A beautiful and very successful actress played the lead role in a new musical show. Her home was in the countryside, but she did not want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the centre of the city, she got some beautiful furniture(家具) and had a man to paint the rooms in new colours.

It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill (帐单). At the bottom of it were these words: “Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance : 3 pounds,” with this note: “ After 5 p.m. I get 15 shillings (先令) an hour instead of 10 shillings.”

1.The actress bought a house in the centre of the city because _________.

A. she liked to live in the busiest place

B. she didn’t like to live in the country

C. her home was far away from where she worked

D. she didn’t want to go back to her hometown any longer

2. It can be learned from the text that one pound is_________ shillings.

A. 10          B. 12         C. 20         D. 15

3.What kind of man was the painter?

A. He was a careful man.

B. He was a poor man.

C. He was not friendly to others.

D. He knew little about music and dances.

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There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book in hand. Of course, with our guide-books we may ________  the history and special developments of a town and get to know them. But then, if we take our time and stay in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we look at it as a whole, we begin to have some    ________  which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just   ________   this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets run in this particular （特别的）way, and not in any other way?

Here even the best guide-book ________   to tell us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the   ________   appearance. It may not describe the original （最初的）design of a town. However, one may get some idea of what it   ________   to look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine   ________   the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town   ________ to develop.

What’s the point of studying towns in the way? For me, I’m sure one can get greater   ________by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A personal visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive   ________  just reading about it in a guide-book.

1.A. write    B. study        C. tell        D. remember

2.A. ideas    B. opinions     C. feelings    D. questions

3.A. of       B. for         C. like       D. as

4.A. fails   B. helps       C. wants      D. prefers

5.A. old      B. normal       C. first       D. present

6.A. used     B. seemed      C. had         D. happened

7.A. what     B. how         C. when        D. where

8.A. stops    B. appears     C. starts     D. continues

9.A. success  B. pleasure     C. hope        D. suffering

10.A. from    B. through     C. than        D. with

---Would you like me to take you to the new shopping centre?

--- ___________. I’ve been there once.

A. No, thanks       B. No problem

C. Yes, I think so  D. It’s kind of you.

The number of people at the concert was_____ than expected. There were many tickets left.

A. much smaller B. much fewer

C. much more   D. much larger

The teacher knows_______________ the mobile phone you brought to school today.

A. how he will do with     B. what he will deal with

C. how to deal with        D. what to deal with

You should be honest and not copy ___________ answers in the exam.

A. nobody else  B. somebody elses’

C. anybody else  D. anybody else’s

--- Were your parents at home last night?

--- No, we __________ went to Grandpa’s birthday party.

A. both   B. all    C. neither    D. none

It’s foggy today. I’m not sure _______ the highway will be closed soon. Let’s set off earlier.

A. when   B. whether       C. how      D. that

Hold on to your dreams, __________ one day they may just come true.

A. and   B. but    C. or    D. so

The high-speed train __________ Wuxi __________ Chengdu has been in use.

A. connects, with B. connected, with

C. connecting, to  D. connected, to