（2010·江苏如东高级中学高三国庆假期自主练习一）   10. She tried her best to __________ the life there, but failed to make any __________.

A. adjust to; sense     B. adapt to; trouble  

C. adapt to; effort      D. adjust to; difference

（2010·浙江诸暨中学高三第一次月考）7. No one can imagine the difficulty he had ______ his son to get rid of the habit of playing computer games.

       A. persuaded   B. to persuade

C. persuading  D. persuade

（2010·江苏如东高级中学高三国庆假期自主练习一）   30. The Tower of London is ____ the Church tower.

A. twice high than                   B. two times as high as

C. twice higher as            D. three times the height of

（2010·浙江平湖中学高三10月月考）     36. I had just stepped out of the bathroom ______ I heard the steps.

A. while             B. when              C. since             D. after

（2010·湖南衡阳八中高三上第二次月考）      22. My uncle promised to buy me a nice gift for my birthday, _____ beyond my imagination.

A. which           B. that        C. the one          D. something

假如你叫李华，是长沙市某中学学生。最近你校在为一批来自英国的学生征询住宿家庭，你有意申请。请根据下表提供的信息用英语给校长写封信，说明你的理由。

申请理由：

假设你是李华，你上个星期天去市图书馆看书时发现以下问题，你写信向馆长Mr“反映：1．新书太少；2．书架上的书比较混乱； 3．阅览室的一盏灯坏了；4．管理员工作时彼此闲聊。

假如你是一名高三学生，经常为看电视的事跟妈妈闹意见，今天你和妈妈达成一致。请根据以下表格的内容，以An Agreement为题写一篇120字左右的英语短文。

（2010·湖南株洲二中高三上第二次月考___since the night before, I felt very hungry.

A. Having eaten something            B. Not having eaten anything

C. Eating something                 D. Not eating anything

（2010·浙江长兴三中高三第一次月考）His parents _____ him to give up the plan for the outing this weekend because of the bad weather but he just wouldn’t listen.

A. hoped                B. persuaded         C. suggested         D. tried to persuade