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Helen：Hi，Tony! What do you think of the TV programme about Pompeii?

Tony：Pompeii? What is Pompeii?

Helen：It is a dead city ___1___ Italy．

Tony：Why do you say it's a dead city?

Helen：Because Mount Vesuvius，a grass-covered volcano（火山）erupted（喷发）in 79 AD．When the eruption ended two days later，the ___2___ city was covered with 20 feet of stones and ashes．

Tony：Wow! How terrible! Then how long did Pompeii lie under the stones and ashes?

Helen：For centuries．Later，in the year 1861，an Italian scientist ___3___ Pompeii．The city looked almost ___4___ it had looked in 79 AD．

Tony：Really?

Helen：Yes，in the city you can see everyday objects which remind you of people's __5__ there．

Tony：That's amazing．I'll go there to have a visit if I have time．

任务型阅读（10分）

Li Ming and Wang Yan took a study tirp to San Francisco in July this year. San Francisco is a large and beautiful city in the United States. They went there to attend(参加) English lessons. They arrived in San Francisco at midnight(午夜). The next day they went sightseeing. They rode the cable cars, saw the Golden Gate Bridge(金门大桥), and had lunch at Fisherman’s Wharf(渔人码头). On the third day they visited the school where they would had lessons. They had English lessons there in the following(接下来的) ten days. They liked the campus(校园). They thought that it was very beautiful.

They toured around San Francisco before they left. Then they took the train to other cities because they wanted to see more of the United States. The trip took them ten days. They had a wonderful trip. Perhaps they will go there again next summer.

阅读短文内容，回答下列问题。

1.Where is San Francisco?

2.In which month did they take a study trip to San Francisco?

3.How did they go to other cities?

4.What did they think of the study trip?

5.How long did they have English lessons?

An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. “What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor. “That’s the Tower of London.” “I see. How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years.” “In my country we can build it in five months,” Shortly after that they came to St. Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂). “Very interesting!” said the visitor. “How long did it take to build it ?” “Near forty years.” said the Englishman. “In my country we can finish it in forty days at most,” said the visitor. This went on all day.
They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country.
At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会)and the visitor asked his usual question, “What is that?” The Englishman answered, “ I have no idea. It wasn’t there last night.”
【小题1】The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around _______ one day.

Joyce was born in a poor family. Next Friday would be her mother’s birthday. Joyce wanted to buy something for her mother, but she had no money. As an 8-year-old girl, she couldn’t do part-time jobs. What could she do to make enough money for her mother’s birthday present?

Suddenly she had an idea. Usually, she would go straight to school, but this morning, she didn’t. She walked along the streets, picking up cardboard（纸板）, plastic（塑料）bottles and cans（易拉罐）. When it was time for school, she hid them in the backyard and ran to school as quickly as possible.

Eight days later, she decided to sell all the things she had collected because the next day was her mother’s birthday. She had to sell them and buy a birthday present for her mother. In the shop, she bought a beautiful hair pin for her mother.

When her mother got the present, she said with tears in her eyes,“This is the best present I’ve ever received.”

1.How old was Joyce?

A. Seven.           B. Eight.         C. Nine.         

2.Why couldn’t Joyce buy a present for her mother at first?

A. Because she had no money.

B. Because she didn’t know what her mother liked.

C. Because she didn’t love her mother at all.

3.What was Joyce’s idea?

A. Doing part-time jobs.   

B. Collecting waste things and selling them.

C. Asking her best friend for help.

4.How long did Joyce collect the waste things?

A. A week.      B. A month.    C. More than a week.

5. How did Joyce’s mother feel when she got the present?

A. Very sad.       B. Very happy and moved.     C. Very surprised.