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ITINERARY

　　DAY 1 Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Meet your travelling companions and a tour leader. Find out about travelling in Vietnam.

　　DAY 2 Sightseeing in Ho Chi Minh City including Ben Thanh market and Cho Lon, the old Chinese sector. Our local guide will show you how to explore this city.

　　DAY 3 Visit the Cu Chi tunnels, a complex of 200 km of tunnels used as a center of strategic importance during the US/Vietnam War.

　　DAY 4 Visit the Christina Noble Foundation, a center for street children. Afternoon free. Overnight train to Danang.

　　DAY 5 Arrive in Danang. Travel to Hoi An. Travel by local bus to the charming, historic Hoi An river port with a trading history going back to the 15th century. Many ports have not changed in centuries. Sightseeing Hoi An.

　　DAY 6 Free day in Hoi An. 5 km cycle or walk to the beach is optional.

　　DAY 7 Bus to historic Hue, for many years Vietnam's educational, cultural and religious center, stopping on the way to visit the Cham Museum in Danang.

　　DAY 8 Travel by boat along the Perfume Rivervisit the serene and beautiful mausoleums of the old kings of Vietnam.

　　DAY 9 Free day in Hue. Overnight train to Hanoi.

　　DAY 10 Arrive in Hanoi, an enchanting city of tree-lined boulevards, lakes, crafts and art galleries.

1．How does the tour group travel from Hue to Hanoi? It's by ________.

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2．According to the information, which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．The Cham Museum is in Hanoi.

B．Overnight travel to Danang is by bus.

C．The Cu Chi tunnel is 400 km long.

D．There is an old Chinese sector in Ho Chi Minh City.

3．According to the information, Vietnam Tours ________.

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A．will run this tour twice in 2003

B．charge more to travel in January than in April

C．have been running for many years

D．began operating in 2003

4．The correct order in which these places are visited is ________.

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A．Hoi An, Hanoi, Hue, Ho Chi Minh City

B．Saigon, Hue, Hanoi, Hoi An

C．Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An

D．Saigon, Hoi An, Hue, Hanoi

5．The purpose of this information is to ________.

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A．promote tourism in Vietnam

B．illustrate how important tourism is to Vietnam

C．outline the details of a tour to Vietnam

D．list the most popular tourist sites of Vietnam

In the US, the most popular way to welcome the new year is with a big party. Some parties are at private homes. But in recent years, it has become more and more common for Americans to go to a hotel or eating-place on the night of December 31st. There, they can eat a big dinner, drink champagne, and dance to orchestra music.

Most New Year’s parties are usually noisy. People shout and sing. And often, guests blow on small noisemakers when the new year arrives at midnight. This tradition of noise making is believed to start centuries ago. People thought that loud sounds would drive away the bad spirits of the old year.

The biggest, noisiest New Year’s party in the US takes place in Times Square in New York. Thousands of people gather(聚集) there. Some of them ring bells and set fireworks. Others blow whistles of car horns(喇叭). And at twelve o’clock, they begin to cheer as an electric sign in the shape of a red apple lights up on top of a tall building.

The Times Square celebration includes another well-known American tradition. Since 1929, the band of musician Guy Lombardo has given a concert on New Year’s Eve. Guy Lombardo died in 1977. But, Bill Lombardo, has kept the tradition alive with a band concert at a New York city hotel. When the crowds in Times Square start cheering the arrival of the new year, television cameras show the band playing the song Auld Lang Syne.

1. The most usual way to welcome the new year in the US is ________.

A. to go shopping      B. to meet friends    C. to travel abroad     D. to hold a big party

2. The biggest New Year’s party in the US is __________.

A. in Central Park     B. in Hollywood       C. in Times Square    D. in Disneyland

3. In the past, some American people made big noise when the new year arrived ________

A. to express their friendship         B. to drive away the bad spirits

C. to make others more excited       D. to give best wishes to each other

4.In 1929 a concert on New Year’s Eve was given by _________.

