Places to stay in Britain are as varied as the places you visit. Whatever your budget

Since our stay was too short,we couldn't visit all the places ________.

A.where we should like to visit

B.which we would like to visit them

C.where we should have liked to

D.which we would have liked to

A、stay open

B、remain opened

C、keep on open

D、go on opening

A．he was too old to travel any more

B．he preferred to stay home to enjoy his leisure time

C．he thought he knew about people in other places

D．he could not understand people in other countries since he was deaf

--- Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water？ --- __________ .

A.I’d rather stay here if you don’t mind

B.Sorry, I don’t like neither

C.Certainly, why not？

D.Yes, we like these two places

Places to stay in Britain are as varied as the places you visit(在英国，住宿的地方就如你游览的地方一样变化多样). Whatever your budget is the choice -from basic barn to small hotel, from tiny cottage to grand castle - is all part of fun.

Hostels

Cheap, good-value hostels are aimed at all types of like-minded travelers, who prefer value over luxury and you don't have to be young or single to use them. Britain's independent hostels and backpackers hostels also offer a great welcome. Facilities and prices vary, especially in rural areas, where some hostels are a little more than a bunkhouse (临时住房) while others are remarkably comfortable - almost like bargain hotels.

Youth Hotels

Founded many years ago to "help all, especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside", the Youth Hotels Association is still going strong in the 21st century. The network of 230 hotels is a perfect gateway for exploring Britain's towns and countryside.

B&Bs

The B&B (bed and breakfast) is a Great British institution, In essence you get a room in somebody's house, and small B&Bs may only have one guest room, so you'll really feel like part of the family. Larger B&Bs may have four or five rooms and more facilities, but just as warm as a welcome.

In country areas your B&B might be in a village or an isolated farm surrounded by fields. Prices reflect facilities: and usually run from around ￡12 to ￡20 per person. City B&Bs charge about ￡25 to ￡30 per person, although they're often cheaper as you go further out to the suburbs.

Pubs & Inns

As well as selling drinks and meals, Britain's pubs and inns sometimes offer B&B, particularly in country areas. Staying a night or two can be great fun and puts you at the heart of the local community.

Rates range from around ￡15 to ￡25 per person. Pubs are more likely to have single rooms.

(1)、In this passage the author mainly ________.

A：tells us where to stay while visiting Britain

B：advises readers to pay a visit to Britain

C：introduces the wonderful public services in Britain

D：gives us some information about British life

(2)、________ are mainly built for young visitors.

A：Pubs & Inns

B：Youth Hotels

C：Hostels

D：B&Bs

(3)、If you travel alone and want to know better about family life in Britain, you'd better stay in ________.

A：Pubs & Inns

B：Youth Hotels

C：Hostels

D：B&Bs

(4)、If you are interested in travelling with your friends but only with limited means, where is the better place for you to stay？ _________.

A：Pubs & Inns

B：Youth Hotels

C：Hostels

D：B&Bs

(5)、Which of the following is NOT true according to the last part of the passage？ __________

A：Pubs and inns usually provide visitors bed and breakfast.

B：all pubs and inns offer visitors bed and breakfast.

C：Pubs and inns charge a visitor ￡25 at the most.

D：If you want a single room, you are more likely to get one in pubs.

你游览地点的不同而有所区别。 Whatever your budget is the choice -from basic barn to small hotel, from tiny cottage to grand castle - is all part of fun.

Hostels

Cheap, good-value hostels are aimed at all types of like-minded travelers, who prefer value over luxury and you don't have to be young or single to use them. Britain's independent hostels and backpackers hostels also offer a great welcome. Facilities and prices vary, especially in rural areas, where some hostels are a little more than a bunkhouse (临时住房) while others are remarkably comfortable - almost like bargain hotels.

Youth Hotels

Founded many years ago to "help all, especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside", the Youth Hotels Association is still going strong in the 21st century. The network of 230 hotels is a perfect gateway for exploring Britain's towns and countryside.

B&Bs

The B&B (bed and breakfast) is a Great British institution, In essence you get a room in somebody's house, and small B&Bs may only have one guest room, so you'll really feel like part of the family. Larger B&Bs may have four or five rooms and more facilities, but just as warm as a welcome.

In country areas your B&B might be in a village or an isolated farm surrounded by fields. Prices reflect facilities: and usually run from around ￡12 to ￡20 per person. City B&Bs charge about ￡25 to ￡30 per person, although they're often cheaper as you go further out to the suburbs.

Pubs & Inns

As well as selling drinks and meals, Britain's pubs and inns sometimes offer B&B, particularly in country areas. Staying a night or two can be great fun and puts you at the heart of the local community.

Rates range from around ￡15 to ￡25 per person. Pubs are more likely to have single rooms.

(1)、In this passage the author mainly ________.

A：tells us where to stay while visiting Britain

B：advises readers to pay a visit to Britain

C：introduces the wonderful public services in Britain

D：gives us some information about British life

(2)、________ are mainly built for young visitors.

A：Pubs & Inns

B：Youth Hotels

C：Hostels

D：B&Bs

(3)、If you travel alone and want to know better about family life in Britain, you'd better stay in ________.

A：Pubs & Inns

B：Youth Hotels

C：Hostels

D：B&Bs

(4)、If you are interested in travelling with your friends but only with limited means, where is the better place for you to stay？ _________.

A：Pubs & Inns

B：Youth Hotels

C：Hostels

D：B&Bs

(5)、Which of the following is NOT true according to the last part of the passage？ __________

A：Pubs and inns usually provide visitors bed and breakfast.

B：all pubs and inns offer visitors bed and breakfast.

