Visitors worry that London is an expensive city but there really are so many free things to do here. The following ideas should get you started.
All of London's major museums are free, but most offer some special exhibitions for a fee. My favorite is the Museum of London where you can learn the history of London from Roman times to today. And I love the Geffrye Museum which shows English domestic interiors（内务） and helps bring to life what it was really like to live in London.
I regularly hear people tell me the Queen Mary's Rose Gardens in Regent's Park is their favorite spot in London, and who am I to argue? I would also recommend St. James's Park as it offers one of the best views of Buckingham Palace. Hyde Park is enormous（巨大的） and Kensington Gardens nearby includes the ever popular Diana Memorial Playground and the Peter Pan Statue.
No visit to London is complete without seeing this military tradition. The Queen's Guard in London changes in the Forecourt inside the gates of Buckingham Palace at 11.30am every day in the summer and every other day in the winter. Get there early and view the spectacle（壮观的场面） from outside the front gates.
Trafalgar Square is one of Britain's greatest visitor attractions and was designed by John Nash in the 1820s and constructed in the 1830s. This iconic square has many sights to see including Nelson's Column and the National Gallery. It is both a tourist attraction and the main focus for political demonstrations. Every December, Norway donates a marvelous（非凡的） Christmas tree, to thank Britain for liberation from the Nazis.
1.Where can visitors find the Peter Pan Statue?
A. in Regent's Park.B. in St. James's Park.
C. in Hyde Park.D. in Kensington Gardens.
2.Which of the following descriptions is True?
A. In the Geffrye Museum visitors can learn the history of London from Roman times to today.
B. The Queen Mary's Rose Gardens is in Buckingham Palace.
C. There is the Queen's Guard change inside the gates of Buckingham Palace at 11.30 am every day all year around.
D. Trafalgar Square is both a tourist attraction and a place for political demonstrations.
3.The writer wrote the passage to ________.
A. compare some free places in London
B. advertise some free places in London
C. recommend some free places in London
D. expose some free places in London
October 21 was a very dark day in Texas. Not only did Hurricane Hanna destroy homes, it caused the largest business damage in Texas’s history. The worst thing is Hanna’s destructive force nearly wiped out(摧毁) most power poles and power lines. According to Center Point Energy, Hurricane Hanna affected 2.15 million customers. Currently, more than 4,000 of them are still in the dark. Crews have worked 16-hour shifts(更换) to restore power to residents.
Most of Houston seems to be returning to normal. Schools, restaurants, retail(零售) stores and gas stations are open. Smiles are back. But harder-hit places, including Galveston, will take much longer to recover. Hundreds of people are still missing, and coastal towns are a mess. Some ruins from storm have drifted(漂流) south to other beaches in Texas. Several public schools in Galveston are closed due to water damage. Parents are registering kids in other area schools which are scheduled to begin class on November 13. Many school supplies were destroyed.
Clara Barton Village is an emergency shelter located at Alamo Elementary School in Galveston, Texas. This is where Paula Reed and her family are staying. Believe it or not, Paula Reed and her family consider this hurricane a blessing. When Paula was a girl, she was an orphan, but was taken in by her stepmum, Antonia Flores. Reed lost contact with Flores and had been trying desperately to locate her for the past few years. Before the hurricane, Reed and her family moved away from Galveston to a San Antonio shelter. There, she reunited with Flores after 30 long years! The moment they saw each other, their lives were changed.
1.What’s the most serious damage caused by Hurricane Hanna?
A. Hundreds of people are still missing.
B. A large number of people are homeless.
C. Power facilities are severely destroyed.
D. Factories are closed and many people are jobless.
2.It can be inferred that the residents in Houston ________.
A. have fully recovered from the disaster
B. were the most unlucky people in the disaster
C. need a long time to bring their life back to normal
D. suffered less from Hanna than people in Galveston
3.Kids in public schools in other areas of Houston will have to stay at home for _______.
A. at least one month
B. at least three weeks
C. two weeks at most
D. nearly half a month
4.Paula Reed and her family consider the hurricane a blessing because _______.
A. they had nothing lost after Hurricane Hanna
B. they lived a happier life in San Antonio shelter
C. Paula was taken good care of in the shelter
D. Paula reunited with her stepmother after three decades
假设你是李华，最近国内一家英文报纸正在讨论北京动物园是否应迁出市区。以下是你所在班级讨论的情况。请你给该报写一封信，反映讨论结果。赞成迁出：1. 游客多，交通堵塞2. 郊区环境好。
反对迁出：1. 建于1906年，中外闻名2. 搬迁易造成动物死亡
注意：1. 词数100– 120;
2. 适当加入细节，以使充实、行文连贯，请勿提及真实学校名称。
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共
有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Today we were organized for a short trip to the West Hill. We set out by the school bus at 7:30 a.m. The weather was pleasure and every one of us was excited. After two hour’s ride, we arrived there at nine thirty. We began our programs the moment as we got off from the bus. We played games on the hillside and swimming in the river. After that we had our picnic lunch. In the afternoon we walked along the river, that winds around the hills. We took a lot of photo and enjoyed ourselves very much. Time past quickly and we had to come back.It was over five o’clock that we returned school. What a good trip we had today! I’ll never forget it.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Some years ago, SARS broke out in the mainland of China, causing some people to be killed or nearly got close to 1._______(die).The situation was so severe that there was no time 2.______(debate) who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out the cause of this 3.____(dead) disease. They invited all the most experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were 4.______(put) forward. Some of the top experts picked out those suggestions and tested them to see whether they were 5._____(avail). Doctor Zhong chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope of6.______(pick) up and had the new medicine 7.______(test) on him. To his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned to the top official, 8._______(tell) him this exciting news. For9._______(convenient), he moved to live in his office. His method 10.______(do) make sense. Not soon after that, the other hospital also controlled this terrible disease and killed it out finally.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and ________. It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart; it can keep a ________ with very little effort. I will give ________. A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting ________. We had been close as ________ but had grown apart. Our meetings were not ________; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels; and every effort to clear the air seemed to only ________ our misunderstanding. Then he ________ a small island in the Caribbean and we ________ touch. One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to ________. Rereading the letter, I was ________ by its humor and clever expressions. These were all qualities for which I had ________ respected my older brother but ________ he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so ________. And with that one letter we became friends ________. It might never have occurred to ________ to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no ________. For him, writing was a necessity. It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch. Because we live in an age of ________ communication, people often ________ that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a ________. And that is to write.
1.A. receivedB. rewrittenC. returnedD. reread
2.A. recordB. promiseC. friendshipD. secret
3.A. an exampleB. a lessonC. an experienceD. a talk
4.A. throughB. togetherC. alongD. away
5.A. brothersB. childrenC. fellowsD. classmates
6.A. normalB. necessaryC. pleasantD. possible
7.A. deepenB. startC. expressD. settle
8.A. touredB. stopped overC. reachedD. moved to
9.A. lostB. kept inC. neededD. got in
10.A. thinkB. writeC. enjoyD. read
11.A. drivenB. beatenC. surprisedD. honored
12.A. neverB. seldomC. sometimesD. once
13.A. realizedB. judgedC. thoughtD. expected
14.A. wellB. oftenC. muchD. soon
15.A. laterB. anyhowC. tooD. again
16.A. usB. anyone elseC. someoneD. my brother
17.A. mail servicesB. transportC. phonesD. relatives
18.A. poorB. easyC. popularD. busy
19.A. believeB. decideC. argueD. forget
20.A. habitB. choiceC. methodD. plan
