No sooner had I closed the door than somebody started knocking __________it.

Directions: For this part， you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic "An In-creasing Number of People are Studying for Master Degrees"You should write at least 120 words， and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:

1．越来越多的人在读硕士学位；

2．其中的原因；

3．你个人的看法。

这位古希腊哲学家似乎能用简单的文字表达复杂的思想。

我本来打算今天给你这本书的，可是我忘了。

我往车站跑的时候，遇到了约翰。

父母没有预料到孩子的问题这样难回答。

总之，真正的诗人是掌握语言的大师。

It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies. （Passage 1 ）

A few newspapers support extremist groups on the far right and on the far left， but most daily newspapers attempt to attract middle-of-the-road Americans who are essentially moderate.（ Passage 3 ）

It might appear that" Uncle Tom‘ s Cabin" was universally popular， but this was certainly not true. （ Passage 2 ）

Some was collected by this season‘ s plants as carbon compounds. Some was stored by plants and trees ages ago. （Passage 3）