Dear Peter,
     Thanks for your last letter. I am happy to know you' had a very great funny vacation. As your best
pen pal, I'd like to tell you how I spent my vacation. I didn't go to school on May 1st and my parents
didn't go to work, so we went to visit Changbaishan. There are many buses to go there. We had a new
car and my mother drove the car there. Changbaishan is really an interesting place. Many people go
there every day. We saw lots of beautiful trees and had lunch under a tall tree. Then we went to Tian
Chi—a fantastic big lake (湖泊)—The water is blue and very clean. But nobody can swim in the water.
It can make it dirty and it is dangerous to swim in it. We took many photos with our camera. At 5: 00
p.m. we went home happily.
                                                                                                                                    Yours,
                                                                                                                                 Wang Qiang

1. Peter and Wang Qiang are ______.     

A. classmates 
B. cousins
C. brothers
D. pen pals

2. When did they go to Changbaishan? 

A. On May 4th.
B. On June l st.
C. On May 1st. 
D. On July 1st.

3. Wang Qiang and his parents ______ to Changbaishan.     

A. took a taxi    
B. took a car
C. took a bus 
D. walked

4. What does the word "drove" mean?     

A. 购买        
B. 推销
C. 讨论             
D. 驾驶

5. Wang Qiang and his parents didn't ______ on Changbaishan. 

A. swim Tian Chi  
B. have lunch
C. see any trees
D. take photos

Dear Boris,
     Thanks for your nice letter. After I had spent a week with my English family, I slowly began to
understand their English a little better. It's very different from what I learned at school! Students in
my group are from different cities of Britain and their dialects (方言) are different too! Some of their
accents (口音) are quite strong and they also have their own words and expressions. 
      But it's not the language that's different and surprising. Before I came to England I had thought
that fish and chips were eaten every day. That's quite wrong! I had expected to see "London fog".
Do you remember our texts about it? We had no idea that most of this 'thick fog' disappeared many
years ago when people stopped using coal in their homes. But the idea to speak about the weather
was very helpful. The weather in London is really changeable.
     On the other hand habits are different. People tell me what is typically British here in London is
not always typical in Wales or Scotland. Local habits and traditions are not the same as what we knew. 
     But what is ordinary for all British is that they follow traditions. Probably Britain has more living
signs of its past than many other countries. And people have always been proud of having ancient
buildings in capitals, big cities and the countryside. I will tell you more about Britain in my other letters.
                                                                                                                    Love from Britain, 
                                                                                                                    Peter

1. What does Peter feel about the English language?

[     ]

A. At first it was difficult for him to understand people.
B. He can understand different dialects and accents.
C. He can speak English better than others.
D. People can't understand his English.

2. Typical English food ______.

[     ]

3. The British people like to talk about weather because ______.

[     ]

A. there is thick fog in London
B. they like the weather in Britain
C. the weather changes a lot
D. it can be helpful

4. What do you know about habits in Britain from the passage?

[     ]

A. They are not the same in different parts of Britain.
B. Habits in Wales and Scotland are typically British.
C. There are no typical British habits in Britain.
D. All that typically British is in London.

[     ]

A. What he's seen is quite different from what he'd learned.
B. British people like to follow traditions.
C. Peter had learned about Britain before.
D. Peter doesn't like his life in Britain.