_______, 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; /

       假设你是新华中学的学生李华。最近，某中学生英语报将要举行一次中学生英语征文大赛，你决定参加。这次征文的话题是“我是如何改掉坏习惯的”。请根据以下提示用英语写一篇短文：

       1．自我介绍；

       2．描述一下自己的坏习惯以及其不良影响；

       3．谈谈你是如何改掉的。

注意：1．词数120～150；

2．可适当增加细节。

阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求回答问题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

[ 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 （海沟） 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before Japan claimed discovery of the Diaoyu Islands in 1884．After the Ming Dynasty, the islands were recorded in many historical documents．On a map published by Japan between 1783 and 1785, the Diaoyu Islands were shown as belonging to China．Japan never questioned this until the Sino - Japanese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（领土） 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.