（　）I've been taking English lessons for 3 months but I__________haven’t made much progress． 

Directions： 

For this part，you are allowed 20 minutes to write a composition of about 100—120words according to the following topic： 

提高听力(OnDeveloping Listening Ability)

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回答下列各题：

Directions：Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below andcomplete the following Dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet． 

A．WhyDidn’t you go to the party last night? 

B．That wash’tall that terrible． 

C．What’S the temperature?

D．I will go with you． 

E．What a pity． 

F．That’S not cold． 

G．IDon’t like winter． 

H．You are so lucky． 

Pat Alex(P)comes by to see Li Hong(L)．They talk about the party last night and about the weather． 

P：Hi，Li Hong．L：Hi，Pat． 56P：Because it was so cold and rainy． 

L： ___57___! It Was a really good party．Hey，whyDon’t we go for a walk this afternoon． 

Pat?

P：Go for a walk?But it's so cold out．L：Cold out? ___58___

P：About l3℃． 

L：13℃? ___59___ ．Just wait until winter．P：Why?

L：Well…it snows a lot and sometimes it’s very cold．Last winter it W88 7°C below zero for

three weeks．And it was windy too． 

P：That sounds terrible!

L：___60___．The sun was out almost everyDay． 

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（　）A candle used to burn at auction sales_________． 

（　）The end of the bidding is called“knockingDown” because_________． 

（　）The Romans used to sell by auction_________． 

（　）The babies would“smile and bubble”at the lights because_________．