[填空题]
Downing Street is the most exclusive street in Britain, not
because it only has three houses along its short{{U}} (26) {{/U}}, nor
particularly because of its location between Whitehall and St. James’s Park, but
because its only residents are{{U}} (27) {{/U}}from the elected
Government.
Numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street arc the{{U}}
(28) {{/U}}London residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer—the First and Second Lords of the Treasury. Numbers 9 and 12
are the offices of their key{{U}} (29) {{/U}}and colleagues in
Government.
The location has been{{U}} (30) {{/U}}for
centuries, of course, as even before modern government the{{U}} (31)
{{/U}}was close to Westminster Abbey and later Whitehall Palace.
But it was Sir George Downing who made the most of its{{U}} (32)
{{/U}}and built the street of houses that bears his name.
In
his later{{U}} (33) {{/U}}as a property speculator and de
[单项选择]Downing Street is fighting fiercely for something it hopes it {{U}}shall{{/U}} control: its reputation. "[The BBC] is now saying, ’Nobody ever said the prime minister told a lie,’ but that’s exactly what they’re saying," Alastair Campbell, Blair’s director of communications, told Newsweek. "That’s pretty heavy."
A. could
B. would
C. can
D. will
[填空题]How is the size of most British families
Most British families are （）.
[单项选择]When is the heavy traffic hour on most city streets according to the passage（ ）.
A. During 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
B. Between 8:00a. m. and 6:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
C. In the period of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. every day.
