Where do all the tourists go?

     Where are the most popular places for tourists in Britain? There are some of the top ten tourist attractions (胜地).

Madame Tussand's Waxworks (蜡像馆)

(2.5 million visitors each year ) 

Madame Tussaud was a Frenchwoman who lived in Paris during the French revolution (革命). She had to make death masks (面部模型) of people who had been killed ( many of them were her friends ) by the revolutionaries(革命者).

     Her waxworks were opened in London in 1842. Many of her earliest models are still on show , but models of political leaders, pop and sports stars are changed often.　

The Tower (塔) of London

 (2. I rail/ion visitors each year )

      The tower was built in the eleventh century. It was begun by a man who was not even English, William of Normandy~ the cousin of England's King. Around the year 1240, King Henry Ⅲ made this tower his home. He widened the grounds to include (包括) a church, a great hall, and other buildings. He invited many important visitors and many of them came with animals as gift, so Henry built a zoo near the gate of the tower to keep them. The tower was lived in by English kings, until it was turned into a prison (监狱). Many famous prisoners (囚犯)were killed there.

Alton Towers

 (2.4 million, vsitors each year )

     Alton Towers was opened in 1978. It is Britain's biggest and best known Theme (主题) Park and it has been described as Britain's Disneyland. Everyone who comes to Alton Towers hopes to have adventure( 冒险) and fun and they certainly will be pleased. There is always something new for you to enjoy as new and more exciting rides .are introduced each year

The Roman Baths( 浴场).Bath

(800,000 visitors each year )

     The hot water springs( 温泉) in Bath were first discovered by the Romans in the first century A. D.. The baths were built in that place and then used by the Romaus for bathing and for the good of their health. When the Bomans, left Britain, the baths were forgotten. They were not discovered again until 1878.

     Nowadays, the old buildings left by the Romans are visited by thousands of people. They also drink some of the famous hot water. Over a million litres  (升) a day of this water comes out of the ground at a not changing temperature of 46.5℃.

1. If you want to visit a tourist attraction where both kings and prisoners used to live, you should go to______ 

   A. Madame Tussaud's Waxworks      

B. The Tower of London

   C. Alton Towers                   

D. The Roman Baths

2. If you visit Madame Tussaud's Waxworks. you could see ______.

   A. the wax model of Madame Tussaud

   B. the death masks of some French revolutionaries

   C. the wax models of famous people

   D. the wax models of nil pop and sports stars in British history

3. When the Romans used the baths for bathing, they found______

   A. the water was hot

   B. the water always stayed at the temperature of 46.5℃

   C. the water could be drunk

   D. the water was good for health

4. Alton Towers has a history of______ years.

   A. about a few       B. about 30 

C. hundreds of       D. thousands of

5. Which of the four tourist attractions has the most visitors each year?

   A. The Roman Baths, Bath.         

B. Alton Towers.

   C. The Tower of London.           

D. Madame Tussaud's Waxworks.

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Tom is four years old now. His father works in a middle school and  1  P. E. there. His mother works in a shop and his grandma looks after him  2 . The boy is clever and always  3   that he knows more than his little friends do.

　　 One morning Tom ' s father  4  earlier. His school was going to hold a sports meeting that day. Of course, he was going to be   5  than any other teacher in his school. About two hours later, Tom's grandma 6  sick. Her head hurt but she couldn't go to see a  7   by  herself. She called her son, but 8  answered. So she asked the little boy to go to tell his father about it

As soon as Tom went out, he 9    his friend Henry. And he asked him to go there with him. The boys wanted to watch the sports meeting; and they  10  went there happily. Then they got to school, there were a lot of people on the  11 and the boy ' s 400 metre relay race(接力赛)　12  . They stopped to watch it. And Tom  13  what his grandma told him to do. They were interested in the race. Henry asked, "Why is the front boy running so fast?"

Tom didn ' t know about it. He  14  for a minute and said, "What a fool( 傻瓜) ! Don't you see the other boys with  15  in their hands are running after him?"

1.                A．studies         B．teaches         C．talks about D．watches

2.                A．at school        B．in the zoo       C．in the shop    D．at home

3.                A．tells           B．wants          C．shows    D．likes

4.                A．left            B．stayed          C．came D．ate

5.                A．faster          B．later           C．more free D．busier

6.                A．wanted         B．felt            C．guessed  D．hoped

7.                A．teacher        B．policeman       C．doctor   D．worker

8.                A．nobody         B．somebody       C．everybody D．anybody

9.                A．met           B．hit             C．heard    D．listened to

10.               A．all             B．some          C．many D．both

11.               A．classroom       B．playground      C．garden    D．park

12.               A．finished        B．ended         C．began     D．happened

13.               A．remembered    B．forgot          C．knew D．said

14.               A．saw           B．played         C．thought   D．jumped

15.               A．sticks          B．balls           C．tickets    D．knives

1．Who writs the email?

A．Lucy                      B．Daming                   C．Lingling                 D．Wang Hui

2．Where is Lucy now?

A．In Tokyo．             B．In London．           C．In Beijing．             D．In New York

3．The word“river”means“________”in Chinese．

A．河流                      B．餐馆                       C．健身房                   D．洗衣店

4．Which picture is right according to the email?

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5．When do Wang Hui’s family often walk in the park?

A．On Tuesday．         B．On Wednesday．     C．On Thursday．              D．On Sunday．

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　　It was six o'clock in the evening. The visitors had 1 the museum. Joe, head of art division(艺术部), was walking 2 , checking to see that everything was all right. 3 , Joe caught sight of something on the 4 . What do you think he saw? He saw a beautiful 5 lying there. He couldn't find the owner, so he 6 the painting to the director(馆长) of the museum.

　　“Let's 7 several museums to check and see if it is a 8 painting.”said the director. No one 9 the painting, so the director decided to 10 it in the art division. Many people heard of the painting and 11 to see it. They all said it was beautiful and had very deep 12 . Having such a wonderful painting in his museum, the director felt very 13 .

　　Several weeks later a woman came to the 14 with her five-year-old son. While they were looking at the 15 painting, the little boy began to cry. The director came to the child and 16 what was the matter.

　　The boy said, “I'm 17 because that's my painting on the wall, and I want it back.” “Yes”, said the 18 . “I was here with Danny a few weeks ago, and he 19 his painting right here on the floor. If you look 20 , you can see his name.”

　　Hearing this, the director didn't know what to say.

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