In the UK, bus journeys are very common. Buses are often convenient（便利的）for the people who live or work in the city center. Passengers can avoid heavy traffic and not have to pay for the parking. However, taking the bus is just a necessary but boring part of life: they get on the bus, pay for it and sit or find a place to stand when it is crowded. Everyone seems sad and bored.

 In Latin America, however, bus trips can be wonderful. For a start, films are showed on the buses between cities for passengers to have fun along the journeys. Local buses do not show films, but drivers usually turn on the radio and it can be great for passengers to listen to songs and get relaxed.

 Even better than films and music are the sights and sounds on the buses. Local buses always go to parts of the town that passengers would not visit by themselves. There passengers can see shops that they have never heard about. And they can also see other cultures of the town from the windows of the buses.

Besides, passengers' luggage（行李）is also interesting. It is common to see a happy dog's head getting out of somebody's bag or a lovely chicken“speaking cheerfully”under somebody's arm. Once on a bus in Peru, a farmer even tied a sheep to the top of the bus. It was quite surprising.

 In all, taking the bus in Latin America is really fun and unforgettable.

C

    A king (国王) has daughter. Her name.is Christina. The king loves his daughter a lot and he asks his people to be pleasant (友好的) to her Every day, Christina stands on the castle wall (城墙), So everyone can be pleasant to her. But every day, only some people look up pleasantly. And no one waves (挥手) or smiles (微笑).{#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    It is fine day. Christina finds a girl in the marketplace (集市). The market girl waves and everyone waves back to her. They also smile at her. They look pleasant. Christina wants to know why they are happy.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    When the market girl comes, Christina asks her, "{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Why are they pleasant?"

    The market girl answers, "{#blank#}4{#/blank#}"

    After the market girl leaves, Christina thinks for a long time.

    A new day comes. Christina stands on the castle wall and waves. She even smiles. Down in the marketplace, the market girl waves and smiles back and some other people wave and smile back.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

根据材料内容，从方框中选择恰当的句子填入文中空缺处，使材料完整、通顺。

    Peter comes from Canada. He speaks English, but he likes speaking Chinese very much. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It's sunny and kind of windy today. He visits Beijing Library. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    Bob is in Guangzhou. He is from France. He likes Chinese food very much{#blank#}3{#/blank#}It is sunny today. It's kind of hot. Bob wants to go to Guangzhou Hotel with his friends. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Look, a policeman is helping them.

    Jenny is living in Nanjing. She is Japanese. She thinks Chinese people are friendly. She likes them. It's cloudy today{#blank#}5{#/blank#} A koala is sleeping in a tree. Some giraffes are eating grass and some birds ore singing songs. They are having a good time.

A. But he doesn't know the way.

B. He usually(通常)eats in restaurants.

C. Now he's studying(在学习)Chinese in Beijing.

D. Look! He is talking with people there in Chinese now.

E. Jenny mad her Chinese friends are watching animals in a zoo.

    I am from India. India is a large country in southern Asia. It has the second largest population in the world. People in India speak 16 different languages. The main language in our country is Hindi(印地语).

    Do you know Indian food? Indian people think it is good if it is hot. My favourite food is lamb(羊羔肉)with bread and spice. I think it is the most delicious food in the world.

    Only about one third of the people in India know how to read and write. Some parents only send their sons to school. I am very lucky because I know how to read and write.

    The India elephants are very famous around the world. They eat many kinds of fruits, like bananas. An elephant eats between 330 and 350 pounds of food and drinks lots of water each day. So they have to travel to new places to get new food and water. A mother elephant always takes good care of her baby. When she is away, other elephants will look after her baby.

    For most people, summer holidays mean sun, sea and sand, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. She had a holiday full of ice and snow. She and her family travelled across Greenland! Starting just above the Arctic Circle (北极圈), Sarah's family used dogsleds with kites to cross the world's biggest island.

    Sarah says {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. "There is only snow, ice, and more snow. " The family travelled 15 miles a day for 22 days, moving faster when strong winds pushed along their kites.

    Then the weather became a bit hot for the dogs to pull sleds during the day, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. The Landrys lived in tents, ate dried food, and took baths with heated water. When they weren't travelling, they played with kites and made snowmen. Using their mobile phones, the family could send and get emails even from Greenland's ice cap! The road to the top was icy and dangerous.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. "Icebergs (冰山) were so bright, just like the rising sun." said Sarah. Now she and her family have returned home, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Next holiday, they are going to the South Pole.