Choose the best topic sentence from the group below. Write the choice in the blank. A. The purposes of sleep are to rest our bodies and mind. B. Passive sleep helps us to rest our bodies while active sleep helps us to rest our minds. C. In passive sleep, the heart slows down and the body processes become very slow, leaving the body at rest. D. In active sleep, the brain temperature rises and the brain becomes very active and then dreaming occurs, helping us to rest our minds. Answer: __________________________________

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence. Deaf people—people who can’t hear—are still able to communicate quite well, with a special language. It’s called sign language. The speaker of sign language uses hand gestures in order to communicate. Basic sign language has been used for a long, long time. But sign language wasn’t really developed until about 250 years ago. In the middle of the 1700’s, a Frenchman named Epee developed sign language. Epee was able to speak and hear, but he worked during most of his life as a teacher of deaf people in France. Epee developed a large number of vocabulary words for sign 1anguage. Epee’s system used mostly “picture-image” signs. We call them picture-image signs because the signs create a picture.

Rearrange the following numbered sentences so that they will read logically. Put the numbers in proper sequence in the boxes provided below. 19. Next place the boiling hot peaches and syrup （糖浆） into the hot, sterilized jars. 20. After steaming for twenty minutes remove the jar from the steam bath. 21. The peaches will stay fresh for several years. 22. Linda Miller preserved peaches which lasted for years, and you can too if you follow these few simple steps. 23. While the lids boil, wash the jars and rings in hot, soapy water. 24. As soon as the jar is full within a half inch of headspace, wipe the rim of the jar clean, immediately cap the jar with the hot lid and place the jar in a steamer. 25. First check the jars for cracks or chips and place the lids in boiling water to sterilize. 26. Once the jar has cooled you can store it until needed. ___、___、___、19 、24 、20 、___、___。

You （ Liu Dan ） are a student from School of English and International Studies. You were impressed by the students’ performance of Shakespeare’s play King Lear （《李尔王》） at University of International Business and Economics and want to know more about drama. Write a letter to Prof. Sun of the University to invite her to offer a lecture on Drama to your classmates. Prof. Sun, with profound knowledge of this subject, has rich experience in arousing students’ interest in drama by encouraging them to put on plays on campus. You will ask Prof. Sun to decide the date to make the trip to your school. （150-200 words）

Character building begins in our infancy, and it continues until death. （simple sentence）

He hasn’t got much experience of teaching children. He’s patient and keen to learn. （compound sentence）

A child’s life is like a piece of paper. On it every passerby leaves a mark. （complex sentence）

The wise and good gain wisdom for the future from their errors and mistakes. （periodic sentence）

The world is full of wonders. Some of them we don’t discover until we’re all grown-up. （compound-complex sentence）

People acting together as a group can accomplish things. No individual acting alone could ever hope to accomplish those things. （complex sentence）