BRITAIN is a popular tourist place. But tours of the country have pros and cons.
Good news
Free museums: No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities(古董).
Pop music: Britain is the only country to rival (与……比敌)the US on this score.
Black cabs: London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or night.
Choice of food: Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants.
Fashion: Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.
Bad news
Poor service: “It’s part of the image of the place. People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.
Poor public transport: Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the over-crowded London tube is inexplicably(不可解的) popular.
Lack of language: Speaking slowly and clearly may not get many foreign visitors very far, even in the tourist traps.
Rain: Still in the number one complaint.
No air-conditioning: So that even splendidly hot summer become as unbearable as the downpours.
Overpriced hotels: The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.
Licensing hours: Alcohol is in short supply after 11 p.m. even in 24-hour cities.
1.What do tourists complain most?
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A．Poor service. |
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B．Poor public transport. |
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C．Rain. |
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D．Overpriced hotels. |
2.What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?
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A．Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US. |
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B．Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US. |
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C．Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US. |
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D．Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US. |
3. When is alcohol not able to get?
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A．At 9:00p.m. |
B．At 10:00p.m. |
C．At 11:00p.m. |
D．At 12:00p.m. |
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
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A．You have to pay to visit the museums. |
B．It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there. |
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C．You cannot find Chinese food there. |
D．The public transport is poor there. |
My grandfather worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some crates（木箱）for the clothes his church was sending to an orphanage in Brazil. On his way home, he found his glasses were gone. When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket and fallen into one of the crates. His new glasses were heading for Brazil!
The Great Depression was at its height, and Grandpa had six children. He had spent twenty dollars for those glasses that very morning.
“It’s not fair,” he thought as he walked home angrily. “I’ve been very faithful in giving my time and money to my work, and now this.”
Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to the United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that supported him, so he came to my grandfather’s small church in Chicago.
He began by thanking the people for their kindness in supporting the orphanage. “But most of all,” he said, “ I must thank you for the glasses you sent last year. You see, some people had just come to the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate. Even if I had the money, there was simply no way of replacing those glasses. Along with not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day, so my coworkers and I were very worried about this. Then your crates arrived. When I removed the covers, I found a pair of glasses lying on top.”
He paused long enough to let his words sink in. Then, he continued: “When I tried on the glasses, it was as though they had been made just for me!” The people listened, happy for the miraculous glasses. But they thought it was strange because there were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas.
Sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, my grandfather, an ordinary carpenter realized his glasses had found a good place to go.
1.The underlined word “miraculous”（Paragraph 6）can be replaced by .
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A．practical |
B．wonderful |
C．necessary |
D．important |
2. What would be the best title for the text?
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A．The Perfect Mistake. |
B．An Ordinary Carpenter. |
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C．A Careless Old Man. |
D．A Pair of Glasses. |
—Can I help you with your heavy box.
— ____________.
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A．That's very kind of you |
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B．With pleasure |
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C．You can, please |
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D．Ok |
_________ they were here now, we would be able to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
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A．Only if |
B．If only |
C．Because |
D．When |
Mr. Li, a man calling himself Smith wants to see you. ________ he come in?
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A．Should |
B．Can |
C．Shall |
D．Will |
In many countries, government reports, legal papers and most business letters are the main situations _______ English is used.
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A．that |
B．when |
C．which |
D．where |
