The Museum: The only surviving London home of Dickens( from 1837 until 1839),the Charles Dickens Museum in London, is the world’s most important collection of material relating to the great Victorian novelist. It was opened in 1925 and there are four floors together. People can have a good look
at paintings, rare editions, manuscripts(手稿), original furniture and many items relating to the life of Dickens.
Opening Hours
☆ From Mondays to Saturdays 10:00—17:00; Sundays 11:00—17:00.
☆ No admission within 30 minutes before closing time.
☆ Groups can ask for special opening times for a private view.
Admission Fees: Families: £14.00 ( 2 adults & up to five children)
Students: £4.00; Seniors: £4.00; Children: £3.00; Adults: £5.00;
Group Admission: A special group charge of £4.00 for any group of 10 or more. Children will still be admitted for £3.00 each.
Access: We are trying to improve our collection and the access to the Museum for the disabled. Our on-going projects include the fitting of a wheelchair ramp for better access, a customer care kit and an audio tour for visitors with vision problem. Our Handling Sessions are also suitable for people with disabilities such as eye problems. There’s an online virtual(虚拟的)tour through the Museum. Just click here to visit all the rooms in the Museum online.
Rent the Museum: You can pay to use our museum for private functions, performances, parties and other social occasions.
Transport to the Museum: You can come to the Museum by the following ways
☆ Buses:7,17, 19, 38, 45, 46, 55, 243.
☆ Underground services: Piccadilly Line; Central Line.
☆ Click here for a map. The British Museum is within walking distance.
The passage is most probably taken from a(n)________.
A.textbook | B.newspaper | C.website | D.magazine |
If a family with two adults and five children go to the Museum together, they will save _____compared to going there separately.
A.£25.00 | B.£ 14.00 | C.£ 11.00 | D.£9.00 |
According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.The Museum is located near the British Museum. |
B.Visitors with poor vision cannot enjoy the Museum. |
C.In any case people cannot visit the Museum after 17:00. |
D.No one is allowed to use the Museum for other uses. |
The main purpose of the passage is to _______.
A.persuade more people to visit the Charles Dickens Museum. |
B.tell readers about the history of the Charles Dickens Museum. |
C.introduce different functions of the Charles Dickens Museum. |
D.tell readers how to make use of the Charles Dickens Museum. |
Mr. Jackson lived in the center of London but he had a hotel near the airport. There a lot of foreigners stayed for night. He didn’t know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. Sometimes he had to use the gesture to talk with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. But he was often misunderstood (误解) and it brought him a lot of trouble. A friend of his who taught a few foreign languages in a university would teach him. He was happy and studied hard. At first he learned some, but soon he found it wasn’t very easy to remember the words and expressions. His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so that he could use them when necessary. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.
One evening there were plenty of people in the dining-room. They were all busy eating something except a Japanese. He was wandering (徘徊) there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs. Mr. Jackson thought to himself, “ The man wants to eat something but he doesn’t know any English. Let me help him.”
As he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “I’m hungry.”
The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left.Mr. Jackson knew only English because .
A.he was an English student |
B.he had never been abroad |
C.he couldn’t learn by himself |
D.he hadn’t studied any foreign languages |
Mr. Jackson had to use the gesture because .
A.he wanted the foreign visitors to understand him |
B.he wanted to learn the foreign languages from the visitors |
C.he hoped to know the foreign visitors’ custom |
D.he hoped more foreign visitors would stay for night in his hotel |
As not all foreign visitors understand his gesture, sometimes Mr. Jackson to communicate with them.
A.succeeded | B.lost heart | C.failed | D.gave up |
, so he decided to help the man.
A.Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese wanted to stay for night |
B.Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese was not hungry |
C.Mr. Jackson knew the Japanese was waiting for his wife. |
D.Mr. Jackson was sure the Japanese couldn’t speak English |
The Japanese thought , so he gave him two pounds.
A.Mr. Jackson was a beggar. | B.Mr. Jackson was a translator. |
C.Mr. Jackson could help him. | D.Mr. Jackson could ring his wife up. |
Changsha,
Hunan Province
May 6, 2010
Dear editor,
Under China’s current educational system, there are those who do nothing but study. They of course are thought to be model students.
