1 . Melbourne is in Australia. It is a beautiful city    1    huge gardens, great parks and many    2    (amaze) buildings. Many people came to visit it every year.

Melbourne is also    3     ancient city in Australia. It has an interesting history of more than 170 years. The first people came in 1835,and in the 1850s,gold     4    (discover). Because of this, Melbourne became a very rich city. Many new buildings were built at that time.

And today, Melbourne is one of the world’s     5    (great) cities. It is known     6     its     7       (beautiful) and its famous universities. It is also Australia’s top city for    8     (sport).Many of them are very popular. For example, young people are mad     9     soccer here. In 1956,the Olympic Games came to this city, and for the first time they were showed live on TV around the world.

Melbourne is a nice place and you can always have great    10     here.

2 . 阅读下面的短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填上一个恰当的词或使用括号中词语的正确行使填空。

Shanghai, on the east coast of China, is the     1     (big) city in the country.     2     (it) population is 13 million. Shanghai is     3     the Huangpu River. There are many beautiful     4     (park), like the Yu Yuan Gardens. Pudong is the new part of Shanghai, with lots of tall     5     (build), like the 468-metre-high Oriental Pearl Tower. Putuoshan is a small     6     (island) in the East China Sea, near Shanghai.

Dianshanhu     7     (lake) is in the the Qingpu District, in the     8     (west) part of Shanghai. It is bigger than West Lake in Hangzhou. It is also popular with tourists. Behind it is the old town of Zhujiajiao. There is a high hill in this old town,     9     (call) North Hill. There are 36 very old bridges across the rivers here. It is     10     very interesting place to visit.

3 . September and October are maybe the most beautiful months in Beijing. People say goodbye to summer and welcome cool f    1    The weather is not hot any m    2    There is plenty of s    3     and cooler temperatures. The sky is always so clear.

This is a harvest s    4       Most fruits and vegetables are ripe (成熟). One great activity in these months is picking f    5       fruits and vegetables on local farms. They are nice and don't c    6     much. People also think it is a great w     7     to relax (放松) and get nice air when they get close to nature. A    8     popular activity people enjoy is to see the red maples (枫叶) in Fragrant Hills Park. When fall arrives, flaming ( 火红的) leaves c     9     the hills and make them look like a colourful painting.

Fall is short and days become cooler and cooler as rainfall increases (增加). Visitors should bring warm c    10     like long-sleeved (长袖) shirts or T-shirts,plus one or two jackets or sweaters.

4 . Venice(威尼斯) is the ‘Queen’ of the Adriatic Sea（亚得里亚海）.Every year many people from all over the world t    1     to Italy to visit the city. Do you know w    2     they like to go there for a visit? Venice is quite d    3     from other cities in the world. There aren’t many roads or streets, so there aren’t any cars or buses. There are many canals（河道）. People must row up and down the canals in
the boats to go to work, go s    4     or visit friends. But Venice is sinking(下沉). In 2040 Venice will be u    5     water. The Adriatic Sea will cover the c    6    . The Venetians love their city and they want to s    7     there. So they want to s    8     Venice from the sea.
How? They can b    9     some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gate will close to keep much water o    10    . In this way, Venice won’t sink.

5 . In the United States there is a   special hotel ,The hotel lies in a small town near the sea .There are not m    1    people in the town ,but every year ,there are many v    2    and they like to stay in the special hotel .

When you go into the hotel,the waiter or waitress will give you a l    3    .The prices of the rooms are on it . But every room doesn’t have a number ,and its name is a person in a famous novel .If you choose a name ,for example ,Holmes (福尔摩斯）the waiter will give you a bookmark .And the bookmark is the key t    4    the room.

After you open the door ,you will feel s    5    Why? The room is furnished (摆设)just like you are in the novel and you are working with Holmes .On the clothes tree a    6    Holmes’ hat and his black cloak (披风）。On the bed there is a big pipe (烟斗）It looks as if he left a few minutes ago and he will come back soon and you can talk with him in a f    7    way .Of course he will not come back .But you can sit in the room and read some books a    8    Holmes .It’s very i    9    ,isn’t it ?

