Buckingham Palace is in London, England. Buckingham Palace is famous because Queen Elizabeth（伊丽莎白女王）of England lives there. She became queen in 1952.
Buckingham Palace is a big and beautiful building. Queen Elizabeth and her family live on the second floor of the palace. The queen also has her office at the palace. Queen Elizabeth often asks important people to eat dinner at the palace. She invites 9,000 people to each party!
Buckingham Palace is like a small town. It has a police station, a hospital, two post offices, a movie theatre, a swimming pool, two sports clubs, a garden and a lake. The palace has about six hundred rooms. About four hundred people work there. Two people have very unusual jobs. They take care of the clocks. There are 300 clocks in Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth’s day starts at 7:00 in the morning. Seven people take care of her. One person prepares her bath, and another person prepares her clothes. Another person takes care of her dogs. The queen loves dogs.
It’s very interesting to have dinner at Buckingham Palace. You have to follow rules. Queen Elizabeth starts to eat first, and then everybody eats. When the queen finishes eating, everybody finishes eating. You can’t leave the table during dinner.
People visit the rooms in Buckingham Palace in August and September. There are wonderful things to see. Don’t forget that Queen Elizabeth is one of the richest people in the world.
小题1:Which floor does the queen live on?
A. the ground floor B. the second floor
C. the sixth floor D the tenth floor
小题2:The underlined word “unusual” means ___________ in Chinese.
A．不经常的
B．有意义的
C．特殊的
D．通常的小题3:How many rooms does Buckingham Palace have?
A．900.
B．600.
C．400.
D．300.小题4:According to the text, everyone has to ____________ during dinner at Buckingham Palace.
A．stay at the table
B．listen to music
C．finish eating later than the queen
D．finish eating earlier than the queen小题5:Which sentence is NOT true?
A．We can guess the clocks in Buckingham Palace are very important.
B．Buckingham Palace is a palace and a home, too.
C．People can visit Buckingham Palace all year round（全年）.
D．Queen Elizabeth can swim or do other sports.
