Bath, 97 miles west of London, is the largest city in Somerset, England. It became a World Heritage Site in 1987.

The city got its name from the Roman Baths, which was a place for public bathing in Roman Britain. The water there is naturally heated under the ground. Today visitors are no longer allowed to enter the water. However, the exhibitions there will tell you the history of the Roman Baths. You can see many ancient Roman objects, including the coins that were thrown into the water to show respect to the goddess.

Looking over the city, you will see many old buildings in the color of honey. Among them, the Royal Crescent and the Circus are the most famous. The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 houses in the shape of crescent. The Circus is about 200 meters to the east of the Royal Crescent. It is a huge circle formed with large townhouses. It is divided into three parts of the same length by three entrances with a lawn in the center. When visiting Bath, you can’t miss these two sites.

The museums in the city are also popular. You can go and appreciate western paintings. If you are interested in the English writer Jane Austen, you can go to Jane Austen Center to know more about her life with her father in Bath, If you come in October, you can even take part in the bath film Festival.

1.The passage is mainly about the ____ in Bath.

A. writers

B. paintings

C. festivals

D. buildings

2.According to the passage, what can visitors do in the Roman Baths?

A. Take a bath.

B. Play in the water.

C. Enjoy ancient coins.

D. Buy ancient Roman objects.

3.Which of the following is correct about the Royal Crescent and the Circus?

A. B. C. D.

4.Bath is a city ______.

A. where Jane Austen once lived

B. that got its name from the heated water

C. where a film festival is held all year round

D. that has been a World Heritage Site for 2l years

Bangladesh (孟加拉) is an agricultural country between India and Burma (缅甸). Storms from the Indian Ocean sweep across the country every year, and large areas of farming land are flooded (冲毁). The people are very poor.

Fewer than half of the country's children complete their primary education. When they are six or seven years old, many children leave school to work in the fields or at home. The rest of their “education” consists of looking after cattle, collecting firewood or doing household jobs.

Not long ago, an experimental school was opened near the capital, Dacca, to help poor children. There are only 120 children in the school, which has three classrooms. In each class, forty pupils are divided into four groups of ten. Each pupil is free to decide which group he or she wants to join.

The most able pupils do a great deal of the teaching. They act as group monitors. Their duty is to ensure that all pupils in their group understand and practise what the teacher has taught.

There are a number of unusual features in the Bangladesh school. Children do not move up a class automatically when they grow older. Each group is promoted (升级) only when EVERY pupil in it has succeeded in getting to the right standard. As a result, all members of a group work hard to help the less able pupils. Nobody is left behind.

Lessons are extremely practical and include work on farming, carpentry, health and running a home, as well as lessons on the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic. At school, pupils prepare for adult life by learning to carry out almost all the tasks which they will face when they grow older.

Children enjoy their lessons and the school is cheap to run. It is so successful that other schools in Bangladesh are beginning to imitate (模仿) its methods. Visitors are even coming from other agricultural countries to see if they can use a similar method.

1.According to the writer, which pupils will most probably become group monitors?

A.The oldest ones. B.The fattest ones.

C.The tallest ones. D.The most able ones.

2.What does the underlined sentence in the passage show?

A.Every member of a group works hard to move to a higher class.

B.At the end of each school year, all the pupils move to a higher class.

C.Children move to a higher class automatically when they grow older.

D.Each group will move to a higher class only if each pupil can get to the right standard.

3.From the passage, we know that ________.

A.Bangladesh is an industrial country

B.many people in Bangladesh work on farms

C.pupils hardly learn anything needed in adult life at school

D.most of the country's children complete their primary education

4.The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A.help people know more about Bangladesh

B.introduce Bangladesh's poor education

C.encourage pupils in Bangladesh to work hard

D.teach other schools in Bangladesh how to imitate the experimental school

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Some years ago, I went to Australia with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across the country to Brisbane. The drive was going to take four days and most of 1. was across the desert.

The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and 2. (laugh) at each other's jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to get bored. We had been quiet 3. a few hours when Chris found some kangaroos in the distance. We decided to get a closer look. Chris speeded up 4. (catch) up with the kangaroos. We were very close to the kangaroos—too close—when we heard a loud BANG!

Chris 5. (stop) the car and we got out. Behind the car was a large kangaroo lying6. (complete) quiet on the ground. Chris went over to the kangaroo and put his baseball cap on its head. He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then he put his arm 7. the kangaroo and told me to take a photo of them together. While I was ready to take 8. (photo), the kangaroo suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped away into the distance before we could do anything.

I started laughing but Chris looked very serious. He said his wallet and passport were in the jacket. I started laughing even 9. (hard). I stopped laughing, however, when he said 10. our car keys were also in the jacket!

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