I'm Alice, I'm in London with my friend Lucy . It's windy and a little cold . I'm drinking tea in the hotel and Lucy is shopping . We're having a great time in London . There are many interesting places here !My favorite places are the British Museum and Hyde Park . There are many beautiful old buildings here . We're really having lots of fun !

I'm looking out of my window at the street below . It's raining hard . There are a lot of cars in the street . The cars and buses are moving slowly (慢慢地).The people are walking fast or running .Everyone is carrying an umbrella(傘).I hope the rain stops soon . I want to visit more places in London.

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41.How is the weather now ?

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42.What're Alice's favorite places ?

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43.Is it raining now ?

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44.Where is Alice ?

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45.What does Alice want to do ?

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What do I like best about Britain? The fact is that people here very rarely smoke. I never smoke myself, I think it’s a disgusting habit. But my friends in Spain smoke nearly all the time. It’s so nice to breathe “clean” air in cinemas, on buses and so on. And the few people who do smoke, almost always ask “Do you mind if I smoke?” before they light up.

The old people are so friendly, and they’ve nearly always got time to help you. When you don’t know where you are, they come up to you and say, “Can I help you, love?” or “What are you looking for, dear?” I love the way they call everybody “l(fā)ove” and “dear” like that even completely strangers.

Why does everybody say the weather here’s so bad? I love these cool, grey, cloudy days. They’re a bit sad---perhaps that’s why I like them. I come from Turkey. It’s sunny most of the time there. But here the weather’s so hard to tell. You hardly even know what to expect when you looked out of the window in the morning and it often changes five or six times during the day! It’s raining now, for example, but I’ve got no idea what it’s going to be like this afternoon.

I’m staying an English family. Family life here seems to be much more relaxed than in my country. People eat whatever they like, come in and go out whenever they want to, there aren’t so many rules. When I go out in the evening, nobody asks me “Where are you going? Whom are you going with? What time are you coming home?” You’ve got much more, the chance to live your own life, and do whatever you want.

41. The old men call everybody “l(fā)ove” and “dear” because they want to show that ______.

A. they’re friendly                                      B. they’re old

C. they’re your family members                   D. they’re the owners

42. Which country isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A. Britain                               B. Spain  

C. Canada                                 D. Turkey 

43. What does the under­lined word rarely mean in Chinese?

A. 很少地                                                        B. 批評

C. 贊揚                                                   D. 鼓勵

44. The writer the weather in England is _______.

A. bad               B. terrible                     C. sunny            D. hard to tell

45. Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A. The weather in Britain is cool, grey, cloudy.

B. Family life in Britain is much more relaxed than that in Turkey.

C. The air in Britain isn’t clean enough.

D. The old people in Britain are very helpful.

--- Look! It’s raining heavily. ______ take a raincoat with you? 
--- Well, I’ll take one right now.    

A．Why not

B．Why don’t

C．Do you mind

D．Would you like

 --- Look, what a heavy rain! What shall we do now?

   --- ____________ it’s raining hard, let’s stay at home to surf on the Internet.

  A. So                     B. Since                C. Though           D. If

 

Oh, Mike. It’s raining outside. You’d better     your raincoat.

A．put on            B．put up            C．dress             D．to wear