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The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by 【小題1】 ! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the   【小題2】 was very colourful. There were   【小題3】 and the soil was dark red. After that, it was desert. The sun 【小題4】 , there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw 【小題5】  farms which were built more than a hundred years ago. 

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The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by  91 ! For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the   92 was very colourful. There were   93 and the soil was dark red. After that, it was desert. The sun  94 , there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw  95  farms which were built more than a hundred years ago. 

My name is Alice Thompson．I come from Sydney，Australia and I’m 18 years old．Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train．And what a ride! A friend and I traveled on the famous Chan train． We got on in Sydney and______ in Alice Springs，right in the middle of Australia．

The train was wonderful and the food was great．We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometers of the journey，the scenery was very colorful．After that，It was desert．The sun shone，there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky．Suddenly，it looked like a place from another time．   

The train was comfortable and the people were nice．During the day，I sat and looked out of the window'，and sometimes talked to other passengers．I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes （I’m studying Chinese at school）．One night，at about midnight，I watched the night sky for lot about an hour．The stars shone like diamonds．

Why is the train called the Chan? A long time ago，Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country．They tried riding horses，but the horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand．A hundred and fifty years ago，they brought some camels from Afghanistan．Chan is short for Afghanistan．Camels were much better than horses for traveling a long distance．For many years，trained camels carried food and other supplies，and returned with wool and other products．

Then the movement built a new railway line，so they didn’t need the camels any more．In 1925，they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem．I 1935，the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day．   

1．What’s the best title of the passage?（Please answer within 10 words）

2．Which sentence in the passage call be replaced by the following one?

When we traveled for the first few hundred kilometers of the journey，the view was very beautiful．

3．Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．（Please answer within lo words）   

4．What do you think of camels as transportation in the past?

5．Translate the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese．

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標(biāo)有題號的每一行作出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊邊橫線上畫一個勾(√)；如有錯誤(每行只有一個錯誤)，則按下列情況改正：
此行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線(＼)劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。  
此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧)，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。此行錯一個詞：
在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。
We got on the train in Washington and spend three days    76________
and nights on the train. The train was wonderful but the    77________
food was great. We ate meals making by our teachers. The  78________
scenery was very colorful. There were fields and the soil   79________
was darkly red. Then we saw desert. The sun shone. There  80________
was no wind and they were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly,  81________
it looked like a place from others time. Luckily, the people  82________
were nice. During the day, I sat by the window, looked out of 83________
and talked to other passenger. They were happy to talk with  84_______
me. Sometimes I listened my MP5 on the train quietly.      85________

The train was late and many people were kept _________ at the railway station.

to wait      B. to be waiting   C. waiting   D. waited

The train was late and many people were kept _________ at the railway station.

to wait      B. to be waiting   C. waiting   D. waited

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的添加、刪除或修改。

My father and I stayed at the South Lake Hotel for a week when we visit Beijing last month. It is in the downtown area,but it is easy to go to anywhere by public transport.

We lived in a comfortably room with a big bath. What I liked best were the free high-speed Internet connection in the room. I checked my email messages every day. I also shared for my friends many photos taking in Beijing. The food was wonderful , and we enjoyed several local dish.

It is such great hotel that I would recommend it to any friend of me who is going to Beijing.

We were travelling in Italy recently and what really made our trip memorable are the encounters (邂逅) with Italian grandmas. I just ___1___ a busy road in Rome. A grandma right next to me sprinted (飛奔) across and came back with my baby’s missing shoe. I hadn’t even ___2___ and she thought it would be easier to run twice than try to communicate with me through our language ___3___.
Another time, I was looking for Fontana de Trevis (許愿池) and ___4___ off in the name of looking at this and that. Out came a ___5___ from a small café and she at once knew I was ___6___. She took me by the hand and asked where I was heading for. Then she ___7___ me  to the fountain and three minutes later, I was standing in front of the masterpiece.
On the last day of our ___8__, we were in the local Metro train and a very old grandma got on. The train was ___9__ and many of us offered our seats to her. She accepted my ___10__ and a couple of stops later, I found myself ___11___ again, right next to her. We ___12__, she in Italian and me in English. When she ___13__ my husband and I were heading for Tivoli, she took out her return ___14__ for the expensive inter-city bus and put them into my hand.
I’ve lost count of the grandmas that played with our baby as if he was their own. But the ___15__ of all those grandmas is very hard to forget.

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的添加、刪除或修改。
My father and I stayed at the South Lake Hotel for a week when we visit Beijing last month. It is in the downtown area,but it is easy to go to anywhere by public transport.
We lived in a comfortably room with a big bath. What I liked best were the free high-speed Internet connection in the room. I checked my email messages every day. I also shared for my friends many photos taking in Beijing. The food was wonderful , and we enjoyed several local dish.
It is such great hotel that I would recommend it to any friend of me who is going to Beijing.

The train was crowded and I had to get into a carriage ____ already seven other people.

The train was crowded and they had to get into a car ________ already seven other people.

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The train was ________ crowded and noisy than usual, but his humorous story was a welcome addition to the otherwise dull trip．

1. A.
   commonly
2. B.
   comparatively
3. C.
   specifically
4. D.
   legally

The train was crowded and I had to get into a carriage ____ already seven other people.

A. when there were 　 B. which there were

C. that there were 　 D. where there were