C：Pubs and inns charge a visitor ￡25 at the most.

D：If you want a single room, you are more likely to get one in pubs.

The working week has begun in Christchurch but people in many parts of the city speak of an eerie quiet, with the streets still strewn with rubble and shattered glass.

No buses are running and thousands of people are off work because the central business district remains cordoned off; some 90 buildings in this area have yet to be declared safe and police say there's a risk from falling masonry and glass.

Some residents are still without anywhere to stay; around 150 people had to spend another night in welfare centers. Schools are closed and sew ageis leaking from broken pipes, threatening water supplies. Officials from the Ministry of Civil Defence say aftershocks have continued since Saturday, and the threat of more – up to a magnitude of six – will remain for the next week. Predicted gale-force winds never made it to Christchurch on Sunday, but there's been heavy rain, doing nothing to help the clean up efforts.

31. What has happened to Christchurch？________

A. It has had a robbery.

B. It has had an earthquake.

C. It has had a war.

D. It has had a tsunami.

32. What does the street look like？________

A. It is tidy.

B. It has too many visitors.

C. It is filled with rubble.

D. It is destroyed by the rain.

33. How are people doing in the city？_________

A. Most of them are not working.

B. They are busy working.

C. They stay at home.

D. Most of them are helping the police.

34. Which of the following is correct？________

A. It will take some time before transport can be recovered.

B. The business center of the city remains in good condition.

C. People can go into down easily.

D. People all have places to live.

35. What is the weather like at the time？__________

A. It is windy.

B. It is cloudy.

C. It is rainy.

D. It is dry.

re to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive design is irresistible, although this method of selecting ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather uninteresting book, you soon become lost in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must hurry to keep some forgotten appointment——without buying a book, of course.

The opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can go to such places as much as you wish. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting: “Can I help you, sir？” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop, an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading. You may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. But when he has led you there, the assistant should leave politely and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

6. The best title for this passage may be _________.

A. How to Spend Your Time

B. The Attraction of Bookshops

C. Bookshops and Their Assistants

D. Buying Books

7. According to the author, the best way to escape the realities of everyday life is _____.

A. to take a walk in the open air

B. to stay reading books of various kinds in a bookshop

C. to make some appointment in a bookshop

D. to chat with an assistant in a bookshop

8. In a good bookshop, _____________.

A. all the books there are interesting

B. you can find shelter from a shower

C. you are satisfied

D. you need to buy something you don’t want

9. An assistant in a bookshop helps you _______.

A. on your entering the shop

B. only when you want to find out where a particular section is

C. just before you finish reading

D. when you are reading

10. According to the passage, which of the following statement is true？

A. Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable only for book-lovers.

B. A book with an attractive design must not be necessarily interesting.

C. People go to bookshops only to buy books.

D. There are only a few places where it is possible to escape the realities of life.

efore they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at ‘bed and breakfast’ houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.

“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”

I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays” is ‘vacations’. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCIES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCIES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!

We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.

English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more coffee, I said ‘Thank you’ in French. I meant that I would like some more, However , to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘No, thank you.’

11. My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.

A. learning English

B. finding places to stay in England

C. driving their car on English roads

D. going to England by car

12. I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______.

A. they would be able to practise their English

B. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels

C. it would be convenient for them to have dinner

D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there

13. “NO VACANCIES” in English means ______.

A. no free rooms

B. free rooms

C. not away on holiday

D. holidays

14. If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ______.

A. fall into a hole

B. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself

C. find that the road is blocked by crowds of people

D. have to take a different road

15. When someone offered me more coffee and I said ‘Thank you’ in French, I ______.

A didn’t really want any more coffee

B. wanted them to take the coffee pot away

C. really wanted some more coffee

D. wanted to express my politeness

d every year.

Some people even go on two or three holidays a year.

There are two types of holidaymakers. The first kind always flocks to seaside resorts when they go on holiday.

Their one and only aim is to have a good time by sunbathing and putting their feet up. They are not a bit interested in local specialties. At mealtimes, if they can get a plate of British “fish and chips”, they are more than happy! They spend their days in the sunshine and their evenings get drunk, then sleep soundly. If this sort of person forgets to pack the suntan oil, he or she will undoubtedly come home as red as a lobster.

The other type of holidaymakers goes to every country to increase their knowledge of foreign lands. They make use of the chance to travel to improve their world knowledge. For them, going on holiday is educational.

Consequently, this sort of travelers will move from place to place every few days. If they visit lots of places in a short span of time, there is no way that they can get a proper feel of a place or fully appreciate the local food and wine.

Whichever type of holiday chosen, everybody has the same aim: to put their work to the back if their minds, have as much fun as possible and come home happy and relaxed.

21. The aim of the first type of holidaymaker is _______.

A. to enjoy themselves

B. to enjoy good food

C. to swim in the sea

D. to seek sunshine

22. Why does the second sort of holidaymakers keep on moving from place to place？

A. They want to compare foods of different countries.

B. They don’t have special interest in one particular country.

C. They want to see more of the outside world.

D. They want to ensure that traveling is educational.

23. If a person visits too many places in a short time, ______.

A. he will have a better knowledge of other civilizations.

B. he will be able to enjoy various foods in different places.

C. he will make more friends all over the world.

D. he won’t get a true impression of any place.

24. One thing is common for all holidaymakers. That is ______.

A. they want to increase their knowledge.

B. they want to relax themselves.

C. they want to stay away from their homes.

D. they want to forget something unpleasant.

25. Which may be the best title for this passage？

A. How to Spend Your Holidays？

B. Make Full Use of Your Spare Time

C. Two Types of Holidaymakers

D. Forget Your Work for Some Days