When my friend Tom sets to work in the kitchen, disaster often results. I, frankly, am not much of a cook. Once he tried to make toasted cheese sandwiches for us by putting slices of cheese in the toaster along with the bread, he ruined the toaster. On another occasion, he had cut up some fresh beans and put them in a pan to steam. The water in the pan steamed away while Tom was on the telephone, and both the beans and the coating in the pan were ruined. Finally, another time Tom made spaghetti for us, and the noodles stuck so tightly together that we had to cut off slices with a knife and fork. The tomato sauce, on the other hand, turned out well. Because of Tom's kitchen mishaps (事故), I never eat at his place without money in my pocket in case we have to go out to eat.

When my friend Tom sets to work in the kitchen, disaster often results. I, frankly, am not much of a cook. Once he tried to make toasted cheese sandwiches for us by putting slices of cheese in the toaster along with the bread, he ruined the toaster. On another occasion, he had cut up some fresh beans and put them in a pan to steam. The water in the pan steamed away while Tom was on the telephone, and both the beans and the coating in the pan were ruined. Finally, another time Tom made spaghetti for us, and the noodles stuck so tightly together that we had to cut off slices with a knife and fork. The tomato sauce, on the other hand, turned out well. Because of Tom's kitchen mishaps (事故), I never eat at his place without money in my pocket in case we have to go out to eat.

Write a letter according to the following situation: Your name is Li Yang. You're a second-year college student majoring in English at the Dongfang Community College in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. You've learned from a newspaper ad that the manager of a local company wants to hire a part-time translator. Write a letter to apply for this job. In your letter, provide the necessary information about yourself. (150-200 words)

19.The house they put us in was ugly, with an ugly yard and a few ugly bushes.

20.Yet our guardians' efforts to punish us were not always effective.

21.And the clothes we wore were continually pieced; the food we ate was terrible.

22.After our parents' death, our comfortable life came to an end and we were kept well below the poverty line by our guardians.

23.No more could they put a halt to it than they could keep us.

24.They could keep books out of our hands, restrict our communication with the neighbors' children by penning us within a wire-net fence.

25.The passionate pleasure we got from soap bubbles, rainbows, holy pictures and spider webs was beyond our guardians' power of prevention.

26.However, they could not stop us from using our eyes.

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:__________

A few years ago, letter writing was the most important means of communication and people seldom made phone calls, especially in the rural areas, because there were not many telephones available. With the rapid development of China's economy, telecommunication service is badly needed. For example, when many young Chinese go abroad to work or to study, they want to get in touch with their folks regularly and easily. Private companies have mushroomed all over China; businessmen realize the importance of telephone. In the countryside, letters usually take several days or weeks, and much time will be wasted, so people have dreamed for many years to have telephone service. Since many families are getting rich, they can afford it now.

A. Nowadays, more and more people rely heavily on the telephone instead of letters.

B. Nowadays letter writing is the most important means of communication.

C. Internet is the most important means of communication today.

D. Many families in China are getting rich now.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.

Apart from its heavy demands on time and money, campus love, though its sincerity should not be doubted, may not be able to stand the test of time. It is relatively easy to maintain a stable relationship on campus, but upon graduation when lovers are faced with different choices—further education or job, staying at home or going abroad, they begin to pursue their respective interests. As a result, lovers may go their separate ways. According to a survey conducted by Nanjing University, 13.6% of campus lovers split up within one or two months before graduation. Also, due to college students' limited social contacts, the people they develop romantic relationships with are usually their classmates, schoolmates, or friends they get to know in intercollegiate activities. Once they enter society and meet more people, their ideas of a good partner may change and they will probably find someone more suitable for themselves. Thus, campus love gradually perishes as time goes by.

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

A. There are some differences in the behavior. of rock and classical music audience.

B. At a rock concert, the audience members yell, whistle, sing along, and even stamp their feet.

C. Members of the classical music audience are so highly disciplined that they refrain from even clearing their throats or coughing.

D. With rock music, the better the performance, the more active the audience will be; with classical music, the better the performance, the more still the audience will be.

Answer: ___________

Climbed up to the tree, he shouted and waved his hand to the rescue team.

I can't agree more when you say to see is believing.

I got the highest scores in my English test, he failed.

Relieved of your responsibilities at your job, your home should be a place to relax at.