Dear Liz,
My stay in Thailand has certainly been the experience of my life.
Life is busy and exciting. Bangkok is just like any other big city with a population of 10 million and heavy traffic. I’m very lucky because my host family is in a nice quiet area outside the city. There are Mr. and Mrs. Phairat, their son Sanan, who is 18, the daughter Chinda, who is 16, and Grandpa and Grandma.
I go to an international school with Sanan and Chinda. The school teaches about 70 percent in English, and 30 percent in Thai. I've learned some spoken language, but Thai writing is very difficult, The cooking lesson is my favourite. I'm learning all about Thai food and culture People don’t use chopsticks here, but spoons and forks. When I come back, I'm going to cook you a real Thai meal.
Last weekend we visited some temples. We also drove to Pattaya beach near Bangkok. I thought it was great, but Sanan and Chinda say that next month they’re taking me to Phuket Island, where the beaches are even more beautiful. The month after next, we’re going to travel to Mr. Phairat’s hometown in the north of Thailand. The Phairat’s own land there, and they have two elephants. I’m going to ride those elephants — and even wash them. Sanan and Chinda say it’s really fun.
I'm amazed by everything in this country, especially by the elephants. Elephants are an important part of Thai culture and way of life. They have been a traditional symbol of Thailand for many years in times of war and peace. In the seventh century, a Thai king trained 20, 000 elephants for battle.
I’ll tell you all about my Thai boxing lessons next time I write.
Love,
Mandy How many family members are there in Mandy’s host family?
| A．4 |
| B．5 |
| C．6 |
| D．7 |
Next month, Mandy is going to visit__________.
| A．Pattaya beach |
| B．Phuket Island |
| C．Phairat’s hometown |
| D．Bangkok |
From the letter we know that Mandy is__________ when she stays in Thailand.
| A．bored |
| B．quiet |
| C．excited |
| D．proud |
What is the letter mainly about?
| A．Study trip in Thailand |
| B．Food culture in Thailand |
| C．Elephant riding in Thailand |
| D．International schools in Thailand |
第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题l 5分．满分l5分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。 In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 16. spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 17. , we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success 18. language learning. 19. good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only 20. (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long lists of words and 21. meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. 22 . we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of 23. (advise) for those 24. are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 25. (write) the language whenever we can.
第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题l 5分．满分l5分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。
Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact 16. she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 17. a driving mistake.
Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without 18. (stop).
When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason 19. she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak 20 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished 21. he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 22. (choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time.
When she had 23 (success) done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive a car well, and you have no doubts 24. your eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not succeeded. The case against Ms. Mary 25. (dismiss), and her record remained unbroken.
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Because neither she 48 her husband smoked, Mrs. Trench was surprised to see cigarette ash on her doorstep as she entered the house. When she opened the living room door, she was astonished to see a strange man fast 49 in an armchair! Taking care not to disturb him, Mrs. Trench left the house at once. She called a taxi and went 50 to the police station. When she got there, she lost no time to explain 51 had happened and added that the man must have got into the house through 52 open window. Mrs. Trench returned home 53 a police car together with two policemen. 54 it was too late: the man had disappeared. Hurrying upstairs, she went to her dressing table. She smiled with relief when she saw the only thing that the man had taken was an imitation diamond necklace that was almost 55 !
Aaron LeMieux loves to hike and often listens to the radio at the same time. While on a 1,500-mile hike _______ the Appalachian Trail, Aaron started thinking about energy. Could the energy his body was creating be used to charge an electronic device? In 2006 Aaron quit his job
________ turned the basement of his home into a laboratory. He then put all his time
________ developing the nPower PEG.
PEG means personal energy generator(发电机). ________ uses the energy you create while moving to charge a hand-held device. Just put your nPower PEG in your bag,
________ fasten it to your leg or bicycle. Then plug your MP3 player, cell phone or digital camera into your nPower PEG’s USA port. LeMieux’s company, Tremont Electric, claims
________ nPower PEG can charge most hand-held electronic devices to 80 percent in one hour.
Since it costs US$149, the nPower PEG won’t appeal to everyone with its price so ________. But for those
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