He told me that he was very familiar _______ the surroundings there and I told him that the

people there were familiar _____ me.

  A. with; to       B. to; with          C. for; on            D. over; at

_____ is known to all, the age _______ children can go to school is seven.

  A. What; which    B. It; when        C. As; at which       D. Which; when

 He stood for an instant with his hand still ___________.

  A. raised          B. raising          C. rose             D. risen

 He looked as though he _________ a ghost（鬼）.

  A. saw            B. has seen         C. have seen        D. had seen

 John, look at the time. ________ you play the piano at such a late hour?

  A. Can            B. Need          C. May             D. Must

 Great changes __________ in our hometown in the past twenty years..

  A. have been taken place               B. has been taken place

  C. have taken place                   D. were taken place

If you ______ earlier, you ________ him.

   A. came; would meet                   B. had come; would have met

   C. had come; would meet                D. would come; met

The student must have been ill yesterday, ______?

   A. mustn’t he      B. needn’t he        C. didn’t he          D. wasn’t he

 Rather than _______everything to the last minute, I always prefer starting early.

   A. to leave        B. leave            C. leaving            D. left

书面表达（共1小题，满分15分）

前段时间，社会上就是否该恢复使用繁体字展开了激烈的讨论。请你根据下列要点给某英文报纸评论栏目写一篇文章，谈谈你的看法。

反对者认为：1. 繁体字字形优美，包含了中华文化；2. 繁体字更容易辨认，汉字从繁到简是一种退步。

支持者认为：1. 繁体字书写烦琐，难以适应现代社会的快节奏需要；2. 汉字从繁到简是一种进步。

你的看法

注意：1. 用五句话，文章的开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2. 要求包含所有要点，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：简体字simplified Chinese characters 繁体字traditional Chinese characters

退步regress n.

I’m very interested in the recent discussion over whether the traditional Chinese characters should be used officially. ________________________________________________________________

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