Question

    London is great. It’s great. Rome and Paris are also fine places, but I knew as soon as we landed in London, this was the finest of the three.

There are only two small things that I don’t like about London. First of all, everyone speaks English here. I had so much fun in Rome and Paris. There I could speak in foreign languages. In a word, I made a lot of friends. But here everybody can understand me. I don’t have any reason to start up a conversation with a stranger. And speaking of restaurants---- that is the other problem with London. The food here is not good at all! I haven’t had one good meal in the three days since we were here.

Since you asked me to write to you about everything I learned on this trip, here is what I’ve learned about London.

London’s population of eleven million makes it the second largest city in the world. It is bigger than New York but not as big as Tokyo. London is twice the size of New York. It has an area of 620 square miles!

The Thames River runs right through the center of the city. Someone once called the Thames “liquid history”. It is a very good name. Dozens of armies have crossed it over the past few thousand years. One of the first was the army of Julius Caesar two thousand years ago.

So far I have only had time to visit one neighbor-hood. It is called Bloomsbury. In fact there is a group of writers known as the Bloomsbury Group. It got its name because so many of them lived there. Virginia Woolf was one of them. I know how much you like her novels.

Baker Street is also part of Bloomsbury. Do you remember who once lived on Baker Street?when I asked Bob this question, he answered , “ A man who baked bread, right? Sherlock Holmes, of course, but I won’t have time to find his address. Maybe you will when you come.

1.We can learn from the first two paragraphs that ____________.

A.It is more difficult to begin a conversation in English in London than in any languages

B.The writer had made trips to Italy and France before he came to England

C.Of all the meals the writer has had in London, only one he thinks is good enough

D.The writer hates to talk to strangers who can speak English

2.According to the text, who once lived on Baker Street?

A.A man who baked bread.

B.Sherlock Holmes.

C.A group of writers

D.A friend of the writer’s

3.Where is the text most probably taken from?

A.letter B.A diary

C.A guidebook D.A business report

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

【解析】

本文是应用文。作者应朋友的要求，根据自己的所见所闻，描述了伦敦的一些情况。

1.

推理判断题。根据前两段的Rome and Paris are also fine places, but I knew as soon as we landed in London, this was the finest of the three.和I had so much fun in Rome and Paris.可知，罗马和巴黎是好地方，但是我们一到伦敦，我就知道伦敦是最好的。我在罗马和巴黎我玩得很开心。因此可知，作者来伦敦之前，去过意大利和法国。故选B。

2.

细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的Do you remember who once lived on Baker Street?when I asked Bob this question, he answered , “ A man who baked bread, right? Sherlock Holmes, of course(你还记得谁曾经住在贝克街吗？当我问鲍勃这个问题时，他回答说：“一个烤面包的人，对吗？ 福尔摩斯，当然)可知福尔摩斯曾经住在贝克街。故选B。

3.

推理判断题。从第三段中的Since you asked me to write to you about everything I learned on this trip, here is what I’ve learned about London.可知，既然你写信让我告诉你这次旅行中所学的东西，这封信就是我了解到的伦敦的情况，因此推断文章节选自一封书信。故选A。