28、In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience（经历）four seasons in one day．In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring．An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard．The weather gets a little cold．In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day．In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer．So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes．When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella（伞）or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them．If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret（后悔）later in the day．

1．Why do people in England often talk about the weather?

A．Because they may have four seasons in one day．

B．Because they often have very good Weather．

C．Because the weather is warm just like in spring．

D．Because the sky is sunny all day．

2．From the story we know that when _______ come, there is a heavy rain．

A．sunshine and snow                               B．black clouds

C．summer and winter                                     D．spring and autumn

3．"People can also have summer in winter．" Means "it is sometimes too _______ in winter．"

A．warm             B．cool                  C．cold              D．rainy

4．In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because _______．

A．their friends ask them to do so                  B．it often rains in England

C．they are going to sell them                      D．they are their favorite things

5．The best title（标题）for this passage is _______．

A．Bad Seasons                                 B．Summer or Winter

C．The Weather in England                      D．Strange English People

26、Welcome to England．There are many famous sights that you must go to have a visit in England．Read the following passages, we are sure you'll know something about them．

Stonehenge（巨石阵）

This stone circle is called Stonehenge．It is the most famous prehistoric monument（史前纪念碑） in Britain and it lies on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire．People think that the stones were put there about 4000 years ago, and were used for studying the movements of the Sun, Moon, and Stars．

Blenheim Palace （白金汉宫）

Blenheim Palace is a very large and beautiful house in central England, near Oxford．It is the home of the 11^th Duke of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill．There are many stately homes（豪华古宅）like this in the English countryside．

Big Ben

Big Ben is a large bell in the tower of the House of Parliament（国会）in London．It rings regularly to tell the time．The clock tower lies on the banks of the fiver Thames and is part of the Palace of Westminster（威斯敏斯特）．

Officially Big Ben is the name of the biggest of the five bells in the clock tower．The tower is also known as St．Stephen's Tower．

The London Eye

The London Eye, next to County Hall, is another of London's most modern landmarks．It is the world's biggest wheel, and carries800 passengers at a time on a thirty-minute ride．From its highest point of 450 feet, it gives views of up to 25 miles．

根据短文回答问题或完成句子．

1．What was Stonehenge used for?

2．Where is Blenheim Palace?

3．_______ is the world's biggest wheel which can carries _______ at a time．

4．____ is a large bell in the tower of the House of Parliament in London．Its tower lies on _____．

5．Which one do you think has the longest history．Stonehenge，Blenheim Palace or Big Ben?

23、1．Bill Gates _________（devote）himself to the computer business．

2．A lot of _________（soldier）lost their _________（life）in the water．

3．In the Anti-Japanese war, Bethune worked in the _________（north）part of China．

4．The doctor are _________（operate）on the patient．

5．It is _________（produce）in our country．

6．She was _________（bad） hurt when she fell off the tree．

7．I hope you will _________（cover）soon．

8．He has been one of Dr．Clarks' _________（patient）for many years．

9．The teacher walked into the class so _________（quiet）that no one noticed him．

10．Comrade Li Feng has been _________（die）for many years．

11．Is China a _________（发展中）country?

12．It is _________（据说）that there will be a football game at 2:00 this afternoon．

22、Nowadays some people like to buy what they want through the Internet, which really brings us lots of conveniences．If you have a computer linked with the internet by telephone or another, you can just move the mouse, fill in some forms about your personal information and the information of the company which you are buying things from, then the clerk from the company will send what you need to you in a short time．

However, some housewives don't always enjoy that way．They still like to walk around a shop or a supermarket on one hand, they suspect the reality of the goods on the screen, because they buy the things online only by eye not by ear or hand even or now; on the other hand, they think it is really a kind of relaxation to walk around the shop or the supermarket, and sometimes it is an interesting thing to bargain with the sellers．If they cut down lots of price, they will have a feeling of success．

1．People like to buy things through the Internet because _________．

A．The goods are at a low price                      B．the goods are at a high price．

C．it can bring people lots of conveniences      D．the goods are nice

2．People can get what they want through the Internet _________．

A．very slowly           B．very quickly          C．very expensive      D．very hard

3．The word "convenience" means _________ in Chinese．

A．金钱                      B．商品                       C．货物                      D．方便

4．Some housewives enjoy shopping in a shop or a supermarket because _________．

A．it's a kind of relaxation to walk around a shop or a supermarket

B．it's very interesting to bargain

C．people can get a feeling of success by cutting its price down

D．A, B and C

5．The best title of the passage is _________．

A．Shopping online

B．How people can go shopping online

C．The convenience of shopping online

D．Women like shopping online

20、This is a talk by a London taxi（出租车）driver "I've been a taxi driver for nearly ten years．Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis．" "It's a nice job most of time．you meet a lot of people．I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day．I live twenty miles（英里）outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon．" "I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning．" "Some very strange things happened late at night．"

The other day I was taking a woman home from a party．She had her little dog with her．When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key．So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows．" "I waited and waited．After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on．I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window．The next thing I knew was that the police came．They thought I was a thief（小偷）．Luckily the woman came downstairs（下楼）．She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"

1．The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _________．

A．drive                                                      B．make money

C．climb in through the window                     D．meet a lot of people

2．The woman climbed in through the window because _________．

A．she wanted to have a sleep                   B．her husband didn't open the door for her

C．she didn't want to pay the driver              D．she couldn't find her key

3．The story happened _________．

A．early in the morning                             B．late at night

C．20 miles outside London                         D．near the police station

4．Which of the following is wrong?

A．The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning．

B．The police made a mistake．

C．The woman had no money to pay the driver．

D．The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog．

5．The driver climbed in through the window to _________．

A．get money from the woman               B．return the dog to the woman

C．see what was happening in the house       D．phone the police