阅读下面短文，在文中空白处填入最适当的词语，使文章完整。（每空限填一词。）
Dear Toby,
Your trip sounds exciting! I can’t wait to hear ______ Africa is like.
Since my last letter to you, I have had a little adventure of my own. Early this morning, my mother and I took _______ flight to Dunhuang, in the north-west of China. The desert out there was really quite amazing—I had never seen ___
____ much sand in my life! While we were there, we arranged with a tour company to ride camels. I was really excited because this was the first time I had seen____
___ up close. We had hoped that we could see some other wildlife on our trip, ___
____ sadly we didn’t.
Since you are going to the Sahara, I have some advice—be sure to bring a large hat and a shirt with long sleeves—you’ll need these _______ protection. The sun can be so brilliant that you’ll need to keep covered, ___
____ you’ll get burnt—my cheek were red for days after my trip. And another thing, you’ll need to keep a good supply of water with you, since it is so dry and hot.
Looking forward _______ receiving your postcards!
Best wishes
Aihua
Keeping in touch with our friends is an important part of friendship. This does not mean that ____ have to write or call our friends every day. It does mean, however, that we __
__ care enough about our friends to find out how they are doing from time to time.
People have different habits about keeping in touch with others. Some like to call their friends, sometimes many times ____ day. Others prefer to e-mail their friends. Still __
__ prefer writing letters so that they can include photos or interesting articles __
__ the envelopes along with their letters. Some even write postcards while they are on vacation __
__ send them to friends.
Every kind of communication is important. It is ____ important what kind of call we make or letter we send. __
__ is important is that we let others know we care about them.
The little boy held his mother’s hand f___________ when crossing the street.
The school is within walking d___________ of my house.
The time is a_____________ when we must think about buying a new house.
It was a great ___________（宽慰） to have rain after a long time of drought.
Have you ever read the original v________of the novel?
In the 1950s the Chinese government introduced ________(简化) Chinese characters.
He discovered the _________(废墟) of the old city in the nearby countryside.
________ by his accent, he comes from the north of the country.(据他的口音判断)
How did you p_____ him into joining us? It’s amazing!.
I was told that he had made an unpleasant c_________ on my speech.
单词拼写Fresh fruit, especially oranges and kiwis, c___________ plenty of Vitamin C.
He fought bravely in many wars and g___________ respect of the people and country.
In order to get f__________ with the new neighbour, I have decided to pay a visit to his house.
For the last fifty years, a number of man-made satellites have been sent up to e_________ space.
After having a healthy diet, WangPeng became s____________ than ever before.
It is against law to read other’s personal letters without __________（许可，允许）.
In our class, when the bell rang and the teacher closed his book, it was a _________（信号）for everyone to stand up.
The Internet is now widely used. ________ speaking（就我个人而言）, I almost cannot live without it.
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Festivals of all kinds ______ (hold) everywhere since ancient times. Most festivals would __
___ the end of cold weather, planting in spring and ___
___ in autumn. But some festivals are held to honor the ___
___ or to satisfy the ancestors, __
___ might return either to help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in ___
___ of their ancestors. ___
___ this important day, they also light lamps in front of houses and play music ___
___ they think this will lead the ancestors back to home. It is a time for the family to get ___
___ , share feelings with each other and be ___
___ of their customs.
单词拼写It is good m______ to give your seat to an older person on the bus.
The most ancient festivals would cthe end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.
In European countries it is the custom to dchurches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and people get together to have meals.
C __________ drove Wang Peng inside Yong hui’s restaurant.
Even though her cmight get thin after eating Yong Hui’s food, they were not eating enough energy-giving food to keep them fit.
So the only sis to combine the two menus together to get a balanced menu.
I had thought it was a terrible film. On the c , it was exciting and moving.
The next morning I’ d just about given myself up for lost when I was sby a ship.
Henry was given an e with money in it and asked not to open it until two p. m.
The performance is good and is a f_____ for my eyes.