Hi Hongbo,
I’m so glad to read about the changes talking place in your city. It’s really good news that you can travel by subway in Xi’an, though there’s only one line there. Here in London we have twelve lines. By the way, we don’t use the word “subway” here. It’s American English. We call it “the Underground”, instead.
The London Underground is very famous. It’s famous for several reasons. First of all, part of the underground railway today is the oldest in the world, which opened in 1863. Secondly, the London Underground is also the first line to have electric trains, in 1890. Thirdly but not the last, the London Underground is the second largest metro system in the world, after the Shanghai Metro. There are 270 stations in the Underground and it has 402 kilometres of tracks(轨道). What’s more, the city of London itself helps make the transportation system famous! I’ve got a few photos to help you build a clear picture of the Underground in my city. They are together with this mail.
In your email, you also said workers were building more lines. I’m sure your city is developing fast. Maybe you can send me a few photos of your city today. I really want to see the changes taking place there. I’m happy for you to live there in an ancient city with such a new look!
So much for now. I’ll write soon again. Best wishes!
【小题1】 Where is the writer from？

A．From Xi’an.

B．From Shanghai

C．From London

D．From New York

【小题2】 The second paragraph mainly tells us        ?

A．when the first subway was opened in the world.

B．when the London Underground first used electric trains

C．why the London Underground is the oldest subway in the world.

D．why the London Underground is famous in the world

【小题3】In the email, the words “subway”, “underground”, and “metro” mean         .

A．almost the same thing	B．two different things
C．three different things	D．nothing like each other

【小题4】 What does the writer want Hongbo to do?

A．To buy a good book about Xi’an for him.

B．To post him some postcards of Xi’an.

C．To tell him more about Xi’an subway.

D．To send him a few photos of Xi’an.

Where in the world can you take an hour’s train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down? There’s only one place, and that’s Hollywood, in California. The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets（布景） in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies(公司) in the USA.

A visit to Universal Studios brings back memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars. But they are only memories. Hollywood isn’t quite the same as it used to be. Costs have gone up and confidence has gone down. Movie-makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas. Instead, they repeat old ones.

The film industry is changing fast. Teenagers still go out to the movies. The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from home. But older people mostly stay home to watch series, like Dynasty have become as important to Hollywood as expensive movies. These “soap opera”, as they are called, show rich, powerful families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes. But the actors and actresses are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them.

Though it is soap operas that are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in Business, big films are still being made in America. But more and more of them are made outside Hollywood. New York is the most important new center, but there are many others as well. Movie-makers have realized that they don’t need Hollywood any more. Modern cameras and real houses instead of expensively made copies in a studio. Other states, especially Florida and Texas, are working hard to take the film business away from California. They are offering better working conditions and lower cost.

But Hollywood is fighting back. The state of California is trying hard to keep its best-known industry.

1.From the passage, we know Universal Studios is ______.

A．a very large park	B．a busy London street
C．a famous movie company	D．an old Hollywood movie

2.The movie industry in California isn’t as successful as before because ______.

A．young people don’t go to movie theatres any more

B．there is strong competition from other states

C．its movie companies are in neeed of young stars

D．the state hasn’t put a development plan into action

3.Which of the following seems to be a threat（威胁）to Hollywood？

A．The use of modern cameras and other equipment

B．The interest of middle-aged film stars

C．The making of TV series like Dynasty

D．The expensively made copies of scenes

 

There's only one day to go. You _____ finish your schoolwork by tomorrow.

A．can              B．will              C．must             D．may

 

—How many      are there in the basket?

    —There’s only one.

     A. tomatoes          B. potatos           C. carrotes

 

My name is Steve. I move into this house __1_____ weeks ago, and I really enjoy__2_____here.There’s only one bedroom, and at the moment my sister is staying with me because she is __3____ a job.

I work in a big company(公司).It’s hard__4____, and the hours are really long , but I like it. And it pays well. I don’t really __5____worried about my work.

The only thing I don’t like about this house is one of the neighbors, Mrs.Snell, I think her name is. She’s really strange.She never speaks to___6____, I always says hello to her, and “ Are you all right?’ and what a lovely day today!”,but she never says a word.____ 7___she doesn’t like young people.

My sister and I had a party a few days ago. It really wasn’t very noisy(吵闹). About ten of us were here____8___11.00pm and then we went out to dance. When I saw Mrs. Snell the next day, I said I hoped there wasn’t __9_____niose(噪音)for her, but as she didn’t saying anything. Funny lady.

This evening my sister and I are going to visit a friend of ours who is in hospital, and then we ___10____out for a Chinese meal.

1.                A．few            B．a few           C．little D．a little

 

2.                A．live            B．lives           C．living D．to live

 

3.                A．seeing         B．looking at       C．finding   D．looking for

 

4.                A．work           B．job            C．something D．matter

 

5.                A．want           B．feel            C．think D．have

 

6.                A．someone       B．anyone         C．no one   D．everyone

 

7.                A．Maybe         B．May be         C．Like D．For

 

8.                A．After          B．until           C．when D．before

 

9.                A．too much       B．much too       C．many D．much

 

10.               A．go            B．went           C．are going  D．aren’t going