In the United States, the legal age to drink alcohol is twenty-one. Twenty-one is one of the highest in the world. (sentence with a noun phrase)

Write letter according to the following situation : You(Wang Dong) are a student from School of English and International Studies. You were impressed by the students' performance of Shake- speare's play Macbeth(《麦克白》) at University of International Business and Economics and want to know more about drama. Write a letter to Prof. Su of the University to invite her to offer a lecture on Drama to your classmates. Prof. Su, with profound knowledge of this subject, has rich experience in arousing students' interest in drama by encouraging them to put on plays on campus. You will ask Prof. Su to decide the date to make the trip to your school. (150-200 words)

19. George is the best example of this kind of friends; we've known each other since we began school; I trust George and can tell him my deepest feelings.

20. Missing, however, is the feeling of trust I share with George: we are friends who are just “friends”, not“close friends”.

21. I have three kinds of friends in my life: close friends, ordinary friends and acquaintances.

22. Finally, I have friends who are just “acquaintances”; these are people I occasionally see at parties or sit next to in class.

23. My life is richer with these three types of friends, for they provide me with a healthy variety of company.

24. We chat and are friendly with one another if we happen to meet, but that is as far as we go: we don't plan things together.

25. My second type of friends, ordinary friends, are people I like and do things with.

26. The first type, my close friends, are people whom I have known most of my life and who love and accept me for myself.

We had a short spring this year. The weather was cold through March into April due to storms moving down from Canada. There was still snow on the mountains in late April, although it was usually gone by the end of March. Because of the snow, we had to stay indoors most of the time. We had only two nice weeks in May with the temperatures in the low 70s. The winter was unusually mild, however. But by mid-May, temperature was in the 90s, and it was hot from then on.

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:__________

If you are tired of making vague excuses for another dull summer at home, here is a thought to lift your spirits. You do not need anything so radical as winning a lottery to finance a trip to Europe. A student identity card that can be obtained for a few dollars from the Council on International Educational Exchange entitles you to discount tickets to certain charter flights to London and Paris, as well as reduced admission to many museums cinemas, and musical events. Once in Europe, you can stay at approved youth hotels for about two dollars a night. So don't give up your hopes of becoming an international traveler.

A. It is easy for a student to travel in Europe during the summer.

B. The student needs to obtain an identity card to travel at a cheap rate.

C. The student could stay at approved youth hotels for about two dollars a night.

D. The students will become international travelers in summer.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.

A family group is a good example for illustrating norms, roles, social status, and social structure. Charlie has certain expectations for Alice that have developed between them over time. Alice is his wife, and he expects her to have the primary responsibility for childrearing and for dealing with relatives. She is expected to listen to his complaints about his boss, to give him encouragement concerning his professional life, to be nice to his friends, to be patient with his impatience, and to spend the family funds carefully. Alice, on the other hand, expects Charlie, her husband, to share in housework, to prepare the meals, to play with the children, to listen to her complaints about her boss, to encourage her to pursue her professional growth, and to know what to do in a weather emergency or when the plumbing breaks down.

I never saw so many cheerful, courteous students and helpful.

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

A. Measuring the depth of oceans.

B. Sound is a phenomenon.

C. A way was found.

D. In the twentieth century, a better way was found to measure the depth of oceans.

Answer:__________

To prevent more damage of the earthquake, some measures should be made in advance.

You should strive to cooperate with your colleagues to bring about change, for enhancing communication and professional development.

Because he said nothing does not mean he agreed to your proposals.