It is bard to track the blue whale，______(它现在被列为濒危物种)．

USDA in this passage stands for ______.

Although Dutch is the official language in Amsterdam, you could be free from the anxiety about__ during the tour.

The expression "state of the art" became as common and popular as computers themselves. (Passage 3)

第二节 书面表达

假定你叫李华，是中州市第27中学的学生。你前不久在《中国日报》上读到一篇有关农村(countryside)儿童辍学(leaves school at an early age)的报道。你于2009年1月14日给编辑写去一封信，谈了农村儿童辍学的主要原因以及你的看法。内容要点：

原因：

1．家庭贫困

2．帮父母挣钱

3．学习有困难

4．不愿上学

5．这些原因中家庭贫困是主要原因

看法：每个孩子都应有受教育的机会，愿将自己的零花钱(pocket money)送给失学儿童。

注意：1．要点不能遗漏，但不能逐点翻译。

1．词数80～120个词。

2．信的开头已为你写好。

3．书信格式正确。

No．27 Middle School

Zhongzhou，Sichuan Province

January 14，2009

Dear Editor，

Most of our respondents also believed that instruction in word meaning/vocabulary was more deserving of attention, and, _____ , that topic is rated "very hot".