Are you spending two days in Tokyo? Are you moving to Melbourne? No matter where you’re going or how long you’re staying, keep reading! These tips will help you make the most of any city adventure．

Before you arrive

Read a city guidebook（旅行指南）．If you don’t want to buy one，just look through the guidebooks in a store．（A）就如何计划你的旅行．它们能给你提供些建议．

Search the Interact．Websites such as Citysearch．com and Economist．com provide （B） ______on cities around the world．Blogs（博客）can also give you（C）opportunities to learn from others’ travel experiences．

Doing research before you arrive will help you experience the city’s claim to fame（知名特色）．Whether（D）it is a city symbol，a shopping area, or a river-you should see it．

When you arrive

If possible，pick up a free city map at the airport，train station or your hotel．Visit the city’s tourism office，which will provide other valuable information．Sometimes local newspapers（E）offer tours or other services．

Carry the hotel’s business card or write down the（F） ______  end phone number．Take note of the neighborhood around your hotel．It will be helpful when you return．

Ask a local person for advice．Many cities have treasures that most tourists don’t know about．A local can direct you to a wonderful but less famous restaurant，park or museum．

Finally, be adventurous! Some of the best things that a city has to offer can be found by mistake．（G）If you’re not afraid to get lost, you’ll see more-end you’ll enjoy，yourself more

1．将画线部分（A）译成英语：____________

2．在（B）和（F）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：______;______

3．写出画线部分（C）和（E）的同义或近义词语：______;______

4．句中画线部分①）在文中所指代的是：______

5．将画线部分（G）改写为：

If you’re not afraid to get lost, you’ll see more-and you’ll______ ______ ______ ______  ．

（A）A little girl thought she was less beautiful than other girls, and nobody liked her．So she was always unhappy and didn’t like to talk to others．However，one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair dip（发夹）．When she wore it，（B）她看上去比以前漂亮多了．She decided to wear it to school．

    On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smiled at her．Most of her schoolmates said “hello” to her, but this（C）________happened before．She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought her them all．She was so happy about all of the wonderful things．Although she didn’t tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip，they all wanted to know what had happened to her．

      When she went back home after School．her mother asked her,“ Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found（D）it by the door this morning．“

She understood that she hadn’t（E）__________the hair clip to school at all．

It is not important what we wear or how we look．The most important is how we mink about ourselves．

1．将画线部分（A）改写为：A little girl thought she was______ ______beautiful _____other girls，and nobody liked her．

2．将画线部分（B）译成英语：_________________________________

3．在（C）和（E）的空白处分别填入一个适当的词语：_____________；___________

4．句中画线部分（D）在文中所指代的是：_____________________

5．写出能说明本文大意的主题句：________________________

Gloria is a famous hostess（女主持人）of a TV station．When she was 15，she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves．（A）The man behind the counter, John Smith, asked,“"Would you like a job in the bookstore?”She needed to start saving for（B）_______，so she said yes．

Gloria worked after school and during summer vacations，and the job helped pay for her first year of college．During college she would do many other jobs; she served coffee in the student union，was a hotel cleaner and even made maps for the Forest Service．But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs．

One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Gloria for books on cancer．The woman seemed（C）anxious．Gloria showed her everything they had and found other books they could order．The woman left the store less worried，and Gloria has always remembered the pride（D）she felt in having helped her customer（顾客）．

Years later，as a television hostess，Gloria heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and hand．His family was so（E）______that they could not afford（花费得起）an operation，and the boy lived in shame，hiding his hand in his pocket all the time．

Gloria persuaded（说服）her boss to agree to let her do the story．After the story was broadcast, some doctors called，offering to（F）carry out the operation for free．

Gloria visited the boy in the hospital after the operation．The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand end say,“Thank you．”What a sweet sense of satisfaction Gloria felt!

At Smith’s bookstore，Gloria always realized she was working for the customers, not the store．Today it’s the same．The TV station pays her, but she feels that she should work for the people who watch the programmes，and that（G）她应该帮助他们更好地理解这个世界．

1．将画线部分（A）改写为：

The man behind the counter, John Smith, asked ______ ______ like a job in the bookstore．

2．在（B）和（E）的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词：______;______

3．写出画线部分（C）和（F）的同义或近义词语：______; ______

4．句中画线部分（D）在文中所指代的是：______

5．将画线部分（G）译成英语：____________________________________

Long long ago，people in Rome（罗马）talked to one another in Latin（拉丁文）．Pupils in school learned to read and（A）______in Latin．Books are in Latin．

Some Romans（罗马人）went to other parts of the world．They took their language with them．Soon（B）拉丁文在许多国家被使用．It became a world language．

People in other countries did not talk in Latin the same way．In each land．They（C）______the language a little．As time went by，they made more changes．（D）At last they did not talk in Latin any more．New languages had come from the old one．

（E）People do not talk to each other in Latin today．But they still use many Latin words．You do, too．Street，wall，city，and salt am some of the Latin words we use．There’re many pupils in school，Pupil is a Latin word，（F）It means “little doll”．

1．在划线部分（A）和（C）的空白处填入适当的单词：_________;_________

2．将划线部分（B）译成英语：_________________________________

3．将划线部分（D）改写为：

At last they_________ more_________ in Latin．

4．将划线部分（E）译成汉语：______________________________

5．划线部分（F）在文中所指代的是：_________

If you think you’re too shy and want to be a little braver，try the following．You can do it．

Tell people you’re shy：（A）There’s no need to hide it．When they get to know you are a shy kid，they’ll（B） ______you better．This also helps you feel more relaxed when you talk to someone．

（C） ______to smile more．When you smile，people think you are friendly and easy to talk to．Remember that other people have feelings too and（D）people will stay way from an angry-looking face．

Learn to be a good talker．If you find（E）it hard to start a conversation，say something nice about the people round you．Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you．Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to that person?

Put your attention away from yourself．Think more about ways to enjoy the party or the game．Don’t waste time worrying about your looks or whether people like you or not．

Take one small step at a time．Each time after you say“hi”or smile at someone for the first time，say to yourself“I did it”!Or reward yourself with something bigger，like buying yourself an ice cream．

Keep trying and one day（F）你将不再害羞when you talk to other people．

1．将划线部分（A）译成汉语：______________________________

2．在（B）和（C）的空白处填入一个适当的单词：______；______

3．将划线部分（D）改写为：

People don’t want to talk to a person who______ ______

4．划线部分（E）在文中所指代的是：______

5．将划线部分（F）译成英语：________________________