—The tree is so tall.
—Yes. It ______nearly 20 metres.

A．measures

B．is measured

C．measure

D．to be measured

It ______ to me that I might try this way to deal with this problem.

A．took place

B．burst

C．occurred

D．happened

After staying in room for weeks, the lady was advised to go to the outside world to ______ her confidence as well as health.

A．take up

B．make up

C．carry up

D．pick up

For ages, Bill Gates has been supporting educational programmes that ______from kindergartens to universities.

A．range

B．move

C．vary

D．spread

It’s said that the power plant is now ______large as what it was.

A．twice as

B．a(chǎn)s twice

C．twice much

D．much twice

They wanted to charge $5,000, ______ we managed to bring the price down.

A．but

B．so

C．when

D．since

A post office should be built in a central ______ for the sake of the convenience.

A．position

B．situation

C．eruption

D．connection

The room became ______ crowded after the desk was moved out.

A．a(chǎn) little

B．fewer

C．less

D．much

It is reported that a powerful earthquake ______the Italian island of Sicily early this morning.

A．happened

B．caused

C．occurred

D．struck

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his or her life, he or she might write in his or her diary. Now a teenager with the same problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog. In many ways, a diary and a blog are almost the same. So, what makes a blog different from a diary?
__小題1:__ Usually, a teenager treats his or her diary like a book full of secrets. Both diaries and blogs tell what happened to the writer that day.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her blog. She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry exam. __小題2:__ Then, after I finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was worried that my sister might read it!
Because a blog is such a public way of writing, it has both good and bad points. __小題3:__ If I am angry with a friend during school and write something bad about her in my diary, she will never know. However, if my sister writes something bad about a friend, that friend may read her blog and get angry. __小題4:__.
A blog has good points, of course. __小題5:__ People choose to write in blogs because they know that their friends will read what they write. If I am feeling sad one day and write in my diary, “Nobody cares about me,” no one will know about it. However, if my sister writes the same words in her blog, her best friends will quickly reply and tell her how much they like her.
If People are careful about what they write, blogs are a very good way to write about everyday life. However, I still prefer my old diary!

A．So we have to be very careful of what we write.

B．When I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but only in my diary.

C．The biggest problem with a blog is that anyone can read what you write.

D．The biggest difference is that a blog is much more public than a diary.

E. Everyone intends to keep his own secret.
F. Blogs help people stay in contact with their friends and hear what the people around them are doing.
G. When we write a diary we usually write down what we have done or how we think of others.