Question

Large population has caused many problems. For example, the traffic is very heavy in some big cities.

During the last ten years, big cities like Beijing and Harbin were full of cars and buses. Now the streets are completely crowded and it’s very difficult to drive a car along them. Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights. What are our cities going to be like in the future? How can we solve the problem?

There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private(私人的) cars. In 1971, the officer in Rome began an interesting experiment: Passengers on the city buses didn’t pay for their tickets.

In Stockholm there was another experiment: People paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus(电车) and train all over the city.

In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles(机动车) and pedestrians are safe there.

In London there is another experiment: Part of the streets is for buses only. So the buses can travel fast. There are no cars or taxis in front of them.

根据短文内容, 选择最佳答案。

1.The passage is about         .

A．big cities          B．streets            C．cars              D．traffic

2.The city of          once experimented on a completely free bus service.

A．London           B．Paris             C．Rome            D．Stockholm

3.The city of          experimented on a very cheap bus service.

A．Paris             B．Stockholm         C．London           D．None of the above

4.The underlined word “pedestrians” means_________ in Chinese.

A．行人             B．司机             C．旅客             D．向导

5.In many cities, pedestrians are much safer because         .

A．no traffic is allowed in some streets         B．traffic is computer-controlled

C．cars move very slowly                    D．only one-way streets are open to traffic

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了在很多城市，庞大的人口已经引起了很多的问题，街道上已经挤满了汽车和公车，但是很多城市已经为这一问题实行了一些措施。

1.细节题。根据文章第一段最后一句中...the traffic is very heavy in some big cities.可知本文是关于交 通的。故选D

2.细节题。根据文章第三段第二句In 1971, the officer in Rome began...可知罗马曾实行完全免费的公交车服务。故选C

3.细节题。根据文章第四段的内容In Stockholm there was another experiment: People paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus(电车) and train all over the city.可知，在Stockholm曾实验实行很便宜的公交车服务。故选B

4.推断题。根据文章In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles(机动车) and pedestrians are safe there.在许多城市，一些街道对机动车是关闭的，行人在那儿很安全。Pedestrians是行人的意思。故选A

5.细节题。根据文章倒数第二段In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles…可知城市的一些街道禁止机动车通行，所以行人安全得多。故选A

考点：日常生活类说明文