[多项选择]Writing 2
Directions: Throughout our country, more and more private schools are set up. Some people doubt about the effectiveness of these private schools. They say adequate money doesn’t necessarily guarantee better education.
Write an article to clarify your own points of view towards this issue. You should use your own ideas, knowledge or experience to support your argument. You should write no less than 250 words.

[单项选择]We are writing concerning our Invoice No.EUS3467, which should have been（　）last month.
A. cleaned
B. cleared
C. covered
D. paid

[填空题]There is no denying that our world is becoming more and more developed. Due to the{{U}} (36) {{/U}}conveniences brought about by the thriving industries of today, we are{{U}} (37) {{/U}}toward a more advanced stage of civilization. However, we should never fail to note that while we are trying every means to satisfy our{{U}} (38) {{/U}}needs for better quality and larger quantity by producing millions of tons of{{U}} (39) {{/U}}plastic bags and chopping down vast areas of forest, we are, in fact, cutting the{{U}} (40) {{/U}}of ourselves. It is high time that we came to face the severe problem of{{U}} (41) {{/U}}pollution mused by our inattention to the{{U}} (42) {{/U}}development of industries. Nobody can bear the idea of living in an environment where people have to wear{{U}} (43) {{/U}}masks whenever they go out and where a sunny bright day becomes a rare sight. Nevertheless,{{U}} (44) {{/U}}And if we do not prevent environmental pollution, we would{{U}} (45)

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翻译题：I’m writing to confirm our telephone conversation of Thursday, the 7th, about our visit to your company. Next Monday, December 11, will be fine for us and we hope that it will suit you, too. My secretary, Miss Mary Brown, and Sales Manager, Mr. Zhang Ming, will be coming in the morning. It’s unfortunate that I will not be able to with them.
Thanks again for giving us this opportunity to visit with you.

[单项选择]Our country is getting （　）
A. strong and stronger
B. stronger and strong
C. stronger and stronger
D. strong and strong

[填空题]The number of students in our department (be)（）more than 500.

[简答题]The task of writing a history of our nation from Rome’s earliest days fills me, I confess, with some misgivings, and even were I confident in the value of my work, I should hesitate to say so. I am aware that for historians to make extravagant claims is, and always has been, all too common, every writer on history tends to look down his nose at his less cultivated predecessors, happily persuaded that he will better them in point of style, or bring new facts to light. Countless others have written on this theme and it may be that I shall pass unnoticed amongst them; if so, I must comfort myself with the greatness and splendor of my rivals, whose work will rob my own of recognition.
My task, moreover, is an immensely laborious one. I shall have to go back more than 700 years, and trace my story from its small beginnings up to these recent times when its ramifications are so vast that any adequate treatment is hardly possible. I shall find antiquity a rewarding study, if only becau

[简答题]What does our country state about Military Service