Read the following paragraph and choose the best topic sentence from the four options that follow. Write the corresponding letter of your choice on the answer sheet.

    Retirement may seem like a goal to strive for, but indeed it presents a challenge to us. Retirement like not having to go to work every day, traveling and living a life of leisure doesn't happen too often anymore. In our current economy, more and more individuals have no choice but to work well past the age of 65. The harsh reality is that most of those who cannot work—and even some of those who can—live in or close to poverty. Money aside, retirement also challenges us by forcing us to adjust to retired life. Work provides us not only with income but also with social interaction and a sense of purpose. So, our job is often an important part of our identity. When it ends, ifs common to struggle with the loss of that identity.

Write a letter of complaint according to the following situation: Recently, you purchased a computer chair in a shopping mall called Eaton Center. Sadly, you found two screws sticking up through the foam seat. Please write to the customer manager (Mr. Smith) to describe the problem of the chair and suggest a reasonable solution. please sign your name as Li Fei. (150-200 words)

Rearrange the following sentences so that they read logically. Put the corresponding letters in a proper sequence in the boxes provided on the answer sheet. The positions of some sentences have been given.

A. Also, the loss of human life in battle had affected the national psyche (心理)：safer and faster roads were necessary.

B. The peacetime economic development had left the country badly in need of roads to carry goods between cities and into villages, for the returned soldiers demanded the modem advantages that they had learned about away from home.

C. During the postwar (战后)period under President Dwight D. Eisenhower，a road building project that would change the country was begun.

D. At the same time, the railroads required full-scale reconstruction.

E. Furthermore, everyone wanted to drive, for there were ample supplies of gasoline, and the car industry was both ready to hire returning soldiers and willing to take their money for finished products.

F. The conditions were ripe for the complex project of the national road system

G. It was a challenging project to connect all major population centers throughout the forty-eight states.

H. The war effort had destroyed their facilities, so that rails, carriages and engines badly needed expensive repairs.

Read the following paragraph and cross out TWO irrelevant sentences.

     Mexican historians view Lorenzo De Zavala (1788-1836) with mixed emotions. Zavala’s experience in Europe and the US had not prepared him for the prejudices against foreigners then prevalent among many Anglo-Texans. Some praise his efforts to create a republic in Mexico and to improve the conditions of the lower classes. However, most see him as a traitor because he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. In their eyes, his act led to tiie dismembering of the nation—the loss of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and a portion of Colorado by the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the war between Mexico and the United States. Only in his native Yucatan, known for its independent course in relation to the other Mexican states, is he considered a hero. In modem-day Texas,there is a county and a city named for him, as well as many schools and public buildings including the Texas State Archives and Library Building in Austin.

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Read the following paragraph and choose the best topic sentence from the four options that follow. Write the corresponding letter of your choice on the answer sheet.

    Retirement may seem like a goal to strive for, but indeed it presents a challenge to us. Retirement like not having to go to work every day, traveling and living a life of leisure doesn't happen too often anymore. In our current economy, more and more individuals have no choice but to work well past the age of 65. The harsh reality is that most of those who cannot work—and even some of those who can—live in or close to poverty. Money aside, retirement also challenges us by forcing us to adjust to retired life. Work provides us not only with income but also with social interaction and a sense of purpose. So, our job is often an important part of our identity. When it ends, ifs common to struggle with the loss of that identity.

Choose the best topic sentence from the four options below. Write the corresponding letter of your choice on the answer sheet.

When selecting her new car, the cost has to be considered by Helen.

I am afraid that you have to make a choice between staying in a small town and go to a big city.

The horse rider was too excited to talk to his team members whose name was unknown.

Example: After seeing an offensive mouthwash ad on television. I resolved never to buy that brand again.

After seeing, an offensive mouthwash ad on television. I resolved never to buy that brand again.

Joanna has had several short-term roles. Working as a secretary, as an office receptionist, and as a sales assistant in a clothing store.