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This is your chance to win a Breakaway weekend for two people at any of the 83 Breakaway hotels throughout Britain.

　　To win the Breakaway weekend for two, answer these four questions and send your entry, to arrive not later than 31 July, 1999, to Team House, 24 Church Street, Ashford, Kent, TN 25 5BJ.

　　1. The St Cincent Rocks Hotel, Bristol is on the Avou Gorge which is crossed by the Clifton Bridge. Who designed the bridge?

　　2. The Aerodrome Hotel, Croydon is next to the airfield from which England's solo (单独的) pilot made her record nights the 1930s. Who was she?

　　3.The Talbot Hotel, Oundle, Northants is not far from the village of Fotheringgay and the castle where one of history's most famous queens was imprisoned. Who was she?

　　4. The Larkfield Hotel, Maidstone is a few miles away from one of England's top motor racing tracks. What is the name of the track?

　　The person whose correct entry is picked out first by a computer will win the prize. This decision is final. The winner will be sent an excellent value Breakaway booklet giving details of the 83 hotels from which he/she can choose where to spend the prize weekend

　　Every Breakaway hotel gives you the chance to see something different, while providing you with comfortable surroundings and good food.

　　A Breakaway weekend includes a three-course dinner, accommodation (房间) and a full English breakfast, for two nights. You also get Sunday lunch, either a traditional meal at your hotel, or, if you are planning to go sightseeing, the hotel will provide a packed lunch for you.

　　Breakaway hotels are great places for families. Children can choose from their own special menu, and for those up to12 years old accommodation is free of charge when sharing a room with their parents.

　　A splendid value Breakaway booklet will be sent to you if you dial this number: 025257527.

(1)Entries for the competition which arrive on 31 July, 1999 will ________.

[　　]

A. be too late for the competition

B. be entered with the others

C. have a better chance of winning

D. go to a different address

(2)Question 4 in the competition is different from the others because ________.

[　　]

A. the hotel described is a modern one

B. it asks about a place not a person

C. the hotel can be reached easily by ear

D. the answer is the name of a man

(3)The announcement suggests that the best way to get a Breakaway booklet is to ________.

[　　]

A. enter the competition

B. write to one of the hotels

C. write to Team House.

D. telephone 025257527

(4)The competition will be won by the person ________.

[　　]

A. who sends in the first correct answers

B. whose correct entry is chosen by a computer

C. whose entry arrives first on 31 July

D. whose entry is the final one chosen by the computer

　　阅读理解

This is your chance to win a Breakaway weekend for two people at any of the 83 Breakaway hotels throughout Britain.

　　To win the Breakaway weekend for two, answer these four questions and send your entry, to arrive not later than 31 July, 1999, to Team House, 24 Church Street, Ashford, Kent, TN 25 5BJ.

　　1. The St Cincent Rocks Hotel, Bristol is on the Avou Gorge which is crossed by the Clifton Bridge. Who designed the bridge?

　　2. The Aerodrome Hotel, Croydon is next to the airfield from which England's solo (单独的) pilot made her record nights the 1930s. Who was she?

　　3.The Talbot Hotel, Oundle, Northants is not far from the village of Fotheringgay and the castle where one of history's most famous queens was imprisoned. Who was she?

　　4. The Larkfield Hotel, Maidstone is a few miles away from one of England's top motor racing tracks. What is the name of the track?

　　The person whose correct entry is picked out first by a computer will win the prize. This decision is final. The winner will be sent an excellent value Breakaway booklet giving details of the 83 hotels from which he/she can choose where to spend the prize weekend

　　Every Breakaway hotel gives you the chance to see something different, while providing you with comfortable surroundings and good food.

　　A Breakaway weekend includes a three-course dinner, accommodation (房间) and a full English breakfast, for two nights. You also get Sunday lunch, either a traditional meal at your hotel, or, if you are planning to go sightseeing, the hotel will provide a packed lunch for you.

　　Breakaway hotels are great places for families. Children can choose from their own special menu, and for those up to12 years old accommodation is free of charge when sharing a room with their parents.

　　A splendid value Breakaway booklet will be sent to you if you dial this number: 025257527.

(1)Entries for the competition which arrive on 31 July, 1999 will ________.

[　　]

A. be too late for the competition

B. be entered with the others

C. have a better chance of winning

D. go to a different address

(2)Question 4 in the competition is different from the others because ________.

[　　]

A. the hotel described is a modern one

B. it asks about a place not a person

C. the hotel can be reached easily by ear

D. the answer is the name of a man

(3)The announcement suggests that the best way to get a Breakaway booklet is to ________.

[　　]

A. enter the competition

B. write to one of the hotels

C. write to Team House.

D. telephone 025257527

(4)The competition will be won by the person ________.

[　　]

A. who sends in the first correct answers

B. whose correct entry is chosen by a computer

C. whose entry arrives first on 31 July

D. whose entry is the final one chosen by the computer

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    Once a day a cheap but colorful steamboat arrived from St. Louis,　　 Missouri and another from Keokuk, Iowa. Before their arrivals, the day　　 was glorious (令人愉快的) with expectation. After they set off, the　　 day was a dead and empty thing. Not only the boys but the whole　　 village felt this. After all these years I can picture that old time　　 to myself now, just as it was then: the white town sleeping lightly　　 in the sunshine of a summer morning,the streets empty or nearly so.　　 One or two salesmen would be sitting in front of the stores, with　　 their chairs tilted (倾斜) back against the walls, chins (下巴) on　　 the breasts, hats pulled down over their faces, asleep. There was the　　 great Mississippi, the great Mississippi, rolling its mile-wide way　　 along, shining in the sun.

　　

(1)The writer of the passage mainly gave a description (描述)of_____.

[    ]

A. the scene of a village in the old time 　　

B. the boats coming and going in the river 　　

C. the folks working in the village 　　

D. the weather along the Mississippi 

(2)From the passage we know that the writer_________.

[    ]

A. disliked and even hated the Mississippi    

B. loved and praised the Mississippi 　　

C. enjoyed himself in the white town 　　

D. thought the people there too lazy 

(3)How many times a day the steamboats arrived at the village?  

[    ]

A. Once a day　　　　   B. Twice a day 　　

C. Three times a day　　D. Four times a day 

(4)The sentence "the day was glorious with expectation" probably     means"____________".

[    ]

A. It was a busy day 　　

B. It was extremely fine 　　

C. The day was lively and hopeful 　　

D. The sunshine made people sleepy 

(5)The phrase "or nearly so" probably means"_________". 

[    ]

A. nearby the river 　　　　　　  B. near to the store 　　

C. not far from the steamboat 　　D. almost empty

The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2, 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. Over one hundred people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives .

　　The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker（面包师）in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window into the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery（面包房）into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

　　By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them .

　　Samuel Pepys , the famous writer, writer about the fire, “People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat .”

　　The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path（路径） of the fire.With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

　　After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone．In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among which was the new St Paul’s

　　The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.

1.The underlined word‘family’in the second paragraph probably means____.

A．house

B．children

C．wife and husband

D．wife and children

2.It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that　　 .

A．many people lost their lives

B．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

C．many famous buildings were destroyed

D．the King’s bakery was burned down

3.Why did the writer cite(引用)Samuel Pepys?

A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

C．To show that poor people suffered most.

D．To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

4.How was the fire put out according to the text?

A．The King and his soldiers came to help.

B．All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

C．People managed to get enough water from the river.

D．Houses standing in the path of the fire were destroyed.