A. the band of Guy Lombardo        B. the band of Bill Lombardo

C. the band of Johann Strauss         D. the band of Elvis Aaron Presley

 

 

IMAGINE a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone in your   26  . You can’t walk anywhere with your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you   27   at yourself in the mirror like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?

Nick was born without limbs（四肢）, so life was not   28   for him. At school many students played jokes on him   29   he looked different from everyone else. He was refused to be   30   friends, so he always felt   31  . However, he faced that bravely. He   32   to type and write with two toes（脚趾）at the age of six, and he could   33   surf and play golf. In college, he achieved great success and was among the   34   students in the studies. And he decided on   35   to do later in his life—to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.

Now Nick is one of the most popular   36   in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story   37   difficulties. “Living life fully is about looking at what you   38  , not what you don’t have.” he said. His   39   encourages millions of people.

 “I tell people to keep on getting up when they   40   and to always love themselves,” he said. “If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.”

1.A. arms           B. ears                 C. eyes             D. teeth

2.A. laugh          B. cry              C. smile            D. shout

3.A. old                B. easy             C. modern           D. difficult

4.A. because            B. if               C. until            D. although

5.A. his                B. my               C. their            D. our

6. A. happy         B. relaxed          C. lonely           D. surprised

7.A. failed             B. forgot       C. helped           D. learned

8.A. even           B. ever             C. never            D. hardly

9.A. tall               B. lazy             C. sleepy               D. excellent

10.A. how           B. who              C. what             D. where

11.A. doctors           B. speakers         C. scientists   D. managers

12.A. at                B. for              C. into             D. against

13.A. make          B. have             C. lose             D. want

14.A. story         B. sadness          C. friend           D. family

15.A. fall          B. play             C. listen           D. exercise

 

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Every country has its own way of cooking. American people have their way of cooking, don't they?
Most people in the United States like fast food, but if you think that American people don't like cooking, you are wrong. It's true that most Americans eat fast food for their breakfast and lunch, but they also think cooking is interesting. Parents see the importance of teaching their children how to cook, and most Americans say that home cooked meals are the best.
Americans have their own way of cooking. For example, baking  (烘烤) is the most popular way of cooking in America. Most American families have ovens. American cooks pay attention to (注意) the balance of food. In planning a big meal, they try to cook meat, a few vegetables, some bread and often some sweet food. They also like to make the meal look beautiful. There are many kinds of food of different colors, so the meal is healthy and looks beautiful, too.
【小题1】Most Americans        

A．don't like cooking

B．cook food in the morning

C．eat fast food

D．like having a picnic

【小题2】Most Americans        

A．don't eat fast food for their breakfast or lunch

B．have fast food for their breakfast or lunch

C．like to eat fast food for supper

D．don't have breakfast or lunch

【小题3】       is the most popular way of cooking in the USA.
A. Baking             B. Cutting        C. Frying      D. Boiling
【小题4】How does an American cook balance different kinds of food?

A．He cooks a lot of meat.

B．He cooks meat, vegetables, bread and sweet food for a big meal.

C．He makes the food delicious.

D．He cooks a lot of vegetable.

【小题5】Which is right according to the passage?

A．The meal looks beautiful because the food is in different colors.

B．American people do not like to cook food at home.

C．American parents do not like to teach their children to cook.

D．Most people in the United States don't like fast food at all.

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines (标题) of the passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.
【小题1】 People read newspapers in order to ________________ .

A．learn the latest news

B．meet their own different needs

C．read the short stories

D．find the morning news

【小题2】From the passage we can see that           when people get newspapers.

A．they read them very carefully

B．they just read the headlines

C．not everyone reads all the pages

D．they have no time to read them

【小题3】 Newspapers have so many pages because __________ .

A．more and more people like to read them

B．people enjoy reading something different

C．newspapers become cheaper

D．more pages mean more money

【小题4】 Newspapers ______________ are the most popular in the world.

A．in English	B．in Chinese
C．in other language	D．with many pages

【小题5】According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from _______.

A．magazines	B．Advertisements
C．e-mails	D．Internet