Most shops in Britain open at 9:30 am and close at 5 :00 pm. Small shops usually close for an hour at 1unch time. 1 one or two days a week--usually Thursday and/or Friday--some large food shops stay open 2  8 :00 pm for late night shopping.

Nearly all shops 3 on Sundays. Newspaper shops are open in the morning, and 4 sweets and cigarettes as well. But not all the things can be sold on Sundays.

Usually it is not difficult for foreign visitors to find  5   to buy things. Most shops sell the things that you want. One problem is 6 . In Britain you can only buy these at post offices. Many large food shops are self--\service (自選). When you 7 _one of these shops, you take a basket and you put the things you wish to buy into it.

8  anyone tries to take things from a shop without paying they are sure to 9 ,because most shops have detectives (偵探).

 When you are waiting to be served in a shop, it is important not to try to be served before people who arrive before you. Many foreign people are surprised 10 the British way of queuing( 排隊(duì)).

1. A. On          B. In           C. With          D. For

2. A. at           B. before        C. until          D. after

3. A. closed       B. are closed      C. are closing     D. closes

4. A. show        B. open          C. buy           D. sell

5. A. where       B. how           C. when          D. what

6. A. knife        B. paper         C. stamp          D. stamps

7. A. go out       B. go into        C. come out        D. come out of

8. A. When       B. If             C. Though         D. As

9. A. catch       B. see            C. find            D. be caught

10. A. to          B. of              C. at             D. for

Wonderful Museum Hours Monday – Thursday:   10:00 am – 5:00 pm Friday: 10:00 am –   8:00 pm Saturday: 10:00 am –   5:00 pm Sunday: 11:00 am –   5:00 pm Closed on   Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The Museum Shop is   open during regular museum hours. The Museum Library Monday –Friday: 10:00   am – 5:00 pm The Skyliner   Restaurant Monday - Saturday:   during regular museum hours Sunday: 11:30 am –   5:00 pm Admission Adults:$7.00 The aged and students   with ID: $6.00 Wonderful Museum   offers a 50% discount to groups of 20 or more.

1. 1.

   Wonderful Museum usually opens ______ except on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

   1. A.
      from Monday to Thursday
   2. B.
      every day
   3. C.
      every day of the week
   4. D.
      on weekdays
2. 2.

   If a group of 30 students with ID visit Wonderful Museum, how much should they
   pay for the admission?

   1. A.
      $ 105.
   2. B.
      $ 90.
   3. C.
      $ 210.
   4. D.
      $ 180.
3. 3.

   You can borrow books from the Museum Library ______.

   1. A.
      on weekdays
   2. B.
      at weekends
   3. C.
      from Monday to Saturday
   4. D.
      at 9:00 am
4. 4.

   If you want to invite your friends to dinner on Friday, you have to reach the Skyliner Restaurant ______.

   1. A.
      after 8:00 pm
   2. B.
      at 6:00 am
   3. C.
      after 10:00 pm
   4. D.
      before 8:00 pm
5. 5.

   Which is the best title for the ad.?

   1. A.
      Wonderful Museum—an Exciting Place for Adults
   2. B.
      Welcome to Wonderful Museum for a Long Holiday
   3. C.
      Wonderful Museum—the Best Place to Spend Your Day
   4. D.
      Wonderful Tourist Place

A student newspaper reports that most students go to sleep at 1:30 am. Even if that’s an overstatement (夸張), it’s close to the truth. Scientists say teens should sleep nine hours each night. But that’s hard. Some are even “pulling all-nighters” (開(kāi)夜車(chē)). These students must hand in their homework the next day but they haven’t done it. In the morning they don’t look healthy and you can tell who’s been doing it. One of my classmates did a survey on the topic. She found that most kids pull all-nighters to finish homework, but some do it for other reasons, such as playing computer games!
Maybe our lack(缺乏) of sleep is because of laziness — I think I’m a rather lazy student — or maybe it’s because we have too much to do in American high schools. I usually go to bed around midnight. If I stayed up past 1:30 am, I wouldn’t get any work done. I’d be falling asleep at my computer. My classes begin at 7:30 am. I’m partly awake in my first class. By the second, I’m a little sleepy. By my third class, I’m sleepy. By midday I’m finally fully awake. But by 3:00 pm, I’m slowing down again. Yet I get more sleep than usual students.
Most American high schools seem to have a similar(相似的) problem with sleepy students. High school classes start at 7:30 am, so students have to get up one and a half hours before that to get ready and catch the bus. It’s believed that lack of sleep can be bad for both grades and health. Some schools are paying attention. Classes in those schools start at 8:30 am.
【小題1】What does the underlined sentence “it’s close to the truth” mean?