五、语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分；共计10分）

    阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

When Mark first arrived in Thailand, he saw an old man selling something cheap in the street of Chiang Mai. The old man was one of the poor people in Chiang Mai and there was no  61   (different) from beggars (乞丐). Most of them were some lonely old people. Their life had no support.

     Mark was a kind man, so he gave some change to him   62  thinking. The old man told him to pick something he liked. Mark didn’t choose   63   (something) and left.

     But the old man followed him closely. At first, Mark didn’t think a lot, just supposing he wanted to go home. But when he went out very far and saw the old man still   64  him, he was a bit tired, thinking the old man must feel he was kind and wanted to beg more money from him.

     Mark turned back and told him not to follow him   65  he hadn’t much money. But the old man seemed not to understand what he   66  (mean), still following him. The bag on his back made him sweat (流汗) all over.

     Mark happened  67  (meet) his Thai colleague (同事) in the street and his colleague heard this. The colleague turned to ask why the old man was following his friend.
     The old man said out of breath, “My son, you gave me money, but didn’t want my things, so I have to give you something. I see you are a foreigner, likely not to familiar with here. I just want to follow you and show you the way.  68  I can do for you is this.”
Mark  69  (shock). He said he didn’t know why, when he felt the old man was just  70  his father.

六、任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分；共计5分）

 Chris Jones刚刚结束了一次不寻常的印度之旅，记者就此对他进行了采访。以下是采访的部分内容：

Reporter:  71 

Chris: Well, it all started two years ago when I was having a trip to India. I visited a photographic(摄影)exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only way to travel around India was on an elephant.

Reporter: What did you do next?

Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant. I needed an elephant trained to carry people. I asked an expert for help. He taught me how to ride an elephant. He also helped me find an elephant.

Reporter:  72 

Chris: Not too long, I bought a female(母的)elephant called Tara for about USD 6000.

Reporter:  73 

Chris: Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later. We were heading to Sonepur in northern India. And what a ride! Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur was more than 1200 km away. It took us 64 days to complete the journey.

Reporter:  74 

Chris: Yes, a few. But nothing serious.On the third day, Tara hurt her foot. But that got better quickly. Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!

请根据Chris Jones的回答，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择恰当的问题填入第1—4四个空格中。

71.            72.            73.             74.            

A. How long did it take to find a suitable elephant?

B. What gave you the idea to travel around India on an elephant?

C. Did you have any problems on your journey?

D. Can you tell me the journey?

(     )75. Which is the best title for the trip?

  A. A fast journey                           B. An unusual journey

  C. A sad journey                            D. An unusual elephant

 

七、书面表达（本题有1小题，共计20分）

76.李克强总理将“全民阅读”写入了政府工作报告，倡导全名热爱阅读。请根据以下提示和要求，用英语写篇短文，阐述现状，并表达你对阅读的看法和打算。