Question

    Gina was surprised to find that it was not raining in London. She stepped down from the train that had brought her from Dover to Victoria Station and put her heavy suitcase on the platform(站台). People were hurrying everywhere: through the entrances and exits, up and down the steps, along the other platforms and over to the ticket counters(柜台) where there were already queues forming. The porters(行李员) seemed to be busy helping other passengers. In Milan everyone told her that it was always raining in England. Today, however, they were wrong. It was warm and dusty just like at home. She could even hear someone speaking her native language somewhere near the station bookstore. She walked slowly towards the gate at the end of the platform where a railway official was collecting the tickets. She handed him her tickets and walked through. She looked up the station clock. Its hands were pointing to 3:15 p.m.

A young woman was sitting on a bench reading an English magazine. She looked friendly so Gina went up to her.

“Excuse me.” she said. The young woman glanced(瞥一眼) up with a smile. “Can you tell me the way to circus?”

“The circus?” The young woman looked puzzled. “What circus do you mean?”

Gina shook her head. “I’m sorry. I have just arrived from Italy to attend a school for foreign students in London. It is near the circus. “

“Do you have a letter with the school’s address on it?”

“Oh, yes. Now I remember.” Gina opened her handbag and found a postcard with a British stamp on it. “Ah,” said the young woman. “It’s Oxford Circus that you want. It’s the name of an area in the middle of London. You must go down these steps and take the Tube(地铁). Follow the colors. That’s the easiest way. ” She showed Gina on the colored map of the underground railway the route from Victoria to Oxford Circus. “Good luck,” she said. “And by the way, I come from Italy, too.”

1.From the passage we know Gina was            .

A.expecting a friend to meet her

B.attending to school matters

C.going to study English

D.late for her studies

2.“There were already queues forming,” implies(表明)           .

A.there were too many people waiting

B.people were beginning to wait in line

C.people were already to form queues

D.people were told to form up in lines

3.Oxford Circus is            .

A.a famous circus

B.a place in London

C.a railway station to Oxford

D.another name for the middle of London

4.The young woman was puzzled because she            .

A.had never been to a circus

B.didn’t know the word “circus”

C.didn’t know what circus Gina was referring to (提及)

D.didn’t know where Oxford Circus was

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，主要讲的是吉娜初次从意大利到伦敦上学途中在维多利亚车站的所见以及问路的经历。

1.推理判断题。根据“I have just arrived from Italy to attend a school for foreign students in London”可知，她是来上学的，结合选项，故选B。

2.词句猜测题。根据“People were hurrying everywhere”及“the ticket counters(柜台) where there were already queues forming.”可知，到处都是匆忙的人，他们已经到售票处开始排队等候买票了，结合选项，故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据“It’s Oxford Circus that you want. It’s the name of an area in the middle of London.”可知，牛津广场是伦敦市中心一个地区的名字，结合选项，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据“What circus do you mean?”以及下文这个妇女为吉娜指路可知，她是不知道吉娜问的是什么马戏团，所以才困惑，结合选项，故选C。