Social __________ are greatly different from country to country. Remember “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

A．manners

B．habits

C．practices

D．customs

The __________ to the house caused by the storm took a couple of days to repair.

A．ruin

B．destruction

C．damage

D．harm

In the botanical garden we can find a(n) _______ of plants that range from tall trees to small flowers.

A．species

B．groups

C．amount

D．variety

The finals will __________ in Paris next week. Do you know how many teams will be __________?

A．take place; joining it	B．play; taking part in
C．hold; taking part in	D．happen; taking part

Tom has always thought of himself as a good cook and never fails to __________ everyone of it.

A．remember	B．introduce
C．remind	D．interrupt

Many animals and plants, which couldn’t __________ the sudden change of the climate, died out. Dinosaurs are one such example.

A．add to

B．turn to

C．adapt to

D．lead to

Letterboxes are much more __________ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead.

A．common

B．normal

C．ordinary

D．usual

The following day she didn’t go to the club. __________, she walked her dog in a park nearby.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Instead

D．Besides

She is such a woman who is always __________ fault with the way others do things.

A．putting

B．finding

C．spreading

D．adding

假定你是李华，你所在的学校拟在下个月举办美国电影节(American Film Festival)。请你根据以下要点给你的美国朋友Peter写一封短信，邀请他给学生做一次讲座。信的主要内容包括：
1．讲座目的：使学生对美国电影有所了解；
2．讲座内容：简要介绍美国电影(制片)业的历史；
3．讲座时间：1小时30分钟左右。
注意：
1．可以适当增加细节，使结构完整；
2．词数：100左右。
Dear Peter，
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Yours，
Li Hua