It was his own ________ (过错) that he failed in the examination.

—Look！Everything here is under construction.

—What’s the pretty small house that________for?

A．is being built 　　　　　　　　　　　　　B．has been built

C．is built 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．is building

The _______ girl was last seen ________ flowers near the river.

A. missing; picking B. missing; pick C. missed; picked D. missed; to pick

The Smiths have no children of their own, so they decided to ____ an orphan.

　 A. admit　　　　 B. avoid

　 C. addict　　　　 D. adopt

In order to gain a bigger share in the international market, many state-run com-panies are striving _______ their products more competitive.

A. to make　　　 　 B. making

C. to have made　　　 D. having made

I really can’t imagine such a beautiful girl 　　　be so rude.

A．need　　 B．may　 C．shall　　 D．should

The office is _______ that one, so we can have our meeting there.

A. six times bigger as　　　 B. six times as big as

C. six times big as　　　　 D. six times as bigger as

--How's Karen today?

　 --She is feeling slightly ________ she was yesterday.

　 A. other than B. more than　　　 C. rather than　　 D. better than

下面是一个中学生给某报编辑写的一封信，仔细阅读并就信的内容以编辑的名义给此中学生写一封120词左右的回信。

Dear Editor，

I am an active girl，and I speak and laugh loudly in the classroom，like a boy. I don’t care about small matters.On the contrary, my neighbour，the girl who sits next to me，speaks quietly and dare not do the things I often do.I can understand this.

What I can’t stand is that she often gets angry with me about small things.How can I get along with her?

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yours sincerely，

Sunny