_________ many times, she still can’t remember it.

The children wouldn’t stop talking, so I was beginning to get       with them .

I’ll get Bill to accompany me     the piano when I sing a song at the concert.

It seems quite   to expect a student to master 3000 words within only 2 days.

After trying many times , they had to       the hope of saving the seriously-wounded elephant.

 Ladies and gentlemen , I have the great privilege       introducing our speaker for tonight .

It is universally         that dogs have a good sense of smell.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中两项为多余选项。

Think about an 11－year－old child spending her days washing clothes，looking after a baby brother，doing hard work on the farm．Think about a little girl．1. and has no water to drink because it is not clean．She has watched her father，brother and sister lose their lives because the family has no money to send for a doctor．

2. For Marie Pastora，these are the facts of life．

Maria Would gladly walk to school，but her mother，now alone，needs her badly at home．Maria had to leave school because of her poor family．

But for just 52 pennies a day，you can help out a child like Maria．3.Through Save The Children you can help Maria’s mother get better crops from their farm．and make money so that she can buy clothes and things for school．

To help Maria most，your money is to put together with other helpers，so hardworking people can help themselves．Build a school,…a hospital…make their farms better…and bring in clean water．This is what Save The Children had been about since 1932．

4.  You can write letters to each other, get photos，study reports．Know you are helping and saving another human being．That’s how Save The Children works． 5.   Please take a moment to fill out the paper below to help a child like Maria and her village．

It can make such a difference in her life and yours．

E．She knows there will not be enough food for dinner，

F．But without you，it can’t work．

G．How to help her and her poor villagers?

假设你是第八中学学生会主席李华，你校将举办一次英语演讲比赛(speech contest)，希望附近某大学的外籍教师Smith女士来做评委。请参照以下比赛通知给她写一封信。

英语演讲比赛

主题：人与自然

时间：6月15日下午2∶00～5∶00

地点：501教室

参赛选手：10名学生

联系人：李华(电话44876655)

欢迎大家光临

注意：词数100左右。

Dear Ms Smith，

Li Hua   

All these changes will lead to____ better Yangzhou High School，____ that can surprise and inspire all the alumni．

A. a; the one       B. a; one        C. the; one        D. the; one