Visiting London can be an expensive trip, so establishing a budget and finding bargains when you arrive will help you get around London on the cheap. The following steps can help you find cheaper alternatives for transport for your London trip.
l Familiarize yourself with the city’s boroughs and specifically the area where you will be staying. You can use a street map, or an online map search engine, to establish where in the city you will be staying and the distance you are from the major tourist attractions you want to visit.
l Find a local provider of Transport for London tickets or travel cards, since your first bargain purchase will be an Oyster Card. Traveling around London with an Oyster Card will give you access to the cheapest option of transportation methods and the Oyster Card is accepted citywide on buses, boats and the London Underground, known by the locals as “the tube”.
l Seek out your nearest Tube Station. The Tube is the cheapest and most reliable form of transportation and runs from around 6 a.m. until around 1 a.m. ..., depending on the line or the station.
There are 287 tube stations in London that accept the Oyster Card, with a high concentration in central London. If you are staying anywhere in central London, there will be a tube station less than 10 minutes away.
The Transport for London website offers a tube station search facility to find the nearest subway station to any location in the city. When you find a tube station, you can easily locate the closest bus stop by using the comparison bus-tube maps at the station’s entrance.
l Follow the Transport for London Tube Guide to your destinations and always plan ahead. Making a plan for transport will save you unnecessary expenses, wasted trips on the tube and doubling back on your journey .What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
| A．To introduce the public transport system in London. |
| B．To show readers how to use the Oyster Card. |
| C．To prove the subway in London is easy to use. |
| D．To offer tips for saving transport costs in London. |
Which of the following can help a traveler spend the least money on transport?
| A．Trying different transportation methods. |
| B．Taking buses as much as possible. |
| C．Traveling with an Oyster Card. |
| D．Making a plan before your journey. |
By visiting the Transport for London website, people can ________.
| A．identify their own location | B．locate the nearest bus station |
| C．find the nearest subway station | D．use an online map to avoid getting lost |
We can conclude from the passage that ________.
| A．the subway is the cheapest means of transport in London. |
| B．only Tube stations in Central London accept Oyster Card. |
| C．subway lines in London run no less than 19 hours a day. |
| D．the transfer from subway to bus is very convenient. |
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEKEND
Captain Good Fellow
Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, Free.
Walking Tour of the Town
Forget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful walk and learn about local history. Meet at the front entrance of City Hall at 9:30. Wear comfortable shoes!
Films at the Museum
Two European films will be shown Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.
International Picnic
Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 pm.
Take Me out to the Ballgame
It’s October, and tonight is your last chance to see the Redbirds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold, don’t forget sweaters and jackets.
Do You Want to Hear “The Zoo”
“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert tomorrow night at 8:00 at Rose Hall, City College. You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arab food____.
| A．at the front entrance of City Hall |
| B．at the Ballgame |
| C．at 5:00 pm |
| D．at Central Park on Saturday |
The Redbirds ballgame_____.
| A．is in the afternoon | B．is outside |
| C．is at the gate | D．might be cold |
“The Zoo” is _____.
| A．a park with lots of animals |
| B．US concert |
| C．a music group |
| D．going to give the concert at 8:00 am |
Chinese high school students have the longest study hours compared to their peers(同龄人)in Japan , the US and South Korea. A survey conducted by the four countries said.
The survey, released by the China Youth and Children Research Center on Monday, was jointly conducted with instructions in the four countries in September-October of 2008. It covers nearly 4,000 students in senior schools and vocational high schools in the four countries. About 78.3 percent of Chinese students said they spend more than eight hours at school and 56.7 percent said they study at least two more hours each day at home .by contrast, only 24.7 percent of their peers in the US , 20.5percent in Japan and 15.4 in Korea study more than two hour s after school.
Around 60 percent of all students surveyed said their burden for studies was the heaviest. However the Japanese felt their burden was the worst with respondents (应答者) reaching 79.2 percent
Among the five biggest headaches for young people in the four countries were: 0ver-sheduling ranked first, followed by a boring leisure life, unsatisfied appearance, little time for exercise and making friends, and no spare money
“Moderate(适度的)study pressure can better drive students to develop, however, too much will press their development space, and can even cause harm to their physical and psychological health” the survey said
“Balancing their studies and all round development is a very important task” it said. What would be the best title for the text?
| A．Chinese high school students study more |
| B．high school students need more rest |
| C．heavy burdens of high school students |
| D．big headaches of high school students |
Which of the following is not true about the survey?
| A．it took about two months. |
| B．it was conducted in four countries. |
| C．Nearly 4,000 students took part in it. |
| D．it was done only in senior high schools. |
Which of the following troubles the high school students most?
