Is the river _____ through that town very large？

Oxford is a very old town on the River Thames, about 60 miles from London. Unlike modern university towns, where you usually find the university on the edge of the town, or on its own campus (校园), Oxford's center is the university; and all around the crossroads at the very heart of Oxford, Carfax, there are grey stone colleges and other university buildings. In the center you can also find interesting old restaurants. There are a lot of churches, and a few really large and interesting buildings, such as the Ashmolean Museum, the "round" library, the Bodleian and Radcliffe Camera. Like all English towns, there are parks, and one" The Parks" is the home of university cricket(板球) in the summer months. As you leave the center and go towards the edge of Oxford you can see industrial areas in one direction; and in another, beautiful suburbs(郊区). There is, in fact, quite a lot of industry in Oxford.

The passage introduces to us ______.

A．an old industrial center

B．a well-known university

C．a famous university town

D．a newly developed town

It is said that when and where to build the new university town ______ yet.

A．has not decided

B．are not decided

C．has not been decided

D．have not been decided

David Tebbutt is the founder of Computer town UK. Although many people see this as a successful attempt to bring people closer to the computer, David does not see it that way. He says that Computer town UK was formed for just the opposite reason, to bring computers to people and make them “people –literate”...People don't have to learn computer terms, but the experts have to explain in plain language. The computers are becoming “people- liberate”. We can infer from the text that "computer-literate" means _____ .

A、being able to afford a computer

B、being able to write computer programs

C、working with the computer and finding out its value

D、understanding the computer and knowing how to use it

Winter is the______season at most hotels in this seaside town, because very few tourists come to stay.

A．slow

B．slack

C．low

D．quiet

听力原文： London in the 17th century was very attractive, like many European cities of the time. There was a beautiful cathedral, St. Paul's, and a magnificent Town Hall, the Guildhall. Also, there were many attractive churches and important buildings. There was one large bridge across the River Thames, and on the south side of the river there were one or two theatres, including Shakespeare's theatre, the Globe.

However, the majority of the half a million inhabitants of the city lived in small houses in narrow, dirty streets. There were no drains, so people threw their dirty water and rubbish onto the street. Because of this, there was a strong smell and there were many rats and flies. In 1665, there was a great plague in the city of London. At least 70,000 people died and many others left London and went into the country for several months. Then slowly the plague died away and people started to return from the country.

On September 2, 1666 at about three o'clock in the morning, a fire suddenly started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. There was a strong wind and the fire spread quickly from one street to the next. The fire lasted for three days and destroyed 13,200 homes and 88 churches, including St. Paul's Cathedral, the Guildhall and many other important buildings. This was the end of the old city of London.

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A．Near Town Hall.

B．In a narrow, dirty street.

C．Behind many attractive churches.

D．On the south side of the River Thames.