高一年级英语考试 第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第-节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Tips on Visiting the London Eye Before you travel here,check out our tips to have a better experience. Avoid peak(高峰)times The London Eye is the busiest between 11 am and 3 pm during the UK school holidays,and is quieter at the beginning and end of their opening hours,which change throughout the year. Usually summer hours are 10 am to 8:30 pm and winter hours are 11 am to 6 pm,but do check in advance on their site for the hours on the day you plan to go. Buy tickets online Buying tickets online will allow you to avoid the ticket office line and also save you 10%,if you book more than 24 hours in advance.If you don't want to wait,you'd better buy a Fast Track ticket, which can be bought on the day or online.It's an extra cost,but will allow you to enter through a dedicated entrance(专用通道). Travel by train Waterloo station is the closest to the London Eye,at just a five-minute walk away.Both Embankment and Charing Cross stations are fairly close,at around a 10-minute walk.Westminster station is a short and pretty walk over the river where you'll also find the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Big Ben. Enjoy British food If you need to rest your feet,go to a famous restaurant right by the Royal(Festival Hall for classic British food in a modern setting. 1.When is the London Eye generally open in summer A.10am~9:30pm.B.10am~8:30pm. C.11 am~6 pm. D.11 am~3 pm. 2.What is special about the Fast Track ticket A.It is much cheaper online. B.It has to be bought on site. C.It reduces waiting time. D.It demands early booking. 3.Which station is the closest to the London Eye A.Waterloo station. B.Westminster station. C.Embankment station. D.Charing Cross station. B "They are our guests,"Ghulam Mohiuddin Dar said on an extremely cold day as he and his colleagues broke the ice and dropped grain at bird feeding points on the Hokersar wetland in Kashmir. Dar and his colleagues are hired by the local government to feed the hungry birds as weather conditions in the region became worse."Since December,temperatures have dropped to-10C and there have been two heavy snowfalls,which have blanketed the vast rice fields and fruit farms in the area.Scores of wetlands and lakes,including parts of the famous Dal Lake,have been covered up by thick ice in Kashmir,"Dar added. The cries of hundreds of thousands of birds that visit Kashmir during their winter migration() have long been a welcome noise for the locals.They arrive from as far away as eastern Europe,Japan and Turkey to feed and produce babies in the wetlands.Officials say at least 700,000 birds have moved to Kashmir in the past two months and expect more to arrive as temperatures improve in February. In recent decades,the number of visiting birds has declined,which experts say is due to climate change and urban development."Construction around the Ho ... ...
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