From Edmonton, the train    1     southeast across the great Canadian Prairie. At school, Daiyu and Liu Qian had leant that Canada’s population is only slightly     2    thirty-seven million. However, they did not     3    seeing such an open country, and were truly amazed. They went through two wheat-growing provinces,     4     they saw a     5    of farms that covered a very large area.

Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China, is     1     in the world. Here you can walk under the Whale Shark Aquarium…Watching the dolphin and sea lion shows     2    …The park has more rides than you can imagine: join a water fight against pirates,     3     by an exciting roller coaster, or get wet in one of the water rides!

Today was my first day back in san Francisco after     1    in the Redwood Forest and visiting the wine country of Napa Valley. I have to admit that it     2    feels good to be back in the city again.

...“As well as studying hard, I’ve been    1     in social activities. British people are    2     by our culture and eager to learn more about it, so I’ m keen to share my culture with them. While I’m learning about business I’m also acting as a cultural    3     building a bridge between us.

Posts of     1     (事故，灾难) in English

I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie. One day, a different teacher took our class. He told us that Maggie couldn’t teach that day COZ she had a frog in her     2     (咽喉). Poor Maggie — but why did she try to eat such a big frog?

When I first visited New York, I went to a     3     (市中心) shopping centre to buy some winter boots. At the information desk at the     4     (入口), I asked a lady where the shoe section was. She said that it was on the first floor. So I went up to the first floor, but couldn’t find any shoes. I decided to leave. When I was looking for the exit, I saw that shoes were     5     (事实上) sold downstairs on the ground floor, not the first floor. Why did she give me the wrong information?

I’ve got an English penfriend, who I finally got to meet in London this summer. He had told me that his grandfather was “really     6     (缺德的，邪恶的)”. But when I met his grandfather, I like him a lot. I found it very odd. Why did my friend use a     7     (消极的) word about such a nice man?

I was part of a student     8     (兑换，交换) programme between a university in England and my university in China. I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper. I knew I had done a good job and was looking forward to getting a positive     9     (评论). When I got the paper back, I found my teacher had written the comment “Not bad!” Not bad? But there weren’t any     10     (错误) in my paper.