I always think how lucky I am that my work as...

I always think how lucky I am that my work as a travel writer introduces me to extraordinary locations, experiences and people. However, my recent hot air balloon_______ over the breathtaking ancient temples of Bagan has proved the most impressive. Without_______ it will stay with me forever, and years later I can still smile at the fond_______ .

There are over 2200 temples and pagodas (宝塔) on the plains of Bagan,_______ the 11th and13th century. For me, Bagan is the place where travel_______ come true.

The sunrise hot air balloon experiences are popular so it’s best to book_______. My husband Ryan Wright and I were picked up at 5:10 am. After picking up some additional guests, we made our way to the launch field. The pilots introduced themselves and_______ the basics of ballooning. They were warm,_______ and funny and set my nerves at ease.

Then,_______I even realized what had happened, we were off the ground. The earth just seemed to drop away from the hot air balloon. ________, I felt nothing when the ropes were ________ and we　 started to　 fly into the sky.　 Graeme　 suggested some of the best sights and　 photo __________, starting with the sunrise.

Once the sun was up, the temples and pagodas were even more beautiful. Ranging from ________ groups of buildings to tiny structures, Graeme was keen to point out some of his personal favorites, as well as those buildings　 ________restoration work. Who knew that bamboo scaffolding (脚手架) could be so beautiful ________the sunrise?

With the end of our flight approaching, Graeme __________ us of safe landing procedures. I really ________ that he was so clear and focused on ____________! We were soon back on solid land. A circle of chairs had been________ for us to enjoy a light breakfast.

This hot air balloon journey was the most________ travel experience of my life.

1.A.ride B.drive C.voyage D.transport

2.A.command B.evidence C.doubt D.basis

3.A.schedule B.memory C.adventure D.reality

4.A.standing for B.going through C.digging out D.dating from

5.A.dreams B.views C.bargains D.events

6.A.at present B.in advance C.as usual D.on purpose

7.A.explored B.judged C.explained D.suggested

8.A.grateful B.informal C.hopeful D.friendly

9.A.before B.after C.when D.since

10.A.Gradually B.Personally C.Strangely D.Regularly

11.A.recovered B.released C.escaped D.pulled

12.A.outlines B.designs C.opportunities D.spots

13.A.large B.valuable C.rare D.major

14.A.organizing B.experiencing C.supporting D.begging

15.A.against B.over C.beyond D.across

16.A.persuaded B.educated C.reminded D.concerned

17.A.appreciated B.settled C.ignored D.admitted

18.A.principles B.competitions C.responsibility D.safety

19.A.came up B.set up C.packed up D.brought up

20.A.willing B.active C.wonderful D.peaceful

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Since having my son, I have found that I am always lucky enough to be surrounded by people willing to help.

When he was eight weeks old, I had a(n) ________ to meet with a TV producer in New York City to talk about my career. It was Monday. Could I, a young mother with a newborn, _________ from my home outside Boston to meet him on Wednesday? It was a ________ chance. So I said yes.

Honestly, it was ________. My son hated being in the car seat and ate very ________ during the long ride. ________we spent a comfortable Tuesday night at my parents’ house in Connecticut, which is halfway between Boston and New York. When we ________New York, I handed my son over to my friend from college. A dad himself, he ________him in a coffee shop during my________. Everything went fine thanks to his help.

When my son was four months old, my best friend was going through a difficult time. So I decided to fly to Florida to ________her. Without my husband, who had to work, I was ________to fly with the baby. But I figured it couldn’t be ________than driving to New York when he was a newborn, and I had gotten through that.

________, people I met on our trip were endlessly________. On the flight down, the airline worker got me an extra________because the flight wasn’t full. A nice lady sitting close to us ________him while I went to the bathroom. Taxi drivers helped me fasten his car seat and loaded the awkward pushchair in their trunks. To________my son, my friend borrowed a lot of toys. We spent four ________days in Florida.

If you want an opportunity to see the ________in people, try taking a b aby on a trip. In my experience, when face-to-face, most people sincerely want to ________each other.

1.A. wish　　 B. trip　　 C. appointment　　 D. opportunity

2.A. walk　　 B. drive　　 C. fly　　 D. ship

3.A. reasonable　　 B. realistic　　 C. rare　　 D. slight

4.A. exciting　　 B. boring　　 C. tough　　 D. plain

5.A. quickly　　 B. hurriedly　　 C. rudely　　 D. frequently

6.A. And　　 B. But　　 C. As　　 D. So

7.A. touched　　 B. visited　　 C. left　　 D. missed

8.A. hunted for　　 B. looked after　　 C. laughed at　　 D. called on

9.A. working　　 B. meeting　　 C. showing　　 D. preparing

10.A. accept　　 B. save　　 C. wake　　 D. comfort

11.A. upset　　 B. puzzled　　 C. nervous　　 D. surprised

12.A. easier　　 B. worse　　 C. longer　　 D. later

13.A. Amazingly　　 B. Strangely　　 C. Amusingly　　 D. Instantly

14.A. useful　　 B. hopeful　　 C. cheerful　　 D. helpful

15.A. cup　　 B. seat　　 C. blanket　　 D. meal

16.A. taught　　 B. moved　　 C. watched　　 D. loved

17.A. please　　 B. attract　　 C. know　　 D. support

18.A. busy　　 B. wonderful　　 C. safe　　 D. quiet

19.A. good　　 B. fun　　 C. secret　　 D. smile

20.A. get hold of　　 B. catch up with　　 C. take care of　　 D. make friends with

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—How is Peter getting along with his new work?

