二、完形填空(每小题1分，共15分)

　　Asha looked out of the window on the plane. What a______16! The buildings were so tall. The city was large, much larger than her small town.

　　Asha was on vacation in New York City. She was very ______17 as she had always wanted to come since she was young. She read stories about it and studied its ______18. She knew how the island of Manhattan was bought from native Americans 300 years ago. She ______19 knew people from all o ver the world came to live here. These people, like Asha, ______20 a new life in New York.

　　But Asha was only staying for fourteen______21. She thought of these two weeks as a time to ______22 herself to move back to New York. She would return to her small ______23, stay for one year, and then come to live in New York forever. So she had to plan this vacation ______24.

　　In New York Asha wanted to do______25 things. First, she wanted to look for a job. Next, she would find a place to live. She knew it was expensive to live in New York and that finding a good place to live was ______26. And the third thing she wanted to do was to ______27 her English. She had studied English for 12 years but didn't know ______28 she could understand “real” English.

　　Before leaving, her friends told her that New York was a ______29 place. But Asha wasn't worried. She had studied New York carefully. She believed she would be safe.

　　______30 Asha saw the Statue of Liberty! The plane flew around it, and then began to slow down. Soon Asha was on the ground, getting ready to leave the plane—to GREet her future.