Question

  Wangfujing Street is a famous shopping street in Beijing. There are lots of Chinese and international shops. (A) You can buy books,clothes,shoes and many other things on this street. Every day,around 100 000 people come here.

  Do you know the street is about 700 years old? In the pa§t,lords (君主) and princesses (公主) lived here. (B) Next to one of the lord's houses there was a well (井) .One year,there was little rain. Many people had no water to drink. (C)       the lord's well still had lots of clean,sweet water.

  This lord was not a kind man. He did not want to give water from his well to anyone. He asked an old man to stand in front of the well and stop people taking water. However,the old man was very kind. (D) 他总是把水给穷人。

  Later,the lord was very angry. "You let people take my water!"he shouted. The old man answered,"My lord,if I do not give them water,they will die. Then nobody can work for you." Finally,the lord agreed with the old man.

  This is how the street got its name―"Wangfu" means lord's house and "jing" means well.

  Today,Wangfujing Street becomes one of the busiest shopping streets in China.

根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

1. 把(A) 处句子翻译成汉语。

2. 完成(B) 处句子的同义句。

A well was        one of the lord's houses.

3. 在(C) 处填写一个适当的词，使短文意思通顺。

4. 把(D) 处句子翻译成英语。

5. 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

What does"Wangfu"mean?

Answer 1

内容简介：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了王府井大街的繁华及其名字的由来。

1. 在这条大街上，你可以买到书籍、衣服、鞋和其他很多东西。

2. next to文中句子意为"在一位君主的房子旁有一口水井"。next to…"在.. 旁边"。

3. However因为上下句为转折关系，前后又有标点分开，故用转折连词however。

4. He always gave water to poor people. /He always gave poor people water.

5. It means"lord's house".根据句子"wangfu" means lord's house可知，"王府"意为"君主的房子"。