1 . More than the challenge of fitting into a new culture, there are many benefits that a student can get from an exchange program. These benefits include:

·Diverse academic opportunities. In fact, students want to study abroad rather than travel.     1     Instead, it will be the supply of diverse opportunities for the student. For example, the student will be able to experience the differences of teaching methods, educational formats and academic program offerings.

·    2     Studying in another country opens the student’s eyes to different surroundings, which makes the student know about the country’s customs, people and regions. Knowing other culture also teaches the student how to be open-minded.

·Personality development.     3     Thus, the student needs to make decisions on his or her own and suffer the consequences or enjoy the fruits of those decisions. With this, the student is taught how real life is, what it means to be responsible, and how being resourceful can help in his or her survival. It’s no wonder that most students who return after the exchange program are seen with significant improvement on their personal development.     4    

So, why not let your child have the benefits of a student exchange program? Exchange programs or study-abroad programs are a great investment for the student.     5     Just imagine, by transforming students in a foreign country, the society is starting to build new blood of more mature people who might just be able to create a better tomorrow for the generations to come.

A．Improved protection of social rights.

B．Better awareness of cultural differences.

C．More importantly, it is helpful for the improvement of the society.

D．Most of them are more confident and have better decision-making skills.

E．The hosting school can also benefit by making a student’s dream come true.

F．Although students really love traveling, studying is not an activity filled with travel fun at all times.

G．Being an exchange student often means living far away from home and parental guidance.

2 . 假设你是李华，你的外教Alen对中国传统文化非常感兴趣。临近春节，请你写封信邀请她与你家人共度佳节。
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3 . Sitting on the peaceful coast of Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, watching the sun move quietly into the sea, you shouldn't forget that Charles Darwin arrived here in 1835. He stayed on the islands for five weeks, observing various animals. This finally inspired his famous work, On the Origin of Species. You can certainly follow Darwin's footsteps and enjoy a trip from four to seven days to the islands.

The islands are certainly a paradise for wildlife, as there are no natural killers on the islands and the number of boats and visitors is under government control. Though you cannot walk freely as Darwin did about 200 years ago, each day is as impressive as it could be.

The most well-known animal of the Galapagos is the giant tortoise, which can be seen moving slowly around the highlands of Sanra Cruz, the second largest island there. Some of these creatures are so old that they might have been seen in their youth by Darwin himself.

Despite strict control over activities and timing, your stay on the Galapagos will be remembered as a chain of incomparable pictures: diving with sea lions that swim and play within inches of you; feeling small sharks touch your feet as you swim; and, most magically, seeing a whale and her baby surface with a great breath of air.

Travelling between the islands and observing the wildlife that so inspired Darwin, you will feel as though you are getting a special view of an untouched world. At night you will sleep on board the ship, leaving the wildlife in complete occupation of the islands, which are as undisturbed now as they have been since the beginning of time.

1. What do we know about Darwin's visit to the islands?

A．He completed his famous book on the islands.	B．He studied different creatures on the islands.
C．He was amazed by the beauty of the islands.	D．He enjoyed his travel around the islands.

2. Which of the following plays a role in making the islands "a paradise for wildlife"?

A．Boats are not allowed to approach the islands.

B．Wildlife on the islands have no natural enemies.

C．People cannot walk around the islands as they wish.

D．Tourists are not allowed to kill wildlife.

3. What's the purpose of the passage?

A．To promote Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species.

B．To make people interested in the wildlife on the islands.

C．To attract people to visit the Galapagos Islands.

D．To raise readers' awareness of wildlife protection.

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。

China, once famous for four inventions in ancient times, has once again showed its ability     1     (change) the world with its “new four great inventions”: electronic payments, shared bicycles, high-speed railways and online shopping.

With electronic payments, people can buy and eat     2     they want simply with a tap of their phones. Electronic payments are so convenient that they are really popular with folks. Even pancake sellers are found     3    (use) Alipay. The bikes themselves are not new,     4    the operating model of bike-sharing is innovative. Chinese companies have surprised the world with the business model of bike-sharing which     5     (include) high technologies, and are entering overseas markets such as Singapore and Britain. The launch of high-speed trains has a       6    (big) influence on people’s choice of traveling than expected. The newly launched Fuxing Hao can travel at an    7     (amaze) speed of 300 km/h, making the 1,318km joumey in five and three-quarter hours. China also takes the lead in online shopping with various e-commerce platforms.     8     the 11.11 shopping day in 2018, sales hit 10 billion yuan in the first 2 minutes after midnight and     9    (reach) 213. 5 billion by the end of the day.

Thanks to the large amounts of capital (资金) China has invested in encouraging inmovation (创新), China has entered     10     new innovative time.

8 . A travel journal is one of the best ways to keep a long voyage in memory. Many details that don’t seem important while you are writing your travel journal often turn out to be so memorable.

    1    . When you are on a busy journey, it is easy to forget to write. You may promise yourself that you will write later, but that almost never happens. Take a few minutes every day and put down your memories.     2    .

Use your “down time” for your travel journal. There is a surprising amount of sitting around while traveling. You can always put down a few lines in your travel journal when you are on trains, waiting for planes, drying your laundry, or waiting in line.

At the beginning of your journal, write down the day, where you are, who you are with, maybe even the weather and what you eat.     3    . Years later when you read your journal, you will know exactly what you were doing on that day.

Focus on writing about how you feel. Listing facts and figures is fine but that isn’t why you traveled. A long journey is a time for self-reflection. Memories of these feelings fade quickly with time.     4    .

    5    . Whenever you use a ticket for a train or a museum or a ride, tape the stubs to your journal. They are pieces of history from your journey. Years later you can look at the ticket stubs and see exactly what you were doing on a specific day and how much it cost.

A．Keep ticket stubs.

B．Book your ticket in advance.

C．You’d better write down as much as possible.

D．These are the first details people tend to forget.

E．It doesn’t have to be long, just on a regular basis.

F．Get into the habit of writing your travel journal every day.

G．Writing about those experiences while the memories are fresh is important.