1. (2023高三上·广西壮族自治区开学考)  听材料，回答问题。

I've been living alone in London for a while now.<br />Everybody here is very kind to me, but there are times when I feel homesick and get rather<br />sad.<br />I sometimes get a little tired of cooking.<br />Once a week I go to Soho.<br />Soho is a part of London where there are all sorts of restaurants, French, Italian, Greek,<br />Spanish, Indian and Chinese.<br />So when I don't want to cook, I will go to one of the restaurants in Soho.<br />Sometimes I even have a bottle of wine.<br />Wine isn't cheap in London.<br />It isn't something we drink every day.<br />British people do not talk as much as we do.<br />I've often travelled by train and people seldom chat with each other during the journeys.<br />A British friend of mine who can speak seven languages is also silent, but I've found<br />one way to make him talk.<br />He's interested in mountain climbing.<br />If I ask him about climbing, he's always ready to talk.<br />I've been living alone in London for a while now.<br />Everybody here is very kind to me, but there are times when I feel homesick and get rather<br />sad.<br />I sometimes get a little tired of cooking.<br />Once a week I go to Soho.<br />Soho is a part of London where there are all sorts of restaurants, French, Italian, Greek,<br />Spanish, Indian and Chinese.<br />So when I don't want to cook, I will go to one of the restaurants in Soho.<br />Sometimes I even have a bottle of wine.<br />Wine isn't cheap in London.<br />It isn't something we drink every day.<br />British people do not talk as much as we do.<br />I've often travelled by train and people seldom chat with each other during the journeys.<br />A British friend of mine who can speak seven languages is also silent, but I've found<br />one way to make him talk.<br />He's interested in mountain climbing.<br />If I ask him about climbing, he's always ready to talk.

1. （1） Where is the speaker staying now?

   A . In China. B . In France. C . In the UK.
3. （2） What do we know about the local people according to the speaker?

   A . They are silent. B . They are helpful. C . They are optimistic.
5. （3） What is the speaker's friend interested in?

   A . Cooking food. B . Taking a trip. C . Climbing mountains.