B

“Passengers for Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Peking, Nanking, Shanghai, Canton and Hong Kong, please go to Platform One.”

The travellers were now getting on the Central Kingdom Express at the Victoria Station. They were going to travel 142 days over 9 000 miles from London to Hong Kong. Among the passengers some were old people. Mrs Baily was the oldest in the party. She was a retired worker. “It’s no good sitting back if you retire,” she said, “One must do things one had no time to do. A trip like this will be very interesting .Won’t you think?”

The trip was organized by Sunquest Holidays. It would cost each traveler almost $ 2600. From Hongkong they would fly back to London.

Many of the passengers were interested in China. “I’ve always wanted to see China,” said Mr Haviland. “So I don’t mind spending six weeks on trains.” Another passenger, Mr Barber, said, “We wanted to go straight to see China and to eat Chinese food, which we love.”

46. The train wouldn’t go to ______.

A. Berlin B. London C. New York D. Nanking

47. Mrs Baily believed that______.

A. the retired people should leave home

B. a long journey would do good to the retired workers

C. she should go on working D. the retired people should have a good rest

48. Which of the following is true?

A. All the travellers were not retired workers.

B. All the passengers would take the train for the whole trip.

C. All travel agents organized this trip. D. It’s a free trip for the old people.

49. They chose China as the main place to travel because ______.

A. their friends asked them to do so B. China is very big

C. China is unknown to them D. they show great interest in China

50. We can know from the passage that ______.

A. this journey would be very tiring

B. China is the most marvelous place to travel

C. old people are more interested in traveling than the youngsters

D. some people cannot bear such a long trip

五：短文改错 (10分)

I went to see the film after supper. On my way to the 51_______________

cinema. I met an English woman, who lost her way. 52_______________

I gave up the chance see the film and took her to her 53_______________

hotel. While go there, I told her about great changes 54_______________

that had been taken place here in the past few years 55_______________

and she had told me something about her country. 56_______________

Although I missed the film, but I still felt very happy, for 57_______________

I had not only helped her out of trouble but practiced 58_______________

my spoken English. If I had not worked hard on 59._______________

English, I would not have been able to help him. 60_______________