Dear Laura,
Thanks for your message. Yes, I’m having  a great time on my exchange program in France. It’s even  better  than I thought it would be. I was a bit nervous before I   arrived  here, but there was no reason to be. My host family is really nice. They go out of their way to  make  me feel at home. And you  wouldn’t  believe how quickly my French has improved! I’m very comfortable  speaking  French now. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t bother me like it used to. My  biggest  challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table. As you can imagine, things are really different from the way they are at home.  For example, you’re not supposed to  put  your bread on your plate. You’re supposed to put it on the table! I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I’m used to it. You’re not supposed to eat  anything  with your hands except bread, not even fruit! (You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork). Another thing is that it is very rude to  say  you’re full. If you don’t want any  more  food, you should just say, “It was delicious.” Also, it’s rude to put your hands  in  your lap. You should always keep your hands ,but not your elbows, on the table. I have to say, I find it difficult to  remember  everything, but I’m gradually  getting  used to things and don’t find them so strange any more. I’ll write soon and  tell you more about life in France. Hope you’re having a good school year.
Wang Kun
【小题1】How was Wang Kun before  she arrived in France?
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【小题2】Why did she have no reason to be nervous?
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【小题3】How has her French improved?
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【小题4】What  is  one particular challenge she is facing?
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【小题5】What does she find surprising?
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Dear Laura,

Thanks for your message. Yes, I’m having  a great time on my exchange program in France. It’s even  better  than I thought it would be. I was a bit nervous before I   arrived  here, but there was no reason to be. My host family is really nice. They go out of their way to  make  me feel at home. And you  wouldn’t  believe how quickly my French has improved! I’m very comfortable  speaking  French now. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t bother me like it used to. My  biggest  challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table. As you can imagine, things are really different from the way they are at home.  For example, you’re not supposed to  put  your bread on your plate. You’re supposed to put it on the table! I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I’m used to it. You’re not supposed to eat  anything  with your hands except bread, not even fruit! (You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork). Another thing is that it is very rude to  say  you’re full. If you don’t want any  more  food, you should just say, “It was delicious.” Also, it’s rude to put your hands  in  your lap. You should always keep your hands ,but not your elbows, on the table. I have to say, I find it difficult to  remember  everything, but I’m gradually  getting  used to things and don’t find them so strange any more. I’ll write soon and  tell you more about life in France. Hope you’re having a good school year.

Wang Kun

1.How was Wang Kun before  she arrived in France?

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2.Why did she have no reason to be nervous?

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3.How has her French improved?

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4.What  is  one particular challenge she is facing?

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5.What does she find surprising?

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Liu Bing is Zhang Kun’s friend,  and now he is in a high school in Ottawa.  This is a letter   1    Liu Bing to Zhang Kun. 

Dear Zhang Kun, 

Thank you    2    your postcard.  I’m    3    to you in the reading-room.  Now I have many new friends here.  Henry is one of them.  He is my classmate.  He is 14    4    old.  His mother is a Canadian,  but his father is from Australia.  He often    5    me to go to his home for dinner    6    his parents. 

His family like China very much.  At school,  we have many good teachers.  One of them is from the USA.  We    7    her Miss Green.  She teaches English.  Our French teacher is Mr.  Smith,  and he is from Paris.  He loves    8    very much,  and we all love him.  Our Chinese teacher is Mr.  Scott,  and he likes Chinese kung fu very much.  After school,  he often talks to me in Chinese.

   9    is your English now?  I want to know something    10    you very much, please write to me soon.

                                                           Yours,

Liu Bing

1.A. for            B. to           C. from             D. at

2.A. for            B. with         C. at               D. to

3.A. telling        B. talking      C. writing          D. speaking

4.A. year       B. month        C. months           D. years

5.A. tells      B. asks         C. ask              D. call

6.A. and            B. with         C. for              D. in

7.A. calls      B. tell         C. tells            D. call

8.A. us         B. we           C. I                D. it

9.A. What       B. How          C. Where            D. Who

10.A. about     B. at           C. in               D. for

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There once lived in China a very foolish king and queen. One day the queen had a baby d 1. . When they saw their baby, they b2.   cried out, “My goodness! How small it is! It’s hairless and toothless! It’s a monster!” They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them to prepare some

m3.   for her.

“When she drinks your medicine, she must grow to the right s  4.  and have hair and teeth,” the king said, “If you don’t do this, you’ll have a beating.”

The doctors thought it i5. , but they dared not say anything a 6.  the king’s order. Just then an old doctor stepped forward. “Oh, we shall certainly obey your order,” he said, “but it t7.   time. We have to dig a mineral from the Kun Lun Mountains when the snow melts(融化) for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only once in six years. So we need t8.      years.” 

At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little princess. On her twelfth birthday, they brought her back to her parents w9.  long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen were very happy and gave the doctors expensive p10.   .