Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening. 
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own.
Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one's free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional (偶尔的) walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest of the country they are quite prepared to spend with those who are glad to get away from London every night.
【小题1】Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．People who love nature prefer to live outside the city.

B．People who work in London prefer to live in the country.

C．Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.

D．Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city.

【小题2】One can use the same money for _______ to buy a little house with a garden in the country.

A．getting a small flat with a garden

B．having a small flat with a garden

C．renting a small flat without a garden

D．buying a small flat without a garden

【小题3】When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up, those who_______ have been rewarded.

A．live in the country

B．have a garden of their own

C．are busy digging and planting

D．have spent time working in the garden

【小题4】People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to live outside London.

A．their life was meaningless

B．their life was invaluable

C．they didn't need a happy life

D．they couldn’t sleep late in the morning

【小题5】What does the writer think of the life in London?

A．He likes living in the city centre.

B．He prefers to live in the countryside.

C．It isn’t mentioned in the passage.

D．He enjoys working in the garden at weekends.

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comfort  buy   your    be    rain   least    build   go  fortieth  miss

【小题1】Tomorrow will be my father’s __________ birthday.
【小题2】Don’t go out. It  ___________ outside now.
【小题3】This sofa is very __________ to sit on.
【小题4】----Today is hot. Why not ___________ swimming!
----That’s a good idea.
【小题5】Millie and Simon live in the same _____________ .
【小题6】Helen often ____________ the early bus. So he is often late for school
【小题7】My answers are different from ___________.
【小题8】Outside the garden there ____________ a bus stop and many tall buildings.
【小题9】At ___________ thirty students go to school by bus in my class.
【小题10】You can ___________ a lot of souvenirs here.

Welcome to Franklin Hotel! We will make your stay here as enjoyable as possible. We hope we will give you the best service.
★Room Service: You can use the service 24 hours a day.
★Dining Room: You can have three meals a day in the dining room. Breakfast is from 8:00 to 9:30. Also the room waiter may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7:00 . If you need, please fill in a card and hang it outside your room before 6:00. Lunch is from 12:00 to 14:00. Dinner is from 18:30 to 20:30.
★Telephone: There is a telephone in your room. Dial “0” before you make a call. We will tell you to wait a moment if the lines are busy.
★Shop: The hotel shop is open from 9:00 to 17:30.
★Coffee House: You can drink coffee here at the following times: 12:00 to 14:00, 20:00 to 23:30.
★Another Service: There is a cinema in the hotel. A film begins at 19:00 on Sundays and Wednesdays.
【小题1】When can you use the room service?

A．Only the daytime.	B．Only at night.
C．Anytime during a day.	D．Only some time.

【小题2】If you want to have a meal in your room, what will you do?

A．Phone the service desk.

B．Go to the hotel shop to buy some food.

C．Go to the hotel dining room.

D．Put a message outside the room.

【小题3】What will you do if the telephone lines are busy?

A．We will ask the service center for help.

B．We will cut off the phone.

C．We will wait a moment.

D．We will use the pay phone.

【小题4】If you want to have a two-hour business talk in the coffee house, you may go there at_____.
A. 12:00            B: 1:00          C. 10:00            D.11:30
【小题5】The instructions tell us that you can__________.

A．go shopping at anytime in the hotel

B．get at least six services

C．see a film when you want to

D．go to the coffee house twice a week.

-- What' s the weather like?

   -- Oh， it       outside. Take an umbrella with you.

   A. rains            B. is raining         C. was raining       D. rained

 

When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck.
Of course, he delivered (分发) more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would write a note — “Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”. Then she put the note and the empty bottles into the milk box. The next day, the buttermilk would magically appear.
There was also a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box in the house, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
I am sad that there is no home milk delivery today. Big companies produce cheaper milk, and milk is for sale everywhere. People may not need the milkman anymore.
Recently, I saw an old milk box in the countryside and it brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and put it outside the door. My son’s friends always ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship with his milk.
【小题1】The milkman delivered milk to family _____ in the old days.

A．by car

B．by bike

C．on foot

D．by truck

【小题2】The writer’s mother put the note _____.

A．into the bottles	B．into the milk box
C．in the kitchen	D．in front of the door

【小题3】The writer brought back home an old milk box because he _____.

A．missed the good old days

B．wanted to tell funny stories

C．needed it for his milk bottle

D．wanted to give it to the milkman