—________. You know, he is always the lucky dog.

A.Just so so. B.Search me.

C.You'd better ask him yourself. D.Never better.

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I travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me.

After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a comment (评论) about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.

I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadn’t enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.

Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!

When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.

1.The author asked for room service because _______.

A. a lot of money would be saved in this way

B. he didn’t like to eat with other people around

C. he didn’t wanted to be recognized by the waiters

D. seeing people laughing and talking made him feel bad

2.How did the waiter feel when he saw the author come in at 6:25?

A. Dissatisfied. B. Pleased.

C. Surprised. 　　 D. Angry.

3.From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk _______.

A. knew how to attract more customers to his restaurant

B. found it hard to balance his work and his family

C. was getting tired of his present job

D. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries

4.The author wants to tell us that _______.

A. people are actually all lonely in their own way

B. restaurants should put the need of customers first

C. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely

D. restaurants are full of surprises for lonely people

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I travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me.

After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a comment (评论) about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.

I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadn’t enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.

Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!

When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.

1.The author asked for room service because ______.

A. a lot of money would be saved in this way

B. he didn’t like to eat with other people around

C. he didn’t wanted to be recognized by the waiters

D. seeing people laughing and talking made him feel bad

2.From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk ______.

A. knew how to attract more customers to his restaurant

B. found it hard to balance his work and his family

C. was getting tired of his present job

D. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries

3.The author wants to tell us that ______.

A. people are actually all lonely in their own way

B. restaurants should put the need of customers first

C. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely

D. restaurants are full of surprises for lonely people

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I travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me.

After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a comment about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.

I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadn’t enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.

Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!

When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.

1.The reason why the author hated to eat in the hotel restaurant is that the author didn’t like ____________.

A. the discomfort caused by eating alone

B. being disturbed by the noises around

C. meeting strangers in the restaurant

D. being pointed at or laughed at

2.How did the waiter feel when he saw the author come in at 6:25?

A. Dissatisfied.　　 B. Pleased.　　 C. Surprised.　　 D. Angry.

3.From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk ____________.

A. knew how to attract more customers to his restaurant

B. found it hard to balance his work and his family

C. was getting tired of his present job

D. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries

4.The author wants to tell us that ____________ .

A. people can get help for their loneliness

B. restaurants should put the need of customers first

C. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely

D. restaurants are full of surprises

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I travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me.

After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a comment(评论) about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.

I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadn’t enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.

Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!

When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.

48. The author asked for room service because _______.

A. a lot of money would be saved in this way

B. he didn’t like to eat with other people around

C. he didn’t wanted to be recognized by the waiters

D. seeing people laughing and talking made him feel bad

49. How did the waiter feel when he saw the author come in at 6:25?

A. Dissatisfied.        B. Pleased.        C. Surprised.       D. Angry.

50. From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk ______.

A. knew how to attract more customers to his restaurant

B. found it hard to balance his work and his family

C. was getting tired of his present job

D. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries

51. The author wants to tell us that ______.

A. people are actually all lonely in their own way

B. restaurants should put the need of customers first

C. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely

D. restaurants are full of surprises for lonely people

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I travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone．It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking．So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me.

After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room．Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25．The waiter at the front desk made a comment about my “being there really early”．I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants．He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.

I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays．He said he hadn’t enough time to be with his family．After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself．I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.

Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me．Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had came out of the kitchen and sat with me!

When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose．And I cried! What had began as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.

1.The author hated to eat in the hotel restaurant because he didn’t like ______.

A．being pointed at or laughed at

B．meeting strangers in the restaurant

C．being disturbed by the noises around

D．the discomfort caused by eating alone

2.The waiter at the front desk didn’t mention his _______ in the chat.

A．career goals

B．work difficulty

C．educational background

D．weekends and holidays

3. From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk _______.

A．was getting tired of his present job

B．found it hard to balance his work and his family

C．knew how to attract more customers to his restaurant

D．had never had such a chance to talk about his worries

4.The passage mainly tell us _______

A．restaurants are full of surprises

B．people can get help when they feel lonely

C．restaurants should put the need of the customers first

D．the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely

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Dear Editor,

I am writing to ask what has happened to our youth. They are not as polite, hard-working or clever as my generation.　 I will give you two examples.

