8. B。sth. cost sb. sth.：……是某人失去……。

7. C。all right：好吧、行。

6. C。If only ….：要是……就好了，后接过去时态表示虚拟语气。

5. B。(成功地)劝……做某事：persuade sb. to do sth.；表示劝了，但没有成功，则用：advise sb. to do

　sth. 或try to persuade sb. to do sth.

4. C。It’s (high) time (that) sb. did / should do sth.：某人该做某事了。

　　 It’s the …time that sb. have done sth.：这是某人第几次做某事。

3. C。happen to do sth.：碰巧做某事。to have done sth：做过……。

2. B。common sense：常识；　 common practice：习惯做法。

1. A。考查冠词用法。a fourth：另一个、还有一个；the first：第一个。

43. The main idea of this passage is that _________.

　　 A. young men like to surf the Internet　　 B. singles are searching for love online

　　 C. surfing online for a lover is dangerous 　D. people should avoid the old ways of dating

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面对中学生“出国热”, 社会对此有不同的看法. 请你以 Studying Abroad 为题,根据以下提示信息,谈谈自己的看法。

注意:1. 第一句已为你写好,不计入总词数.　　 2. 词数120左右

Studying Abroad

In recent years, studying abroad has been popular. ______________________________

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42. From this passage we can infer that ________.

　　 A. not all single people believe the Internet can help them find their partners

　　 B. looking for love online needs a lot of courage

　　 C. old-fashioned love letters become popular again

　　 D. single people don’t like to look for their partners online.