Friday/Week 4
No matter how far apart (相隔), families try their best to get together during the Spring Festival, which is the most important holiday for Chinese people.
Wang Yun, a woman from Anqing in Anhui Province, made a 3,300-kilometer trip to 1 her husband, who is stationed at the border area of northernmost Heilongjiang Province.
As reported by CCTV News, Wang and the couple's two children 2 trains and planes, going past four places in the two provinces within two days, and 3 reached Mohe City. Temperatures there often fall below -30°C to -40°C in winter.

The 4, Zhu Liang, is the instructor (指导员) of a frontier army unit. Ahead of the holiday, he and other soldiers 5 their daily patrol (巡逻) from once to twice a day, covering a distance of ten kilometers. It often gets 6 by 4 pm every day, with the local temperature dropping as low as -40°C.
"Ten kilometers isn't very long, but there's snow 7. So it takes us 4—5 hours to carry out a patrol," Zhu said. However, he kept the difficulties to himself and never mentioned it to his wife.
The two children also understand that their father's work is to "protect the 8 of our country".
During this reunion, Zhu took his family to the country's northernmost outpost (前哨). The outpost now has a guard booth and heaters (加热器) to keep the soldiers 9.
The place in the picture is where Zhu, his wife, and children took their very first family 10.
Let's show our respect to them!

1.A 王云和丈夫身处异地，由此推出，她是前去与丈夫相见。meet意为“相见；相逢”，符合语境。
2.B 乘坐交通工具用动词take。
3.B 王云和两个孩子乘坐飞机和火车，两天穿越了两省四地，历尽艰辛，终达目的地。finally意为“最终”，符合语境。
4.C 此处是对王云丈夫的介绍。husband意为“丈夫”，符合语境。
5.A 他们每天的巡逻从一次增加到两次。increase意为“增加”，符合语境。
6.B 东北漠河地区位于中国的最北部，冬季那里的天黑得很早。dark意为“黑暗的”，符合语境。
7.A 这里强调环境恶劣，到处都是雪。everywhere意为“到处；处处”，符合语境。
8.C 士兵的职责是保卫国家的安全。safety意为“安全”，符合语境。
9.C 在寒冷的冬天，加热器是为了保暖。warm意为“温暖的”，符合语境。
10.D 句意为“照片中的地方是朱亮和他的妻子及孩子们第一次拍全家福的地方。”photo意为“照片”，符合语境。