Dear Tony,

Time flies. It’s   1   now. We have warm days and bright sunshine again. Do you go out for your weekends?

Guess   2   I am now? I am not in Nanjing. I am in a town outside the city. This place is only 30   3   from my home by bus. It’s not a big town. Only fifty   4   people live here. So it’s less crowded(拥挤的) than Nanjing. There is   5   pollution here. And it’s usually   6   at night because there aren’t many cars. I had a good sleep last night! I didn’t   7   until 8.00 this morning!

It’s a beautiful town with lots of lakes and hills   8  . I want to   9   on the river after lunch. And I plan to go to climb the hills.

Come with me to this town next time. I am sure you don’t want to   10   when you come to the beautiful place.

1. A. winter   B. spring       C. summer        D. autumn

2. A. what      B. who        C. when          D. where

3. A. hours’     B. minutes’     C. hours         D. minutes

4. A. hundred   B. thousands    C. million        D. hundreds of

5. A. much     B. lots of       C. many          D. little

6. A. noisy     B. warm       C. quiet           D. interesting

7. A. wake up   B. sleep       C. have breakfast   D. go to school

8. A. inside     B. around      C. in the middle   D. go walking

9. A. stand     B. go walking   C. go boating     D. go shopping

10. A. leave    B. come       C. have fun       D. see me

 

完形填空

　　There was a bridge over the river. 1 often took some parts away. So Mr White, a farmer of fifty-two, 2 to watch it. He had neither wife nor children and lived in the house 3 the bridge. He worked hard and always got up several times at night. So it was much 4 than before.

　　Once the old man 5 to his sister's birthday party. He asked two days' leave and went there. He 6 much that day and fell to sleep as soon as the 7 was over. His sister had to carried him to a room with her husband. At midnight he 8 . He forgot where he was and went out to see if the bridge was all right. But he didn't 9 it. He was surprised and told the police station about it on the 10 .

　　“You'll be punished (惩罚) for it!” an officer said angrily. Later on he forgot what 11 that night and he returned to his house the following afternoon. When he saw the bridge, he 12 it all. He hurried to ring up the police station again and told them the bridge wasn't 13“It's too late, Mr White,” said the officer. “We 14 the criminal (罪犯) last night. The judge sentenced him for ten years in prison (法官判他十年徒刑) this 15 !”

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Mr Smith liked to be exact. One day when he was walking in the street， a man came over and stopped him. “Excuse me， but where is the nearest bookshop?”“The nearest bookshop? You have to （必须） go across a bridge and then turn right.”

　　“And is the bridge long?”“Thirty metres.” The man thanked him and walked towards the bridge. Suddenly he heard someone running after him. “Stop!” Mr Smith was shouting. “I'm sorry. I just， I just remember the bridge is forty metres long. If you go thirty metres and then turn right as （按照） I told you to do， you'll fall into the river.”

（　　）（1）. When Mr Smith was walking in the street， a man came to ask him________.

A. the way to the bridge　　　　　　 B. the way to the nearest bookshop

C. how long the bridge was　　　　　　D. how far the bridge Was

（　　）（2）. How could the man get to the bookshop?

A. Go across the bridge and turn right. B. Turn right and go across the bridge.

C. Walk towards the bridge.　　　　 D. Run after Mr Smith.

（　　）（3） How long was the bridge?

A. It was thirty metres long.　　　　 B. It was forty metres long.

C. It was fifty metres long.　　　　　　D. It was sixty metres long.

（　　）（4）. What's the Chinese meaning of “exact”?

A. 聪明的　　　　 B. 啰嗦的　　　　 C. 精确的　　　　 D. 热心的

（　　）（5） What's the Chinese meaning of “run after”?

A. 跑　　　　　　 B. 照顾　　　　 C. 追求　　　　 D. 追赶

阅读理解

　　The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where, most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.

　　The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

　　By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall among them.

　　Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.

　　The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

　　After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect; wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St Paul's.

　　The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place－a city for the future and not just of the past.

1．The fire began in ________.

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2．The underlined word “family” in the second paragraph means ________.

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3．It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that ________.

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A．some people lost their lives

B．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

C．many famous buildings were destroyed

D．the King's bakery was burned down

4．Why did the writer cite(引用) Samuel Pepys?

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A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

C．To show that poor people suffered most.

D．To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

5．How was the fire put out according to the text?

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A．The king and his soldiers came to help.

B．All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

C．People managed to get enough water from the river.

D．Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.

6．Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire?

(a) There was a strong wind.

(b) The streets were very narrow.

(c) Many houses were made of wood.

(d) There was not enough water in the city.

(e) People did not discover the fire earlier.

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