34. The Smiths ________ in Australia since 2000.

My friend, David Smith, kept birds. One day he     42     and told me he would be away for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him and said he would leave his key in my mailbox. Unfortunately, I did not remember to feed the birds until the night     43     David was going to return. I rushed out of my house and it was already dark when I     44     his house. I soon found the key he gave me could unlock     45     the front door nor the back door! I kept thinking of what David would say when he came back.

It is interesting to visit another country, but sometimes there are problems. If we don’t know the ________ very well, it may be difficult to talk with the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country we are visiting. We may not know how to buy the thing we need. In a ________ country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a ________. It is not easy to decide how ________ to tip (给小费) waiters or taxi drivers. When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not pleasant to have an experience (经历) ________ that. After a short time, however, we learn what to do and what to say. We learn to enjoy life in ________ country, and then we may be sorry to leave.

For most people, birthday is very important. Young people u    71     like to have parties on their birthdays. They invite their f    72     to their house. And their parents may make a big dinner. Everyone brings a p    73    . They often have a big b    74     cake with the word “Happy Birthday” on it. There are candles on it, too. One candle is f    75     one year. After the birthday person makes a wish and blow out the candles, they can e    76     the nice cake.

83. Write at least 60 words on the topic “A trip to…”(以“A trip to…”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，注意：文中不得出现考生的真实姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。)