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Dear Sandy,

How are you? This week we did a project on the history of London.

My grandfather said that London in the 1950s was a terrible place to live because the air pollution was so bad. There were many factories and they caused a lot of smoke. This smoke caused heavy black fog in the sky. The people of London called this “smog”.

Sometimes the smog was so thick that people could not see at all. Taxis and buses could not go anywhere as it was too dangerous to drive. The smog was also harmful to people’s health, and some people found that it was difficult to breathe.

In 1965, the government made new laws about the pollution, and the air got much cleaner. Today it is clean and we never see smog in London.

Since the 1950s, people from all over the world have come to live in London. My grandfather says that this is one of the best changes—now he can eat food from India, China, Italy and Germany in his neighbourhood.

I like living in London today, and I am happy to have friends from all over the world.

Write back soon.

Jessica

London has 1. a lot

Past

★It was a 2. place to live in the 1950s.

★The 3. pollution was so bad.

★Lots of smoke from 4. caused heavy black fog called smog.

★The smog was sometimes so thick that people could see 5..

★The smog was also harmful to people’s 6..

Present

★The government made new7. about the pollution in 1965 and the air today is much8..

★One of the best 9. is that people around the world have come to live here.

★People can eat 10. from India, China, Italy and Germany.

Unlike most restaurants, the Enoteca Maria Restaurant in New York offers only home-cooked food by grand mas coming from across the world.

Joe Scaravella, a 61-year-old Italian-American born and raised in New York, opened a restaurant in 2007. Having lost almost all his family members, he tried to recreate the feeling of home-cooked meal in his restaurant.

He employed (雇佣) grandmas from different parts of Italy at first, and later, he begin hiring grandmas from other countries like Brazil, France and Greece. He built two kitchens in the restaurant: one for Italian grandmas to cook during lunchtime and the other for grandmas from other countries to cook every evening. The menus in the restaurant are constantly (不断地) changing because what is being served depends on the grandmas who are on duty.

The restaurant opens five a week from Wednesday to Sunday. At present, there are more than 40 grandmas working in it. Most of them came to the U. S. with their children, helping take care of their grandchildren Scaravella give them the chance to express themselves in a culinary (烹饪的)way.

The Enoteca Maria Restaurant has received positive reviews since its opening. Customers are ingested by its delicious food, comfortable environment and most importantly, the grandma who may remind them of their own.

1.Why did Mr. Scaravella open the Enoteca Maria Restaurant?

A. To express himself in a culinary M-ay.

B. To help the grandma cooks raise their families.

C. To meet grandmas coming from across the world.

D. To recreate the feeling of a home-cooked meal in his restaurant.

2.Why are the menus in the restaurant constantly changing?

A. Because the cooks on duty change

B. Because Joe Scaravella likes different foods

C. Because the ingredients change with the seasons.

D. Because customers don't like the menu.

3.Karl wants to try French cuisine (法国菜) ,he had better come to the restaurant

A. on Monday evening B. at lunchtime on Wednesday

C. on Friday evening D. at lunchtime on Sunday

4.Which of the following cook may probably get a job in the restaurant?

A.  B.  C.  D.

5.The best title for this passage may be .

A. Italian Grandmas B. home-cooked Food

C. American Cooks D. Grandmas' Restaurant

My 14 year - old son, John, and I saw the coat at the same time in a second - hand clothing store. It stood out among big and old coats. It was so beautiful and had an unbelievable price, $ 28. I looked at my son and we both said nothing, but John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen coats were popular with teenage boys, but new ones could cost several hundred dollars. This coat was even better. John tried it on and turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror. It fit him so well.

John wore the coat to school the next day. After he came home, I asked, “Did the kids like your coat?” “They love it,” he said with a big grin. Over the next few weeks, John changed. He was polite, less argumentative, more thoughtful, and much happier. “Good dinner, Mom,” he would say every evening. Without a word of complaining, he would carry in wood for the stove.

One day when I suggested that he might start on his homework before dinner, John, who always put things off, said, “You’re right. I guess I will.” When I mentioned this change to one of his teachers, she joked that the coat must have changed him.

John and I both know we should never judge a person by his clothes. But it is true that when wearing beautiful and suitable clothes, we may try to be better in thought, speech and behavior to match what is on the inside to what is on the outside.

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. The price of the coat was too high.

B. John liked the coat very much.

C. They often went shopping together.

D. The writer didn’t want to buy the coat.

2.What does the underlined word “grin” mean?

A. A wide smile. B. A worried look.

C. An upset voice. D. An angry mood.

3.Which of the following changes did NOT happen to John after he wore the coat?

A. He was willing to follow suggestions.

B. He often helped to do some housework.

C. He was often worried about his study.

D. He said sweet words to make his mother happy.

4.What does the writer want to say through this passage?

A. Life is full of possibilities when we are young.

B. We should not judge people by their appearance.

C. It’s a good choice to try different things in our lives.

D. What we wear could help what we are.

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