You can’t predict everything. Often things don’t_____ as you expect.

       A. run out     B. break out    C. work out    D. put out

—What do you think of Thomas?

—Well, he is good, warm-hearted, hard-working and intelligent; _______, I can’t speak too highly of him.

　　　 A. in a word　　 B. as a result　 C. by the way　 D. on the contrary

 With new technology, pictures of underwater valleys can be taken ____ color.

       A. by   B. for    C. with   D. in

 The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took ____pictures of them.

       A. many of     B. a large amount of    C. a plenty of    D. masses of

 Playing on a frozen sports field sounds like a lot of fun. Isn’t it risky, ______?

       A. though    B. also    C. either    D. too

 Some don’t agree to the plan, while I’m out of ____ opposed to it.

       A. those who     B. who    C. those    C. that

 You may depend on ____ that they are of much value.

       A. that     B. it     C. these     D. them

 Sam has been appointed ____ manager of engineering department to take ____place of Tim.

       A. /; /       B. the; /     C. the; the     D. /; the

 Experts think that ____ recently discovered painting may be ____ Picasso.

A. the;/     B. a; the    C. a;/    D. the; a

眾所周知，一個人的成長過程是較為復雜的，其個性的形成和發(fā)展受諸多因素的影響，假如《二十一世紀英文報》向你約稿，了解至今哪些因素對你的成長影響最大。請你以Tracking My Growth為題，按以下要求寫篇英語短文。

        1．選擇并陳述對你的成長起著很大影響的家庭、學校、社會、朋友、書籍、名人等諸多因素中的兩個或三個；

2．談談你的看法和理由。

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