[单项选择]They had a drink at a bar（）the railway station.
A. close to
B. near to
C. next
D. besides

[单项选择]They had a drink at a bar （） the railway station.
A. close to
B. near to
C. next
D. besides

[单项选择]Why did Mimi Banks leave work to drink at the bar


A. She was told to leave by the building management.
B. She was reminded of the 9·11 Attack and felt scared.
C. She could not work because there was no power.
D. She felt like drinking in the hot dark day.

[单项选择]Young people are not allowed to drink in a bar until______.

[单项选择]（） no coffee left, they had to drink tea instead.
A. It being
B. It was
C. There being
D. There was

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Passage Three
A man and his wife had a small bar near a station. The bar often stayed open until after midnight, because people came to drink there while they were waiting for trains.
At two o’clock one morning, one man was still sitting at a table in the small bar. He was asleep. The barman’s wife wanted to go to bed. She looked into the bar several times, and each time the man was still there. Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, "You’ve waken that man six times now, George, but he isn’t drinking anything. Why haven’t you sent him away It is very late."
"Oh, no, I don’t want to send him away, "answered her husband with a smile: "You see, whenever I wake him up, he asks for his bill, and when I bring it to him. He pays it. Then he goes to sleep again."

The barman's wife didn't go to bed （）
A. until two o'clock in the morning
B. because she wasn't sleepy at all
C. because she was busy with her children
D. because her husband hadn't finished working

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Passage Three A man and his wife had a small bar near a station. The bar often stayed open until after midnight, because people came to drink there while they were waiting for trains. At two o’clock one morning, one man was still sitting at a table in the small bar. He was asleep. The barman’s wife wanted to go to bed. She looked into the bar several times, and each time the man was still there. Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, "You’ve waken that man six times now, George, but he isn’t drinking anything. Why haven’t you sent him away It is very late." "Oh, no, I don’t want to send him away, "answered her husband with a smile: "You see, whenever I wake him up, he asks for his bill, and when I bring it to him. He pays it. Then he goes to sleep again."

The barman's wife didn't go to bed （）
A. until two o'clock in the morning
B. because she wasn't sleepy at all
C. because she was busy with her children
D. because her husband hadn't finished working

[单项选择]Railway workers joined in the strike because they ______.


A. attempted to halt the whole network for train travel
B. were dissatisfied with proposed rise in unemployment
C. were unhappy with their working conditions
D. wanted to support workers from other unions

[单项选择]The passage suggests that the Southern Railway of Britain is now______.


A. controlled by the local people
B. in financial difficult
C. under a different name
D. financially sound

[单项选择]Railway services are not yet sound enough economically without government subsidy.
A. aid
B. charge
C. approval
D. domination

[单项选择]What happened to the London underground railway about three decades ago


A. The workers on the underground platforms were replaced by machines.
B. It became the first completely automatic railway in the world.
C. A completely automatic line was added to its network.
D. Its trains became computer-controlled.