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　　I was an 18-year old girl from Sydney．Recently I had my first 　　1　　 on the famous Ghan train．I spent two days on the train and we ate great meals 　　2　　by experts．The 　　3　　 was colorful, but suddenly we saw 　　4　　 farms 　　5　　 more than a hundred years ago．It 　　6　　 a place from another time．

　　Ghan 　　7　　 Afghanistan．There is a story about it．A long time ago, Australians needed a way 　　8　　 to the middle of the country, at first, they 　　9　　 horses, then they brought some 　　10　　 from Afghanistan．Camels were 　　11　　 for traveling a long distance．The 　　12　　 camels were used to carry food and other supplies．Not until the 1920s 　　13　　 the government build a railway line and they didn’t use camel any more．Then the government 　　14　　 which 　　15　　 people to shoot the camels．

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Mrs Li is my English teacher．She is kind and 　　1　　．She always avoids 　　2　　 her students 　　3　　 embarrassed and she explains English grammar so 　　4　　 that even poor students can understand it．They feel they can make progress 　　5　　 her．Mrs Chen is serious and 　　6　　．Even the students who keep 　　7　　 to class late are always on time for her lessons．Most of the students 　　8　　 her because her 　　9　　 is well 　　10　　 and clear．They think they will do well with her 　　11　　 them．Mr Wu 　　12　　 teaching Chinese literature．He 　　13　　 his hand about a lot when he gets 　　14　　．He often tells jokes when the students are getting 　　15　　．The students don’t fall 　　16　　 in his class．

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　　Noah Webster was born in a farmer’s family of 5 children in 1758．After 　　1　　(graduate)from Yale, he 　　2　　(desire)to study law, but his parents couldn’t afford．To make a 　　3　　, he taught in many places and studied law later．

　　Condition was poor then．Noah thought Americans should learn from American books．He wrote his own textbook 　　4　　(call)“Blue-Backed Speller” because of its blue cover．The book was the 　　5　　 popular book of its time．Many persons benefited from it．Noah started writing the first American dictionary at 43, for he thought all the Americans should speak in the same way．He used American spelling 　　6　　 of English and added new words．It 　　7　　 him over 27 years to accomplish his dictionary and it came out later．

　　Noah did many things in his life．He 　　8　　 for copyright laws, wrote textbooks, Americanized the English language and edited m　　9　　．He was 　　10　　 an American hero when he died in 1843．

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Li Kang 　　1　　 in Shijiazhuang, the 　　2　　 city of Hebei Province．Today is his first day at 　　3　　 High school．The new school is very good and the teachers are 　　4　　 and friendly．Every classroom has a 　　5　　 with a special screen．The English class is really interesting and the teacher’s 　　6　　 of teaching is 　　7　　 like 　　8　　 of the teachers at his 　　9　　 High school．The 　　10　　 like the teachers very much and all of them are 　　11　　．They are looking forward to 　12　 well at school．

阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。注意：选项中有一项为多余选项。

The people below are trying to choose which lecture to attend．Read the following descriptions and decide which lecture would be most suitable．

________1．Alice is now studying in Beijing University, and she is especially interested in Chinese writing．In her spare time she enjoys drawing, writing poems and is fond of sharing her pieces with her classmates．

________2．Simon comes from Egypt．He is now studying in Beijing Art Academy．He shows great interest in Chinese ancient characters．Now he wants to know much about it．

________3．Lora and Peter, visiting professors from Australia, are both crazy about Chinese traditional culture．At weekends they like to call on Chinese families to learn about Chinese festivals as well as their history．

________4．Edward is a senior student in Beijing Foreign Language University．He likes traveling very much and has made up his mind to work as an interpreter for some joint-venture(合资)enterprises．

________5．Steve and Mark are both studying in the Chinese Department of China’s Renmin University．They want to do some research on Chinese ancient literature．

A．Are you interested in the “Dream of the Red Mansion”(Hong Lou Meng)?Listen to a lecture on this classical novel．

Venue：National Museum of Chinese Modern Literature(Beijing)

Time：9∶30 a. m．

Price：free

Tel：010-84615522

B．“Jiaguwen” is among the oldest pictographic characters in the world．How much do you know about it? Get all the answers at this free lecture．

Venue：Dongcheng District Library(Beijing)

Time：9∶00 a. m．

Price：free

Tel：010-64013356

C．Former United Nations interpreter Professor Wang Ruojin speaks about her experiences at the UN and shares her understanding of the cultural differences between East and West．

Venue：National Library of China(Beijing)

Time：1∶30 p. m.－4∶00 p. m．

Price：free

Tel：010-68488047

D．Qi Baishi, one of China’s greatest modern painters, was also a poet, calligrapher and seal-cutter．Can you appreciate his works? Then come to spend the time with us．

