The London Eye
The London Eye was opened on New Year’s Eve in 1999 to celebrate the Millennium (千禧年). It is 135 meters high, and from the top you can see the whote London. On a clear day you can even see Windsor Castle, which is 40 kilometers away. The London Eye has 32 capsules (密封舱), each with room for 25 people. Each “trip” lasts 30 minutes. It moves quite slowly, at a speed of about 15 meters a minute, but it never stops. Passengers have to get on when it’s moving.
OPENING TIME: Daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. in summer and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in winter.
TICKETS: Online or by phone. A limited number of tickets are available (可获得的) in the day.From the Ticket Office in County Hall (the building next to the Eye), but go early because you often have to wait in a queue.
HOW TO GET THERE: 5 minutes’ walk from Waterloo underground station.
Choose the best answers:
1.The London Eye was built for celebrating __
A. New Year’s Eve B. 1999
C. foreign visitors D. the Millennium
2.On sunny day from the top of the London Eye you can see __--
A. all of England
B. Windsor Castle
C. all the buildings which are 40 kilometers away
D. the building that is 135 meters high
3.There are_____ passengers in the London Eye when it’s full.
A. 32 B. 800 C. 25 D. 72
4.The opening time of the London Eye in summer is _that in the winter.
A. shorter than B. the same as
C. as many as D. longer than
5.People_____ get tickets from the Ticket Office because tickets there are limited.
A. can usually
B. can never
C. can’t always
D. walk from Waterloo underground station to
根据短文内容，回答下列问题，每空一词。
The ladies club always had a meeting every Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about some important things. After that, they had tea and asked questions.
One Friday, a man came and talked in the club about the food problem. “There is not enough food in the world for everybody,” he said, “more than half of the people in the world are hungry, and when these people get more food, they have more babies, as a result they never stop being hungry. Somewhere in the world, a woman is having a baby every minute, day and night. What are we going to do about it?” He waited for a few seconds. Then one of the ladies said, “Why don’t we find that woman and stop her?”
1.What did people often do in the ladies club?
They often _____ a meeting, talked, had tea and _____ questions.
2.What did the man come to talk about one Friday?
He came to talk about the _____ _____.
3.What did the man think about the food problem?
Some people never stop _____ _____.
4.What is the woman’s answer to the man’s question?
She said they should find that woman and _____ her _____ having babies.
5.Do you think the woman’s answer is helpful?
_____, it _____.
I am a student in Grade Three. I began to learn English three years ago. English isn’t very 16 to learn. But I like it very much.
17 do I study English?
In the first year, I found 18 very difficult to memorize new words. At first I 19 a lot of time on them. I learned new words only 20 reading and writing. 21 a few days later I forgot them. Later, with the help of my teachers, I came to know how to do it well. I paid more attention to 22 and spelling. For example:
23 , I have learned a lot of new words. Every morning after I get up, I do some reading. At school I 24 to speak English with my classmates and go over 25 I have learned.
Nothing is too hard if you put your heart into it.
1.A.hard B. excited C. easy D. fast
2.A.Why B. What C. Unless D. How
3.A.this B. it C. that D. /
4.A.took B. paid C. spent D. cost
5.A.with B. for C. as D. by
6.A.And B. But C. Then D. However
7.A.pronunciation B. words C. reading D. writing
8.A.By the way B. In this way C. To begin with D. Later on
9.A.join B. lose C. try D. realize
10.A.that B. what C. which D. when
—Our school is beautiful!
—It will be more beautiful if more trees and grass _____ by us.
A. plant B. is planted C. are planted
—I have worked hard at math, but it seems that I haven’t made any progress.
—Keep on _____ at it, and you will be successful.
A. work B. working C. to work
—This physics problem is too difficult. Can you show me _____, Wang Li?
—Sure.
A. what to work it out B. what to work out it C. how to work it out
