Charlotte loved the movie Gone with the Wind, but Lyde hated it. His chief objection being that it lasted four hours.

Good manners are necessary to succeed in business and social situations. As we grow, we become more and more polite.

In the work place, good manners can make the difference between getting job and staying unemployed. When calling to set up an interview, one should be polite and professional to the person answering the phone. Arriving at the interview on time, properly dressed, is another way to impress the boss. Several days after the interview, it is polite to send a letter thanking the interviewer for his or her time. Having good manners like these can increase one's chances of success in the work place. Bad manners are the opposite of good manners.

Write a letter according to the following situation: Your name is Wang Ying. You are a student of Henan University, doing a survey of technical firms that specialize in designing new products. Write a letter to Product Development Division of Tractor Plant in Luoyang, asking them to provide information about their ways of encouraging creativity and motivation in the research teams that develop consumer product lines. (150-200 words)

19.One was a St. Bernard dog named Barry, who worked in the Alps in the early 1800s, when St. Bernards were still used to rescue people caught in snowdrifts or avalanches(雪崩).

20.Then there was Chips, the first war dog to be shipped overseas during World War Ⅱ.

21.Yet another animal hero was a canary named Bibs, the pet of an elderly woman, Tess, who lived alone in Tennessee and whose niece lived nearby.

22.Bibs died after alerting the niece.

23.Among the numerous heroes of history are animals.

24.He saved more than forty lives.

25.One night Chips pulled away from his handler and attacked a German weapons position, seizing one men and forcing the surrender of four others.

26.One day the niece heard a tapping at her window and discovered Bibs, so the niece quickly went to her aunt's house and found Tess had struck her head on something and fallen over.

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: ___________

Many Americans fear that foreign investors in this country want to take over the American economy from the inside. But in reality, things don't work that way. Of the trillion dollars in foreign investments in this country, three-quarters are in bank deposits or securities-that is, on paper only. Foreign-owned businesses in the U. S., such as hamburger chains and hotels, generate jobs and new growth because they are totally dependent on the local population for staffing and customers. Americans are the ones who must be sought after as workers, renters, tourists, and patrons. Throughout its history, the U. S. has relied on foreign capital to finance a great deal of its development, but this has never stood in the way of our democracy.

A. Foreign-owned businesses in America need Americans.

B. There's no need for Americans to fear foreign influence in this country.

C. Most of the foreign investments in this country is on paper, not in cash.

D. Americans are in constant fear that foreign investors might stand in the way of American democracy.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.

Deaf people—people who can't hear—are still able to communicate quite well, with a special language. It's called sign language. The speaker of sign language uses hand gestures in order to communicate. Basic sign language has been used for long, long time. But sign language wasn't really developed until about 250 years ago. In the middle of the 1700s, a Frenchman named Epee developed sign language. Epee was able to speak and hear, but he worked during most of his life as a teacher of deaf people in France. Epee developed a large number of words for sign language. Epee's system used mostly "picture-image" signs. We call them picture-image signs because the signs create a picture.

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

A. I collect rare books.

B. Collecting rare books is more satisfying and more interesting than collecting stamps.

C. This book is worth collecting.

D. Some of the books collect come from a friend of mine.

Answer:__________

Born in New Zealand, it is natural to enjoy eating roast lamb.

I bought a new bicycle, he still uses his old one.

He took the little dog out of the room to play in the park, which was not allowed.

The rain became heavy. Making it impossible to continue with the game.