四、阅读填空
We all love travelling to other countries, but how much do we really learn about the places we visit? We enjoy nice v 1 from our hotel room, we look up our guidebook and visit the popular tourist spots, and then we return home with happy m 2 and hundreds of photos! But what's it l 3 to live and study in another country?
Gina Rossi decided to spend a year in the USA as an exchange student. Gina knew the language would be difficult at first and she knew she would m 4 her family and friends back home, but she wanted to experience the real America.
Gina stayed with a family in Mead, Colorado. "I didn't want to go to a c 5 ," she says. Mead is a fairly small town, so it was ideal for her. What was the first thing that she noticed in America? "Everything was bigger," she says. "The houses, the schools, the shops." Gina found school life d 6 at first. You have to be quite independent and do almost everything on your own. And of course, everything was in English. But the teachers were excellent and the students were all really friendly. "They soon made me feel at h 7 ," she says. Did anything s 8 her? "I was expecting the food to be terrible," she says. "But the family I stayed with enjoyed cooking, so in fact, it was really nice. In summer, when the weather was hot, we had a lot of barbecues—I like those."
Gina now says that living in a place, rather than visiting as a tourist, is the only way to experience the culture of another country. And her a 9 for others? "If you decided to go on an exchange, you should join in with everything to make the most of the e 10 ." Gina even joined in as a cheerleader for a high school football game—but only once!
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1. views
2. memories
3. like
4. miss
5. city
6. different
7. home
8. surprise
9. advice
10. experience

1. 第一空，根据上下文，从酒店房间欣赏的应该是“景色”，英文是“views”。
2. 第二空，根据语境，旅行完回家带着的是“回忆”，英文是“memories”。
3. 第三空，句子意思是“但是在另一个国家生活和学习是怎么样的呢？”，“是什么样子”用英文表达是“be like”，所以填“like”。
4. 第四空，根据语境，她知道会想念家人朋友，“想念”英文是“miss”，且would后接动词原形，所以填“miss”。
5. 第五空，根据后文“Mead is a fairly small town, so it was ideal for her”可知她不想去大城市，“城市”英文是“city”。
6. 第六空，根据后文“You have to be quite independent and do almost everything on your own”可知学校生活不同，“不同的”英文是“different”。
7. 第七空，根据语境，学生们让她有宾至如归的感觉，“at home”有“像在家一样舒适”的意思，所以填“home”。
8. 第八空，根据后文回答可知问的是有没有让她惊讶的事，“惊讶”英文是“surprise”，且助动词did后接动词原形，所以填“surprise”。
9. 第九空，根据语境，是给其他人的建议，“建议”英文是“advice”，不可数名词，所以填“advice”。
10. 第十空，根据语境，要充分利用“经历”，“经历”英文是“experience”，这里表示整体概念，用单数，所以填“experience”。

一、词汇运用
从方框中选择恰当的单词或短语,并用其适当形式填空,每个单词或短语只能用一次。
take up, east, wonder, paper-cutting, emperor, make mistakes, praise… as, hang down, take a boat trip along, with the help of
1. New Year's Day is coming, and we can enjoy the art of Chinese .
2. There are many rocks in unusual shapes—some , and others point upwards.
3. If you come to Danyang, you will learn much about her a local guide.
4. China is a(n) country with a long history.
5. The Great Wall is one of the of the world.
6. You should try your best to avoid while taking an important exam.
7. The new invention a big breakthrough(突破) in the field.
8. Tourists like to the Lijiang River.
9. The of the Ming and Qing dynasties used to live here.
10. The lake three quarters of the area.

1. paper-cutting
2. hang down
3. with the help of
4. eastern
5. wonders
6. making mistakes
7. is praised as
8. take a boat trip along
9. emperors
10. takes up