30^th June

Dear Aihua,

How are you? Sorry I haven’t written for so long. I’ve been quite busy planning my holiday with may older brother, Coin. Do you still remember the trip I told you about? I told you Colin and I would spend a few weeks traveling before he goes to university. Well, now we’re ready to go! We’re going to visit so many exciting places and do lots of astonishing things. We will go to Africa first. I can’t wait! Have you been there?

We leave London on 15^th July, and we’ll be flying to Morocco, in Northern Africa. We’re going to travel on camels through the Sahara Desert. It’s the biggest desert in the world-about the size of The US! I expect it will be very hot, dry and dusty there. We’ll be traveling by camel, with local guides, camping in tents and sleeping on the ground in our big, thick sleeping bags. I’ve heard that we can se beautiful stars on clear nights. I’ll bring a torch with me so that I’ll be able to see in the dark. The whole trip will take six days. That means I’ll have to sit on a came for almost a week-how uncomfortable! I hope my camel likes me!

After the trip by camel, we’ve going to travel down the River Nile. We’ll start at Lake Victoria. A little way down the river from Victoria, the water actually gets quite rough. So, we’ll go white-water rafting. It’s quite dangerous, but very exciting! We have to wear special clothing, a helmet and a life jacket, just in case the raft gets turned upside down or sinks after white-water rafting, we’re going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya. We’ll live with the local people in their villages, and eat and drink like they do, including cow’s blood! Do you think I should drink it?

Since we’ll be walking every day for almost two weeks, I’ll need to buy a large, strong, light backpack to carry my supplies of food and water. During the day, we’ll walk across the land, following the footprints of big animals such as elephants, lions and giraffes. We’ll try to get as close as possible to the animals, even though they’re dangerous, so that I can take some really good photos. But don’t worry about me―our Guides will have guns with them to scare the animals away if they come too close. I really want to see an elephant up close. Colin wants to see a giraffe.

After that, we’ll be moving on to Tanzania, where we’re going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Mountain climbing can be very tiring, and many people feel sick as the air gets thinner, so Colin and I will make sure that we will get enough rest after sunset. The African part of our trip will take about four weeks. Then we’re going to the Himalayas. I’ll send you postcards from all the different places we visit!

                                                            Love

                                                             Toby

36. According to Paragraph 1, ______.

 A. Toby is planning a business trip.                           B. Toby usually travels in his summer holiday.

 C. Colin wants to travel before starting university       D. Toby is not very excited about the trip.

37. The underlined “there” refers to _____.

   A. the United States    B. Morocco     C. northern Africa    D. the Sahara Desert

38. According to paragraph 2, _____.

   A. Toby enjoys the traveling on camels                    B. Toby is worried about traveling on camels

   C. Toby will feed the camels                                  D. Colin loves camels

39. According to Paragraph 5, Toby wants to _____.

   A. see a giraffe up close                                         B. scare animals away

   C. take photographs animals                                    D. shoot an elephant

40. According to the letter, Toby enjoys _____.

   A. comfortable, expensive holidays                          B. cultural holidays

   C. adventure holidays                                             D. staying at home

第二部分：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If 36, you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” by Australian writer Andrew Matthews 37.
In his book, Matthews  38  us how to have a happy life and answer the  39  of teenagers.
There are many  40  such as parents and friends, and the book  41  we should stop being angry and forgive. The book tells us of useful skills 42  how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to  43 your memory better.
Many teenagers think  44  happiness comes from a good exam result  45  praise (赞扬) from other people. But you can  46  be happy when there are no such “good” things.
Success comes from a(n) 47  attitude（态度）. If you 48 from problems, you will have success in the future.
Some school students have  49 such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that  50 comes from thinking about things in a positive(积极的)51 . If you are  52 , people notice you and you can get a  53  view(视线) at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes  54 less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important 55 : you choose to be happy!
36. A. so         B. not         C. it            D. do
37. A. wise       B. smart       C. useful        D. simple
38. A. orders      B. tells       C. asks          D. argues
39. A. problems   B. questions   C. ideas         D. comments
40. A. roles       B. classes     C. courses       D. subjects
41. A. says       B. writes      C. reads         D. thinks
42. A. for example     B. such as    C. so as      D. so that
43. A. make      B. turn         C. let           D. change
44. A. what      B. how          C. that          D. whether
45. A. and       B. but          C. so            D. or
46. A. yet       B. already      C. still         D. forever
47. A. bad       B. good         C. independent   D. normal
48. A. learn     B. rescue       C. struggle      D. separate
49. A. experiences    B. difficulties    C. fears      D. problems
50. A. success    B. happiness    C. failure       D. height
51. A. way       B. means        C. manners       D. spirit
52. A. short     B. small        C. tall          D. fat
53. A. lower     B. higher       C. worse         D. better
54. A. take      B. spend        C. cover         D. cost
55. A. work      B. lesson       C. teaching      D. study

Have you heard the news________the Chinese athletes won 165 gold medals at the 15th Asian Games?

1. A.
   whether
2. B.
   what
3. C.
   which
4. D.
   that

—How long            in America?
—Two years. I came back last month.

Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you  36 do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks(网络) have become a  37 for many people to shop without  38 having to leave their homes.
Some shoppers are  39 of department stores and supermarkets—40 the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes   41 of finding anything they want to buy. They’d rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and   42  a friendly announcer describe a product   43  a model shows it. And they can   44  around the clock, buying something   45  by making a phone call.
Department stores and even mail-under companies are   46  to join in the success of home shopping. Large department stores are busy  47 their own TV channels(频道)to encourage TV shopping in the future.  48 can ask questions about products and place   49  , all through their TV sets.
Will shopping by television   50  take the place of shopping in stores? Some industry managers think so.  51  many people find shopping at a   52  store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important to   53  or try on dresses they want to buy. That’s   54  specialists say that in the future, home shopping will   55  together with store shopping but will never entirely replace(取代) it.