Our guide was excellent! He walked us through all the local villages and took extra time at the end to enjoy a local dinner. He stayed with us longer than he was obliged（迫使） to and made this a fantastic experience.
Tour snapshot
Travel is all about the street food these days, and why not? It’s fresh, fast, cheap and a great way to crack into the local scene. Join this Hanoi tour to source the best street eats from markets, food carts, street cafes and other hard-to-find-but-totally-worth-the-effort secret spots.
Highlights
Sample delicious Vietnamese cuisine just like the locals do — on the street
Stroll through hidden alleyways and bustling markets of Hanoi’s charming old quarter
Learn more about Hanoi’s unique food culture
Try local specialties with influences from French and Chinese cuisine
Take in a spectacular night view of Hoan Kiem lake from a secret cafe
Schedule details
Duration: 2.5 hours
Meeting point: Sacombank ATM Machine – No. 1 Dong Xuan street (front entrance of Dong Xuan Market, Corner of Dong Xuan St with Cau Dong St)
Starting time: 5. 00 PM
Ending point: Café Pho Co – 11 Hang Gai St, Hoan Kiem
1. What did the guide do?
A. He showed visitors around by car.
B. He took many photos of visitors.
C. He stayed with visitors for extra time.
D. He enjoyed breakfast with visitors.
2.What does the underlined word “snapshot” mean in the passage?
A. A photograph taken quickly and casually.
B. A brief impression of something.
C. An attempt to score in a game.
D. An act of firing a gun.
3. During the tour, we can enjoy ______.
A. various local food
B. charming mountain landscapes
C. many rare animals
D. French and Chinese cuisine
4. We can infer from the passage that the ending time of the tour is ______.
A. 5. 00 PM B. 5. 30 PM
C. 7. 05 PM D. 7. 30 PM
书面表达
上周日，你们学校组织了一次志愿者活动。假设你是李华，请你根据以下提示给校报写一封信，报道相关情况，要点包括：
1. 活动地点：文化广场；
2. 活动形式：发传单、做演讲；
3. 活动内容：宣传地震常识和防震知识；
4. 参加活动的感受。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：leaflet传单
Dear Editor，
We took part in a voluntary activity organized by our school last Sunday.
Best wishes!
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
In the end of the last term, I got a C in the English examination. When I knew the result, I wouldn't hold back my tear. My mood was terrible and I thought the world was coming to end. So after a while, I found I was wrong for I came to realize “Failure is the mother of success”. What I should do it was to find the reason that I got so bad a result. And I think this was a lesson to me and it helped me to find my shortcomings. Maybe it could help me to improving my English. So my bad mood turned into a better one.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
On any collecting trip, obtaining the animals is, as a rule, the simplest part of the job. As soon as the local people discover that you are willing to buy live wild creatures, the stuff comes __1.___(pour) in; ninety percent is, of course, the more common types, but they do bring an occasional rarity. If you want the really rare stuff, you generally have to go out __2.___ find it yourself.
The chief difficulty you __3.___ when you have got a newly caught animal is not so much the shock it might be suffering, but the fact __4.___ being caught forces it to exist close to a creature it regards as an enemy of the worst possible sort: yourself. On many occasions an animal may take beautifully to being in a cage but __5.__ (get) used to the idea of living with people is another matter. This is the difficulty you ___6.___ only deal with by patience and kindness. For month after month ___7.___animal may try to bite you every time you approach its cage, ___8.___you have lost all hope of making a favorable impression on it. Then, one day, sometimes without any ___9.___ (warn), it will trot forward and take food from __10.__ hand, or allow you to tickle it behind the ears. At such moments you feel that all the waiting in the world was worthwhile.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Just three weeks after landing back in the UK, I was determined to quit my job. Hearing my ________， my family were strongly against it. But I was ________about going back to Ghana to set up more play centres and ________ people to use their local resources.
But a few of my friends ________ me－some even ran marathons to raise money for my _________. They also paid to see me sing at a concert I put on to raise funds.
In the months before my ________ Africa trip, I spent all my free time ________ early childhood development－I wanted to know the best way to teach these children. In January 2012, a year after I first ________as a volunteer teacher, having raised $1,000, I ________ to Ghana.
There I met David, a community development worker who ________my play centre idea. He took me to a remote village on his motorbike and introduced me to village elders who helped me organize community meetings to tell ________ about my plans.
I lived in a mud hut with a few ________from a village in northern Ghana. I commissioned(委任) local carpenters to ________ wooden games and asked friends in Tamale to ________cardboard boxes, bottle tops and buttons for them.
It took David and I nearly three months to train teenage volunteers from villages, but this was extremely ________to me, as I wanted the ________ to be running their own communities. At the end of the training we held a graduation ceremony and ________ 120 children at the centre, where toys, puzzles and charts were used as________ to help children learn. The volunteers started using their training to ________teach the children each afternoon.
The kids at the first centre were so ________ to finally learn how to count and identify colours. All three centres were set up using the money I raised in the UK.
1.A. thought B. speech C. decision D. suggestion
2.A. curious B. nervous C. anxious D. serious
3.A. assist B. train C. expect D. require
4.A. supported B. refused C. comforted D. excused
5. A. business B. project C. trip D. group
6.A. first B. second C. last D. fourth
7.A. researching B. investigating C. recording D. monitoring
8.A. remembered B. heard C. visited D. met
9.A. referred B. returned C. held D. left
10.A. loved B. opposed C. ignored D. created
11.A. teachers B. students C. parents D. doctors
12.A. workers B. strangers C. leaders D. volunteers
13.A. purchase B. paint C. make D. take
14.A. collect B. separate C. design D. distribute
15.A. urgent B. amusing C. attractive D. important
16.A. officials B. locals C. companies D. centers
17.A. enrolled B. educated C. demonstrated D. contacted
18.A. systems B. limits C. tools D. materials
19.A. easily B. seriously C. actively D. normally
20.A. confused B. excited C. annoyed D. Shocked
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
When you are applying for food jobs in Philadelphia, it's possible that employers will invite you to a restaurant for an interview. _1.__ Often times, it will let you put your guard down and open a significant room for mistakes. __2._
The best way to prepare for your interview is to check out the spot of interview ahead of time. It will also give the impression that you are decisive and you value someone's time. __3.__ On the day of the interview, be at the restaurant at least fifteen minutes before the scheduled interview. The grace period will allow you to go to the bathroom without asking the interviewer to wait. You can also rehearse your job pitch and review your resume._ 4.__ Arriving on time is half way to getting the job. Third, after giving your job pitch and going through the initial introduction, remember to order meals that will allow you to talk comfortably. Selecting messy food may consume your time trying to pick up. _5.__
A. Mastering tips to a successful dining interview is the key to success.
B. More importantly, punctuality is the first thing that any job requires.
C. And it will only allow you to give half of your attention to the conversation.
D. Be sure to express your gratitude for the meal and reaffirm your interest for the job.
E. This will help your facial expression be confident when talking to the potential employer.
F. This is one way of allowing employers assess your personality in a casual manner without your knowing.
G. In addition, knowing in which restaurant the interview is will give you a better idea on how to dress appropriately.
