1．He was ________ to learn his wife was killed in a traffic accident.The news was a terrible ________ to him.(shock)

12．mountain　13.surprised　14.half　15.enters

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Wang Kun and his sister，Wang Wei，have 1.________ of taking a great bike trip along the Mekong 2.________.Last year，Wang Wei visited her 3.________，Dao Wei and Yu Hang，4.________　 studied in college in Yunnan.Wang Wei soon got them 5.________ in cycling too.Wang Wei insisted finding the 6.________ of the river.And her brother told her that the journey would begin at 7.________ altitude of more than 5,000 metres and the air would be hard to 8.________.But she didn’t seem worried.Instead，she was 9.________.

Before the trip，Wang Kun got a large atlas 10.________ good maps.From the atlas，they could see that the river 11.________　 at a glacier on a Tibetan 12.________.They were both 13.________ to learn that 14.________ of the river is in China.At last，the river delta 15.________ the South China Sea.

答案：1.dreamed　2.River　3.cousins　4.who　5.interested

6．source　7.an　8.breathe　9.excited　10.with　11.begins

7．Andrew can hardly wait to go now!

[连句成篇]　Andrew，a brave and stubborn journalist，is dreaming of going to the Middle East because he thinks it is the best way of getting war news.But he has to persuade his wife who cares for him very much.She is afraid that he can’t protect himself as he is not familiar with the Middle East.Although she insists that he should not go，Andrew is determined to go and says he won’t change his mind.In the end，his wife has to give in and now Andrew can hardly wait to go!

6．In the end，his wife has to give in to him.

5．Although she insists that he should not go，Andrew is determined to go and says he won’t change his mind.

4．She cares for him very much.She is afraid that he can’t protect himself as he is not familiar with the Middle East.

3．But he has to persuade his wife first.

2．He now is dreaming of going to the Middle East because he thinks it is the best way of getting war news.