Dear Mark，

You may consider this an anonymous(匿名的) testimonial.

We came to your seminar(研究班) with many difficulties and near violent anger, definitely emotionally violent. After taking your course we learned and practiced many of the techniques and principles you taught in the seminar we attended last year. It not only saved our relationship but improved our individual lives. For months and months we had all your rules taped to our walls (with 3M temporary double－sided removable pad tabs) in the bathroom above the sink, on the fridge and in my office and in the utility room. They kept reminding us of the proper ways to handle conflict and it has curtailed the damaging effects of emotional escalation(扩大) that really ruined any chance to a loving peaceful life. Although we both are far from where we'd like to be, we are thousands of miles ahead of the painful place where we were before attending your course. Spending the time with you and other couples helped us see that we were not alone and encouraged us to move through this awful phase of our relationship to a happier and more satisfying relationship. We were both motivated to learn and sincerely when we came. We participated honestly and we received great rewards then and now. I believe that we have integrated your techniques into our lives to our benefit.

Thank you for your life's work and course that has helped us grow and create a relationship that is so much more satisfying and pleasant.

We appreciate your part in our lives.

Yours,

Bill & Lori

1. The passage above can be best regarded as a letter of ________.

A. appreciation                      B. apology

C. recommendation                  D. suggestion

2. When the writers first came to the seminar, ________.

A. their relationship nearly came to an end

B. they had lost hope in life

C. they had lost the desire to learn something new

D. they had just got to know each other

3. People attending the seminar mentioned in the letter wanted to learn________.

A. how to improve their interpersonal skills

B. how to control their bad emotions

C. how to deal with difficulties in their work

D. how to make a successful career

4. The underlined word “curtailed” in the passage probably means “________”．

A. let out           B. pointed out   

C. reduced          D. realized

5. The writers of the letter are probably ________.

A. father and son                 B. mother and daughter

C. teacher and student             D. husband and wife

— I’m sure Andrew will win the first prize in the final.
— I think so. He ______ for it for months.

The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, _____ the sailing time was 226 days.

 A. of which    B. during which    C. from which    D. for which

Tourism probably started in Roman times. Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman empire. When the empire broke down, this kind of tourism stopped.

In the early 17th century, the idea of the “Grand Tour” was born. Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel. They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris in France, and Rome and Venice in Italy. Their tours lasted for two to four years, and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The “Grand Tour” was an important part of young people's education—but only for the rich.

In the 18th century, tourism began to change. For example, people in the UK started to visit some towns, such as Bath to “take the waters”. They believed that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns.

In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820s, it was easier for people to travel between towns, so they started to go for holidays at the seaside. Some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier.

Travelling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to faraway countries.

The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket prices dropped and more people used them.

Thus tourism grew. In 1949, Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a company called Horizon Holidays. The company organizes everything—plane tickets, hotel rooms, even food—and tourists pay for it all before they leave home. The package tour (包办旅行) and modern tourism industry was born.

The first travel agency in China was set up as early as 1949.But tourism did not take_off until 1978.In 2002, the industry was worth 500 billion yuan and became an important part of China's social development.

1．In the early times, the travellers ________.

A．all came from China     B．were very young and strong

C．had lots of money       D．travelled by boat

2．________ played the most important role in the tourism development.

A．Education             B．Money

C．Transportation          D．People's ideas

3．Modern tourism industry was born ________.

A．in 1949               B．in Roman times

C．in the early 17th century  D．in the 19th century

4．In which century did travel become much more popular and faster?

A．17th.       B．18th.        C．19th.       D．20th.

5．The underlined phrase “take off ”in the last paragraph means

________.

A．rise into the air         B．develop very fast

C．remove hats and clothes  D．bring down the prices

Harry has been out of work for six months, so he has difficulty _____.