Question

【題目】 London, being the capital city of England, stands on the River Thames. Let’s discover some of the least known London facts for kids.According to a recent report, there are 10,849,000 people in London. London is the most visited city and its Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in the world.

Unlike any other city in the world, London is the only city that hosts modern Summer Olympic Games three times.

London was honored to have the most famous poet (詩人) of all—time, William Shakespeare, who, along with his relatives and friends, lived in London in 1580s.

London was thought to be larger than any other city in the world from 1831 to 1925.

It is one of the most expensive cities in the world. The double—bus is a symbol of the city.

There are lots of famous newspapers in London, such as The Daily Telegraph, The Times, and The Guardian.

閱讀短文(B)，根據英文釋義及首字母提示拼寫單詞。

【1】e ___________: costing a lot of money

【2】h____________: to respect highly; to show you think a lot of someone

閱讀短文(B)，進行同義句轉換，每空一詞。

【3】London was thought to be larger than any other city in the world from 1831 to 1925.

London was thought to be the _________ _________ city from 1831 to 1925.

根據短文(B)內容回答問題。

【4】Where does London stand?

_________________________________________________

【5】How many times does London host modern Summer Olympic Games?

_________________________________________________.

【6】Did William Shakespeare live in London in the early 16th century?

_________________________________________________.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】expensive

【2】honor

【3】 world’s largest

【4】It stands on the River Thames.

【5】Three times.

【6】No, he didn’t.

【解析】

本篇介紹倫敦是游客最多的城市，希思羅機場是最繁忙的機場，是世界上唯一舉辦3次的夏季奧運會的城市，有著名的詩人莎士比亞，在 1831年 -1925年期間是世界上最大的城市。.

【1】costing a lot of money花了很多錢，根據首字母提示，expensive意為昂貴的，故答案為expensive。

【2】to respect highly; to show you think a lot of someone尊敬；表示你對某人的尊敬，根據首字母提示，honor尊敬、對...表示敬意，故答案為honor。

【3】在1831 年-192 5年期間倫敦被認為比世界上的其它任何一個城市都大。

any other +單數名詞意為“任何其它的……”表比較雙方屬于同一類別或范圍內，可與最高級同義轉換，即在1831 年-192 5年期間倫敦被認為是世界上最大的城市，the world’s largest city世界上最大的城市；故答案為world’s；largest。

【4】根據第一段“London, being the capital city of England, stands on the River Thames”可知倫敦坐落在泰晤士河，故答案為It stands on the River Thames.

【5】根據第三段“Unlike any other city in the world, London is the only city that hosts modern Summer Olympic Games three times”可知倫敦是世界上唯一舉辦3次的夏季奧運會的城市，故答案為Three times.

【6】根據第四段“London was honored to have the most famous poet (詩人) of all—time, William Shakespeare, who, along with his relatives and friends, lived in London in 1580s”可知莎士比亞是生活于十六世紀后期；故答案為No, he didn’t.