7. My parents didn’t oppose me taking part in singing competitions. On the contrary
8. Waking up on graduation day, she saw the dress hanging by her bed, the one she had
9. To be frank/ to tell (you) the truth
10.After just 3 months of learning, she was able to express herself
1)express oneself表达自己的思想[感情, 意见]
2)express one's gratitude表达感激之情
3)She expressed her thanks.她表示感谢。
4)He can express himself in good clear English now after four years' hard learning.经过四年的艰苦学习,现在他能用清楚流畅的英语表达自己的意思了。
11. From what is discussed above, we can safely draw/come to a conclusion that it’s necessary to ban students from taking mobile phones to school. (得出一个结论)
1)arrive at a conclusion得出结论， 告一段落
2)come to a conclusion得出结论， 告一段落
3)draw a conclusion得出结论， 告一段落
4)reach a conclusion 得出结论， 告一段落
5)at the conclusion of 当...完结时
5)bring to a conclusion 使结束； 谈定（买卖等）
6)come to the conclusion that...所得结论是..., 断定
7)draw the conclusion 得出结论， 推断
8)in conclusion 最后， 总之
12. Knowledge based on experience is not always precise or believable. (基于，建立在…的基础上)
13. Parents play a very important rolein the development of their children’s characters. (起重要的作用)
14. Although she didn’t mention any names, everyone knew what the teacher was
15. Londoners have long been unreasonably proud of
11. draw/come to a conclusion
13. play a very important role
15. proud of
16. I feel sorry for the children who have to drop out of school simply for lack of
17.To be in the current situation, we have had toovercome difficulties
18.The prices of houses remain high in spite of/despite/ regardless of
19.There has been an increase in the number of kidsaddicted to surfing the Internet recently. (对…上瘾)