1 . Lily went to London with her parents for a two-week vacation. She sent postcards to her friends.

Dear Wang Lin, This is a beautiful City and I like it very much. You can see parks here and there. The River Thames runs in the middle of the city. My mother and I have been busy shopping Restaurants can offer you all types of food. I've got lots of photos to show you when I get back. Love Lily

Dear Lei Fang, London is a busy city. And so many people are living here. There are always a lot of things to do. However, the subway can take you to travel all over the city. Today we went to visit Buckingham Palace(白金汉宫) and the Tower of Bridge. I will be very tired when I get home. See you soon. Love Lily

Dear Tan Xiao, I'm having a great vacation. This is an amazing city. There are lots of interesting old buildings and famous museums to visit. The people here are friendly and helpful when we get lost. The only thing that I don't like is the weather. It rains every day and it's still cold. Wish you were here! Love Lily

1. The postcards you read were all sent by_______.

A．Tan Xiao	B．Lily
C．Wang Lin	D．Lei Fang

2. Which of the following places has Lily NOT visited yet?

A．The River Thames.	B．The Tower of Bridge.
C．Buckingham Palace.	D．Oxford University.

3. What does Lily think of the people in London?

A．Amazing and famous.	B．Beautiful and interesting.
C．Friendly and helpful.	D．Busy and tiring.

4. What Lily doesn't like about London is its_______.

A．food	B．weather
C．subway	D．photos

2 . Six Best Places for ________ in Paris

Le Closerie des Lilas This restaurant/cafe/brasserie is a true literary location. On the terrace, F. Scott Fitzgerald apparently first revealed the manuscript for The Great Gatsby to Ernest Hemingway. This spot in Montparnasse was also frequented by Paul Verlaine, Max Jacob and Henry Miller, among others. 171 Boulevard du Montparnasse

Les Deux Magots Located in Saint-Germain-des-Pres on the Left Bank, Les Deux Magotx gets a mention in Nabokov's novel Lolita. It was also frequented by such heavyweights as Albert Gamus, James Joyce, Bertolt Brecht and Ernest Hemingway. Even Julia Child liked the food enough to plant herself at one of its famed outdoor tables. Today, tables are occupied by tourists instead of typists, but it's worth paying a few euros for a coffee here. 6 Place Saint-Germain Des Pres

Pere Lachaise Cemetery Perhaps the world's most famous resting place, Pere Lachaise is the home of Marcel Proust and Oscar Wilde, among scores of other famous people buried here. Singer and 'poet' Jim Morrison is, of course, famously six feet under in this verdant (郁郁葱葱的), ambient cemetery as well. 8 Boulevard de Menilmontant

Polidor Ernest Hemingway, Paul Verlaine, James Joyce, Victor Hugo, Henry Miller, Arthur Rimbaud and Jack Kerouac all enjoyed classic French dishes like steak, beef Bourguignon, steak tartare, escargot, and foie gras at this sixth-arrondissement restaurant. In the 2011 Woody Allen film, Midnight in Paris, the protagonist meets Hemingway and Salvador Dali here. 41 Rue Monsieur Le Prince

Bar Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald used to put 'em back at this fashionable and expensive bar in the Ritz. Musician Cole Porter would spend hours nursing cocktails at the bar and even composed a tune or two here. And, of course, the bar's namesake. Mr Ernest Hemingway, was a regular and even likened the drinking space to heaven. He also mentions the bar in The Sun Also Rises. 15 Place Vendome

Shakespeare & Company Since 1951, this Left Bank bookshop has been a central meeting point for the city's English-language lovers of great literature. It's also attracted many legendary writers as well. Williams Burroughs, Anais Nin, James Baldwin, Henry Miller, Paul Auster, Martin Amis and Zadie Smith, among countless others, have shopped for books or participated in literary events here. 37 Rue de la Bucherie

1. Your friend Jenny plans to go to Paris for travelling and she is a big fan of the famous movie director Woody Allen. Which place would you recommend that she visit?

A．171 Boulevard du Montparnasse	B．41 Rue Monsieur Le Prince
C．8 Boulevard de Menilmontant	D．37 Rue de la Bucherie

2. Earnest Hemingway was a regular to the following places except ________.

A．Pere Lachasise Cemetery	B．Les Deux Magots
C．Bar Hemingway	D．Polidor

3. Which of the following phrases best complete the title?

A．Literature Lovers	B．Experienced Tourists
C．Cuisine Enthusiasts	D．History Researchers

3 . 仔细阅读下列句子，每句中均有一个错误，请找出并在横线上改正，请按下列情况改正。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\），在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用横线划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time. As a great many of people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, a immense stadium, but a new Olympic-standard swimming pool. They will also be building new road and a special railway line. The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 'Olympic City'. Workers will have complete the new roads at the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxious as the new buildings go up. We are all very exciting and are looking forward the Olympic Games so they have never been held before in this country.

