Hi Eric,
　　We don’t have smog in Oxford. We get fog sometimes, but that’s all. Oxford is much smaller than LA. We only have about 135,000 people. I looked up the 1900 population, it was about 57,000. So it is about twice as many people, not ten times as many, like LA! Oxford is much smaller than London - London has about 7,000,000 people. So that means that LA has more people than London. LA gets hotter than Oxford. We have colder winters too – it can be -4°C in winter.
　　I’m not surprised that your new student only knew about the university. It is famous because it is one of the oldest universities in the country. There are about 18,000 students. The brother of my best friend is at Aberystwyth University, in Wales. There the population is 14,000 and half of that are students! It must be a strange place to live! There are more tourists in Oxford than students, I should think. We get a lot of tourists, all year round. We also get a lot of young foreign students because there are a lot of language schools here. You can stand in the middle of Oxford, close your eyes, and hear accents from all over the world!
　　Your e-mail friend, Ben
　　37. How many people are there in Oxford?
　　A. 5700.　 　　　 B. 135,000.　　　　 C. 7,000,000.　　　 D. 570,000.

　　38. Which of the following is TRUE?
　　A. LA is much smaller than Oxford.
　　B. LA has fewer people than London.
　　C. LA gets hotter than Oxford.
　　D. LA has colder winters too.

　　39. What is Oxford famous for?
　　A. Fog.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Universities.　
　　C. Language schools.　　　　　　　　D. Tourists.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

完形填空

　　I can still remember Christmas holidays when I was a child. I always  1   presents at Christmas. My mother always took me to one of the biggest shops to meet Father Christmas. I always met  2  in a big shop. I  3  lots of presents and he always brought them to me. Two weeks before Christmas one year, I went to London with my mother. I  4   forget the day. The streets were   5  people. The shop windows were very bright. My mother held my hand and we both went into a big shop. We went to the toy department. The toy department was full of  6  . There were lovely toys  7  . Then I saw my old friend at one end of the department store. Father Christmas himself! I pulled my mother  8  the hand. “Please  9  me to Father Christmas,”I said. There were lots of children near Father Christmas. They were standing in a line. Father Christmas spoke to every one of them. At last it was my  10  . “Hello, little boy,” he said to me.“Where do you live?”“  11  you know?” I answered.“You came last year!” I can't remember what Father Christmas answered. But I remember one thing. I was very   12   Father Christmas hadn't remembered my name. He called me “little boy”. And he hadn't remembered my address. I got my presents but it wasn't the same. Something had changed.

[　　]

2.

[　　]

C. Father　　　　　D. my father

[　　]

C. paid for　　　D. asked for

[　　]

C. always　　　　　 D. have forgot

[　　]

C. many　　　　　 D. filled with

[　　]

7.

[　　]

C. everywhere　　　D. nowhere

[　　]

9.

[　　]

10.

[　　]

11.

[　　]

12.

　　Many people don't understand how 5 water the human body needs to work well, and many people do not drink enough, 6 in hot weather. Our body is mostly water about 65 ％ to 75 ％.; 7 we don't have 8 , we'll feel tired and many will get ill. So you 9 how important water 10 to us all.