A.At the Porsche Museum.
B.At the Natural History Museum.
C.At the Mediaeval Knight School.
D.At the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago.
解析:选B 细节理解题。根据第一段中的"at the Natural History Museum ... spend the night in the museum." 可知答案。
3.What type of writing is this text?
A.An announcement. B.An advertisement.
C.A travel guide. D.A news report.
解析:选B 推理判断题。文章介绍了四个活动的亮点,吸引人们参加;再根据文中的"See the website for details."和"For more information, get in touch with our sales team."可推测,本文应该是一则广告。
B
By the end of last year, a British woman had failed her driving theory test 110 times.But the woman is not giving up just yet. It is hard to believe that the 30yearold, from Southwark, southeast London, has failed the test three times - taking her total number of unsuccessful attempts to a record 113. This year, the price of the test was lowered from £31 a time to £25.Amazingly, if she had started sitting the exam at the age of 17, she would have sat it more than eight times a year for the past 13 years.
Although no other learner has come close to the woman's number of attempts to pass her driving theory test, several seem to be trying their best. A 30yearold man from Peterborough has failed the theory test 86 times.A 27yearold man from Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales, and a 39yearold man from London have both failed their 66th attempt to pass the exam this year. And a 47yearold man from Reading has struggled through 61 tests without any luck.
Research shows that although men are said to be around six per cent more likely to pass the practical driving test than women, they are six per cent less likely to pass their theory test. Even when learners manage to pass the theory test, some still struggle to master the practical exam and have to spend a lot of money on it.
For example, one middleaged man forked_out at least £2,294 sitting the practical driving test a record 36 times before, thankfully, passing at his 37th attempt. The practical driving test, which lasts about 40 minutes, costs £62 to take on a weekday or £75 on an evening, weekend or holiday. It is generally considered more difficult than the theory test.
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。在英国,一些人为了考取驾照已经多次参加考试而且投入了不少的时间和金钱。