What does traveling mean? Visit, enjoy and discover.
Every year hundreds and thousands of people come to the UK. And London, the capital city, is usually their first stop. What can they see? What can they experience!
Getting around in London is not difficult. There is the underground train, the oldest in the world, or the traditional double-decker bus. A boat trip along the River Thames takes you to the Tower of London.
Going around the city center on foot is easy. The maps in the streets will show you what is around you in five-minute walk. You can get a great view of the city from 135 meters up on a huge wheel, the London Eye. Look across the river and you will see the Houses of Parliament and the famous clock tower, Big Ben.
There are over 240 museums in the capital, but the two most popular are in South Kensington and cost nothing to get into. In the Natural History Museum, the key word is Big. Next to it is the Science Museum. It has those great British inventions, the history of flight and exploration (探索) of space.
【小题1】For many tourists, London is their ______ stop when they are traveling in the UK.

A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.lost
【小题2】Going around the City center on foot is easy because ______.
A.Big Ben is across the riverB.the maps in the streets will help you
C.it take only five minutesD.you can gets great view of the city
【小题3】The Natural History Museum is next to ______.
A.Big BenB.the Tower of London
C.London EyeD.the Science Museum

What does traveling mean? Visit, enjoy and discover.

Every year hundreds and thousands of people come to the UK. And London, the capital city, is usually their first stop. What can they see? What can they experience!

Getting around in London is not difficult. There is the underground train, the oldest in the world, or the traditional double-decker bus. A boat trip along the River Thames takes you to the Tower of London.

Going around the city center on foot is easy. The maps in the streets will show you what is around you in five-minute walk. You can get a great view of the city from 135 meters up on a huge wheel, the London Eye. Look across the river and you will see the Houses of Parliament and the famous clock tower, Big Ben.

There are over 240 museums in the capital, but the two most popular are in South Kensington and cost nothing to get into. In the Natural History Museum, the key word is Big. Next to it is the Science Museum. It has those great British inventions, the history of flight and exploration (探索) of space.

1.For many tourists, London is their ______ stop when they are traveling in the UK.

A.first              B.second           C.third             D.lost

2.Going around the City center on foot is easy because ______.

A.Big Ben is across the river                 B.the maps in the streets will help you

C.it take only five minutes                  D.you can gets great view of the city

3.The Natural History Museum is next to ______.

A.Big Ben                               B.the Tower of London

C.London Eye                            D.the Science Museum

 

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 11th 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?

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