But I feel that there is another type of student who, perhaps not as diligent (勤奋的) as the first type, uses his time more efficiently and achieves a lot academically.
Last year, a classmate of mine was accepted by a top university. It surprised all of us. It was because, unlike most of us, he didn’t spend too much of his time studying.
When I asked him the secret of his success, he said that the key was properly and scientifically arranging his time.
“ I spent a lot of time keeping fit and as a result, I was able to better concentrate (集中) on my class work.”
The moral of the story is: it isn’t necessary to sit at your desk all day long to get high academic (学术) grades.
Yours,
Zhang ZishuWhat does the letter-writer (a reader) think leads to the fact that many students do nothing but study?
A.The present educational system. | B. People’s old ideas. |
C.The teaching methods. | D.The parents of these students. |
It seems that this reader thinks .
A.the first type of student is our model |
B.the second type of students is our model |
C.both types of students are worth learning from |
D.neither of the two types of students are good |
The secret of his classmate’s success was .
A.properly and scientifically arranging his time |
B.spending a lot of time studying |
C.doing nothing but studying |
D.playing all the time |
The reader wrote the letter in order to .
A.call on us to work even harder |
B.cause people to think about how to study more efficiently |
C.advise people to do research into his classmate’s success |
D.criticize (批评) China’s educational system |
What would be the best to stand for the letter-writer’s opinion?
A.Secret of success. |
B.China’s educational system needs changing. |
C.Work while you work and play while you play. |
D.Keep fit first. |
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If you want to get the position of accountant in Wilson Bookstore, you have to satisfy the following conditions EXCEPT_____.
A.being a woman |
B.knowing well how to use a computer |
C.having been an accountant |
D.having an accountant certificate |
If you want to try for a job in Fairmont Hotel
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A.have to be a woman and know foreign languages |
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Honeybees
Honeybees can do three kinds of jobs.
It is one of the most unusual insects in the world. Bees are special because they divide up their honeybee work. Each bee has a certain job to do.
The busiest bee is the worker. Workers build the nest, called a hive. Inside the hive, workers make a honeycomb from wax(蜂蜡). They store honey there for food. Workers are always cleaning and fixing the hive. They even stand at the opening and fan their wings to cool the hive. Worker bees will attack anything—even people—to keep their hive safe.
Another kind of bee is the drone(雄蜂). Drones are male bees, and their job is to fly with the queen bee and mate with her. After the queen mates, the worker bees drive the drones away. The drones then starve to death.
The third kind of bee is the queen. Each hive needs only one queen, and her job is laying eggs. She can lay as many as 2, 000 eggs a day. The bee’s nest is called a _______.
A.hive | B.honeycomb | C.drone | D.wax |
Which jobs do workers do?
A.They lay 2, 000 eggs each day and build a nest. |
B.They mate with the queen bee and then starve. |
C.They clean the hive and keep it cool. |
D.They attack the queen bee. |
According to the story, bees _______.
A.are very dangerous insects |
B.will attack anything or anyone to protect the hive, if necessary |
C.are like any other insect that flies |
D.eat each other as food |
The drone is driven away when its job is finished, because _______.
A.it attacked the workers | B.it is no longer needed in the hive |
C.the queen bee has died![]() |
D.it ate the queen bee |
A famous doctor once received a little child who was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again.
The child’s mother was very much obliged to the doctor, and she called on him to thank him for what he had done for her child. “Doctor,” she said, “you have saved my little son. I don’t know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.” The doctor stood up and said coldly, “Madam, a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done.” The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, “Perhaps you will tell me how much your fee is?”“Fifty pounds”, he answered.
The lady opened the little purse and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying good bye to the doctor, went out of the room.The doctor refused the lady’s purse because he thought ______.
A.the purse should be given between friends |
B.the purse was too small |
C.the lady was not kind to him |
D.the lady just gave him that purse and wouldn’t give him the medical fee |
What the doctor said ______ the lady.
A.worried | B.interested | C.frightened | D.hurt |
The money in the purse _______.
A.was only 150 pounds | B.was less than 200 pounds |
C.was much more than the medical fee | D.was not enough for the medical fee |