Americans can travel almost anywhere they choose. But to protect its people, the government lists a few dangerous places where Americans cannot go. These places are unfriendly countries or countries at war. There, the traveller might not be safe. These countries are listed in a small book called a passport（护照）.

This passport is a government request for the safety of its travelling people. It is also a government’s pledge（保证） that the people will obey the rules of the host country（东道国）.

To receive a passport from the government, a traveller must prove that he is an American citizen （公民）. An American can not go overseas（外国） without a passport. Only certain close countries such as Canada and Mexico do not ask for passports.

Pasted （粘贴）inside the passport is the traveller’s picture. Children travelling with their parents are included in one parent’s book.

Thousands of people from the United States visit other countries every year. An American traveller might carry plane tickets, money, clothing and many other things. But the most important that he carries in another country is his passport.

68. A passport is not needed when an American goes to ______.

A. foreign countries   B. dangerous areas   C. Canada or Mexico   D. countries overseas

69. From the passage we can see that ______.

A. children can’t travel to foreign countries         B. Americans like to travel

C. a traveller is not safe in most countries      D. Americans like to travel to close countries

70. Why does a traveller need a passport?

A. He needs something more to carry when he travels.

B. It helps the country to protect the people.  C. He needs to have his picture taken more often.   

D. It helps the traveller to know where he will go.

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)

下面是21世纪报中学生版（21st Century School Edition）刊登的一封读者来信，请你以编辑的身份给这位中学生写封回信。

Dear editor,

I spend most of my time studying. I hardly talk to my classmates. Sometimes I don’t care much about others, but I do want to talk. I just don’t know what to talk about and how to begin a conversation.

I feel so lonely. How I wish I had a good friend! Could you give me some advice?

Yours,

Jin Jing

注意：1．回信的内容要包括以下要点：

（1）要相信自己。你最大的问题是缺乏自信；

（2）微笑面对同学，让他们相信你是友好的；

（3）先试着与一个和你同样害羞的或和与你有同样爱好的同学交谈，可以问一些学习上的问题，谈谈共同的爱好；

（4）帮助学习和生活上有困难的同学。

2．词数100左右。信的开头已写好，不计入总词数。

3．参考词汇：自信self-confidence n.     缺乏: lack  vt.

Dear Jin Jing,

Your problem is a common one among middle school students. Maybe the following advice can help you.                                                                  

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The arrival of the European settlers had a great _________ on the life of the Native Americans.

   A. fault          B. change          C. impact      D. result.  

 ----How often do you visit your grandma in the village?

   ----I feel ashamed.______________.

  A. Very often.       B. By accident.       C. Just once in a while.   D. All of a sudden.

—Have you been        ?

   —Yeah．As a matter of fact, I’ve been going to the gym for half a year now．

       A．carrying out     B．turning out       C．making out      D．working out

—Why are you standing here?

   —I’m waiting for Shirley. She will be back _____.

   A. gradually        B. originally     C. shortly            D. abruptly

 -- How did you find your trip to Huangshan?

-- ______ .

A．I went there by air                        B. A friend took me there

C. Wonderful indeed                               D.  In a travel book       

 We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only _____ violence.

  A. runs into       B. comes from        C. results in         D. begins with

With three children_________school, the couple have to leave their hometown in the countryside and work in big cities throughout the year.

A. attending    B. to attending       C. attended     D. being attended