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Bath, 97 miles west of London, is the largest city in Somerset, England. It became a World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city got its name from the Roman Baths, which was a place for public bathing in Roman Britain. The water there is naturally heated under the ground. Today visitors are no longer allowed to enter the water. However, the exhibitions there will tell you the history of the Roman Baths. You can see many ancient Roman objects, including the coins that were thrown into the water to show respect to the goddess.
Looking over the city, you will see many old buildings in the color of honey. Among them, the Royal Crescent and the Circus are the most famous. The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 houses in the shape of crescent (新月). The Circus is about 200 meters to the east of the Royal Crescent. It is a huge circle formed with large townhouses. It is divided into three parts of the same length by three entrances with a lawn in the center. When visiting Bath, you can’t miss these two sites.
The museums in the city are also popular. You can go and appreciate western paintings. If you are interested in the English writer Jane Austen, you can go to Jane Austen Center to know more about her life with her father in Bath. If you come in October, you can even take part in the bath film Festival.
1.The passage is mainly about the ________ in Bath.
A. writers B. paintings C. festivals D. buildings
2.According to the passage, what can visitors do in the Roman Baths?
A. Take a bath. B. Play in the water.
C. Enjoy ancient coins. D. Buy ancient Roman objects.
3.Which of the following is correct about the Royal Crescent and the Circus?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
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Bath, 97 miles west of London, is the largest city in Somerset, England. It became a World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city got its name from the Roman Baths, which was a place for public bathing in Roman Britain. The water there is naturally heated under the ground. Today visitors are no longer allowed to enter the water. However, the exhibitions there will tell you the history of the Roman Baths. You can see many ancient Roman objects, including the coins that were thrown into the water to show respect to the goddess.
Looking over the city, you will see many old buildings in the color of honey. Among them, the Royal Crescent and the Circus are the most famous. The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 houses in the shape of crescent. The Circus is about 200 meters to the east of the Royal Crescent. It is a huge circle formed with large townhouses. It is divided into three parts of the same length by three entrances with a lawn in the center. When visiting Bath, you can’t miss these two sites.
The museums in the city are also popular. You can go and appreciate western paintings. If you are interested in the English writer Jane Austen, you can go to Jane Austen Center to know more about her life with her father in Bath, If you come in October, you can even take part in the bath film Festival.
1.The passage is mainly about the ____ in Bath.
A. writers
B. paintings
C. festivals
D. buildings
2.According to the passage, what can visitors do in the Roman Baths?
A. Take a bath.
B. Play in the water.
C. Enjoy ancient coins.
D. Buy ancient Roman objects.
3.Which of the following is correct about the Royal Crescent and the Circus?
A. B. C. D.
4.Bath is a city ______.
A. where Jane Austen once lived
B. that got its name from the heated water
C. where a film festival is held all year round
D. that has been a World Heritage Site for 2l years
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Bath, 97 miles west of London, is the largest city in Somerset, England. It became a World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city got its name from the Roman Baths, which was a place for public bathing in Roman Britain. The water there is naturally heated under the ground. Today visitors are no longer allowed to enter the water. However, the exhibitions there will tell you the history of the Roman Baths. You can see many ancient Roman objects, including the coins that were thrown into the water to show respect to the goddess.
Looking over the city, you will see many old buildings in the color of honey. Among them, the Royal Crescent and the Circus are the most famous. The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 houses in the shape of crescent (新月). The Circus is about 200 meters to the east of the Royal Crescent. It is a huge circle formed with large townhouses. It is divided into three parts of the same length by three entrances with a lawn in the center. When visiting Bath, you can’t miss these two sites.
The museums in the city are also popular. You can go and appreciate western paintings. If you are interested in the English writer Jane Austen, you can go to Jane Austen Center to know more about her life with her father in Bath. If you come in October, you can even take part in the bath film Festival.
1.The passage is mainly about the ________ in Bath.
A.writers B.paintings C.festivals D.buildings
2.According to the passage, what can visitors do in the Roman Baths?
A.Take a bath. B.Play in the water.
C.Enjoy ancient coins. D.Buy ancient Roman objects.
3.Which of the following is correct about the Royal Crescent and the Circus?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Bath, 97 miles west of London, is the largest city in Somerset, England. It became a World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city got its name from the Roman Baths, which was a place for public bathing in Roman Britain. The water there is naturally heated under the ground. Today visitors are no longer allowed to enter the water. However, the exhibitions there will tell you the history of the Roman Baths. You can see many ancient Roman objects, including the coins that were thrown into the water to show respect to the goddess.
Looking over the city, you will see many old buildings in the color of honey. Among them, the Royal Crescent and the Circus are the most famous. The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 houses in the shape of crescent(新月). The Circus is about 200 meters to the east of the Royal Crescent. It is a huge circle formed with large townhouses. It is divided into three parts of the same length by three entrances with a lawn in the center. When visiting Bath, you can't miss these two sites.
The museums in the city are also popular. You can go and enjoy western paintings, If you are interested in the English writer Jane Austen, you can go to Jane Austen Center to know more about her life with her father in Bath. If you come in October, you can even take part in the Bath Film Festival.
