Question

   Lofton is a little village (村庄) in England. It is not far from the city of Manchester. Not many families live around the village,so the people all know each other. Most of them are friendly and helpful.

Though (尽管) their homes are in Lofton,many people have jobs in Manchester. Some work in large factories there. A few work in shops or offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually takes about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester.

    In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐 会) ，they have to go to Manchester,because there are no cinemas in Lofton.

    Like many other villages near towns or cities,it is clean and quiet. So life in Lofton may not be so exciting as the life in big cities,but it can be just as interesting. That is why people in Lofton love their village.

    Lofton is a small village  (1) the big city of Manchester in England. It usually takes about

 (2) minutes to go from Lofton to Manchester by train. Life in Lofton is as  (3) as the life in big cities though it may not be so  (4) . There aren’t many  (5) living around Lofton,so people all  (6) each other. Most of them are friendly and  (7) . Many people

 (8) in Manchester. They like  (9) TV in the evening. They can't see  (10) in Lofton because there are no theatres or cinemas there.

Answer 1

1. near   2. thirty   3. interesting   4. exciting

5. families   6. know   7. helpful   8. work

9. washing   10. films