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I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America．It is said that “The best house is in the U.S.A．， the best wife is in Japan and the best food is in China．”So I took 36 and pleasure to 37 “the best food” for my American family．Each day，regardless of my poor skill of cooking，I performed my play in 38 way：changing the dishes’colour，the meat’s type or the soup’s style．Thus，my American friends could discover the 39 of eating Chinese food． Because of my“ 40 ” job，I was often rewarded by their 41 of appreciation , such as “very tasty”，“excellent”etc．But the joke was here： yesterday， I cooked Sichuan－style 42 for dinner．I was 43 at my achievement．When all the family members arrived at the table，they first looked 44 at the fish，then looked at me． “Why do all the fish have their 45 ？” they asked，“It’s horrible！” Horrible or beautiful？ I don’t know． But I 46 know that fish heads are delicious. The 47 is the best part of fish； in 48 only the respectable guest can have the special 49 of enjoying it． Another 50 thing is：the American friends often said to me“ 51 ”as they 52 fruits or other things． According to Chinese tradition，I would simply smile in answer to their kindness 53 actually helping myself to any of the food. 54 ，I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits．Dear me，no matter how much or how often I brought home food， as long as it was nice to their taste，they 55 hesitated to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished．

A．worry B．attention C．delight D．pride

A．buy B．fetch C．cook D．leave

A．their B．a new C．the same D．a simple

A．way B．joy C．trouble D．importance

A．hard B．daily C．good D．new

A．expressions B．sentence C．doing D．smile

A．meat B．fish C．soup D．egg

A．praised B．pleased C．bad D．surprise

A．pleasedly B．excitedly C．surprisedly D．worriedly

A．bones B．flesh (人肉) C．tails D．heads

A．do B．will C．want to D．should

A．tail B．head C．soup D．flesh

A．fact B．China C．USA D．the West

A．honour B．seat C．table D．plate

A．real B．exciting C．interesting D．easy

A．please help us B．excuse me C．help yourself D．eat them please

A．brought home B．wanted C．were buying D．were eating

A．not B．but not C．without D．nor

A．At last B．Above all C．After all D．In return

A．usual B．often C．never D．had

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According to Jessica Hagy,author of How to Be Interesting,it's not difficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party.

16 ，if you're out of your comfort zone or if you're wandering into somebody's house for the first time. So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous, trying different foods and talking to strangers.

People love to talk about themselves. If you can start the conversation with aquestion other than "What do you do for a living?", you'll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation out of whomever it is you're talking to. 17 . it can bring in "I have this old, broken-down vehicle" or "I rode the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back." It just opens up conversation.

1 8 ? Ifyoucan'ttaketheirwineaway , youshould certainly try to take away their soapbox （讲台）. If you're the host, you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remove them from the situation. 19 .

And what about that other dinner-party killer :awkward silence? If you're faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking againistogivethehostacompliment (赞扬). 20 .Just quickly turn around and say,"This cake is extremely delicious and you have to tell me all about it."

So being interesting at a dinner party isn't that hard.

A.How do you know the host

B.The first step is to go exploring

C.If you ask the question" How did you get here?"

D.Be prepared to have awkward conversations with strangers

E.Or turn the conversation into a topic where they have little to say

F.What about that person who has had too much to drink or won't stop talking

G.He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most

The Xi'an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China's long history. It 41 (build) originally to protect the city 42 the Tang dynasty and has now been completely restored (修复). It is possible 43 (walk) or bike the entire 14 kilometers.

We accessed the wall through the South Gate. The wall is 12 meters high and from here you can see streams of people moving inside and outside the City Wall.

After 44 (spend) some time looking at all the defensive equipment at the wall, we decided it was time for some action and what 45 (good) than to ride on a piece of history!

We 46 (hire) our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old and shaky 47 did the job. It took us about 3 hours to go all 48 way around the Xi'an City Wall. Supposedly you can do it in two hours, but we stopped at the different gates and 49 (watchtower) to fake pictures or just to watch the local people going about their 50 (day) routines.

