20.  ________of both sides, the two companies decided to _______ to become more competitive in the global market.

     A. For the benefit; combine                  B. In the interest; be combined  

     C. On the basis; combine                    D. With the help; be combined

二．　書面表達(dá)

近年來中國(guó)中學(xué)生中出現(xiàn)了 “出國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)熱”，成千上萬的中學(xué)生已經(jīng)去國(guó)外學(xué)習(xí)，而許多其他學(xué)生還一直在設(shè)法出國(guó)，對(duì)此人們有不同的看法。請(qǐng)根據(jù)下面表格提示，以Studying Abroad 為題給二十一世紀(jì)英文報(bào)中學(xué)生版寫一篇短文。

Advantages     1. 與不同文化背景的人交友。 2. 學(xué)習(xí)國(guó)外先進(jìn)的科學(xué)技術(shù)。 3. 更快地學(xué)習(xí)外語。Disadvantages    

       1. 年紀(jì)小、缺乏生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)，自理能力差。 2. 情感孤獨(dú)，思鄉(xiāng)。 3. 生活和學(xué)習(xí)費(fèi)用高。    你 自 己 的 看 法   

注意：1．短文須包括所有要點(diǎn)，內(nèi)容連貫；

 2．詞數(shù)；80-100左右；開頭已給出（不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)）。

Studying   Abroad

In recent years, studying abroad has been popular with Chinese high school students.

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    第二節(jié)：開放作文

    請(qǐng)根據(jù)下面提示，寫一篇短文。詞數(shù)不少于50。

    In your spoken English class，your teacher shows you the following picture．You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

參考詞匯：label標(biāo)簽

23．Naturally I will come to you for advice whenever I feel I need________.

A．them                         B．one                     C．some                     D．Few

26．______life began on the earth is one of the biggest puzzles to scientists.

       A．How B．What C．Where      D．That

A number of tests have been conducted to _________ that these drugs have no side effects.

A. find out             B. look for            C. make sure     D. work out

Technology has made the delivery of information less difficult, thus _____ information available to more people.

A. to make     B. made  C. making      D. to have made

–Can you spare me some time?   –I'm afraid not. I have lots of letters _____.

A. doing with            B. to do for      C. to deal               D. to deal with

The discovery of new evidence led to _____.

A. the thief having caught     B. catch the thief

C. the thief being caught       D. the thief to be caught

The concert last month was ______ that all the audience wanted to attend it once again.

A. so success       B. such success   C. so a success     D. such a success