[填空题]I started living here two months ago. I have lived here ____________________ two months ago.

[填空题]It took three months for the two companies to reach an (agree)______.

[单项选择]Children born in the winter months already have a few strikes against them. Study after study has shown that they test poorly, don’t get as far in school, earn less, are less healthy, and don’t live as long as children born at other times of year. Researchers have spent years documenting the effect and trying to understand it.
But economists Kasey Buckles and Daniel Hungerman may have uncovered an overlooked explanation for why season of birth matters. Their discovery challenges the validity of past research and highlights how seemingly safe assumptions economists make may overlook key causes of curious effects. And they came across it by accident.
In 2007, Mr. Hungerman was doing research on sibling behavior when he noticed that children in the same families tend to be born at the same time of year. Meanwhile, Ms. Buckles was examining the economic factors that lead to multiple births, and coming across what looked like a relationship between mothers’ education levels and wh
A. uncovers an explanation overlooked by other researchers
B. highlights past researches
C. analyzes the curious effects
D. is an accident

[单项选择]Once more I have to leave Beijing,（）I have been living for eight years.
A. that
B. where
C. which
D. as

[填空题]The famous American linguist ______ created two linguistic terms: linguistic competence and linguistic performance.

[单项选择]

Here are two letters from our readers expressing their concern about school assessment (评价):
(1)
Students should be allowed to study without worrying about grades (学习成绩). Fortunately, most educators realize that students have different interests and abilities. However, grade-based assessment is still very common. Grades often hold back creativity. Competing for better grades causes many students to turn down opportunities to go in for music, drama and sports. Grades are also an unfair measure of a student’ s ability. I do not demand, as some extremists do, that grades should no longer be recorded. However, I do believe that less importance should be placed on. grades. I hope that someday grades will become optional(可选择的) at Village High School.
Magdalena Smith, President
Drama Club
(2)
Let’ s face the facts about grades. Grades perform three basic functions(功能). First, grades get students to work at their highest level o
A. insists grades should become optional in the near future
B. believe in the advantages of assessment based on grades
C. is concerned about improving students’ creativity
D. supports using students’ interests to measure their abilities

[多项选择]Hometown
Where are you from
How long have you lived there
How does your hometown compare with... (place where the candidate is currently living)
Family
What about your family
Could you tell us something about your family
Work/study
What do you do in... (the candidate’s hometown), do you work or study
(If the candidate is already working)
What does your work involve
Is your job something you had always wanted to do
How long do you think you will stay in this job
(If the candidate is still at school, college or university)
What are your favorite subjects at school What exactly are you studying
What type of work are you hoping to do in the future
What qualifications will you need to achieve that