Question

In the UK, bus journeys are very common. Buses are often convenient（便利的）for the people who live or work in the city center. Passengers can avoid heavy traffic and not have to pay for the parking. However, taking the bus is just a necessary but boring part of life: they get on the bus, pay for it and sit or find a place to stand when it is crowded. Everyone seems sad and bored.

In Latin America, however, bus trips can be wonderful. For a start, films are showed on the buses between cities for passengers to have fun along the journeys. Local buses do not show films, but drivers usually turn on the radio and it can be great for passengers to listen to songs and get relaxed.

Even better than films and music are the sights and sounds on the buses. Local buses always go to parts of the town that passengers would not visit by themselves. There passengers can see shops that they have never heard about. And they can also see other cultures of the town from the windows of the buses.

Besides, passengers’ luggage（行李）is also interesting. It is common to see a happy dog’s head getting out of somebody’s bag or a lovely chicken “speaking cheerfully” under somebody’s arm. Once on a bus in Peru, a farmer even tied a sheep to the top of the bus. It was quite surprising.

In all, taking the bus in Latin America is really fun and unforgettable.

1.According to the passage, in the UK, how do passengers probably feel on the buses?

2.In Latin America, how can people have fun on the buses between cities?

3.In the writer’s opinion, what are even better than films and music on the buses?

4.Why does the writer think passengers’ luggage is interesting?

5.What does the passage mainly tell us?

Answer

1.(They probably feel) sad and bored.

2. watch / see a movie. / film. (movies / films)

3. The sights and sounds (on the buses).

4.Because it’s common to see different kinds of animals (on the buses).

5.The bus trip(s) / journeys(s) ( in Latin America).

【解析】

试题分析：本文是说明文。介绍了在英国和拉丁美洲乘坐公交车给人们不同的感受，原因在于拉丁美洲的公交车为乘客提供有创意的服务。

1.根据第一段they get on the bus, pay for it and sit or find a place to stand when it is crowded. Everyone seems sad and bored.可知人们的感受，故答案填sad and bored

2.根据第二段films are showed on the buses between cities for passengers to have fun along the journeys.可知人们可以看电影。故答案填watch a movie(movies)/see a film(film)

3.根据第二段Even better than films and music are the sights and sounds on the buses. 故答案填The sights and sound (on the buses)

4.根据第三段It is common to see a happy dog’s head getting out of somebody’s bag or a lovely chicken” speaking cheerfully” under somebody’s arm. Once on a bus in Peru, a farmer even tied a sheep to the top of the bus.可知公共汽车上各种动物让作者感到有趣，故答案填Because it’s common to see different kinds of animals (on the buses).

5.主旨大意题。通读全文可知是在讲拉丁美洲令人愉快的公交车旅行。可知答案为the bus trip (journey ) /(the) bus trips (journeys)

考点：生活类短文阅读。