Venue：Beijing Art Academy

Time：9∶00 a. m.－11∶00 a. m．

Price：10 yuan

Tel：010-65023390

E．It is the year of the Dog, and you can see “Fu” everywhere．But how much do you know about dogs－man’s best friend? What is “Fu” and where does it come from? Why do people hang “Fu” character upside down on the door? Get all the answers from this free lecture．

Venue：Capital Library(Beijing)

Time：2∶00 p. m．

Price：free

Tel：010-67358114

F．About 160 cultural relics from Guangdong, Macao and Hong Kong are on display to April 15 th．Meanwhile experts will talk about the important roles these three cities have played in the past two thousand years of Sino-Western exchanges．

Venue：Beijin Art Museum

Time：2∶00 p. m.－5∶00 p. m．

Price：20 yuan, students 10 yuan

Tel：010-83659337

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　　Foreign students are valuable to the United States．Many take 　　1　　 in important research．Most have to 　　2　　 the full costs for their education．That helps universities meet their budgets．International students and their 　　3　　 put 12 000 million dollars into the American economy last year．That number is from the Institute of International Education, based in New York．

　　Now, many education officials say they are concerned that 　　4　　 students will come to the United States for the next school year．The officials base their concern partly on a decrease in students 　　5　　(plan)to attend intensive English programs during the summer．

　　The members said one reason 　　6　　 the expected decrease is slower and more restrictive United States action on travel documents．　　7　　(secure)has increased since the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001．The schools also blamed the travel problems caused by the outbreak of SARS．

　　In recent years, 　　8　　 increasing number of students have come to the United States to study．The Institute of International Education says these students represent more than four percent of all students in American colleges and universities．　　9　　 says the number of international students reached a 　　10　　 of more than 580 000 last year．The largest number came from India．Before last year largest number came from China．

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As one of the 　　1　　 animals in China, the antelopes were killed by 　　2　　 for their 　　3　　 which is used to make shawls．The number of them is 　　4　　 sharply from millions to 50 000 within only ten years．

　　Chinese government has 　　5　　 an active part in protecting the antelopes, which 　　6　　 setting up nature reserves, making laws to ban the huntings of the animals, organizing 　　7　　 to help to stop the killings and 　　8　　 with the other countries in the world．

　　Many people have 　　9　　 their lives to the protection of the antelopes．The 　　10　　 of the animal has slowly began to grow again 　　11　　 1997．

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As one of the greatest athletes, Li Ning had won lots of honours for China, for which his name was even 　　1　　 as the greatest sportsman of the 20th century．But that is not all of his sports life even after his 　　2　　－he set up a sports clothes company 　　3　　 his own name, 　　4　　 to compete with other global giants like Nike and Adidas．Because of the 　　5　　 designs and the cheaper price coming at the right time, Li Ning’s products won 　　6　　 in the national 　　7　　．But 　　8　　 money is not his goal of entering the business．In 1991, he opened a school for 　　9　　 and he helped many young people 　　10　　 their sporting 　　11　　－just as what his slogan says, 　　12　　 is possible．

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　　More American people take their troubles with them on holiday, according 　　1　　 a new survey．Although 40 percent said that the main reason for going away is to escape 　　2　　(press)from work, almost all said they worry more 　　3　　 they do at home．Only four in every one hundred said that they are happy and free of care．

　　The most common worry is burglary(入室盗窃), with four out of ten worrying about their homes 　　4　　(break)into while they are abroad．More than a quarter feel they will feel crazy 　　5　　 some other noisy and rough holiday-makers and twenty-two percent worry they may be attacked 　　6　　 their possessions will be 　　7　　(miss)．

　　The survey also showed 　　8　　 the stay-at home Americans are no more．Three out of every five want to have a holiday abroad, which was 　　9　　 increase from the figures only three years ago．The hotel holiday is still a winner, with about one third of all Americans 　　10　　(prefer)to go on a self-catering(自助)holiday．

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　　1　　, which comes from two Latain words, meaning “no more meat”, is connected with crowds, 　　2　　 and confusion．It began in 　　3　　．And people saw it as a last chance to have fun at the end of the winter season．The most famous carnival in Europe was in 　　4　　．For weeks 　　5　　 people walked around the streets wearing 　　6　　,doing what they wanted without being 　　7　　．Many crimes went 　　8　　．So the use of masks was limited by laws, the first of which 　　9　　 the 14th century．At the end of the 18th century, masks were 　　10　　 completely．But in the late 1970s,the tradition was 　　11　　 by students．The town council realised the Carnival was good for business, and the carnival was developed for 　　12　　．The key to Venice’s carnival is the mystery of the 　　13　　．Nobody takes them off during it．If the masks come off, the magic is lost．