2 . 短文填空
Dear Tom,

    1     (我很高兴)to receive your letter.Now I know     2     (你担心你的汉语) so I give you some advice. 

First,     3     (你应该对汉语感兴趣), for interest is the best teacher. Second, it’s a good idea that     4     (你致力于读更多的汉语书) with interesting stores. Lastly, listen to Chinese songs that     5     (有趣的且吸引人的) and watch Chinese programs on TV as often as possible.Only when     6     (你决心) to learn Chinese well and don’t give up can you make progress. 

Hope my advice is useful to you.

Yours,

Li Hua

3 . 汉译英
1. __________ parks 迷人的公园
2. __________ the cloth of my tent 噼里啪啦地拍打着我的帐篷
3. the mountain __________ 山边
4. __________sheets of ice 大片冰层
5. this __________ 这片领地
6. __________ smoking 禁烟
7. __________change 可视变化
8. __________ their reindeer 伴随他们的驯鹿
9. __________ their habits 养成他们的习惯
10. feel __________ 感到幸福

4 . After reading the sentences below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. analyzed   B. maintaining   C. valuable   D. quality   E. processed F. luxury   G. vast   H. attractions   I. fascinating   J. stuck   K. practical

1. I find good novels really ________ as the plots are well-designed to engage readers’ attention.
2. Many people book cheap hotels and visit typical tourist ________ in the city to enjoy their holidays.
3. Researchers ________ the data and compared them with those of the control group.
4. He treated the painting that survived the war as his most ________ property and put it in the drawer with great care.
5. Environmentalists who call air-conditioning a（an）________ we cannot afford as air-conditioning contributes much to global warming.
6. Sometimes I would play with some bands. But I never really ________ to it, though I did keep playing the guitar and end up getting pretty good at it.
7. When the scientists studied scans of the brains of pet dogs, they found that theirs, like ours, ________ the sounds of spoken words in a multi-step manner.
8. Imagine living on the edge of a（an）________ desert, which is moving quietly closer to your village every day and covering your fields. How terrible!
9. In Western cultures, ________ eye contact in conversations is necessary. A westerner might, in fact, consider a lack of eye contact as a lack of interest.
10. It was because of a strong sense of responsibility and much ________ experience that the teacher who worked in the countryside cultivated a great number of excellent students.

5 . 英译汉
1. philosophy n.
2. individual adj.
3. fascinating adj.
4. roar vi.
5. amount n.
6. assume vt.
7. previous adj.
8. album n.
9. impact n.
10. talent n.