Hi Eric,
　　We don’t have smog in Oxford. We get fog sometimes, but that’s all. Oxford is much smaller than LA. We only have about 135,000 people. I looked up the 1900 population, it was about 57,000. So it is about twice as many people, not ten times as many, like LA! Oxford is much smaller than London - London has about 7,000,000 people. So that means that LA has more people than London. LA gets hotter than Oxford. We have colder winters too – it can be -4°C in winter.
　　I’m not surprised that your new student only knew about the university. It is famous because it is one of the oldest universities in the country. There are about 18,000 students. The brother of my best friend is at Aberystwyth University, in Wales. There the population is 14,000 and half of that are students! It must be a strange place to live! There are more tourists in Oxford than students, I should think. We get a lot of tourists, all year round. We also get a lot of young foreign students because there are a lot of language schools here. You can stand in the middle of Oxford, close your eyes, and hear accents from all over the world!
　　Your e-mail friend, Ben
　　37. How many people are there in Oxford?
　　A. 5700.　 　　　 B. 135,000.　　　　 C. 7,000,000.　　　 D. 570,000.

　　38. Which of the following is TRUE?
　　A. LA is much smaller than Oxford.
　　B. LA has fewer people than London.
　　C. LA gets hotter than Oxford.
　　D. LA has colder winters too.

　　39. What is Oxford famous for?
　　A. Fog.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Universities.　
　　C. Language schools.　　　　　　　　D. Tourists.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

阅读理解

　When I was lost in London, it had one of the thickest fog（雾）in years. You could hardly see your hand in front of your face. Cars and buses ran very slowly with their lights on, and their horns（喇叭）made a terrible noise. When evening fell,it got even worse. All traffic（交通）came to a stop. Since I had an important meeting on the other side of town, I decided to walk.

　Minutes later I was lost. Then I heard a young woman's voice coming out of the fog. “I think you are lost. Can I help you?” I couldn't see her clearly, but I was very glad to find another person out in the fog. I explained where I wanted to go and she said she knew very well how to get there.

　As I followed her through the dark streets, I wondered how she found her way without difficulty. “I know this part of London quite well,”she answered. “But in such a fog it's difficult to see anything.” I said.

　“With the fog or without the fog, it makes no difference（区别，不同）to me. You see,I'm blind,” she answered.

根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的选项中选择正确答案。

1． The story took place in ______.

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A． Italy　　　　　 　B．America

C． England　　　　　D．English

2． The writer had to walk to the meeting because _______.

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A． the fog was very thick and the buses and cars could hardly move

B． there were no buses or cars

C． the writer could walk faster than a car

D．there was a traffic jam（交通阻塞）in the morning.

3． In the thick fog the writer ________.

[　　]

A． lost his (her) bag

B．lost his (her) life

C．lost his (her)way

D．lost his(her) car key

4． The young woman could take the writer to the place where the meeting was held because ________.

　　　　[　　]

A． she could see clearly in the fog

B． she went to the meeting, too

C． she knew the part of the city very well

D． she knew the writer very well

5． The young woman was not afraid of the fog because ________.

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A． she could see everything clearly in the fog

B．she liked the fog

C． she knew the whole city very well

D．she was blind