1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

China’s annual Ice and Snow Festival, with its fairy-tale ice sculptures, opened late last week,     1     (attract) crowds of tourists who shuffle(拖着脚走) carefully over the slippery snow     2     drag their children in sledges around the park.

This year the ice park covers 810, 000 square meters with 250, 000 cubic meters of sculptured ice,     3     (harvest) from the nearby frozen Songhua River, and lights up at night with colorful lights. The sculptures, some a few-storey-high, feature Chinese-style-buildings, fairy-tale castles, and one fashions after Beijing’s Temple of Heaven. Several ice slides     4     (build)for children and adults around the park. The average number of people visiting the park daily has increased     5     (significant) to around 30, 000 this year, and hotel rooms in the city have been booked past the Spring Festival in February. Over the New Year’s holidays, the festival park received over five times more visitors a year ago, with     6     63, 200 people visiting.

This year’s winter has proven to be     7     important season for Harbin, as interest in the icy destination rises quickly after social medium     8     (post) show many people from the warmer south crowding into the snowy city, seen as key in jump-starting the “ice and snow” economy there. The tourists from the south,       9     wrap themselves up tightly to brave the sub-zero chill and wear cute furry eared hats, win an adorable nickname from the locals, “     10     (south) little potatoes”.

2 . After my family got comfortably settled in Hotel Ramada in Bangkok, we started exploring the city. After endless hours of shopping, it was finally time to go back.

This was when the trouble started. We forgot there are two Ramada hotels in the opposite directions. Absolutely unaware of this, we started searching for the way back. Google maps suggested us the shortest route, which was just 20 minutes away by walk.     1    

Bangkok felt different after sunset. Walking along the heavily-crowded roads with the dark-red sky felt beautiful. Lost in our talk, we didn’t realize that we passed onto the quieter part of the town.

    2     It was closed for redecoration. Unluckily, nobody around us then spoke English. Worse still, we stepped in a local tuk-tuk (三轮车), which took us to an unknown area for an enormous pay. We had no clue where we were, our mobile phones nearly out of power.

    3     He was a taxi driver. Recounting the day’s events proved to be a great conversation starter. We ended up talking through the way. He was so kind as to offer to drive us around for the rest of our stay.     4     For the next four days, from floating markets to the temples of Wat Pho, our trip wouldn’t have been so trouble-free without him.

Sometimes when things don’t go according to plan, I think about the stranger we met on the streets and how a tiny mistake on our part led to unexpected results.     5    

A．That was when our hero arrived.

B．Our thankfulness was beyond description.

C．We reached a completely different Hotel Ramada.

D．We set off into the city with little research on transport.

E．We decided not to waste our money but our time instead.

F．He then reminded us that our hotel was just a few blocks away

G．The trip rings as a reminder that every cloud has a silver lining.

3 . 假如你是李华，元旦期间，你打算和家人去北京旅行。请你给好友Richard写一封邮件，分享你的旅行计划。内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 具体的旅游景点；
3. 出行方式及希望。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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7 . If you expect to work in the future in the travel industry, you should begin learning Chinese.

That’s because Chinese people spent nearly $258 billion in total on international travel last year. That’s more than twice the combined amount spent on international travel by people from the United States and Germany, the next two biggest-spending nations. The Chinese are relative (相对的) newcomers when it comes to traveling beyond their nation’s borders and only a small percentage of them travel outside of China each year. Given the size of that nation’s population, even that small percentage represents well over 100 million Chinese travelers to foreign destinations.

Yet Chinese citizens flew, on average, just 65milcs last year vs. the 227 miles flown on average by US residents (居民), the 285 miles flown on average by Germans, the 271 miles flown on average by those from the United Kingdom, and the 632 miles flown by the average Canadian last year.

China’s high total spending on international travel and its low average number of miles flown on international travel may show that while only a small percentage of China’s residents actually travel outside their homeland, those who do spend a lot of money don’t go that far. But there are reasons for China’s low average of miles travel on international trips. A small percentage of Chinese now have enough money to travel internationally, while the number of people who do travel outside of China is growing fast every year. Besides, a large percentage of Chinese people traveling abroad stay close to home.

