I'm writing to you from our hotel at Moon Beach. Peter and I are (1) with children from other countries for a few days. We're happy to be (2) , but to tell you the truth, we're having a few problems（问题）.

　　The restaurants here are not (6) , and the food isn't very good, either. Peter is in the (7) office because he's having problems with his stomach（胃）. But don't worry. He will be OK soon.

“Hi! John．” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I’m going to have a dance performance（表演） tonight．I hope you’ll come．Here is the ticket．Don’t forget!” Then she  1  in a hurry．

 “What? Dance? Is that  2  ? ” I asked myself．Mary was not such kind of girl．She was quite  3   one．I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes．In fact, she really did not know    4  to dress up．What a terrible thing!

“I should go to, I must go to．” I thought．

I arrived at the hall with the ticket, fond my  5   and sat down．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would have a  6   time before her turn, for I had no sense of art,   7   her performance was worth watching, no matter how ling I would wait．

Time went  8  , I tried my best not to fall asleep．

Just then, came the  9  , “Let’s welcome the next exciting dance – Latin!”

Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible,  10  to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared．She  11  with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying…I could  12  believe my eyes．

After all the performance ended, I  13  her at the gate．

“Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal（水晶） shoes．“How do you feel?”

“Fantastic!” I answered．

“Ha, ha．I knew  14  would be．” She could not hide her excitement, laughing  15   a child．

At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．

1． A． came                B． jumped               C． left                D． moved

2． A． possible             B． lucky             C． funny              D． careful

3． A． modern             B． common           C． perfect              D． careful

4． A． why               B． where             C． when                 D． how

5． A． seat                B． room              C． gate                  D． way

6． A． great               B． short               C． hard                      D． relaxing

7． A． or                 B． so                 C． but               D． and

8． A． quickly             B． slowly             C． safely             D． easily

9． A． words             B． sentences          C． sounds                    D． cries

10． A． hoping           B． fearing           C． planning            D． hating

11． A． walked           B． skated            C． danced                    D． stood

12． A． seriously          B． hardly              C． nearly              D． certainly

13． A． waited for        B． looked for         C． paid for            D． cared for

14． A． I                 B． you                 C． she               D． it

15． A． as               B． like              C． for                D． at

What do I like best about Britain? The fact is that people here very rarely smoke. I never smoke myself, I think it’s a disgusting habit. But my friends in Spain smoke nearly all the time. It’s so nice to breathe “clean” air in cinemas, on buses and so on. And the few people who do smoke, almost always ask “Do you mind if I smoke?” before they light up.

The old people are so friendly, and they’ve nearly always got time to help you. When you don’t know where you are, they come up to you and say, “Can I help you, love?” or “What are you looking for, dear?” I love the way they call everybody “love” and “dear” like that even completely strangers.

Why does everybody say the weather here’s so bad? I love these cool, grey, cloudy days. They’re a bit sad---perhaps that’s why I like them. I come from Turkey. It’s sunny most of the time there. But here the weather’s so hard to tell. You hardly even know what to expect when you looked out of the window in the morning and it often changes five or six times during the day! It’s raining now, for example, but I’ve got no idea what it’s going to be like this afternoon.

I’m staying an English family. Family life here seems to be much more relaxed than in my country. People eat whatever they like, come in and go out whenever they want to, there aren’t so many rules. When I go out in the evening, nobody asks me “Where are you going? Whom are you going with? What time are you coming home?” You’ve got much more, the chance to live your own life, and do whatever you want.

41. The old men call everybody “love” and “dear” because they want to show that ______.

A. they’re friendly                                      B. they’re old

C. they’re your family members                   D. they’re the owners

42. Which country isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A. Britain                               B. Spain  

C. Canada                                 D. Turkey 

43. What does the under­lined word rarely mean in Chinese?

A. 很少地                                                        B. 批评

C. 赞扬                                                   D. 鼓励

44. The writer the weather in England is _______.

A. bad               B. terrible                     C. sunny            D. hard to tell

45. Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A. The weather in Britain is cool, grey, cloudy.

B. Family life in Britain is much more relaxed than that in Turkey.

C. The air in Britain isn’t clean enough.

D. The old people in Britain are very helpful.

把短文中的划线部分译成汉语。

　　What do I like best about Britain? The fact that people here very rarely smoke. (1) I never smoke myself. I think it's a disgusting habit. But my friends in Spain smoke nearly all the time. It's so nice to be able to breathe “clean” air in cinemas, on buses and so on. (2) And the few people who do smoke, almost always ask “Do you mind if I smoke?” before they light up.

　　The old people are so friendly, and they've nearly always got time to help you. When you don' t know where you are, they come up to you and say, “Can I help you, love?” or “What are you looking for, dear?”(3) I love the way they call everybody “love” and “dear” like that, even complete strangers.

　　Why does everybody say the weather here's so bad? I love these cool, grey, cloudy days. They're a bit sad, perhaps that's why I like them. I come from Turkey. It's sunny most of the time there. But here the weather's so hard to tell. (4) You hardly ever know what to expect when you look out of the window in the morning and then it often changes five or six times during the day! It's raining now, for example, but I've got no idea what it' s going to be like this afternoon!