Chris Jones recently completed a very unusual journey. Our reporter Mary Owen met him at
his home in the south of London and be told her all about the trip.
Reporter: What gave you the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant, Chris?
Chris: Well, it all started the idea two years ago when I was planning a trip to India. I visited a
photo exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only enjoyable way to make a trip around
India was on an elephant.
Reporter: What did you do next?
Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant, I needed an elephant trained to
carry people. I didn’t know anything about elephants, so I asked an expert(专家) for help. He
taught me how to ride an elephant. He also helped me find an elephant.
Reporter: How long did it take to find a suitable elephant?
Chris: Not too long. I bought a female elephant called Tara for about 6, 000 dollars.
Reporter: Can you tell me about the journey?
Chris: Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later. We were going to Sonepur in northern
India. There is a big elephant market there and I could sell Tara easily. And what a ride! Elephants
can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur is more than 1, 200 km away. It took us 64 days to
complete the journey.
Reporter: Did you have any problems on your journey?
Chris: Yes, a few. But nothing serious. On the third day, Tara hurt her foot. Btu that got better
quickly. Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!
Reporter: What happened when you reached Sonepur?
Chris: My plan was to sell Tara. But I was very fond of her. I couldn’t take her back to Britain
and I didn’t want to sell her at the market. I happened to meet some people who wanted an
elephant for their national park in southern India. I knew that Tara would be safe with them, so I
gave her to them. I was very sad to say goodbye.
【小题1】Chris got the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant from __________.

Before you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language（语音） and some of the customs（风俗）of the country.
When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?” and shake hands(握手). Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands when they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.
Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly ever shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.
【小题1】It is _____ if you know the language and some of the customs of a country before you pay a visit to that country.

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Mrs. Lee: Hello. 68178502.
David:  Hello.  【小题1】  ?
Mrs. Lee: Sorry.  【小题2】 . Can I take a message??
David:  Yes. This is David, Bruce’s friend. I want to ask him for some Chinese ancient coins. He told me he had got some recently.  【小题3】  . I don’t care if they were made of different metals. I just want to add some more coins in my collection.
Mrs. Lee: OK. I’ll tell him. Would you like him to ring you back later?
David:  Well, I won’t be at home later this day. Would you please ask him to ring me tomorrow morning??
Mrs. Lee: Sure. 【小题4】 ?
David:   Oh, sorry.  【小题5】 .  The new number is 66129853.
Mrs. Lee: OK. I’ll write a message for him.
David:   It’s really nice of you, Madam. Thank you very much. Goodbye!
Mrs. Lee:  Bye!

----- Sit down please.----- ____________.

短文填空  阅读下则短文，然后在空白处写出适当的单词，单词首字母已给出。[有的词请注意词形的变化！] （共12个空，做对一个得1分，共10分）

How times flies! Junior 3 students will take the senior high school student entrance exam. They are studying hard for this big challenge, and they are also 1.w      about it. Do they have time to do something to celebrate their middle school years? Many do.

Liu Jia, 14, from Beijing said that in her class students are 2.w      goodbye messages or letters for each other. They are also giving photos to each other.

“Even the head teacher has a project,” said Liu. “She 3.p      to put all our class photos onto a CD and give each student one.”

Li Wei, 14, in Xianning, Hubei said that their English teacher Ms Deng asks them to write what they want to be when they4.g      up on the paper. She likes her students to come back after they graduate, and share their teen-time dreams together. Doing that 5.e      her students to work harder for their future.

Chen Ze, 15, in Guangzhou said his classmates are making “lucky stars” as graduation 6.g      . The cheerful stars are 7.m      of colored paper.

“8.B      you make a lucky star, you write some words for the person on the paper,” said Chen. “He or she can read the words after they open the star.”

In Xiao Xing’s school, each Junior 3 student will get a yearbook, in which the graduation classes will put their photos and self-introductions(自我介绍).

Xiao said, “ We have written a 9.p      in the ancient style as the self-introduction!”

“Our class may be not the one with the best school grade but it must be the 10.m     creative one,” said Xiao. “ I feel 11.p      of studying in such a class!”

What good ideas! I think all those will 12.r      them of their good days.