阅读理解

　　A Norman baron built Leeds Castle in 1119, and his family lived there for about 160 years. It then became a royal palace and the home of six queens of England, including the Spanish princess, Eleanor of Castle. From 1552 the castle was the home of a governor of Ireland, and it remained a private home until 1976.

　　Today the castle is a museum and conference center. Many of the rooms are the same as they were in the past, with old furniture and paintings. The King's Dining Room, more than twenty meters long, has furniture from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Queen's Room, which was a bedroom, a dining room and reception room, is decorated as it was in 1430. The Queen's Bathroom has a wooden bath where the queen washed. The Great Hall is now a museum. All these rooms are open to the public. Some other rooms--the library and the billiard room, for example--are used for seminars and meetings. These rooms have modern furniture and equipment.

　　The castle and its beautiful gardens are open to the public all year round.

(1) Where is Leeds Castle?

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(2) How old is it?

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(3) Who lives there now?

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(4) Which room has modem furniture?

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A. The King's Dining Room.

B. The Queen's Room.

C. The. Queen's Bathroom.

D. Library and billiard room.

(5) What is Leeds Castle used as from it was built until now? Put the uses in order.

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a. private home

b. museum and conference center

c. royal palace

d. the home of six queens

When I 　　   up, my father had already　　   into the bathroom.  

A. got; went　　   B. get; went　　 C. got; gone   D. get; gone

 

阅读理解

Meeting the English Family

　　Rosa and her classmates were in a street in West London. The sky was dark. This was Rosa's big day, her first day in England.

　　Rosa got out of a taxi. The driver carried a very heavy bag for her. They walked through the rain to the front door of a big Victorian house.

　　A small girl opened the door. She was four years old. Her brother stood behind her. He was only two years old. One minute later, a young woman came to the door.

　　“Welcome to Wembley!” she said and she offered Rosa her hand.  “These are my two children, Elisabeth and Isaac” “Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Frost! said Rosa with a strong Spanish accent.

　　The two children ran back into the living room.

　　“Don't worry about them! They're a little shy. And please call me Diana! Now let me show you your room and then we can have a nice cup of tea. Or would you like some coffee?”

　　“I'd like to try a cup of English tea, made in England.”

　　“This is your bedroom. There's a nice view (视野) of the football stadium (露天体育场) and here's a little desk where you can study. The bathroom and toilet are just opposite your door. Now I'll go and put the kettle on.”

　　“Excuse me. What's a kettle?”

　　“In England, we use a kettle to make hot water, we can then put the hot water in a teapot or use it to make coffee.”

　　Rosa was happy with her new home, but she was a little puzzled (困惑的). Perhaps her mother Maruja was right. The British were not normal people. They did not kiss when they met and they lived in large Victorian palaces. Their favourite drink was tea and they used strange metal kettles to make the water hot. What was she going to say to Elisabeth and Isaac? How could she make friends with two shy English children? Perhaps the answer was in the big, black psychology (心理学) book.

(1) It was Rosa' s big day. She and her classmates were in

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(2) Rosa's hostess (女主人) was called

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(3) What could Rosa see through the window when she was in her bedroom?

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(4) In this passage the underlined (下划线的) word “it” means

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(5) After reading the passage, we know that

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A. Rosa had some trouble in getting on well with the hostess

B. the two children didn't like Rosa

C. Mr. Frost offered Rosa much help

D. Rosa was happy with the new family, but she couldn't understand some of their customs(习俗)