17. Read the following paragraph and write the topic sentence on the answer sheet.

   All through the long history of the Earth, waves have broken heavily against the land, and tides have pressed forward over the continents, moved back, and then returned. For no two days is the shoreline precisely the same. Not only do the tides advance and retreat in their eternal rhythms, but the level of the sea itself is never at rest. It rises or falls as the large masses of ice melt or grow, as the floor of the deep ocean basins shifts under its increasing load of sediments (沉積物), or as the Earth’s crust along the continental margins changes in adjustment to strain and tension. Today a little more land may be low to the sea, tomorrow a little less. Always the edge of the sea remains a changing boundary.

18. Read the following paragraph and choose the best topic sentence from the four options that follow.

To renew a driver’s license, you must send an application approximately five to seven weeks before the expiration date listed on the license. Individuals who fail to renew within three years of the license expiration date are not eligible for a renewal and must repeat the initial licensing process. To renew a license, you must visit a Motor Vehicles Agency. You must present a completed renewal application; your current driver’s license; acceptable proof of age, identification, and address; and proof of social security in the form of a social security card, a state or federal income tax return, a current pay receipt, or a W-2 form. You must also pay the

required fee. If all the documents and payment are in order, your photo will be taken and a new license wlil be issued.

A. An applicant should be eligible in order to renew a driver’s license.

B. A completed application is essential for renewing a driver’s license.

C. An applicant should follow the required procedure to renew a driver’s license.

D. A driver’s license must be renewed within three years of the expiration date.

IV. 重新組合段落 (5 points,1 point each)

19.Rearrange the following sentences so that they read logically. Put the corresponding letters in a proper sequence on the answer sheet. The positions of some sentences have been given.

 A. Girls are ahead of boys on all counts, and both suffer.

 B. These are the years when the uneven pace of girls’ and boys’ physical, emotional, and cognitive development is most noticeable.

 C. Now separate classes are prohibited in public schools that receive federal funds.

 D. This has aroused heated debate.

 E. The middle school years (grades 7 and 8) are known to be the “tough years.”

 F. The debate has been focused on whether separating boys and girls during these difficult years might improve students’ academic performance.

 G. Although some parents and educators oppose same-sex classes, there is some evidence that separating boys and girls in middle school yields positive results.

 H. But a change in the federal law that prohibits separate classes is under consideration.