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I'm glad you showed great interest in what is happening in China. You are right. I am very 21 of the great achievement that the Long March-2F carrier rocket successfully sent China's manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft into space on June 16, 2012. Now, China is the third country in the world to use its own 22 to send a female into space.

I agree with you that if we work together and 23, the future will be ours, the two old civilizations will rejuvenate(焕发青春). The last thirty years has 24 great changes that have taken place in both India and China. We are lucky we are living in this great period.

You wanted to know more about Xi’an. Let me tell you: Xi’an is the biggest city in the 25 of China, with a population of over 9 million. Xi'an 26 the capital of China for over 13 dynasties. It was perhaps the most 27 and culturally advanced city in the entire world. 28 this place silk roads went westwards through Asia to Europe and Africa. Along one of the silk roads, over 1300 years ago, a great thinker called XuanZang 29 all the way from Xi'an to India with the 30 of getting true spirit of Buddha(佛). He succeeded after many 31 difficulties. After that, some new ideas from India spread over China, Japan and Korea. A 65-meter-high 32 called Dayan Pagoda was built for him for what he had done for the nation after he died, which 33 stands in the south of Xi'an, the most famous 34 of the city.

Xi'an is a city with splendid 35. A lot of historical interests attract millions of visitors from both China and all over the world, 36 which the Terra Cotta Warriors and the Old City Walls are the most well-known, whose details you can 37 find through the Internet.

Today's Xi'an is modern and even more beautiful, 38 to film-makers, IT experts, and business people of every description. Here in this city, famous for calligraphy(书法), a new chapter in China's history is being 39

I think you may have some idea of where I'm living. If you want to know more, come to China, I'll be your 40.

Tell me more about your city. Maybe my next long journey is India.

Hope to get your reply.

Liu Shaowen

1.	A．proud B．happy C．sorry D．excited

2.	A．money B．machines C．technologies D．information

3.	A．cooperate B．trade C．devote D．believe

4.	A．found B．spotted C．saw D．discovered

5.	A．southeast B．northeast C．northwest D．southwest

6.	A．being B．has been C．was D．is

7.	A．rich B．quiet C．fast D．open

8.	A．at B．beyond C．to D．from

9.	A．walked B．climbed C．drove D．ran

10.	A．demand B．need C．want D．hope

11.	A．hard B．fierce C．violent D．unbearable

12.	A．museum B．temple C．tower D．pyramid

13.	A．still B．yet C．therefore D．then

14.	A．brand B．trade-mark C．landmark D．footmark

15.	A．scenery B．landscape C．history D．location

16.	A．for B．from C．among D．beyond

17.	A．barely B．hardly C．rarely D．easily

18.	A．habitat B．home C．birthplace D．residence

19.	A．written B．recorded C．composed D．painted

20.	A．leader B．teacher C．adviser D．guide

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】通过文章作者介绍了西安的一些相关情况。

1.形容词辨析。根据上下文可知I很自豪中国取得的航空成就。

2.名词辨析。A钱；B机器；C技术；D信息。这里是指中国使用自己的技术实现这成就。

3.上下文串联。根据work together可知这里是指相会合作，协作。

4.动词辨析。A发现；B找出；C见证；D发现。这里指过去的30年见证了巨大变化发生。

5.考察常识。西安位于中国的西北部，故C正确。

6.考察时态。西安是13个朝代的首都这是过去的事情，所以使用过去时。

7.形容词辨析。根据下文内容是古代丝绸之路的出发点，可知西安是非常开放的。

8.介词辨析。解析同上。西安是丝绸之路的出发地。

9.动词辨析。这里是指玄奘法师带着取回真经的希望步行万里去印度。故A正确。

10.名词辨析。解析同上。

11.形容词辨析。句意是指：他经过了难以忍受的困难以后最终成功了。

12.考察常识。在西安有一座塔是为了纪念玄奘法师而建的。

13.副词辨析。这里是指那座塔仍然屹立在西安南部。

14.名词辨析。A品牌；B商标；C地标，标志；D脚印。这里是指这座塔现在仍然是西安的标志。

15.上下文串联。根据下文的historical interests可知是指西安有悠久的历史。

16.考察定语从句的介词。这里是指在那么多的历史古迹中the Terra Cotta Warriors and the Old City Walls最为出名。

17.副词辨析。正因为这两个地方是如此的有名，在网上很容易就能找到他们的细节。

18.考察固定词组。Home to…所在地；

19.动词辨析。古迹上下文可知是这样的文章正在被写。

20.上下文串联。这里是指我做你的导游。