____ arriving at the office, he began to work.

A. Upon    B. For      C. In     D. By

One of the boys who ____ my friends ____ very good at English.

A. is; are           B. is; is             C. are; are       D. are; is

―Hi, Jane. I enjoyed myself so much at your birthday party last night.

―         .

A．Oh , that’s kind of you     B．Congratulations  

C．It’s my pleasure              D．Oh, I’m glad to hear that

pulse         A. erupt       B. put         C. bury             D. urge

harmony      A. honest           B. honey     C. honour              D. hour

discourage        A. glad        B. graduate        C. geography       D. glory

panic         A. many       B. palace      C. celebrate        D. village

 loose        A. cook        B. book       C. proof           D. flood

假设你是李华，请根据下图提示，给美国笔友Peter写一封信，介绍你校学生的课外生活，并谈谈你的感受。

注意：

1. 信的开头和结尾已写好。

2. 词数不少于60。

Dear Peter，

How are things going? Now I'd like to tell you something about our out-of-class activities.

I hope to know more about your out-of-class activities. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

Li Hua

The world’s first subway was built in London in 1863. At the time，the government was looking for a way to reduce traffic problems. The poor areas of the city were so crowded with people. So the officials decided to make it possible for workers to live outside of London and travel easily to work each day. If people had a convenient way to get to and from work，they would live outside of the city and this would help reduce the pressure. From these problems，the idea of the London Underground was born.

The plans for building the Underground met with several problems，but the first track was finally opened in January，1863. A steam train pulled the cars along the first underground track which was six kilometers long. About 30，000 people got on the subway the first day. They were treated to comfortable seats and pleasant decorations inside the cars. However，the smoke from the engine soon filled the air in the tunnels. Fans had to be put in the tunnel later to keep the air  clean enough for people to breathe. Even with its problems，riding the Underground did become popular. It carried nine million riders in its first year.

Modem subways have come a long way since the early days of the London Underground.

Today there are more than one hundred underground systems around the world. Shopping malls built in traffic stations have helped the popularity of subways. Nowadays many stations include underground department stores，supermarkets and restaurants. Shoppers never have to go above ground !

1. What is the best title for this passage?

2. Why did the British government decide to build the London Underground?

3. When was the first track opened?

4. What does the writer mean by saying “Shoppers never have to go above ground!”?