1 . 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。

Once I went to a German city for vacation. The trip left a     1     (deep) impression on me than before. It was already dark outside when I arrived at the airport at 6 p.m. The first thing was to find a place to stay. I decided     2     (call) the youth hotel. But to use the phone I    3     (need) some coins. I asked a lady for help. To my surprise, she gave me three     4     (coin) to use. But all the phones there needed phone cards which could only be bought at post-offices during the daytime. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to call the hotel.     5     old gentleman helped me. He couldn’t speak English     6     understand that I needed to make a phone call. He showed me to the phone and inserted（插入）his phone card. I called the hotel and found a place to stay that night. The     7     (kind) of German people made me feel at home.

Wherever I went, I asked people for directions. It surprised me that almost every young German could speak English     8     ( fluent). Older Germans couldn’t speak English very well, but they would try to help me whenever they could. One middle-aged man even drove me to the place I was looking for. My experience in Germany completely changed     9     (I) impression of Germans.

I thought Germans were not     10     (friend) to foreigners before, but things have changed since then. The people in Germany couldn’t be more friendly.

2 . We believe that the more you get out into the world, the better place it'll be. But getting out into the world shouldn't mean leaving a footprint.    1     By following those, your destination will be better after you leave.

Don't hold back. The best way to know a new place is to talk to the local people. When you're staying with them, tell them about who you are, why you're there, what you want to see and what you love about bringing yourself to new place.    2    

Dive right in. What's the point in travelling outside of your home country if you don't also get out of your comfort zone?     3     If you want to sky dive and just have had that chance, do it. You'll go home with a story, and will leave locals with a story of their own of a brave traveler who conquered their fears.

Do your homework.     4     Try to learn more about local customs, traditions and manners so that you'll arrive well equipped to enjoy your time and communicate with locals without any bad impressions.

    5     We all travel for different reasons. Don’t forget what drove you to hit the road. Sometimes, the best memories happen when you least expect them. If you open yourself up to the world, you’ll never know how the world will change you!

A．Stay honest but get open

B．Travel when you’re eager to travel.

C．Don’t do anything that you might regret.

D．There’s no better way than bring a bit of yourself to it.

E．Here are several ways to make your mark while you’re travelling.

F．Sometimes it’s best to be armed with knowledge about your destination.

G．You shouldn’t take many factors into consideration when choosing your destination.

3 . 假如你是李华，你的加拿大网友Mike圣诞节期间打算来中国,他对中国传统文化非常感兴趣，希望你能为他推荐一些名胜古迹。请你用英语给他发一封电子邮件，向他推荐一个或两个你所喜欢的名胜古迹。
要点包括:
1.简介你推荐的名胜古迹;
2.叙述你推荐的理由;
3.表达你的祝愿。
注意:词数90左右。

4 . 根据题目所提出的具体要求，在答题卡写出一篇连贯完整的短文。词数不少于60。
假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Jim计划暑假来北京进行为期三天的旅行，发邮件请你推荐行程安排。请你参考下面提供的信息给他回邮件，介绍行程安排，并给出推荐理由。
邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
• visit Tian’anmen Square and the Palace Museum
• go to the Great Wall
• see pandas in Beijing Zoo
Dear Jim,

I’m so glad you’re coming to Beijing this summer. I’d like to introduce some wonderful places to you.

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Yours,

Li Hua

5 .

[1] I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability-to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… [2] When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a marvellous vacation trip-to Italy. You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make wonderful plans: the Coloseum①, the Michelangelo② David, the gondolas③ in Venice, etc. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. [3] After months of eager expectation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The airhostess comes in and says, “Welcome to the Netherlands.” [4] “The Netherlands?!” you say. “What do you mean, the Netherlands?? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy.” [5] But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in the Netherlands and there you must stay. [6] The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, awful, dirty place, full of diseases. It’s just a different place. [7] So you must go out and buy new guidebooks. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. [8] It’s just a place. It’s slower paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around and you begin to notice that the Netherlands④ …and the Netherlands has tulips⑤. The Netherlands even has Rembrandts⑥. [9] But everyone you coming and going from Italy and they’re all boasting about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say, “Yes, that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned. [10] And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away because the loss of that dream is a very, very significant loss. [11] But if you spend your life regretting the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about the Netherlands.

① ② (1475~1564) Italian artist and architect ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥(1606~1669) Dutch painter

1. The author compares her motherhood to ________.

A．her involvement in traveling abroad

B．her experience with an unfamiliar task

C．her dream of enjoying beautiful scenery

D．her journey to an unplanned destination

2. By “you begin to notice that the Netherlands has windmills ... and the Netherlands has tulips’’ (paragraph 8), the author actually means that ________.

A．the Netherlands has many scenic spots to visit and enjoy

B．the Netherlands is a country with many paintings to appreciate

C．a mother of a disabled child can also feel the bright side of her life

D．a mother who has traveled a lot can receive a special treat from her child

3. From paragraph 9, we can tell that other mothers are ________.

A．proud

B．anxious

C．sociable

D．sensible

4. To the author, the special experience of being a mother is ________.

A．beyond her endurance	B．more a gift than a loss
C．worthy of others’ sympathy	D．preferable to going to Italy

6 . 假如你是一名英国学生Harry，有一位中国笔友Li Hua想了解一下你的家乡爱丁堡，请你根据提示回复一封电子邮件。
注意：开头部分已给出，不计入总词数。
爱丁堡：苏格兰的首府，政治和文化中心。
人口：133万。
面积：260平方公里 (square kilometers)。
地理位置：苏格兰 (Scotland) 的东南部。
交通：机场位于市中心，公共交通十分便利。
天气：气候温和 (mild climate)。
旅游：最受欢迎的旅游城市；古老建筑众多；每年吸引200多万名游客，是理想的度假胜地。
词数：110左右。
Dear Li Hua,

How are things with you? Today I’m writing to tell you something about Edinburgh which you asked about in the last e-mail.

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7 . On Nov.18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.

Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope, and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.

After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 meters, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men’s basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand, but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.

At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 km from London!

1. Three men flew in a balloon ________.

A．to visit Poland	B．to another city
C．for nearly 1,800 kilometers	D．nearly a century ago

2. The metal box was used for ________.

A．carrying the bags of sand	B．changing the weight
C．holding ropes of the balloon	D．keeping drinking-water

3. When the balloon went up higher, ________.

A．the temperature of the balloon began to fall

B．they saw the sun go down and the snow falling

C．they made a hole in the basket with their knives

D．nothing could be seen but snow on the ground

4. At last the balloon landed ________.

A．early in London	B．on the sea heavily
C．on a lake with safety	D．in a foreign country

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The three men started their long journey before the sun rose.

B．The balloon began falling down when they threw bags of sand.

C．The three men had to land because they felt cold and hungry.

D．They put the rope into the basket and the balloon went higher.