However, as more and more Chinese gain the financial ability to travel internationally and as Chinese become more and more interested in visiting destinations farther and farther away from home, their spending on international travel and the average distances flown will both rise rapidly.

1. Why is it important to learn Chinese for the future work in travel industry?

A．Because being good at Chinese is a must for future work.

B．Because Chinese is most commonly used in travel industry.

C．Because.travel industry requires employees to learn Chinese.

D．Because China will probably be a big-spending nation in international travel.

2. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A．There is indeed great potential in Chinese travel market.

B．People from different countries have different preferred destinations.

C．Chinese people are more willing to travel abroad compared with Canadians.

D．People going on a journey around the world hate taking international planes.

3. In what countries may many Chinese people choose to travel at present?

A．North America.	B．Developing countries.
C．Southeast Asia.	D．European countries.

4. Which of the following words can best describe the future of Chinese people’s traveling abroad?

A．Hopeless.	B．Bright.
C．Confusing.	D．Unclear.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Yellow Crane Tower is one of the Four Great Towers of China.     1     (seat) at the top of Snake Hill, on the banks of the Yangtze River, this symbolic building is one of the     2     (great) landmarks in Wuhan. There are a number of legends which tell     3     the Yellow Crane Tower came into being. One of them is the story of a wine merchant named Xin. It is believed that one day,     4     immortal being (神仙) pretended he was a poor man and got into Xin’s wine store. Xin, showing no judgement,     5     (offer) the man some free wine. The poor man came back day after day for several years and Xin always welcomed him with the same     6     (warm). One day, as the poor man left the store, he took some orange peel and drew a picture of a crane upon the wall. He said if he clapped his hands, the crane would come down from the wall and dance for him.     7     (surprise), what the poor man said was true. The dancing crane brought     8     much business to Xin that he soon became a very wealthy man. About ten years     9     (late), the immortal being came back to Xin’s store, called out the crane and left with it.     10     (honor) him and the crane, Xin built the Yellow Crane Tower.

10 . I started to worry when the golf car taking me, Steve, and our suitcases stopped in the middle of the Maine forest. A yurt (蒙古包) is a tent tall enough to stand in and wide enough to fit a big family. But I didn’t see it anywhere.

“You hike from here,” said the driver, pointing down a weedy (杂草丛生的) path. The woods were darkening, and Steve encouraged me to pick up the pace. My summer sandals (凉鞋) slipped on the wet leaves. Steve and I spent a good hour until we spotted the light of the yurt.

Steve skillfully lit a fire. We ate some sandwiches, had a few beers, and settled in for a good night’s sleep. But I couldn’t relax. I shook Steve awake. “The door to the yurt doesn’t lock,” I said. “What if a bear wanders into the camp?”

“Don’t worry. Moose (驼鹿) are a bigger problem here than bears,” he said.

“Well, what if someone decides to rob us? Or what if one of the locals wants to teach us a lesson?” “OK,” Steve said with a heavy sigh. He forcefully placed a chair under the door handle. “There, additional protection.” He smiled. “And even if someone gets through the door, you’ll have time to grab that book and use it as a weapon.” I laughed. Sleep moved in. We could enjoy our weekend.

When we “checked out” three mornings later. I was the first one up. That’s when I realized that the door opened ... out. The chair had been serving no purpose other than to keep me quiet.

“So,” I said, as we walked heavily back to meet the golf car. “How else have you been ‘handling’ me this weekend?”

He smiled. “Well. I decided not to tell Von about the snake that lived in the firewood.”

1. What can be learned from the first two paragraphs?

A．I was quite looking forward to the trip.	B．It was convenient to get to the yurt.
C．I felt nervous and anxious about the trip.	D．The golf car sent us directly to the yurt.

2. What might be the real reason for Steve to put a chair under the door handle?

A．To make it safer to sleep inside.	B．To stop me from worrying.
C．To protect them from locals.	D．To have fun.

3. What can we infer about Steve?

A．He was worried about moose and bears.

B．He might have some experience in sleeping in a yurt.

C．He put the snake in the firewood.

D．He had learned a lesson from the locals.

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．A Meaningful Trip to Yurt	B．The Importance of Getting Close to Nature
C．More to Know about Yurt	D．The Time I Survived a Yurt