Why should we be careful of the word be？A、“Be” allows for the use of adjectives which ar

side of it．The towns were linked by a bridge．One day，a hole appeared in the bridge．Both towns agreed that the hole should be mended．However，disagreement came up as to who should mend it．Each town thought that it had a better reason for the other to mend the hole．The town on the right bank said that it was at the end of the road，so the left—bank town should mend the hole．The town on the left bank，on the other hand，insisted that all the traffic came to the right—bank town，so it was in their interest to mend the bridge． The quarrel went on and on，and so did the hole．The more it went on，the more the hostility between the two towns grew． One day a man fell into the hole and broke his leg．People from both towns questioned him closely about whether he was walking from the right bank to the left or from the left bank to the right，in order to decide which town should be blamed for the accident．But he could not remember，since he got drunk that night． Some time later，a car was crossing the bridge and broke an axle(轴)because of the hole．Neither town paid any attention to the accident，as the traveler was not going from one to the other．but was merely passing through．The angry traveler got out of the car and asked why the hole was not mended． On hearing the reason，he declared，“I'll buy this hole．Who’s the owner？” Both towns at once declared that they owned the hole． “One or the other，whoever owns the hole must prove it．” “How shall we prove it？”asked both sides． “That’s simple．Only the owner of the hole has the right to mend it．I'll buy the hole from whoever mends the bridge” People from both tow ns rushed to do the job while the traveler smoked a cigar and his driver changed the axle．They mended the bridge in no time and asked for the money for the hole． “What hole？”The traveler looked surprised．“I can’t see any hole．I've been looking for a hole for several years now．I'm prepared to pay a good price for it，but there’s no hole here．Are you pulling my leg or what？” He got into his car and drove off． What did the two towns quarrel about？________．

A.Whether the hole should be mended

B.Which of them should mend the hole

C.Why there was a hole in the bridge

D.When they should mend the hole

A.why

B.which

C.when

D.who

Why should we find some() to the problems brought by TV？

A、means

B、way

C、solution

D、method

A．“ What caused the accident Did the car break down ”

B．“Oh okay, are there any specific makes or models you are interested in”

C．“Oh no, I’m so sorry to hear that! Is he okay”

D．“ You should have bought this car to protect his safety．”

A.Because the receiver will forget to come to the event

B.Because the receiver will need it to make decision

C.Because the invitation is important

way to do it？ I will read the newspaper to see if anything is on sale that we need. Since we have a fridge, we can buy some items and freeze them for later use.

？You will hear five short recordings.

？For each recording, decide what the speaker is trying to do.

？Write one letter (A--H) next to the number of the recording.

？Do not use any letter more than once.

？You will hear the five recordings twice.

A to send a telex

B to check a car

C to run a store

D to scan the ads

E to drive a car

F to read a magazine

G to take a vacation

H to buy clothes

Why should we keep the speaking outline as brief as possible？

A.Because too many notes will tempt you to look at it from a far distance.

B.Because too many notes will make it hard for you to maintain eye contact with your audience.

C.none of the above

D.Because it’s not easy for you to write too many notes.

A.to keep us curious

B.to know the world better

C.to think critically

D.to work better

A.A. hasn’t written

B.B. hadn’t written

C.C. didn’t write

D.D. doesn’t write