1. "你介意我借你的报纸看看吗？" "一点儿也不介意"。

—Would you mind       your newspaper?

―Not at all.

8. The new couple have bought an       (单元住宅) in the centre of the city.

7. You should prepare for the questions from the        (面试官) and also a list of questions to ask.

6. I went        (市中心) to my lawyer's and discuss my problems several times a week.

5. ―What about walking along the (海滨) in the sunset? ―A good idea.

2. After a long journey,we all felt hungry and e       .

1. Bring the children back from the k       at four o' clock.

  Last summer,after finishing my work in China,I took the trip of a life?time on the Trans-Siberian Railway (西伯利亚铁路) .Leaving Beijing early on a Wednesday morning in July?my wife and I travelled through some awesome (令人惊叹的) countryside before we arrived in Moscow the following Mon?day.

  The first part of the journey took us past the Great Wall and through the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. At the Mongolian People's Republic border,we had a delay while the wheels were changed because the railway is different.

  On our way to the capital,Ulan Bator,we saw herdsmen on horseback loo?king after their cattle. There was a great thunderstorm as we crossed a vast open plain. Later we had a quick tour of Ulan Bator.

  Next,the train took us into Siberia. After a stop at Irkutsk,a popular holiday resort (度假胜地) ，where a tour group left the train? we passed the great Lake Baikal. Later,we saw some lovely wooden houses in the pretty,sunny countryside. This surprised us,as we had imagined Siberia as being cov?ered with thick snow.

  Over the next few days,we passed through Novosibirsk,Omsk and other cities in the heartlands of the Russian Federation. By now,our body clocks were losing their sense of time. We wanted to sleep and eat at the wrong time!At last we reached Moscow. We were so tired that we slept for 16 hours that night. The next day we went sightseeing. We saw the Dremlin and some other magnificent buildings in the Russian capital. Then,all too soon,it was time for us to return to our home in London.

6. How many days did it take the author to reach Moscow?

   A. Three.

   B. Four.

   C. Seven.

   D. Six.

7. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Ulan Bator is the capital of the Mongolian People's Republic.

   B. The author travelled with a group of friends.

   C. The author's body clock ran faster than the others'.

   D. The train broke down at the Mongolian People's Republic border.

8. The author was surprised by Siberia because       .

   A. it was covered with thick snow

   B. the houses there were so pretty

   C. there were many tourists there

   D. it was not covered with snow but it was sunny

9. The passage mainly tells us         .

   A. how to travel to Moscow from Beijing

   B. how wonderful the capital of Russia is

   C. the trip from Beijing to Moscow

   D. the Trans-Siberian Railway