Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.

Americans might be embarrassed because their Japanese friends are so formal with them. Japanese might feel insulted because American acquaintances greet them casually. Still, the forms of greeting in both countries only show respect for others. It just happens that Americans and Japanese have a different way of looking at human relationships and thus have a different way of showing respect.

Write a letter according to the following situation: Your name is Zhao Ming. You are a junior student majoring in biology at Henan University. You are applying for the position of part-time lab assistant. Write a letter to Dr. Wang Dequan in charge of this matter. In the letter, provide necessary information about yourself: academic background, work experience and so on.(150-200 words)

It was mid-June the morning we graduated, and fainted in the huge hall for the Commencement(毕业典礼) from the heat. Afterwards Frani's parents took several of us to lunch at the Silver Swan. My grandparents had not come for the occasion, but sent me a check for a trip to Europe—that was a graduation present, and a wedding present as well, they wrote. Yes, the decision of marriage had eventually been made. We had already had an interview with the curate(牧师助理), and it was exactly one week after the Commencement and my twenty-first birthday when we “stood up” together in the chapel. John told me that I would never become a good actress. We had one-night honeymoon at an inn in Briarcliff, and there all of a sudden I had an attack of panic. As we climbed into the big bed, I knew, too late, that I had done the wrong thing. To marry a man without loving him, which was what I had just done, not really perceiving it, was a wicked action, I saw. Stiff with remorse and terror, I lay under the thin blanket through a good part of the night.

19. Next place the boiling hot peaches and syrup(糖浆) into the hot, sterilized jars.

20. After steaming for twenty minutes, remove the jar from the steam bath.

21. The peaches will stay fresh for several years.

22. Linda Miller preserved peaches which lasted for years, and you can too if you follow these few simple steps.

23. While the lids boil, wash the jars and rings in hot, soapy water.

24. As soon as the jar is full within a half inch of headspace, wipe the rim of the jar clean, immediately cap the jar with the hot lid and place the jar in a steamer.

25. First check the jars for cracks or chips and place the lids in boiling water to sterilize.

26. Once the jar has cooled you can store it until it is needed.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.

Americans might be embarrassed because their Japanese friends are so formal with them. Japanese might feel insulted because American acquaintances greet them casually. Still, the forms of greeting in both countries only show respect for others. It just happens that Americans and Japanese have a different way of looking at human relationships and thus have a different way of showing respect.

Read the following paragraph carefully and choose the best topic sentence from the four possible answers that follow the paragraph by writing A, B, C or D.

Topic Sentence:__________

At the turn of the century we're faced with many social and economical problems, of which environmental pollution might be the most critical and vital. Every day when we look up, the sky is sadly gray. The moment we walk on the pavement or ride a bike in the street, we will smell the strong, thick gas emitted out of cars and trucks, along with much terrible noise. Each time we turn on TV, a couple of bad news about global warming and acid rains will flow into our ears. Our earth, as the single homeland we are able to count on now, is sufficiently eroded by air and land pollution.

A. We're faced with many serious problems.

B. It is high time for us human beings to protect our own homeland—the earth.

C. Air pollution is becoming serious.

D. We must protect our land from erosion.

Entertainment is an important part of our lives it is hard to imagine it can be replaced.

Choose the best topic sentence from the group below by writing A, B, C or D.

A. The branches are growing over the back fence.

B. The backyard needs a lot of work

C. The trees need trimming.

D. Some branches are covering the telephone lines.

Answer:__________

Billy, wise and smart, and who is very experienced, has been promoted as captain of the basketball team.

The farmers had got the land, the laws were changed by them.

Please give these clothes to those people. Who are deep in trouble.