London is great .It's great .Rome and Paris were fine places ,but I knew as soon as we landed in London ,this was the finest of the three.
There are only two small things which I don't like about London . First of all, everyone speaks English here. I had so much fun in Rome and Paris . There I could speak in foreign languages. In words ,I made a lot of friends that way .But here everybody can understand me. I don't have any reason to start up a conversation with a stranger . And speaking of restaurants that is the other problem with London . The food here is no good at all! I haven't had one good meal in the three days we've been here.
Since you asked me to write to you about everything I learned on this trip ,here is what I've learned about London.
London's population of eleven million makes it the second largest city in the world .It is bigger than New York but not as big as Tokyo .London is twice the size of New York .It has an area of 620 square miles!
The Thames River runs right through the center of the city .Someone once called the Thames “liquid history”.It is a very good name. Dozens of armies have crossed it over the past few thousand years .One of the first was the army of Julius Caesar two thousand years ago .And most recentlyMr .and Mrs. Gill.
So far I have only had time to visit one neighborhood .It is called Bloomsbury .In fact there is a group of writers known as the Bloomsbury Group. It got its name because so many of them lived there. Virginia Woolf was one of them .I know how much you like her novels.
Baker Street is also part of Bloomsbury .Do you remember who once lived on Baker Street When I asked Bob this question, he answered,“a man who baked bread ,right ” Sherlock Holmes ,of course ,I won't have time to find his address .Maybe you will when you come.
【小题1】We learn from the first two paragraphs that _______.
| A．it is more difficult to start up a conversation in English in London than in any languages |
| B．the writer had made a trip in Italy and France before she came to England |
| C．of all the meals the writer has had in London, only one she thinks is good enough |
| D．the writer hates to talk to strangers who can speak English |
【小题2】It seems that the writer _______.
| A．can speak English as a foreign language | B．does not like her mother language |
| C．does not speak French at all | D．can speak French as a foreign language |
【小题3】Who do you think Mr.and Mrs.Gill are
| A．A famous general and his wife. | B．A famous American writer and his wife. |
| C．Two friends of the writer's. | D．The writer and her husband. |
【小题4】Who once lived on Baker Street
| A．A man who baked bread. | B．Sherlock Holmes. |
| C．The former US Secretary of State. | D．A friend of the writer's. |
