Welcome to England．There are many famous sights that you must go to have a visit in England．Read the following passages, we are sure you'll know something about them．

Stonehenge（巨石阵）

This stone circle is called Stonehenge．It is the most famous prehistoric monument（史前纪念碑） in Britain and it lies on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire．People think that the stones were put there about 4000 years ago, and were used for studying the movements of the Sun, Moon, and Stars．

Blenheim Palace （白金汉宫）

Blenheim Palace is a very large and beautiful house in central England, near Oxford．It is the home of the 11^th Duke of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill．There are many stately homes（豪华古宅）like this in the English countryside．

Big Ben

Big Ben is a large bell in the tower of the House of Parliament（国会）in London．It rings regularly to tell the time．The clock tower lies on the banks of the fiver Thames and is part of the Palace of Westminster（威斯敏斯特）．

Officially Big Ben is the name of the biggest of the five bells in the clock tower．The tower is also known as St．Stephen's Tower．

The London Eye

The London Eye, next to County Hall, is another of London's most modern landmarks．It is the world's biggest wheel, and carries800 passengers at a time on a thirty-minute ride．From its highest point of 450 feet, it gives views of up to 25 miles．

根据短文回答问题或完成句子．

1．What was Stonehenge used for?

2．Where is Blenheim Palace?

3．_______ is the world's biggest wheel which can carries _______ at a time．

4．____ is a large bell in the tower of the House of Parliament in London．Its tower lies on _____．

5．Which one do you think has the longest history．Stonehenge，Blenheim Palace or Big Ben?

　　In Amsterdam (阿姆斯特丹), the capital (首都) of Holland ( 荷兰), there is a unique (独特的) Children Restaurant. It is run wholly by the children. From the manager to the cooks, cashiers, waiters or waitresses and other staff members (职员) are all children from 6 to 12 years old. They themselves do all the necessary work such as cooking and cleaning. These children are selected in Amsterdam. After training, they may serve in the Restaurant for four weeks. All of them are willing to work there and they are very proud of the work .

　　This Restaurant was founded in 1983 by a woman cook, who wanted to give the children chances to learn to be useful to the society (社会) . And now she is the only adult (成年人) there, but her job is just to take care of the children.

　　The Restaurant is welcomed almost by everyone. Since there are only 20 seats in the restaurant, it is always very crowded.

　　So you should make a reservation (预定座位) months in advance (事先) . The cost of a meal differs (不同) according to the customers (顾客) . Usually US ＄ 4 for each adult, but much cheaper for the children. And its business hours are only on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons.

1．The children in this Restaurant ________.

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A．can earn only four dollars a day

B．are fond of working there

C．will have to work there for over a month

D．do all the work except cooking

2．The word “cashier” in the first passage perhaps means

________.

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A．a person who cooks food

B．a person who does cleaning

C．a person who receives and pays out money in a hotel or restaurant etc.

D．a person who serves food to customers

3．Which can be TRUE according to this passage?

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A．All the children in the Restaurant come from Amsterdam.

B．If you don' t order a meal a month ahead of time, you'll get no food in the city.

C．Everybody likes the Restaurant, so it is often filled with customers .

D．In Amsterdam, any child between 6 and 12 can work in this Restaurant if he likes.

4．Which is NOT true according to the writer?

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A．This Restaurant has a history of more than 10 years.

B．For the same meal a child will pay less while an adult will pay more.

C．The woman who set up this Restaurant used to be a cook.

D．There are more than a score of seats.

5．The Children Restaurant was managed by ________.

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