17．It isimpolite （polite） to ask other's income，marriage and age．

16．Mr．Li will talk with you about yourabsence （absent） yesterday．

15．Nora was an extremelygifted （gift） poet．

14．All her timedevoted （devote） to doing experiments，Lucy has no time for films．

13．Surrounded by trees，the house isinvisible （看不见的） from the road．

12．Jack，stopsighing （叹息） over the failure of the test．Try to do better next time．

11．It's impossible to know inadvance （预先） what will happen in the future．

10．Keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways（61）to improve/of improving （improve） our English writing ability．
Compared with other forms of writing，it is shorter and takes（62）less（little） time．It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English．If we persist （坚持） in this practice，gradually we'll learn how to express ourselves in English．In keeping a diary in English，we certainly run up against many（63）difficulties （difficult）．Firstly，it often happens that we have trouble（64）（in）finding （find） appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind．Secondly，there（65）are （be） many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese．And it is（66）extremely（extreme） hard for us to put them into English properly．
As far as I am concerned，my suggestion is（67）that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach．Whenever something beats us，we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary．We can also ask our English teacher（68）for help，if necessary．In short，I believe that it is （69）of great use to keep a diary in English for the（70）development （develop） of our writing skills．

9．Is there anything more important than health？I don't think so．"Health is the greatest wealth，"wise people say．（36）B    If you have a headache，toothache，backache，or bad pain in the stomach，if you complain of a bad cough，or if you suffer from high or low blood press ure，I think you go to the doctor．
    The doctor will examine your throat，test your blood pressure，take your temperature，sound your heart and lungs，check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed．（37）C．The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice．
    （38）G．
    An old gentleman came to see the doctor．The man was very ill．He told the doctor about his weakness，memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs．The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease．He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest．（39）A．In other words，the doctor advised him to follow the rule："Eat at pleasure，drink with measure and enjoy life as it is．"The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again，he shouldn't smoke more than one cigarette a day．
    A month later the gentleman came into the doctor's office．（40）E．He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man．
"But you know，doctor，"he said，"it's not easy to begin smoking at my age"

A．He also advised him to eat a lot of meat，drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks．
B．You can't be good at your studies or work well when you are ill．
C．After that he will advise some treatment or some medicine．
D．All these will cost a lot of money．
E．He looked cheerful and happy．
F．He was more worried about his illness．
G．Speaking about doctor's advice，I can't help telling you a funny story．

8．Many people think that the BBC news programs are better than those on other channels because the BBC is not a commercial company．It pays for its programs from the television license money which everyone must pay if they have a television．
    The BBC，which is often known as"Auntie"，is the biggest news collecting operation in the world．It has the world's largest network of foreign correspondents （记者）．Ten percent of the BBC's annual budget（年度预算） is spent on news collecting，reporting and presenting．More than 1，700 people work for the BBC news service．
    The BBC produces more than 214 hours of news and current affairs programs for radio and television each week．Each television news program costs abo ut£78，000 per hour and each radio news program costs about£4，800 per hour．In the UK，about 19 million people-almost 35% of the total population watch the BBC television news programs every day．
    Developments in technology are improving news collection and presenta tion every year．The BBC now uses special cameras in the TV news studios to film the news presenters，and captions-the words and sentences at the bottom of the screen，are now produced automatically by computer．

25．Acco rding to the first paragraph，we can learn thatD．
A．the BBC news programs are better than other programs
B．many people are more content with the BBC than with other channels
C．if we have a television，we don't need to pay the television license money
D．the BBC news programs are better thought of than the news programs on other channels 
26．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？A
A．The BBC has the largest network of foreign correspondents in the world．
B．The BBC is now the only company to use special cameras to film the news presenters．
C．The number of the people working for the BBC news service is the largest in the world．
D．The percentage of the BBC's budget spent on news collecting is the largest in the world．
27．We can infer from the passage that the UK has a population of aboutB．
A.19 million       B.54 million   C.5.4 million   D.6.6 million
28．What's the best title for the passage？A
A．The BBC News Service           
B．The BBC Is Not Commercial
C．The Biggest Operation in The World
D．Developments in Technology Are Improving News Collection．