Couldn’t find anywhere to have breakfast this morning? No worries. Stayed up all night drinking and now you have to catch a bus? It’ll all be fine. See the above—it’ll take about three days to get used to it.

What you may have once thought was very unpleasant—showering in a dirty bathroom, drying yourself with a dirty hotel towel, wearing the same T-shirt four days, never washing your socks—becomes routine (惯例) once you’ve been traveling for a couple of months. Keep clean? It’s a first-world problem.

First-time travelers are usually worried about safety, but after a while you realize that the world isn’t out to get you, and if you just take a few easy precautions (警觉), the probability is high that you’ll never get stolen while you travel. Although you still might, so don’t carry anything you can’t bear to lose.

The first price is never the right price. This holds true for anywhere that the price isn’t stamped onto the thing or clearly shown in some way. While arguing about the price doesn’t come naturally to some. It’s something you have to get used to if you don’t want to be ripped off over and over again.

Things go wrong when you travel—lots of things. The train is late, the money exchange place is closed, the hotel has lost your booking, and you can feel a pain in your stomach that means last night’s street food was a bad choice. But you have to be able to deal with these problems when you travel, or you’ll quickly go silly.

52. What makes travelers love their travel, according to the passage? A. Time’s going by.

B. Lessons they’ve learnt. D. The new environment.

C. The exercise they take.

53. The second paragraph mainly tells us that ______.

A. traveling abroad causes a lot of problems B. one must be brave to travel in the world C. we’re better than we realize when traveling D. nothing can stop us from going abroad

54. Which of the following is true, according to the passage? A. We can get used to a different life style in a short time. B. It’s important to keep clean all the time when traveling. C. First-time travelers are usually safe all over the world. D. It’s not necessary to buy things during our travel abroad. 55. From the last paragraph, we can infer that ______. A. we can only depend on luck when traveling B. traveling is rather hard work than happy time C. traveling service is not good all over the world D. we must be ready to face problems when traveling

七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每

个选项只能用一次。（共10分，每小题2分）

Mike and John are good friends. Both of them like traveling very much.

One day, when they were traveling through a desert, they quarreled (吵架) with each other. Mike was very angry and hit John in the face. John was hurt, 56 , he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”

Then they went on walking and found an oasis (绿洲). It was very hot, 57 . John was not good at swimming and he started drowning (溺水) after a few minutes. 58 . When John got up, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”

Mike felt a little surprised and asked, “Why, after I hurt you, you wrote some words in the sand, and now you wrote on a stone?” John smiled and said, “When a friend hurts us, we should write it down in the sand. 59 . However, when something great happens, we should write it in the stone of our memory and remember it forever.” 60 . He learned what true friendship

was. Let’s learn to write in the sand and on the stone.

A. Mike was very moved B. but without anything to say C. so they wanted to have a swim D. And the wind can blow it away easily E. Mike swam to him quickly and saved him

八、阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分)

Bashert is a gentle, golden dog. In her mind, there is no human problem so big she can’t lick (舔) better. When her owner is sad, she licks him to make him happy. When her owner feels upset, she licks him again to encourage him.

“When I go to camp, I miss Bashert a lot,” Bashert’s owner Aaron Richards, a 14-year-old boy in the US, told the New York Times.

Animals like Bashert play an important part in people’s lives. Whether it is a dog, a cat or a goldfish, people always enjoy their companionship （陪伴）. But do you know that people also love animals for other reasons?

When staying with animals, people can relax. Compared to the human world, the animal world seems to be simpler. People don’t need to worry about being judged by words or behaviors. For children, they can forget grades and class performance. What they feel is warmth and acceptance without any conditions.

Animals, especially pets, also teach people to learn responsibility. Besides feeding and cleaning them, you also need to care for them. When they are sick, take them to an animal hospital. When they feel lonely, just play with them for a while. When they get old, you should spend time with them and let them know that you will always love them. Such a caring heart also tells you to treat people in a nice way. Then, you will find yourself a much beloved person.

61. What does Bashert do when her owner is sad? 62. How old is Bashert’s owner?

63. Do animals play an important part in people’s lives? 64. What are the other reasons that people love animals? 65. What is the passage mainly about?

书面表达（15分）

九、 文段表达 (15分)

根据中文和英文提示，写一封意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于50词的回信。信的开头和 结尾已给出，其词数不计入所要完成的回信内。所给英文提示词语仅供选用。请不要写出你的校名和姓名。

66. 假如你叫李华，最近和英国朋友Jim通过邮件谈论校园安全，他想了解你的看法。请

根据他的问题回复邮件。

提示词语: study, help, sports, make sure

·Is it important to keep safe at school?