Question

In England,factory holidays come mostly in the period between mid-July and mid-August. State schools usually only have six weeks off, from about mid-July to the end of August.

The coast is the most popular place for the English people to spend their holidays, but there are few seaside hotels. Food in British hotels and restaurants is cheap, but rooms are not. Few English people rent(租赁) houses for their holidays, but one of their traditional ways of spending a summer is in a boardinghouse(供膳宿舍). Some boardinghouse keepers give all meals to their guests, others provide breakfast only.

The British may refuse to change the times at which they take their holidays, but they have shown themselves very ready to go to new places. Every year, more Englishmen, women and children go to some parts of Europe. Many take their cars, crossing the channel by ship. When they get home again, they always talk about how they spend their holidays.

1. If you go to England, you may find _______.

A. the British aren’t interested in traveling to other countries.

B. workers usually have their holidays in spring

C. you may eat well without paying too much

D. hotels and restautants are cheap

2.In the passage, a boarding house is a place where________.

A. guests can be given with food and living rooms

B. guests can buy all kinds of things

C. guests can have their cars kept

D. guests can live and eat without paying any money

3.People seldom（很少）rent houses because ________.

A. they don’t like to live in houses

B. they don’t like to live far from the sea

C. renting houses cost too much money

D. meals are not provided there

4.From the passage we know that ________.

A. factory holidays are as long as school holidays

B. school students usually stay away from school for one and a half months in summer

C. factory holidays are longer than school holidays

D. the new school year begins at the beginning of August

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The British like to travel to foreign countries.

B. All the british have been able to travel to foreign countries.

C. Those who got home enjoy telling others about their holidays.

D. The British are ready to pay visits to some new places they have never been to.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要讲述了英国人们习惯在什么地方度假，以及度假中他们的食宿问题，文中还讲到了他们喜欢到不同的地方去度假。

1.C细节理解题。根据文中第二段Food in British hotels and restaurants is cheap,可知如果去英国会发现不需要花费很多就能吃的很好，所以选C。

2.A细节理解题。根据文中Some boardinghouse keepers give all meals to their guests, others provide breakfast only.可知在这可以给客人提供食物和房间，所以选A。

3.C细节理解题。根据文中 Food in British hotels and restaurants is cheap, but rooms are not. Few English people rent(租赁) houses for their holidays可知人们很少租房子是因为租金太贵。所以选C。

4.B细节理解题。根据文中State schools usually only have six weeks off, from about mid-July to the end of August.可知学生们有一个半月的暑假，所以选B。

5.B细节理解题通读全文可知只有B是错误不是所有的英国人都去过国外，所以选B。

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