About Queen Elizabeth I, what can be inferred from the passage？A.Her mother was executed

A.love and sex

B.king and queen

C.environmental issues

D.reports and documents

A.come out

B.come about

C.come down

D.come through

_.

[A] the 100th anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria is celebrated

[B] the media publicizes events or people about the Victorian age

[C] people begin to highly praise Victorian heroes

[D] a new book regards Victorians as creators of the modern world

A. Maybe I should call a taxi

B. can you help me

C. it's the second left

D. not really

E. at the traffic lights

F. Not at all

G. Museum Drive

H. Thanks again

Tourist: Excuse me, (56) ？ I'm lost!

Person: Certainly, where would you like to go？

Tourist: I'd like to go to the museum, but I can't find it. Is it far？

Person: No, (57) .It's about a 5 minute walk. Now, go along this street to the traffic lights. Do you see them？

Tourist: Yes, I can see them.

Person: Right, (58) , turn left into Queen Mary Avenue.

Tourist: Queen Mary Avenue.

Person: Right. Go straight on. Take the second left and enter Museum Drive.

Tourist: OK. Queen Mary Avenue, straight on and then the second left, (59)

Person: Right, Just follow Museum Drive and the museum is at the end of the road.

Tourist: Great. Thanks for your help.

Person: (60)

根据以下材料回答第 1～5 题：

A．Maybe I should call a taxi

B．can you help me

C．it’s the second left

D．not really

E．at the traffic lights

F．Not al all

G．Museum Drive

H．Thanks again

第 56 题 Tourist：Excuse me， 56 ？I'm lost!

Person：Certainly，where would you like to go？

Tourist：I'd like to go to the museum，but I can’t find it．Is it far？

Person：N0， 57 ．It’s about a 5 minute walk．Now，go along this street to the

traffic lights．Do you see them？

Tourist：Yes，I can see them．

Person：Right， 58 ，turn left into Queen Mary Avenue．

Tourist：Queen Mary Avenue．

Person：Right．Go straight on．Take the second left and enter Museum Drive．

Tourist：OK．Queen Mary Avenue，straight on and then the second left， 59 ．

Person：Right．Just follow Museum Drive and the museum is at the end of the road．

Tourist：Great．Thanks for your help．

Person： 60 ．

e problem.One of these，for example，was the great Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci(达·芬奇).In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that would fly.But they were never built.Throughout history, other less famous men have wanted to fly.An example was a man in England 800 years ago.He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers.Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into the air from a tall building.He did not fly very far.Instead，he fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body.

The first real steps took place in France, in 1783.Two brothers, the Montgolfiers, made a very large “hot air balloon”.They knew that hot air rises.Why not fill a balloon with it？The balloon was made of cloth and paper.In September of that year，the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon.They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky.The passengers were a sheep and a chicken.We do not know how they felt about the trip.But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals landed safely.Two months later，two men did the same thing.They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind.Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they travelled about eight kilometers.

26.Leonardo da Vinci ______ .

A.said that man would fly in the sky one day

B.built a kind of machine which never flew

C.drew many beautiful pictures of birds

D.made designs for flying machine

27.Eight hundred years ago an Englishman ______ .

A.made a kind of flying machine

B.tried to fly with wings made of chicken feather

C.wanted to build a kind of balloon

D.tried to fly on a large bird

28.In fact，the Englishman who tried to fly ______ .

A.lost his life

B.flew only 8minutes

C.got badly wounded

D.succeeded in flying

29.The very first air passengers in the balloon were ______.

A.two animals

B.two Frenchmen

C.the King and the Queen

D.the Montgolfiers

30.When did two Frenchmen rise above Paris？______

A.In December 1783.

B.In September 1783.

C.In November 1783.

D.In the seventeenth century.

Big Ben is the great clock high up in the tower of the Parliament building.Big Ben's story started in 1834.In that year the old parliament building burned down.Its clock tower crashed to the ground.There had to be a new building and a new clock.

Plans were made.They called for a "King of Clocks, the biggest and best in the world？ So the clock had to be big.And it had to keep very good time.The big clock was made in two years.But it couldn't be put in the tower.The tower wasn't even built! Five more years went by before the clock tower was finished.Then the giant hour bell was put in place.It rang out for the first time on July 11, 1859.

The great bell had to have a name.A meeting of Parliament was called to pick one.The clock is the King of Clocks？one man said."Why not call the Queen of Bells？"

"Then why not Victoria？"said another.(Victoria was the British queen at that time.)

The talk about names went on and on.Then Benjamin Hall got up to speak.He was a big man whom the others liked.By this time they were all tired.Someone shouted."Why not call it Big Ben？"

Everybody laughed, and the meeting broke up.But Big Ben it was from then on.Not just the bell, but the whole clock.

(1) The new clock began striking years after the old clock had crashed down.

A.2

B.5

C.15

D.25

(2) The plans said that the new clock had to.

A.be named at a parliament meeting

B.be called Big Ben

C.be made in two years

D.be big and keep good time

(3) The clock tower was built five years after.

A.the clock was made

B.the hour bell was made

C.the old Parliament building burned down

D.the new Parliament building was completed

(4) Originally, the British Parliament called the meeting in order to name.

A.the clock

B.the bell

C.the clock tower

D.the whole building

(5) Big Ben was named after.

A.the king of England

B.the British queen

C.a man in Parliament

D.the clock maker

Homecoming Day

In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation day. Students plan Homecoming Day for many weeks in advance.

Several days before Homecoming Day，students start to decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team，and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming Day twenty or thirty years after their graduation.

The members of school clubs build booths and sell lemonade，apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.

During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.

Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over，the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is great honor to be chosen.

Homecoming Day is a happy day，but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses，the students still enjoy Homecoming Day. Some stay at the school to dance，and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering. (240 words)

11. What do many high schools and colleges with a football team have？

A. A Homecoming game.

B. A Homecoming party.

C. A Homecoming dance

D. A Homecoming concert

12. When do students begin to plan the Homecoming Day？

A. Two weeks in advance.

B. One week in advance

C. Many weeks in advance

D. Two or three days in advance

13. What do students start to do several days before the Homecoming Day？

A. Stop classes for parties

B. Decorate the school

C. Set up welcoming groups

D. Hold all kinds of parties

14. Which is NOT mentioned about the things they do before the football game？

A. Look for teachers

B. See old friends

C. Talk together.

D. Order tickets

15. When does the band play school songs？

A. While the game is going on

B. After the game

C. When the game is half over

D. Before the game

Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is one life’s essentials. Eating

breakfast at the start of the day, we have all been told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the

family car before starting a trip.

But for many people the thought of food first thing in the morning is by no means a pleasure. So despite all the

efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are available, the

number of people who didn’t have breakfast, increased by 33 percent.

For those who feel pain of guilt about not eating breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies

in the last few years indicate that, for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast.

“Going without breakfast does not affect performance,” said Arrold E. Bender, former professor of the nutrition

at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve performance.”

Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most

of the recent work involves children, not adults, “The literature”, says one researcher, Dr. Erresto at the University

of Texas, “is poor”.

The latest year for which figures could be obtained is _______.

A. the year the author wrote the article

B. 1977

C. any year between 1997 and 1983

D. 1983