题目内容
—Can you come to my party on Saturday afternoon?
—Sorry, I . I have to prepare for an exam.
A. may B. can C. can’t D. mustn’t
Around the World in Eighty Days
Phileas Fogg reads the newspaper, “A railway has opened in India. You can now travel around the world in 80 days.”
London to Suez(苏伊士) | rail and ship | 7 days |
Suez to Bombay（孟买） | ship | 13 days |
Bombay to Calcutta(加尔各答) | rail | 3 days |
Calcutta to Hong Kong | ship | 13 days |
Hong Kong to Yokohama(横滨) | ship | 6 days |
Yokohama to San Francisco | ship | 22 days |
San Francisco to New York | rail | 7 days |
New York to London | ship | 9 days |
Total | 80 days |
Fogg’s friends will give him $20,000 if he finishes the journey in 80 days. He must be back on 21 December.
Fogg gets to Bombay on time but finds that the new railway line is not finished! Fogg rides an elephant instead! A tribe(部落) is going to kill a woman. Fogg saves her. On the ship to Hong Kong, the police wrongly arrest Fogg. He gets away.
Fogg’s friend gets on the next boat without Fogg. Fogg finds him in a circus in Yokohama.
Fogg’s train is attacked on the way to New York. Fogg continues by sledge(雪橇), then train. He misses the ship to England. Fogg pays for another boat to England. The police arrest Fogg again but soon let him go. Fogg is now late.
However, Fogg has crossed the date line. He still has one more day! He wins the money.
1.This passage is about ___________.
A. different places and people in the world, and ways of travelling
B. how Fogg won a lot of money by travelling to different places of the world.
C. what happened during Fogg’s journey around the world in 80 days
2.Fogg didn’t during his journey.
A. take a train B. ride on a sledge
C. take a ship D. ride a horse
3.Which of the following is true?
A. Fogg arrived in Bombay on time.
B. Fogg missed the train to New York.
C. Fogg liked to travel by elephant and sledge.
D. Fogg saved a woman who was arrested by the police.