84．你知道这个国家的人口是多少吗?

Do you know ___________________________？

83．最后，大火被消防员扑灭了。

The fire __________________ by the firemen finally．

82．他的父亲去世一年多了。

His father __________________ for more than one year．

81．你最好别和Mary开玩笑，她现在很难过。

You’d better ________________ Mary, she is sad now．

     Guo started his writing creer in high school when he won first prize in a national writing contest in 2001. His first book, City of Fantasy, （62） _________ （come） out soon after the contest and sold well more than 1.5 million copies.

Almost all Guo's novels （63）. _________ （include） a shy hero who gets good grades. He mostly writes about the sad feelings of his young characters. These teenagers deal with loneliness by （64） _________ （sit） alone for long hours under trees and on rooftops. "Xiaosi （Guo’s nickname），I will always be with you!” A reader wrote in Guo’s blog．“My main goal is（65） _________ （tell）the story well and have everyone like it．” Guo said．

    In fact，Guo（66） _________ （see）more as all idol than as a writer．His handsome outlooking，cross-dressing and strange actions make newspapers（67） _________（pay）more attention to himself than his books．Many fans are eager（68） _________ （get）to get his autograph （亲笔签名）．

But today he faces more dangerous threat: even younger writers. The past few years （69）         _________ （see） the rise of a group of teenage writers, sometimes called the "Post-90s" generation. However, Guo seems to have plans to meet them. Next year, he （70） _________（hold） a national competition for these rivals （对手）。

六、根据句意及首字母提示完成短文。（10分）

     No matter who you are, when you are and where you are, "friend" is always a topic you like to talk about. In my opinion, there are three t___ （71） __of friends around me.

     F   （72）  , it is common friends, and its number is the largest of all. We may share similar interests and similar topics. We may sometimes or often meet and chat, s   （73）  each other' s happiness and sadness. They are a main part and an important part of my life, but not each of them is necessary. Sometimes I may lose contact with some of them, but it is not important, because I will have more similar friends later.

     The second type will laugh with you, and may cry with you, but their r  （74）    aim is to use you and get interest or benefit from you. When they need you, they are with you or come for help from you. When you need help w  （75）   they don't need you. It's rather difficult for them to give a hand.

     The last type may not always appear in front of you, but when you have difficulties, they will help you selflessly as if it w   （76）  their duty or they themselves were in the soup. As the s （77）   , a friend in need is a friend indeed. They are the real fortune of ours, and of course we should treat them in the same way. We all wish to have a lot of friends of this type.

     A   （78）_ time goes on, we gradually learn to t  （79）__ the differences between friends. All we can do is to treat friends with all our heart, and try to have more real and common friends and f _（80）_ friends of the second type.

七、书面表达。（20分）

（一）根据汉语意思完成下面句子。（5分）

Guess who is the most successful young writer in China? It is 24-year-old Guo Jingming, who earned $1.4 million last year, （61） _________ （accord） to the New York Times.