西南大学《高级英语一》网上作业题及答案.doc

西南大学《高级英语一》网上作业题及答案 0848《高级英语一》网上作业题及答案 1第一次作业2第二次作业3第三次作业4第四次作业5第五次作业6第六次作业 1[单选题] Exercise 6 Reading Comprehension Choose the best answer for each question according to the passage youve read Passage 1 The Seaside No town in Britain is more than eighty miles from the sea and there are seaside resorts all round the coast On a summer Sunday most of the roads that lead to the sea are congested with cars full of people eager to get a breath of sea air Once at the beaches the children hasten to unload their buckets and spades and start to build sandcastles or paddle in the shallow water Father may go for a swim or sit and doze in his deck-chair while mother reads In the evening when everyone is full of food ice-cream and rock a hard sweet in the form of a long stick there is the long slow drive home on roads crowded with returning cars The south coast is Britains warmest and sunniest region Along the whole coastline from Dover to Lands End are seaside towns with hotels and boarding houses piers and promenades cafes and restaurants all catering for the thousands of visitors and holiday-makers Brighton is one of the best-known south coast resorts and is very popular for day trip excursions It is only fifty miles from London and can be reached by fast train in an hour At the week-end the pebbled beaches are thronged with people sunbathing or picking their way to the waters edge for a dip And always at the end of the pier there are few hopeful people fishing At Bouremouth in Dorset which is a hundred miles from London the beaches are wide and sandy White houses line the cliff tops and narrow chines deep narrow ravines densely wooded with pine trees reach down to the shore The area near to the town of Torquay on the Devon coast is sometimes called Britains Riviera and the climate is so mild that palm trees grow along the sea front Blackpool on the north-west coast is a popular resort for the people in the industrial north Blackpool is