It's the seaside birds that deserve at least part of the blame for getting Nick Burchill blacklisted at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, Canada.

Burchill was 21 at the hotel on business and planning to 22 some friends in the area. They had asked him to 23 some pepperoni (辣香肠) from back east. So he 24 a suitcase full of pepperoni. As he was 25 that it would be too warm, he 26 it out on the table near an open window. He thought his pepperoni was 27 and well chilled (冷却) and he 28 .

That's when things went 29 ."I remember walking down the long 30 and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls," Burchill said in a recent letter of 31 to the 4-star hotel. "The seagulls immediately went 32 . They rushed to the window, 30 or 40 birds all trying to 33 at the same time, and pepperoni-everywhere. The curtains were falling down, the lamps were falling down, It was a real 34 .

Older and wiser now, Burchill chalked up the incident to youthful indiscretion (莽撞).

"I have 35 and I admit responsibility of my 36 ," he said in the letter. "I come to you, 37 , to apologize for the-damage I had 38 caused and to ask you to 39 my lifetime ban from the hotel."

His letter 40 . Banned from the hotel since 2001.Burchill is now welcome to come back, the Fairmont said.

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Swap, Don't shop!

You keep hearing about recycling, right? But it doesn't end with bottles, cans, and paper. Clothing takes a huge amount of natural resources（资源）to make, and buying loads of new clothing（or throwing out old clothing）is not healthy for the environment. So what to do with all those perfectly-good-but-you're-maybe-a-little-sick-of-them clothes piled on your bedroom floor? 16 . It's the best way to get rid of your used clothes, score clothes from your friends, and have a party all at the same time.

A successful swap depends on the selection of clothes, the organization of the event, and, obviously, how much fun is had. It's really easy to do! Here are a few pointers.

●Invite 5-10 people so you have a nice selection. 17 , and there may not be enough things to choose from; more than that, and it becomes uncontrollable.

● 18 . They should also prepare plenty of reusable bags to carry their "new" clothes home.

●Put different types of clothing on different surfaces in the room. 19 . Place a few mirrors around your room so people can see how things look when they try them on. One of the ground rules of the swap should be that everyone must try on the clothes before they take them-things always look different when you put them on.

●Set a starting time. Maybe you say "go," or turn on a certain song, or whatever. 20 . And don't forget to put out some cookies and fruits. Remember, it's a party!

A．	Less people than that
B．	Hold a clothing swap
C．	If two people are competing
D．	Just keep music playing throughout
E．	Donate whatever clothes are left over
F．	Have everyone put their clothes in the right spots
G．	Tell everyone to bring clean clothes in good condition

During the war，my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California．I went to live there in order to be（1）　him．I hated the place．I had never （2）　　been so unhappy．My husband was ordered out on a long﹣term duty，and I was left in a tiny shack（棚屋） alone．The heat was（3）　　﹣almost $125 °$ F even in the shade of a cactus（仙人掌）．（4）　　a soul to talk to．The wind blew non﹣stop，and all the food I ate，and the evry air I breathed，were（5）　　with sand，sand，sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents．I told them I was （6）　and coming back home．I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer．I（7）　　be in prison!My father answered my （8）　　with just two lines﹣two lines that will always sing in my（9）　　﹣two lines that completely changed my life：

Two men looked out from prison bars，One saw the mud，the other saw the stars．

I read those two lines（10）　　I was ashamed of myself．I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present （11）　　； I would look for the stars

I made friends with the natives，and their（12）　　amazed me．They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had（13）　　to sell to toueists．I studied the delightful forms of the cactus．I watched for the desert sunsets，and（14）　　for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean（15）　　

What brought about this（16）　　change in me？The desert hadn't changed，（17）　　I had．I had changed my（18）　　And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing（19）　　of my life．I was excited by this new world that I had dicovered I had looked out of my self﹣creatded prison and（20）　　the stars

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