A traveller was staying in an Egyptian village. One day, she held up her camera to take pictures of the children. Suddenly the young ones began to shout at her. The traveller's face turned red and she apologized to the head for what she was doing, and told him she had forgotten that people in some places believed a person would lose his soul if his picture was taken. She explained to him the operation of a camera for a long time. Several times the head tried to say something, but he couldn't. When she believed that the head didn't fear any longer, the traveller then let him speak. With a smile, he said, "The children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the lens(镜头) cap!"  

1. The children shouted when the traveller was taking pictures of them because _______.

A. they didn't want to stop playing                        

B. the traveller forgot to take off the cap on her head

C. they didn't want to have their pictures taken 

D. the traveller was not doing well with her camera

2. The traveller made an apology to the head because _______.

A. she thought it was not right to take people's pictures without telling them beforehand.

B. the children would lose their souls   

C. she had stayed in the village too long

D. she didn't take a picture of the head first

3. When the head smiled, it's clear that _______ .

A. the children wanted to play with her                       

B. the traveller didn't know what the children meant

C. he wanted the traveller to tell him something else

D. the traveller didn't let him speak

4. Which of the following is NOT right?

A. The traveller knew something about people in some countries.

B. The children wouldn't mind if the traveller took pictures of them.

C. The head was afraid that the traveller's camera would hurt the children.

D. The traveller didn't understand why the children shouted.

French novelist Jules Verne (1828～1905) is often called the father of science fictions.Although he was not a great traveller himself，his characters journeyed to the moon (in From Earth to Moon)，Under the sea (in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea)，into a volcano (in A Journey to the Centre of the Earth)，around the world (in Around the World in Eighty Days) and to many other places.

Jules Verne was born in the French city of Nantes in 1828.When he was a boy he ran away from home to work on a ship.However，his father soon found him and brought him home.After that he decided that any future travel he did would be in books.In 1847，his father sent Jules to Paris to study to be a lawyer.Even though he was busy writing，Verne passed his exams in 1849 with high marks.

When Jules told his father he did not want to be a lawyer，his father was very angry.He stopped sending his son any money，so Jules had to earn a living by his writing.Over the next few years he wrote many stories and plays which brought him only a little money.Then，in 1856，he met Honorine de Viane，a rich，young widow with two children.The couple married the next year and their only child Michel was born in 1862.

After his marriage，Verne worked as a businessman in Paris.However，he was not very successful at his job and spent most of his time writing books and doing research for the next one.In 1863，he published his novel Five Weeks in a Balloon and in the following year he published A Journey to the Centre of the Earth which brought him fame.His books became so popular and earned him so much money that he was able to leave his job and work full time on his writing.

In his lifetime，Jules Verne wrote more than 50 books and he became a rich man.Many of this imaginative novels have been turned into films.

1.Jules Verne became rich because of his________.

A．father? B．marriage

C．business? D．writing

2.When Jules Verne was brought home by his father，he decided that________.

A．he would go on more travels in the future

B．he would do as his father required

C．he would be devoted to writing about future travels

D．he would stop writing about future travels

3.Which book can be considered as a turning point in Jules Verne’s life?

A．Five Weeks in a Balloon.

B．A Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

C．From Earth to Moon.

D．Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A．Jules Verne was appreciated by film makers.

B．Jules Verne was not clever enough to learn law.

C．Jules Verne’s stories and plays won him big fame in the 1850s.

D．Jules Verne’s wife helped him a lot in his writing career.

1.The number of the rooms in the best hotels in Boswell is _______.

2.If a Japanese traveller likes to eat in French restaurant, _______ is the right place for him to go to.

3.Which hotel faces the Orchard Hotel?

Once upon a time, a poor traveller stopped under a tree. From his bag he took out a bowl of  1.  (boil) rice and started to eat. Nearby was a small shop, where a woman was selling fried fish to travellers able to pay for   2. . When the man finished eating and got up to leave, she shouted, “You have not paid me for your meal!”

“But I ordered nothing from you!” he said.

“Everyone can see that you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish with your rice,”    3.    (argue) the woman. “If you hadn’t smelt the fish, your meal would not have been so   4.__ (please)!”

Soon a crowd gathered.   5.  they supported the traveller, they also agreed that the wind was blowing from the shop to the place  6.  he had eaten, carrying the smell of the fried fish to him.

At last, the woman took him to a judge and after  7.  (tell) the judge the story, she insisted that   8.  the man had enjoyed her fish smell, he should pay 25 cents. After hearing the evidence, the judge asked the man to drop   9.  25-cent coin on the ground. “Here is your payment, the sound of 25 cents   10.  the smell of the fried fish.”

Where to stay in Boswell? The following are some choices for you:

49.  The number of the room in Osaka Hotel is :

A.  50                         B.  120                C.  150                D.  180

50.  If a Japanese traveller likes to eat in French restaurant, _______ is the right place for him to go to.

A.  233 Edward Road                            B.  1264 Venning Road

C.  222 Edward Road                                  D.  129 North Road

51.  Which hotel faces the Orchard Hotel?

A.  The First Hotel                         B.  The Osaka Hotel                         

C.  The Fairview Hotel                         D.  No Hotel

52.  If you want to book a cheapest single room, which number will you call?

A.  414-6433               B.  591-5620        C.  641-6641        D.  643-8206