My fingernails are so ____ that they break off before they get long enough to polish.

Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Should College Students Take Part-time Jobs? You should write in at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below.1. 人们对大学生打工的不同看法2. 大学生究竟是否应该打工

I take it for granted that he must be sentenced____.

• A.to die
• B.death
• C.to death
• D.dead

The tutor asked his students to leave a wide ____ when typing their essays.

• A.border
• B.column
• C.surrounding
• D.margin

Bring the umbrella on the picnic even though you don’t anticipate ____ it.

• A.using
• B.use
• C.to use
• D.to be using

The flight was supposed to take off at nine o’clock but ____ we had to wait until ten.

• A.in effect
• B.for result
• C.for an end
• D.on purpose

Never before ____ such a smoke in the room.

• A.have I read
• B.did I read
• C.do I read
• D.am I reading

No one ____ that to his face.

• A.dares say
• B.dares saying
• C.dare say
• D.dare to say

I don’t doubt ____ the plan will be well-conceived.

• A.that
• B.whether
• C.why
• D.when

The train arrived twenty minutes late, but we were not told what caused the ____.

• A.delay
• B.late
• C.slow
• D.behind time

Who allowed you ____ my car?

• A.driving
• B.to drive
• C.riding
• D.to ride