Last Friday, I got on the underground at 9.15a.m. It was very busy so there were no free seats. There were some teenagers sitting on the seats nearest me. I didn’t know why they were not at school. They were talking loudly and laughing. It was difficult to read my newspaper with all the noise. A heavily pregnant(怀孕的) woman and her daughter got on at the next stop, with lots of shopping bags. I expected the teenagers to let them sit down. They saw the woman but did nothing. I had to ask them to give her a seat. They reluctantly(勉强地)did so but give me a rude look. I got off at the next stop and was glad that the teenagers didn’t follow me.

Last Saturday, I had dinner with my friend’s family. I was expecting to meet his children, who I hadn’t seen for ten years. During dinner, we started talking about world politics. It soon became clear that they didn’t know much. They couldn’t tell me the name of the King of Spain or the President of Italy. All they knew about was the Internet and which singers were the most beautiful. In my day, students knew the kings, queens and presidents of every country in Europe.

I worry about the future of Germany. How could these young people become responsible workers and parents? They sit around Macdonald’s after instead of going to the library like I did at their age. Maybe they have too much money. Perhaps another reader can give us an idea about what to do with this“lost generation”.

Franz Vogts

Hamburg

1. Mr. Vogts writes this letter to the editor to _________.

A. show how rude the teenagers are

B. complain the way some people act

C. express his worry about Germany’s future

D. show how lazy young people nowadays are

2.When Franz Vogts met the teenagers on the underground, he_________.

A. expected that they would make less noise

B. knew there was no hope for him to get a seat

C. felt he would meet with some trouble from them

D. thought they should have been studying instead of staying there

3.Franz Vogts was not pleased at the dinner because_________.

A. he was not politely treated

B. the children cared more about singers than him

C. the children did not know much about world politics

D. he had different opinions about the world from his friend

4.By saying “lost generation”, Mr. Vogts refers to__________.

A. the fact that he is angry with young people today.

B. the people at his age

C. his worry about these young people

D. today’s young people

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Always Challenge Yourself

I started out my career as an editor for a travel magazine. I didn’t really mind the work, but I wanted something more ________. My sister sent me some details for a content management ________ with a digital reading startup（新创办的小公司）. The job was a seemingly perfect mix of my skills and interests, ________ I jumped at it.

However, soon after I ________ the company, its model changed to focus on ________, and everything about my position changed. I was asked to ________ content to teachers and train people. Although I had no ________ in sales, training and education, I knew I wanted to make a serious ________ on the company. I told myself that everything feels overwhelming（难以应对的）at first and I should ________ have a go.

I was fortunate to be surrounded by very ________ people. My best friend reminded me I’d made huge leaps of ________ in the past. It also helped that my boss seemed to have more faith in my ________ than I did. She never asked if I thought I could do it she ________ asked if I was interested in trying.

I spent hours ________ my company’s products, asked lots of questions and spoke to so many teachers. I looked for opportunities to put in extra ________. The more I did, the better I felt.

It was rewarding to see the company ________ and know I had something to do with its success. Sure, I ________ more than I could handle and occasionally made mistakes. But it’s important to take risks and accept new ________, even when you’re not ________ whether you’ll do well. There is nothing worse than failing because you refuse to even ________. I’m so glad I tried, and know I’ll do it again.

1.A. relaxing　　 B. challenging　　 C. entertaining　　 D. astonishing

2.A. position　　 B. business　　 C. industry　　 D. association

3.A. for　　 B. yet　　 C. so　　 D. while

4.A. founded　　 B. ran　　 C. quit　　 D. joined

5.A. education　　 B. technology　　 C. press　　 D. management

6.A. explain　　 B. create　　 C. purchase　　 D. sell

7.A. interest　　 B. experience　　 C. voice　　 D. choice

8.A. difference　　 B. start　　 C. impact　　 D. bet

9.A. at best　　 B. at last　　 C. at most　　 D. at least

10.A. helpful　　 B. honest　　 C. enthusiastic　　 D. active

11.A. duty　　 B. faith　　 C. goal　　 D. profit

12.A. knowledge　　 B. judgment　　 C. personalities　　 D. abilities

13.A. hardly　　 B. only　　 C. seldom　　 D. never

14.A. promoting　　 B. appreciate　　 C. researching　　 D. advertising

15.A. fund　　 B. demand　　 C. require　　 D. effort

16.A. grow　　 B. spread　　 C. work　　 D. decline

17.A. took off　　 B. took in　　 C. took down　　 D. took on

18.A. orders　　 B. wishes　　 C. opportunities　　 D. suggestions

19.A. sure　　 B. doubtful　　 C. curious　　 D. excited

20.A. imagine　　 B. try　　 C. think　　 D. question

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