4 . 仔细阅读下面的短文，短文中共有10处错误，请找出并改正。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（/\),并在其下面写出该加的词。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

I have just receive a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been to there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is work for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different place in Australia. He has just bought an Australia car and has gone to Alice springs, a small town in centre of Australia. He will soon visits Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. His brother has never been abroad before, but he is finding this trip very excited.

5 . Travelling Abroad

Many tourists go and see parks, museums and castle when they visit a new place. There are many things I like about travelling, but waiting in line to buy museum tickets and then having your visit ruined by noisy tour groups is not one of them. The things that make places special are all around the famous buildings, not inside them.

My recent trip to India is a good example of this. By far the most interesting part of it was getting to know people-bicycle-taxi drivers, policemen riding elephants and children trying to earn some money by cleaning shoes. Meeting various people was all so amazing that I didn't need to do any "proper" sightseeing.

I also have fantastic memories of Florence. It was a boiling hot day and people lined up for at least a kilometer long outside the museum. Instead of joining it, I sat in a shady square, ate a delicious pizza and listened to a man singing opera songs to only a few listeners. If I had waited in line, I would have missed this experience.

One of the best things about travelling is creating memories to bring back. When I got back home from a holiday in Malaysia,I made some of the dishes I'd tasted in the food market. Maybe my results weren't as good as the real thing, but they reminded me of the places and the people I'd met-far better than anything from a gift shop.

1. On his trip to India, the author enjoyed ______.

A．riding on an elephant	B．playing with children
C．visiting famous buildings	D．meeting different people

2. In Florence, the author ______.

A．went to a food market	B．talked with local people
C．experienced local life	D．lined up for museum tickets

3. The author cooked Malaysian food at home because ______.

A．it brought back memories	B．it was easy to prepare
C．he wanted to sell the food	D．he was going to Malaysia

4. What does the author try to tell us in the passage?

A．How to prepare for a trip.	B．What to take when travelling.
C．Where to buy gifts in a foreign city.	D．What to look for when travelling.

6 . These years traveling abroad is becoming more and more popular with ordinary Chinese people. If you want to enjoy such a wonderful travel, your travelling abroad truly requires the most careful of preparations.     1     This is a short list of some necessary things you should not forget to bring as you fly to a foreign land.

Passport. First, be sure to bring your passport along with several copies of it. Accidentally losing your passport can be a difficult experience you should always try to avoid. You may keep digital copies of this important document for backup purposes, too.     2    

Guidebook. Staying in an unfamiliar place doesn’t have to be a headache with the help of a nice guidebook. This one provides you with maps and information you can use as you move from one place to another.

Extra clothes. While travelling, “lightly” is always highly recommended; never make the mistake of bringing lesser than what you actually need.     3     This is a safety precaution that you can do to make sure that you have something to wear just in case your luggage is unknowingly lost.

Medicines. Make it a point to take good care of your health while you are away. Bring enough medicines because some of them may not be available outside your country.

    4    .For example, you should get as much information as you can about the country such as its local laws, culture, weather conditions, and more. This will allow you to fit in and make any necessary adjustments.     5     That’s because they’re very attractive to thieves. The same rule applies to devices such as cameras, smart phones, laptop computers and others.

A．Bringing cash is also must.

B．And when going outdoors, try not to wear expensive jewelry.

C．Also, try researching about the safety of the specific area you will visiting.

D．What’s more, you may consider putting your extra clothes inside your carry-on.

E．Whether you’re a tourist or businessman, there are certain things you must keep in mind.

F．That way, you’ll have no problems returning to your country once your trip is over.

G．Besides these must-haves, you also have to obey certain precautions to avoid any problems.

7 . Measuring about 13,170 miles long, the Great Wall of China is no doubt the longest man-made project on earth. It was once widely believed that it could be seen from space. Some media even reported with affected seriousness, “The biggest building the astronauts could see from space is the wall, which looks very much like a black worm.” Consequently, this statement has gone deep into people's minds and become an honor that Chinese people have enjoyed for years.

Is the Great Wall truly visible from space? Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut who was lifted into outer space by the spacecraft Shenzhou V, gave a definite answer “No.” Yang's negative response may probably put out a fair number of people's passion. But it powerfully corrected the misconception. The wall is indeed majestic, but you won't see it from space!

In fact, Neil Alden Armstrong, the American astronaut who first set foot on the moon in 1969, was asked many times whether or not he had seen the Great Wall from the moon. Recently from a sound recording announced by NASA Johnson Space Center, Armstrong said that he had seen the continents, lakes and blue spots touched with red. But he could not make out any man-made objects on earth from the moon.