With its own style and fantastic sights, Bath attracts millions of tourists from all over the world.
1.According to the passage, what can visitors do in the Roman Baths?
A.Take a bath. B.Play in the water.
C.Enjoy ancient coins. D.Buy ancient Roman objects.
2.Which of the following is correct about the Royal Crescent and the Circus?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3.Bath is a city________.
A.that has been a World Heritage Site for 21 years
B.that got its name from the heated water
C.where a film festival is held all year round
D.where Jane Austen once lived
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Bath, 97 miles west of London, is the largest city in Somerset, England. It became a World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city got its name from the Roman Baths, which was a place for public bathing in Roman Britain. The water there is naturally heated under the ground. Today visitors are no longer allowed to enter the water. However, the exhibitions there will tell you the history of the Roman Baths. You can see many ancient Roman objects, including the coins that were thrown into the water to show respect to the goddess.
Looking over the city, you will see many old buildings in the color of honey. Among them, the Royal Crescent and the Circus are the most famous. The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 houses in the shape of crescent. The Circus is about 200 meters to the east of the Royal Crescent. It is a huge circle formed with large townhouses. It is divided into three parts of the same length by three entrances with a lawn in the center. When visiting Bath, you can’t miss these two sites.
The museums in the city are also popular. You can go and appreciate western paintings. If you are interested in the English writer Jane Austen, you can go to Jane Austen Center to know more about her life with her father in Bath, If you come in October, you can even take part in the bath film Festival.
1.The passage is mainly about the ____ in Bath.
A. writers
B. paintings
C. festivals
D. buildings
2.According to the passage, what can visitors do in the Roman Baths?
A. Take a bath.
B. Play in the water.
C. Enjoy ancient coins.
D. Buy ancient Roman objects.
3.Which of the following is correct about the Royal Crescent and the Circus?
A. B. C. D.
4.Bath is a city ______.
A. where Jane Austen once lived
B. that got its name from the heated water
C. where a film festival is held all year round
D. that has been a World Heritage Site for 2l years
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______ is the largest city with a population of more than four million people in Australia.
A. London B. Sydney C. Paris
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1. Where is York?
A. In the north of England. B. In Windsor.
C. In the west of London. D. At Plymouth.
2. Mr Smith is visiting The Museum of the Moving Image with his wife and their four-year-old son. How much should the pay?
A.￡10. B.￡12. C.￡16. D.￡25
3. What is the latest attraction at Sea Life Centre?
A. A quiz show. B. A big glass tunnel
C. Models of famous places. D. Animal and fish feeding
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1. Where is York?
A. In the north of England. B. In Windsor.
C. In the west of London. D. At Plymouth.
2. Mr Smith is visiting The Museum of the Moving Image with his wife and their four-year-old son. How much should the pay?
A.￡10. B.￡12. C.￡16. D.￡25
3.Where will people probably go if they like fun rides?
A. The Old Town of York
B. The Museum of the Moving Image
C. Legoland
D. Sea Life Centre
4. What is the latest attraction at Sea Life Centre?
A. A quiz show.
B. Animal and fish feeding
C. Models of famous places.
D. A big glass tunnel
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Salt Lake City is a beautiful city in the west of North America. If you go there, you'l1 see a monument(纪念碑)with seagulls on top of it. Here is the story about the seagulls.
Over one hundred years ago, a group of men, women and children traveled a long way from the east to the west. They crossed the mountains and arrived at thequiet place in the valley. They built their homes and made their farms near the big salt lake. They had to work very hard on their farms because their life depended on their crops.
One day while they were working in the fields, some farmers saw something strange in the sky.
"What's that?" asked one of them. "Where?" asked another. "Over there. " he answered.
They saw something like a cloud coming towards them. But it was too low in the sky. As they watched, it came nearer and nearer. Suddenly a shout went up:"Locusts(蝗虫)!Millions of them! "
The farmers were all frightened, because they knew what locusts could do. And they had never seen so many of them before.
In no time the locusts came down and started eating their crops一the wheat, the vegetables, even the grass and the leaves on the trees. The farmers tried everything to kill the locusts，but while they were killing them in one place, millions more arrived in another. What could they do?
Suddenly they heard a great noise. As they looked up into the sky, they saw another great cloud coming towards them. To their surprise, they saw not locusts, but seagulls this time. The farmer cried out, "They've come to eat what the locusts. have left! "
But to their joy，the seagulls had come to eat, not their corps, but the locusts. They had seen or smelt the locusts and had come to eat them. In a short while they ate up millions of them. The farmers' crops were saved.
The people were very thankful. They decided that frrnn then on no one should ever kill a seagull. They also built a monument to show their thanks to the seagulls.
1.Over one hundred years ago, .
A. there was no city near the salt lake B. people worked hard in the lake
C. there were no locusts near the lake D. people didn't like seagulls at all
2.The farmers were frightened because they knew .
A. the seagulls would not come B. the locusts might eat all their crops
C. they could not kill any locusts D. the locusts would kill some of them
3.The passage does not tell us .
A. where the locusts came from B. what the seagulls came to eat
C. when the group of people moved there D. why the farmers worked so hard
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London is________ the biggest cities all over the world.
A. of B. in C. between D. among