BRITAIN is a popular tourist place．But tours of the country have advantages and disadvantages.
GOOD NEWS
Free museums．No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities（文物）.
Pop music．Britain is the only country to compare with the US on this score.
Black cabs．London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never
enough of them at weekends or night.
Choice of food．Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants.
Fashion．Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.
BAD NEWS
Poor service．“It’s part of the image of the place．People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.
Poor public transport．Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the overcrowded London tube is inexplicably (难以理解的) popular.
Rain．Still in the number one complaint.
No air-conditioning．So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the downpours.
Overpriced hotels．The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.
Licensing hours．Alcohol (酒) is in short supply after 11 p.m. even in “24-hour cities”.
1.What do tourists complain most?
A．Poor service． B．Poor public transport.
C．Rain. D．Overpriced hotels.
2.What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?
A．Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US.
B．Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US.
C．Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US.
D．Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US.
3.When are people not able to get alcohol?
A．At 12: 00 p.m. B．At 10: 00 p.m.
C．At 11: 00 p.m. D．At 9: 00 p.m.
4.Which of the following is True according to the passage?
A．You have to pay to visit the museums
B．It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.
C．You cannot find Chinese food there
D．The public transport is poor there.
For years I wanted a flower garden．But then we had Matthew．And Marvin．And the twins, Alisa and Alan．And then Helen．Five children．I was too busy raising them to grow a garden．
Money was tight, as well as time．Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I' d have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees, you now．”
Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their own．
One spring morning, on Mother's Day, I was working in my kitchen．Suddenly, I realized that cars were tooting their horns as they drove by．I looked out the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard．I thought it must be a weeping willow, because I saw things blowing around on all its branches．Then I put my glasses on－and I couldn't believe what I saw．
There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look．It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped all over that tree．Think of' all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note attached: ‘‘IOU eight hours of digging time．Love, Marvin．"
Marvin kept his promise, too．He dug up a nice ten－by－fifteen foot bed for me And my other children bought me tools, ornaments , a trellis（格架）, a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books．
That was three years ago．My garden's now very pretty, just like I wanted．When I go out and tend my flowers, I don't seem to miss my children as much as I once did．I feel like they're right there with me．
I'm still not sure that money grows on trees．But I know love does!
1.Why did the mother say "Money doesn't grow on trees"? .
A．She wanted them not to spend extra money
B．She was too sad to say anything else
C．She told them a truth on money
D．she just played a joke with them
2.What do we know about the mother according to the text? ．
A．She is a bad-tempered woman
B．She believes money can grow on a tree now
C．She is a writer
D．She is hard-working in housekeeping
3.What can be inferred from the text? ．
A．The author raised five children
B．The money tree was a Mother Day's gift
C．It cost Marvin eight hours to dug up the bed
D．Children planted a weeping willow in the yard
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the text? ___ ．
A．My Money Tree B．The Garden of My Children
C．Mother's Love D．Marvin's Promise
People do not analyse every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a 36 problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without 37 ; they try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all of these methods 38 , the person with a problem has to start analysing. There are six 39 in analysing a problem.
40 , the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must 41 that there is a problem with his bicycle.
Next the person must 42 the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must 43 the parts that are wrong.
Now the person must look for 44 that will make the problem clearer and lead to 45 solutions. For example, suppose Sam 46 that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. 47 , he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, talk to his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.
After 48 the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example 49, his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones.
In the end, one 50 seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the 51 idea comes quite 52 because the thinker suddenly sees something in a 53 way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum stuck to a brake. He immediately hits on the solution to his problem: he must 54 the brake.
Finally the solution is 55 . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.
1. A．serious B．usual C．similar D．common
2. A．practice B．thinking C．understanding D．help
3. A．fail B．work C．change D．develop
4. A．ways B．conditions C．stages D．orders
5. A．First B．Usually C．In general D．Most importantly
6. A．explain B．prove C．show D．see
7. A．judge B．find C．describe D．face
8. A．check B．determine C．correct D．recover
9. A．answers B．skills C．explanation D．information
10. A．possible B．exact C．real D．special
11. A．hopes B．argues C．decides D．suggests
12. A．In other words B．Once in a while C．First of all D．At this time
13. A．discussing B．settling down C．comparing with D．studying
14. A．secondly B．again C．also D．alone
15. A．suggestion B．conclusion C．decision D．discovery
16. A．next B．clear C．final D．new
17. A．unexpectedly B．late C．clearly D．often
18. A．simple B．different C．quick D．sudden
19. A．clean B．separate C．loosen D．remove
20. A．recorded B．completed C．tested D．accepted
—When shall we start?
—Let's _____ the time for the trip. What about 8:30? Is that all right?
A．set B．meet C．make D．take
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One day, a little girl felt down onto the ground．A boy went over and wanted to help her up, but his mother stopped him, say, “Don’t do that, or others will think you had knocked her down.”
Another day, the mother, much surprised, saw that their son just watched the fallen oil bottle lying on the ground as if nothing has happened．When asked why, the son answered, “If I had help the bottle up, you would have thought that I did it.”
I don’t agree with what the mother did．I think that parents should let their children to know it is a pleasure to help others who is in trouble．We are big family．We should care for and help each other．
