根据句中所给汉语，完成下列句子。（每空一词，每空0.5分，共10分）

1.一旦吉姆下定决心，我们中没有人能说服他。

Once Jim                                 , none of us can persuade him.

2.看起来似乎三分之一的游客死于酒店里的这场大火。

                      one third of the visitors were killed in the big fire in the hotel.

3.汤姆一听到他得了癌症，感觉自己好像已经被判了死刑。

After knowing that he’d got cancer, Tom felt as if he had                         .

4.听到她儿子上台执政的消息，她突然大哭了起来。

On hearing that her son came               , the woman               tears.

5.三分之二的村民在地震中遇难或受伤。

Two-thirds of the villagers                                 during the earthquake last night.

人们一直面临着上学难、看病难、买房难的问题。如：大部分人都负债买房。 今年政府将更加重视民生。教育、医疗、住房，就业等状况将会得到改善。如：义务教育免费、减轻农民负担、控制房价、扩大就业等, 让人民群众持续地得到实惠。请根据以上所述写篇短文，并简要发表自己的感想。

1：词数：120左右。

2. 参考词汇：民生 the people’s livelihood 义务教育　compulsory education

-完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

1.There was a time ______________go to school. (allow)

曾经有一段时间，妇女不允许上学。

2. ---- Peter didn’t come to the meeting this morning.

-----I___________ yesterday. But I was too busy and forgot it. (tell)

----彼得今天上午没来参加会议。

-----我本该昨天告诉他的，但是我太忙，忘记了。

3. I don’t like the way_________ . (speak)

我不喜欢你和她说话的方式。

4.__________, the West Lake is famous for its beauty. (know)

众所周知，西湖以其美而闻名。

5.It was not until Nelson Mandela and his government ___________the black began to be treated fairly. (power)

直到曼德拉和他的政府上台，黑人才开始受到公正的待遇。

6.Only by developing economy____________ the future world. (play)

只有通过发展经济，中国才会在未来世界里发挥作用。

7.They have come to an important stage_________. (decision)

他们已经到了一个他们必须做决定的阶段。

8.When I woke up I could actually hear the rain falling, even with___________. (close)

当我醒来时，我确实听到雨在下，尽管所有的窗户都关着。

9.As many as 800 houses are believed_________ in the fire. (ruin)

大家相信，在那次火灾中多达800间房屋成废墟了。

10.She always has the window open, __________. (it)

不管天气又多冷，她总让窗户开着。