Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China. However, Daisy Raffan, an

36   girl in Britain, hopes to bring the   37   to the young people.

Daisy has   38   an online learning website to teach the language to as   39   people as possible, all over the world.

With China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks   40   important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later.

Daisy has been learning Putonghua   41   the age of five. Two years ago,   42   she decided to pass on what she had learned, she   43   the idea for the website, kidschineseclub.com.

She said: “People are afraid to learn Putonghua. One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an   44   language to learn, but I have had fun   45   it .And I hope what I have done is easy and fun.”

Her   46    offers a series of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture.

Daisy’s website has   47   the support of several important persons —the teenager says she has received a letter praising(赞扬) her work from Gordon Brown,   48   is the British Prime Minister(首相).

She said: “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter   49  . He said that what I was doing was a really good idea. I thought it was amazing. I was excited that   50   was supporting what we’re doing.”

Last month the manager of a jewelry shop (珠宝店) received a letter. As he was very busy then, the letter lay on his desk till tea-time. He opened it and a 10-pound note(票) fell out onto the desk. Within the note was a letter which said:

Dear sir:

In 1935 I got engaged(订婚). But unfortunately I lost my job. At the time a lot of people were out of work. Six months later I got a job again, but of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring(婚戒). The assistant took out some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I said I didn’t know the size of my girl’s finger. So I left the shop without buying a ring. My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for the ring has been heavy in my heart all these years. At that time, the ring cost 2 pounds so I think it is 10 pounds at today’s price and I’m sending 10 pounds.

Yours truly,

A customer (顾客)

1.When did the manager open the letter?

2.The customer didn’t write the letter until_____.

3.What happened in 1935?

4.Which of the following is Not true?

5.What do you think of the customer?

口语应用。根据对话的内容，用适当的句子补全对话。（满分10分）
A: Have you seen Jim these days?
B: No, he’s gone to Japan to see his grandfather.
A: 20. ____________________________
B: Yes, he lived there before he came here.
A: 21. ____________________________
B: About one month.
A: 22. ____________________________
B: Yes, I’ve just received a letter from him.
A: 23. ____________________________
B: He said he had a very good time there and he also wanted me to give his best wishes to you.
A:24. ____________________________