第一部分阅读理解（共两节）第一节（满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．
1．I have been in England three months now．I hope you don't think I've forgotten you．There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I've not had much time for writing letters．
I shall soon be starting my studies at King's College．So far I've been learning about England and British ways of living．I won't tell you about London．There are lots of books you can read and lots of pictures you can look at about this famous city．I'm sure you'll be more interested to know what I think about life here．
I find some of the customs interesting．People here do not shake hands as much as we do in the mainland（大陆）of Europe．During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them．Men raise their hats to women but not to each other．
1．The writer came to London from ．
A．Asia B．the mainland of Europe C．America D．Africa
2．The writer did not write the letter earlier because ．
