally inspirational ceremony.

A. gone            B. to go               C.  going               D. go

 ________ seems to be no possibility _______ the shy girl can win the first prize in the contest.

A. There; whether   B. It; whether        C.  There; that      D. It; that

 It took a long time for the effective use of natural gas ______.

     A. making          B. being made        C. to make         D. to be made

 Although the couple didn’t choose to sleep in the wild instead of in the hotel, it_______ unexpectedly beautiful.

A. turned around     B. turned down         C. turned out      D. turned up

---He suggests the number of cars should be limited to stop air pollution.

--- __________, the idea is not very practical.

A. As good it sounds　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Good as it sounds

C.　 Sounds good as it　　　　　 　 　　 D. As it sounds good

   Scientists are trying to develop a special material, _______ they will make use of in space.

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

  There is no power like ______ power of confidence, and there is no student as competitive as ______ student who trusts his own abilities.

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

       假設(shè)你是新華中學(xué)的學(xué)生李華。最近，某中學(xué)生英語報(bào)將要舉行一次中學(xué)生英語征文大賽，你決定參加。這次征文的話題是“我是如何改掉壞習(xí)慣的”。請根據(jù)以下提示用英語寫一篇短文：

       1．自我介紹；

       2．描述一下自己的壞習(xí)慣以及其不良影響；

       3．談?wù)勀闶侨绾胃牡舻摹?/p>

注意：1．詞數(shù)120～150；

2．可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)。

閱讀下面短文，并根據(jù)短文后的要求回答問題（請注意問題后的字?jǐn)?shù)要求）。

[ 1 ] The Diaoyu Islands are located in the East China Sea between China and Japan．Ceologically, they are attached to China's Taiwan Province．The waters around the islands are 100 to 150 meters deep, and there is a 2,000 - meter - deep oceanic trench （海溝） between the islands and Japans' Okinawa Islands．

[2]The islands have appeared on China' s maps since the Ming Dynasty（1368 —1644）．There are records noting the islands in a book published during the rule of Emperor Yongle（1403—24）in the Ming Dynasty, more than 400 years before Japan claimed discovery of the Diaoyu Islands in 1884．After the Ming Dynasty, the islands were recorded in many historical documents．On a map published by Japan between 1783 and 1785, the Diaoyu Islands were shown as belonging to China．Japan never questioned this until the Sino - Japanese War of 1894 — 95.  In the war, Government of the Qing Dynasty （1644 —1911）was defeated, and was forced to give up the whole island of Taiwan and its surrounding islands to Japan．Only since then has Japan had its own name for the Diaoyu Islands．

[3]              in World War II in 1945．Then the islands came under US control．In 1951, Japan and the United States illegally signed a treaty in San Francisco without inviting China．The islands were then "entrusted" to Japan．Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai made a statement that the Treaty of Peace with Japan signed in San Francisco was illegal, and said that the Chinese Government would never recognize the Treaty． In another statement in 1958, the Chinese Government said that Japan should return all the territory（領(lǐng)土） of the People' s Republic of China, including Taiwan and its surrounding islands, to China．

76．What is the main idea of Paragraph 2? （ no more than 8 words）

77．When did Japan seize the Diaoyu Islands by illegal means? （no more than 10 words）

78．What does the underlined word "noting" mean in English in Paragraph 2? （ no more than 2words）

79．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words．  （ no more than 5 words）

80．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.