When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic drives on the left.

Before you cross a street, you must look to the right first and then left. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. Then the people on foot can cross the road.

If the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go. People on foot mustn’t cross.

In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most dangerous then.

When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. Have a look first or you will go the wrong way.

In many English cities, there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the city very clearly. It’s very interesting.

1.When you are in England, you must always remember that_________.

A．there are many cars and buses on the road.

B．the traffic drives on the left.

C．there are not any traffic lights.

D．the traffic drives on the right.

2.In China, before you cross a street, you must look to _______ first and then ________.

A．the left; the right	B．the right; the left
C．the front; the back	D．the back; the front

3. You must be careful when you go by bus because __________.

A．there are too many buses there

B．the traffic lights are different from ours

C．crossing the street is dangerous

D．you may go the wrong way

4.In England, it is very interesting to _________.

A．cross the streets

B．look at the traffic lights

C．sit on the second floor of a big bus and see the beautiful city

D．look at the busy streets in the morning

5. Which is the best title(题目)?

A．Buses in England	B．Traffic in England
C．Travelling in England	D．Traffic lights in England

 

In a small town in England there is a nice house with a large garden.____1.___. The old man likes planting flowers and looking after his flowers. The garden is so beautiful that every passer-by wants to stop to see it.

One day a young painter went by the old man’s garden. He looked at the great garden and the special house. He was lost in admiration for the beauty of these scenes. He imagined how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place._____2.____ Surprised, the painter asked that old man, “Why are you busy looking after these flowers every day when you can’t see them?” The blind gardener smiled and answered, “ I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them.______3.______”

“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the painter.

“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know flowers are beautiful angels. I know many people will look at my garden and the beauty of my garden will make them feel good._____4.___At the same time we enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.” The old man’s words surprised the painter a great deal and gave him much pleasure.

The blind man grows flowers in order that everybody can enjoy their beauty. ___5.______All the passers-by are his friends; all flowers are his neighbors.

I believe every flower has eyes. They can see the kindness of the old man’s heart and the sweetness of his soul.

 

 

 

从方框内选择适当的单词，填入短文空白处，使短文完整、通顺。

big, cinemas, exciting, far, like, live, other, some, takes ,train

Lofton is a little village（村庄）in England. It is not f__________ (1) from the city of Manchester (曼彻斯特). Not many families l__________ (2) around the village, so the people all know each o_________ (3). Most of them are friendly and helpful.
Though their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. S__________ (4) work in large factories there. A few work in shops or offices. Most of these people go to work by t_______ (5). It usually t________ (6) about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester.
In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐会), they have to go to Manchester, because there are no c_________ (7) in Lofton.
Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. So life in Lofton may not be so e__________ (8) as the life in the b_________ (9) cities, but it can be just as interesting. That is why people in Lofton l__________ (10) their village.

先阅读短文,在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式,单词的首字母已给出。

Once I went shopping on my first visit to Macao. Coming from cold and cloudy England, I enjoyed the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a short skirt. Not having much c_____1. to enjoy the sun in England, my legs were very white. In England this is not a fashionable look at all . Most women spend every sunny day out t_____2. to get darker skin(皮肤). The darker the skin, the better the look. I have tried to get darker but nothing w____3. for me!

   As I walked around one shop, the two shop assistants kept looking at my legs all the time, talking q_____4.to each other in Chinese. I began to feel u____5.and  asked my friend if we could leave. After we left the shop, she asked me what was wrong . I c____6.about the shop assistants being very impolite . They must be talking about my white skin. My friend laughed. “They weren’t laughing at you. They were saying how nice your legs were. Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours. In fact, there are many beauty products(美容产品)  in the shops to make skin whiter and a lot of money is s_____7. on them.”

   It just s____8. that we are never happy with what we have. The grass is much g______9.on the other side. If the women of the West and East thought the s_____10.way, Western women wouldn’t spend so much money on beauty products that makes skin darker and women from the East wouldn’t need to use cream that makes skin whiter.

 

从方框内选择适当的单词，填入短文空白处，使短文完整、通顺。

big, cinemas, exciting, far, like, live, other, some, takes ,train

Lofton is a little village（村庄）in England. It is not f__________ (1) from the city of Manchester (曼彻斯特). Not many families l__________ (2) around the village, so the people all know each o_________ (3). Most of them are friendly and helpful.

Though their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. S__________ (4) work in large factories there. A few work in shops or offices. Most of these people go to work by t_______ (5). It usually t________ (6) about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester.

In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐会), they have to go to Manchester, because there are no c_________ (7) in Lofton.

Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. So life in Lofton may not be so e__________ (8) as the life in the b_________ (9) cities, but it can be just as interesting. That is why people in Lofton l__________ (10) their village.