| A．being busy |
| B．feeling bored |
| C．lacking pocket money |
| D．feeling unsatisfied with their teachers |
According to the survey, ________
| A．study pressure is harmful to students’ health |
| B．students need to achieve all round development |
| C．the Chinese students felt their burden for studies were the heaviest |
| D．most students are suffering from physical and psychological health problems |
A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding her hand out as if she wanted a lift. “I can't leave her out in this weather.” the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the door. “Do you want a lift?” she asked. The old woman nodded and climbed into the car. After a while, she said to the old woman, “Have you been waiting for a long time?” The old woman shook her head, “Strange.” thought the young woman. She tried again, “Bad weather for the time of year,” she said. The old woman nodded. No matter what the young woman said, the hitchhiker(搭车者) gave no answer except for a nod of the head or a shrug.
Then the young woman noticed the hitchhiker's hands, which were large and hairy. Suddenly she realized that the hitchhiker was actually a man! She stopped the car. “I can't see out of the rear screen,” she said, “Would you mind clearing it for me?”
The hitchhiker nodded and opened the door. As soon as the hitchhiker was out of the car, the terrified young woman raced off.
When she got to the next village she pulled up. She noticed that the hitchhiker had left his handbag behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave a gasp(喘息), inside the bag was a gun.What made the young woman feel strange about the old woman?
| A．That she gave no answer to her questions. |
| B．That she was unable to speak. |
| C．That she kept nodding her head |
| D．That she had large and hairy hands. |
A "lift" in the passage means ___________.
| A．an elevator |
| B．an act of raising something |
| C．a ride in the car |
| D．help |
The hitchhiker left the bag with a gun in it behind because ____.
| A．he wanted to give her a warning |
| B．he had not expected that the woman would leave him behind in the rain |
| C．it was his present for her |
| D．he wanted to kill her with the gun |
Why did the young woman driver suddenly feel the hitchhiker was a man when she talked to the woman?
| A．The woman only nodded her head, but no words |
| B．She noticed the hitchhiker's hands, which were large and hairy. |
| C．Because it was dark and raining |
| D．Because she found the gun in the woman’s handbag. |
Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe.
Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露）to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problem, but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风）within as little as a few hours after exposure. In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物）were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure. A separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be of “moderate” (良好）quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.
The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. So stricter regulation by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health.The text mainly discusses the relationship between .
| A．heart problems and air quality |
| B．heart problems and exercising |
| C．heart problems and smoking |
| D．heart problems and fatty food |
The underlined word “modest” in Paragraph 3 most probably means.
| A．relatively high | B．extremely low |
| C．relatively low | D．extremely high |
What can we learn from the text?
| A．Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart. |
| B．The EPA conducted many studies on air quality. |
| C．Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking, |
| D．Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made. |
When he wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain turned to Hannibal. The relationship between Hannibal and Twain began in November 1839, when Twain’s father decided to leave the village in Florida and move east about 35 miles to the somewhat larger and more prosperous Hannibal, on the banks of the Mississippi River. Twain marked his fourth birthday about a week after the family settled there. He showed little promise of becoming a long-term resident. However, because his health was so poor that his parents probably feared he would not survive childhood.
During the family’s first few years in Hannibal, Twain was too young to understand fully the changes going on around him. About the time the family moved into their new home. Twain’s health improved a lot. Instead of having to lead a quiet indoor life, he could roam the streets of Hannibal. Climb the surrounding hills, explore the area’s caves and splash about in local swimming holes. He reveled in his newfound freedom, spending nearly all his free time playing outdoors with the other boys in town and soon becoming a leader.
Twain’s carefree days did not last long, on March 24, 1847, his father died. For the next six years, his brother Henry, and his sister Pamela lived with their mother in the family home. Twain began taking odd jobs after school to bring in extra money. Within a year of his father’s death, he quit school and became an apprentice (学徒) printer, and when his brother Orion bought the Hannibal Journal in 1851, Twain went to work for him as a printer and editorial assistant. The stories he wrote for Orion’s paper, his first publications, taught him that he much preferred writing to typesetting. Thus, when he decided to leave Hannibal in May 1853, he already had an idea of his future career. Why did little Mark Twain move and live in Hannibal?
| A．Because he wanted to live in a larger and more prosperous city. |
| B．Because his father brought him there. |
| C．Because he wanted to wrote his novels there. |
| D．Because he wanted to become a long-term resident of Hannibal. |
When did Mark Twain become healthy?
| A．As soon as he arrived in Hannibal. |
| B．At the time when his family moved into their old home. |
| C．After his father died. |
| D．At the time when his family moved into their new home. |
The last paragraph mainly tells us _________.
| A．the happy childhood of Mark Twain |
| B．how Mark Twain became a famous writer |
| C．how Mark Twain to earn money to support his family |
| D．why Mark decided to leave Hannibal |