Today, I didn't make good time driving to work. Because every traffic light along the way was red.

It's commonly acknowledged that drawing a plan is easier than to carry it out.

Judged from the look of the sky, we will have a storm this evening.

Read the following paragraph and underline the topic sentence.You're not the only one who could eat up a bag of chips in one sitting. The reason you keep dipping your fingers back into the chip bag has more to do with salt than with fat. Normally, fat helps make a meal more satisfying as it provides high calories, so people don't want to just keep eating and eating. However, eating salt triggers the release of dopamine(多巴胺), a chemical substance that controls your brain's pleasure center. Once your brain gets that first reward hit, it starts wanting more. When food is low in salt, it's easy to practice self-control instead of overeating, but when you add salt to that food, all of a sudden, those controls are gone.

Read the following paragraph and cross out TWO irrelevant sentences.As severe heat waves continue to spread across the European countries, weathermen are now saying that the all-time temperature record in Europe could be broken in the coming days. The temperature in Spain and Portugal, in particular, is expected to rise dramatically over the weekend. Spain and Portugal are countries both located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula. In other parts of Europe, Sweden's highest ice peak is melting at a rate of several centimeters a day. Wildfires have also raged(肆虐) in some parts of Europe and the most damaging one occurring across Greece has killed more than 90 people. The current European record is 48°C set in Athens in July 1977. One of the major problems lies in the fact that few countries are fully equipped to cope with the insufferable(难以忍受的)heat, although some emergency measures have been taken by individual countries.

Write a letter of enquiry according to the following situation: You are high school student and plan to go to the Exeter College of Art for further study in September, 2020. Write to the admission office to describe your current status and academic interest; ask about admission requirements; and enquire about tuiton, accommodation and living expenses. Please sign your name as Li Fei. (150-200 words)

Choose the best topic sentence from the four options below.

Read the following paragraph and choose the best topic sentence from the four options that follow.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, it's common to struggle with the loss of that identity.

You should avoid imposing your own belief on your students as a teacher. (periodic sentence)

Rachel enjoys eating Thai food. She also enjoys reading mystery novels and watching romantic movies. (parallel structure)