A    10    time goes on ,the hotel is getting more and more popular ,You can see people all over the world in this hotel.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
More than a hundred years ago, some Chinese people went to foreign countries to start a new life. They lived near each other in some places in those countries. Later, these places     1    (become) Chinatowns.
What are Chinatowns like in foreigners' eyes?
LIFESTYLE
Jordon Shinn, 28, the   US
New York City has at     2    (little) 12 Chinatowns. Many people there are still keeping a Chinese lifestyle.
    3     a sunny summer morning in Brooklyn, New York City, a local park is waking up. In the park,     4    (group) of middle­aged Chinese women dance in rows. They play Chinese pop music     5    (loud). There are a few young white men nearby on a basketball court     6    (play) with local Chinese people.
Next to the basketball court, about 10 men are playing music on both western and Chinese instruments(乐器). They have     7     erhu, a guitar, a violin and other instruments. At that time, I feel     8     I am in a park in China.
FOOD
Murray Wenzel, 29, Australia
Almost every big city in Australia has a Chinatown. Chinatown in Brisbane is full of restaurants, just like Beijing.     9     the food is quite different from “real” Chinese meals.
Have you ever heard of fortune cookies(幸运饼干)? Fortune cookies have little pieces of paper inside     10    (they). The pieces of paper give advice about your life. They are in every Chinatown restaurant. But I hardly saw them in Beijing.

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。I have

been dreaming of visiting America since I was a little girl.
So when I got on the plane to America     1     January 22, I was very excited.
We first arrived in New York and then Los Angeles with my parents.
Los Angeles is the second     2    (large) city in America.
Our trip began in Disneyland.     3     park has many cartoon characters, such as Snow White, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck made by Walt Disney, a     4    (success) man. The ride on the roller coaster(过山车) was really fantastic! I liked the lovely Ghost House(鬼屋) best     5     it was exciting and it was not scary at all. And workers there organized us some funny     6    (activity). Everyone liked them.
We expected     7    (know) more about their life and culture, so we traveled to many other interesting places. We also     8    (fly) to many cities like San Francisco, visiting Sea World Adventure Park, Stanford University, etc. I made many friends when traveling. We really enjoy     9    (we) in America. So I     10    (true) hope that I can go there again!

8 . 根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
Chinese people are among the most hospitable(热情好客的) people in the world.If a foreigner goes to a Chinese home, he would be     1    (感到惊奇的) at the warmth that he would receive as a guest.
When you visit a Chinese home, the host usually makes     2    (茶) for you to welcome you.Then he will serve you    3    (点心，小吃) like nuts or candy.Someone in the home will also     4    (聊天) with you, never letting you feel     5    (寂寞的)．
Meanwhile, other family members of the home will    6    (准备) a meal for you.Chinese people     7    (招待) their guests with a big meal.They always present more food than the guests can eat.
At the table, the guests must be the first to eat.And the host usually picks food for visitors.They want to make sure that you are     8    (放松的) and eat like you are at home. As you finish eating, they will still put more food in your    9    (碗)．
Being warm and hospitable has long been an important part of Chinese culture and tradition.As Confucius said     10    (千) of years ago, “To meet friends from afar, how happy we are！”

9 . 阅读下面的短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Do you know where this photo comes from? Well, it     1     (take) on Easter Island(复活岛). The island is in the south of the Pacific, and it is very difficult     2    tourists to find its position. It is covered with     3    (hundred) of huge stone statues(雕像). Each of them weighs several tons and some are more than 30 feet tall.     4    ,   nobody knows who built these statues and why and how they got there.
It     5    (seem) that the statues have been made out of the top edge of the walls of a volcano(火山)       on the island. The statue    6    have been rolled or dragged down to the foot of the volcano. Then, it was stood upright and ropes were tied around it, which was made)    7    (act) as a pulley(滑轮). Over a period of months, a statue could be walked for miles down to the ocean. In the end, it was    8    (place) in line with other statues, all of them looking towards the center of the island.
Today, Easter Island    9    (remain) one of the most famous historical places. It is like     10    open­air museum, showing a fascinating but unfortunately lost culture.

10 . Claire is a 27-year-old Chinese girl. She is a teacher in a junior high school. She enjoys     1     (take) trips and has many interesting experiences. She thinks they are special    2     (memory).
Last month, Claire took a trip to Italy     3     her family. This was her first time     4     (go) traveling abroad. Before starting their journey, Claire searched on the Internet for a lot of information. After     5     long flight, they got to Rome on the morning of July 3. She and her family visited beautiful cities like Rome     6     Milan. They are both modern cities with a long history. Venice    7     (like) best by Claire among all the places. In her mind, Venice is       8     (wonderful) place that she has ever visited. There, they visited the famous St Mark’s Basilica and its special    9     (beautiful) impressed them. They also took a lot of beautiful photos with their camera.
On the afternoon of July 18, they got on the plane and flew back to China.     10     she got home, she was tired out. Even so, she still hopes that she can go to Italy again in the future.