________ makes some people appear astonishingly youthful while others seem much older than their actual age?

A．What it is B．What is it that

C．What it is that D．Why it is what

某地区最近通过了一项地方法规，禁止在文件、新闻、教材中使用网络俚语(web slang)。这引起了网友的广泛争议。请你用英语写一篇关于禁止使用网络俚语的短文。

注意：1.文章必须包括表中的全部内容；

2．不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；

3．词数120～150。开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

Recently there's much debate online about whether it's a wise decision to ban the use of web slang.

随着网络的发展，目前很多人给亲朋好友发电子贺卡。请根据以下提示，阐述电子贺卡的优越性。

1．可播放动画和声音；

2．传递速度快。

3．形式多样，还可自己设计。

4．有利于保护环境。

注意：文章包括以上要点，可适当发挥，不要逐条翻译。

词数：100—120字

参考词汇：电子贺卡：electronic card;　　 动画：animation

This is the third book that he has written in the past five years, the first of _______ I really enjoyed.

　 A. which　　　　　　　 B. that　　　　　　　 C. those　　　　 D. them

As a result of people’s destroying the forest, a larger　　　 of desert　　　 covered the earth in recent years.

　 A. number; has B. number; have　 C. quantity; has　 D. quantity; have

“I thought you might have got drunk.” “Yes, I ______.”

A. almost have                                          B. almost had

C. almost did                                            D. might have

--" Would you mind the window? It's hot here!" May said.

--"__________. "Tom replied.

A.to open ; No, please　　　　　　 B. open ; Yes, please

C.opening; No, of course not　　　 D. opening ; Yes, please

Believe it or not, there are good reasons for wearing a school uniform. It makes you   1__  proud of your school. It builds a common spirit of unity (整体) among students and   2   them of the values and history of their school. But for most students, school uniforms are not something to be proud of   3  .

“Why   4   the school uniform just one day a week? Always wearing the same clothes makes me feel boring,” a senior student from a high school complained (抱怨). “I don’t like the big English letters of the name of our school on the back,” said a junior student “They could be   __5  .” The main student complaints about school uniforms are: simple colors, boring designs and bad   6  . And a teacher at a middle school in Guangzhou said that   7   a teacher and a mother, she eagerly   8   the quality of school uniforms will be improved soon.

What has caused all these problems? Chen Hong, a uniform designer in Shenzhen, pointed out that problems   9   because the whole society doesn’t see the   10   of the school uniform.

“Most designers are  11   to stick to the same old fashion,  12 _ there are no professionals (专业人员)   13   work for students,” Chen said.

His company   14   most of the awards in the first national competition for school uniforms last month in Nanning, Guangxi.

“Besides, high quality calls for a high price,” said Chen. “But in some schools, the annual (一年一度) expense for each student’s uniform is only 50 to 60 yuan. How can we produce high quality clothes with so   15   money?”

Even with these problems, efforts have been made   16   the situation, according to Zhai Shiliang,   17   of the School Uniform Administration and Service Center in Beijing. A school clothes competition was held in April in Beijing. Thirty-seven uniforms,   18   in schools next spring, were selected from 570. “We will offer the samples (样品) for schools to choose,” Zhai said.

“The perfect uniform should remind the students of the school’s honor and cause them to be proud of it   19   they are,” Chen said. Zhai added, “During the 2008 Olympic Games, the whole world will see the new appearance of our   20   century young generation with new school uniforms.”

1. A. take                    B. feel                 C. to take             D. to feel

2. A. remains               B. remember          C. reminds           D. recalls

3. A. at all                   B. in all               C. for all              D. after all

4. A. not to wear           B. to wear            C. not wear          D. wear

5. A. large                   B. larger              C. small               D. smaller

6. A. quantity              B. amount            C. quality             D. unit

7. A. as                       B. like                 C. for                  D. with

8. A. wishes                 B. needs               C. wants              D. hopes

9. A. come through      B. come up          C. come in           D. come on

10. A. importance        B. important         C. design             D. possibility

11. A. like                   B. possibly           C. unlikely           D. likely

12. A. if                      B. although          C. because            D. because of

13. A. what                 B. which              C. that                 D. ×

14. A. won                  B. has won           C. wins                D. had won

15. A. few                   B. little                C. much               D. many

16. A. improve            B. develop           C. change             D. to change

17. A. a head               B. the head           C. Head               D. head

18. A. being seen                B. to be seen        C. to see              D. will be seen

19. A. whenever and wherever                  B. when and where 

C. what and who                                D. whatever and whoever

20. A. 19th                  B. 20th                       C. 21st                 D. 22nd

1.    Medals were a_______ to the best speakers on the debating team.