Thank you very much for your letter. Your trip sounds exciting! I can't wait to hear what Africa is like.

Since my last letter to you, I have had a little adventure of     1     (I) own. Early this month, my mother and I took a     2     (fly) to Dunhuang, in the north-west of China. The desert out there was really quite amazing—I had never seen so much sand in my life! While we were there, we     3     (arrange) with a tour company to ride.     4    (camel). I was very excited because this was the first time I had seen one up     5     (closely). We had hoped that we would get to see some other wildlife on our trip, but sadly we didn't.

Since you are going to the Sahara, I have some advice—be sure     6     (bring) a large hat and a shirt with long sleeves—you'll need these     7     protection. The sun can be so brilliant you'll need to keep covered or you'll get     8    (burn)—my cheeks were red for days after my trip. And another thing, you'll need to keep.     9     good supply of water with you, since it is so dry and hot.

I'm sure you'll have a nice trip. I look forward to     10     (receive) your postcards!

8 . A month ago, my friend Nick and I experienced a(n) _______ event. It was the evening of the fourth day on our hitchhiking(搭便车) trip to Morocco. We were stuck on the side of a main road in the cold _______ . It was nearly dark. To our disappointment, there wasn’t a single bit of grass where we could put up our tent.

Finally, we reached a small town after _______ for about an hour and a half. We found a bar where we thought we might be able to _______   ourselves first. Then we would _______ where we are going. We each bought a coffee, but the barman, Jose, brought over some bread _______ . Full of thankfulness for his generosity, we explained to him what we were doing. He showed much interest in our journey.

Then, we asked Jose if we could _______ on his floor. We were very worried he would refuse. _______ , he said yes! Thinking he lived upstairs, we waited for him to lock us in _______ he could be sure we didn’t steal anything. To our surprise, he gave us the keys! He showed us how the door worked, said goodnight and was off.

We all stood in ________ . In only a few hours we had gone from standing in the cold rain to owning a ________ bar. All the fridges were ________ and there was a fair amount of money on the sideboard. We were amazed at how much he ________ us. Then it was a good night’s sleep. The next morning, he ________ and we let him into his own bar. ________ , he gave us a free meal, and then we were on our way.