Tina: I’m an office worker and work in a downtown（闹市区）office. I live on a small island（岛）, so ①I take a boat from the island to the city center on weekdays. The boat leaves at 6:20 and it takes about 35 minutes to get to the city. Then I have a short walk to my office. Sometimes when the weather is bad, I can’t get to my office on time by boat.
Sarah: I’m a teacher. I take the train to work every day. The train is quick and cheap, and there are hardly any delays. The trains run every half an hour. The train station is near my home. ②It takes only 35 minutes from my home to the school.
Maria: I’m a college student. I live in the college. The college is very big, so I usually walk a lot. Sometimes it takes me 15 minutes to get from one building to another. When I want to shop with my friends outside the college, we take a bus. The buses stop running after 10:00 pm. So if we get back after that time, ③我们不得不乘出租车。
阅读短文，完成下列任务。
1.任务一：将划线部分①翻译成汉语。
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2.任务二：对划线句子②中的only 35 minutes 进行提问。
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3.任务三：将划线部分③翻译成英语。
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4.任务四：判断下列句子的正误。（T/F）
Tina goes to work first by boat, and then on foot. _________________________
5.任务四：判断下列句子的正误。（T/F）
Because the college is very big, Maria usually goes from one building to another by bus. ________
Dear Peter,
How about your study? It’s Sunday today. I’m writing a letter to you. I’m going to tell you about things in Beijing.
Beijing is different from London. In our country, we drive on the left side of the road, but here people drive on the right side. Most people go to work by bus or by bike. The rush hours（高峰时间）are from seven to nine in the morning and five to seven in the afternoon. People in China work around eight hours a day, five days a week. They usually begin to work at eight in the morning, and rest on Saturday and Sunday.
I have Chinese classes every morning from Monday to Friday. The students in our class are from many countries. We’re all working hard and friendly. The Chinese students are ready to help us with our Chinese. We also help them a lot with their English. We’re getting along very well（相处得融洽）.
That’s all for today. Please write to me soon.
Yours,
Susan
根据书信内容，选择正确答案。
1.Susan is probably from .
A. China B. England C. America D. Canada
2.People drive on in London.
A. the same side in Beijing as B. the right side of the road
C. the left side of the road D. both sides of the road
3.The rush hours a day in Beijing usually last
A. two hours B. three hours C. over five hours D. about four hours
4.In Susan’s class, students are not .
A. lazy B. friendly C. helpful D. hard-working
5.The letter is written from .
A. a Chinese student to an English student
B. an English student to a Chinese student
C. a Chinese student to an American student
D. an English student to another English student
I’m in England now. Here I have a good time. The food is _____and the people are nice. Now I’d like to tell you _____about its traffic(交通).The traffic in England goes on the _____ ! You see, this is very _____ the traffic in our country. As we know, the traffic in our country goes on the right of the streets. If you want to walk _____ a street, you can have many _____: a subway, a footbridge, or a sidewalk(人行道). And in some places, there are black and white poles(杆) with a button(按钮) in the streets. If you press(按) the button, cars will usually _____ to let you go. Taxis in London are really expensive, so if you come to London, you should have enough _____ with you. Taxi drivers are usually _____. They’ll give you some help if you _____ .
1.A. delicious B. awful C. unhealthy D. expensive
2.A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
3.A. right B. middle C. left D. center
4.A. the same B. the same as C. different D. different from
5.A. down B. through C. across D. on
6.A. plans B. ways C. times D. friends
7.A. stop B. start C. finish D. come
8.A. time B. money C. food D. drink
9.A. weak B. clever C. friendly D. busy
10.A. leave B. rest C. cry D. need
About two ______ students take buses to school in the town.
A. hundred B. hundreds
C. hundreds of D. hundred of
The number of students who like collecting stamps in our class __ ___ around 20.
A. are B. is C. has D. have
students in our class are from the town. Some are from the countryside.
A. All B. No C. Every D. Not all
