阅读理解 Leisure and Private Life in England 英国的个人休闲生活 在英国.工厂的假日都集中在七月中旬到八月中旬这段时间.英国

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Leisure and Private Life inEngland

英国的个人休闲生活

    在英国，工厂的假日都集中在七月中旬到八月中旬这段时间。英国人喜欢旅游，你知道他们一般到什么地方旅游，又是怎么去旅游的吗?

    In England，factory holidays are much concentrated in theperiod between mid- July and mid-August．Stateschools usually only have six weeks off in summer，fromabout mid-July to the end of August．

The coast is the most popularobjective of English people for their annual holiday，but there are few new seaside hotels．Food in British hotels and restaurants isreasonably cheap, but rooms are not．FewEnglish people rent houses or flats for their holidays，but one of the traditional ways ofspending a summer holiday is in a boarding house．Someboarding-house keepers provide all meals for their guests．Others provide breakfast only．

The British may be conservative about thetimes at which they take their holidays，butthey have shown themselves very ready to take to new places．They have always been pioneers in travelingfar away, and Englishmen were among the first to climb many of the great Alpinesummits．Now foreign travel is within reachof most working people，and each year more English men，women and children become familiar with somepart of continental Europe．Manytake their cars，often with tents，crossing the Channel by ferry；others use the travel agents’ plans for grouptravel. When they get home again，theytalk endlessly of how they spent their leisure and private life．

Notes

leisure n．＆ adj．休闲(的)；空闲(的)

objective n．目标；目的

    conservative adj．保守的

   boarding-house n．供膳的寄宿处

    summit n．顶点；首脑

continental adj．大陆的；大陆性的

pioneer   n．先驱者；先锋

Comprehension questions

1．State Schools in England usuallyhave ________for summer holidays．

A．amonth  B．two month

C．42days  D．fifty days

2．The prices of food in Britishhotels and restaurants are reasonably ________.

    A．cheap B．expensive    C．high    D．low

3．The British people are fond of________．

A．travelingfar away for their holidays

B．stayingat home for their holidays

C．rentinghouses for their holidays

D．talking about their work when they gethome

试题答案

答案：1C2D3A