2、I remember a time I went shopping on my first visit to Macau．Coming from cold and cloudy England，I was prepared for the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a short skirt．Not having much chance to enjoy the sun in the UK and having naturally fair skin，my legs are very white．In the UK this is not a fashionable look at all．Most women spend every sunny day out in the sun trying to get darker skin．The darker the skin，the better the look．

As I walked around one shop，the two shop assistants didn't，take their eyes off me the whole time，talking quietly in Chinese．I began to feel uncomfortable and asked my friend if we could leave．After we left the shop，she asked me what was wrong．I was embarrassed that they were talking abut my white skin．My friend laughed．“They weren’t laughing at you．They were saying how nice your legs are．Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours．In face，there are many beauty products in the shops to make skin whiter and a lot of money is spent on them．”

It just goes to show that we always think what others have is better．The grass is always greener on the other side．If the women of the West and East thought the same way，Western women wouldn't spend so much money on cream that makes skin darker and women from the East wouldn't need to use cream that makes skin whiter．

1．Where did the story happen?

2．What kind of skin do most British women prefer to have?

3．Why did the writer want to leave the shop at once?

4．What were the shop assistants talking about?

5．What does the underlined sentence “The grass is always greener on the other side” mean?

1、假如你是李华，你刚收到美国一所学校的录取通知书，打算九月份按时报到。请你写一封短信给该校招生负责人Peter，询问有关事宜。

要点：

1．是否有人接；何种交通工具：

2．希望单独住；有厨房；

3．希望班上有各国学生；

4．书面语好，听说差，如何尽快提高口语。

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头语已为你写好。

Dear Mr. Peter，

I'm glad to receive your school's admission offer．

With best wishes．

Yours，

Li Hua

28、—Where is your brother?

—I think he's still in       bed，but he might just be in       bathroom．

A．/; /          B．the; the             C．the;/                   D．/; the

27、The thieves ran away separately，       carrying a bag．The police then divided into groups to follow them immediately．

A．all         B．each         C．every        D．either

25、       apple fell from the tree and hit him on        head.

A．An; his          B．An; the          C．The; his          D．The; the

24、—Must I turn off the gas after cooking?

—Of course! You can never be      careful with that.

A．enough          B．too         C．so            D．very