The Great Wall is narrow and irregular. In space, something irregular is hard to observe. Measuring about 10 metres wide on average, it easily merges(融入) into the surrounding environment. With solely the naked eye, it is totally invisible at a height of 196,850 feet. To watch the wall on the moon is like seeking for a single hair from about 2,688 metres away. To say an astronaut can see it from space is obviously not true.

However, some people introduced an idea to make the Great Wall visible from space. If we install bright spotlights on the wall, astronauts will see the lights at night. But this suggestion has not been carried out by scientific experiments.

1. Which is right about the saying “the Great Wall can be seen from space”?

A．News media cast doubt on the saying.	B．There was much evidence for the saying.
C．Astronauts played a trick on Chinese people.	D．The Chinese had belief in the saying for long.

2. What does the underlined word “majestic” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Second to none.

B．Far-reaching.

C．Grand.

D．Visible.

3. As Armstrong once said, what did he see from the moon?

A．The Great Wall.

B．Bright spotlights.

C．Places painted blue.

D．Large area of land.

4. How does the author prove a point in Paragraph 4?

A．By listing figures.

B．By giving examples.

C．By classifying facts.

D．By drawing conclusions.

8 . 假如现在是2050年，你们学校组织了一次去火星的旅行。在火星上你们到处参观、举行聚会……总之，你们玩得很愉快。请根据以上内容，写一篇日记描述一下你的火星之旅。
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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9 . 语法填空

An adventure in Africa

30 June, Morocco

My parents and I had finally arrived at Merzouga. The unending sand dunes that marked the     1     (begin) of the Sahara stretched before us. I took a long look at the yellow roadside sign that told us we were entering a “fragile natural environment”. The wind     2     (blow) grains of sand from the tops of the     3     (dune), the sun was beating down hard and bright, and there was not a plant to be seen.

Eventually, we arrived at our desert camp. Stars were already shining brightly in the darkening sky and it was getting cold with the approach of the night. I wondered which camel would be my ride the next day and grabbed my bag and headed towards the warm campfire.

3 July, Kenya

When my father, against my mother's advice, had decided to drive through a large pool of water, our car was well and truly stuck     4     the mud.     5     (fortune), two tall slim local people realized that we were totally     6     (help) and wandered over and pushed     7     (we) free.

We found a parking space next to our hut. There were five similar huts, all lined up     8     (face) Mount Kilimanjaro. Tall grasses and trees dotted the plains,     9     were alive with the African wildlife we had come to see. It was indeed the greatest show on the Earth.

We got out of the car, and I placed ham sandwiches, sausages and a bunch of bananas on a small wooden table. It was then     10     I noticed as mall grey monkey sitting on a tree a few metres away and eating a banana.

10 . Manchester is the “capital” of the northwest of England. Situated on the east bank of the River Irwell, it is a lively busy city with a large student population. Although it was once seen as only a dull industrial place, in recent years Manchester has become the “in” place. It is well-known for its clubs, its fashion and its music, not to mention its world-famous football team, Manchester United.

There is plenty to see in Manchester and something to suit all taste. For example, you have a taste for the Orient in Chinatown, home to Manchester’s large Chinese population. Another place to visit is the historical Castlefield area, which contains the first urban heritage park in Britain. Here you can walk around the museums and experience the atmosphere of the 19th century’s Manchester.

Football fans need not feel left out; they can always make a trip to the Old Trafford Manchester United Museum which also contains a coffee shop and a souvenir shop.

It’s easy to find your way around the city center and you’re never too far away from a bus, which will take you wherever you want to go. However, many people prefer walking in the city where there’s so much to see, and much of it is off the main travel lines.

If you get tired of all that walking, you can refresh yourself at one of the many cafe bars in the city. There’s a wide variety of homely and old-fashioned ones.

Whatever you do, you won’t have a dull moment in the place which was awarded the title of “the most interesting city in Europe”. Despite its unpopular industrial image in the past, Manchester is becoming more and more popular as a tourist destination nowadays.

1. According to the passage, Manchester is ________.

A．a big city in the southwest of England	B．only known for its heavy industry
C．interesting only if you like football	D．a very popular place now

2. If you are interested in history, ________ in Manchester.

A．you will see the 18th century’s center building

B．you can go to Chinatown

C．you don’t have a big choice

D．you can visit the Castlefield

3. What was Manchester like in the past?

A．A small and dull city.	B．A city full of factories.
C．An exciting city to visit.	D．A popular tourist destination.

4. What does the underlined word “its” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Europe’s.

B．Tourism’s.

C．Manchester’s.

D．Industry’s.