Mapping Your World
Different forms of maps are appearing．They allow independent travelers to get local knowledge of places they are visiting, from the official to the unusual．Meanwhile, hi-tech developments are creating new ways for us to map the world．Here are two of our favorites：
Green Maps
Green Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally friendly places and attractions in the local areas．Users add information with a set of icons（图标）, making it easy to read any map, whatever the nationalities of those who produce it．At present there are over five hundred map projects being developed in 54 countries．Green Maps’ advertised idea is “think global, map local”．It is a wonderful way of gaining all sorts of information of a place, ranging from community gardens to good places of birdwatching．
Green Maps is not specifically intended for travelers．Not all of its maps are online, so it may be necessary for some users to communicate with the producers through the Green Maps website．
Maps Mashups
Many people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups of them．Working in a similar way to Green Maps, Map Mashups allows people to add icons of their own to existing maps to express a certain topic．The mashups is so called because it combines all the knowledge you could ever need．It ranges from the extremely useful, such as where all the World Heritage Sites are, to the most bizarre （古怪的），such as where America’s drunkest cities are．With the mashups added to the basic Google Maps, a multi-layered （多层的） map can be created．
1.According to the passage, which of the following is a characteristic of Green Maps?
A．Introducing local attractions with icons
B．Aiming at environmental protection
C．Offering advice to independent travelers．
D．Collecting icons worldwide for local maps．
2.Which of the following icons is most probably NOT used in Green Maps?
3.“Map Mashups” is named with the word “mashups” because ．
A．it is produced by users all over the world B．it is a branch of Google Maps
C．it shares icons with Green Maps D．it gathers various kinds of information
4.What do Green Maps and Map Mashups have in common?
A．They are created by local people．
B．They are environmentally friendly．
C．Users can edit maps on the Internet．
D．Users need to communicate with producers．
In 1985 a France television company sent its reporters to the Paris Metro（地铁）．They took ___21___ to see what passengers would do if they saw someone ___22___ on the platform or trains．The incidents looked ___23___ and they were all done with the help of actors．However, very ___24___ people tried to help, and most passengers ___25___ not to notice．In one of the ___26___, a foreigner was attacked by three men．The attack was on a ___27___ which was quite full, and although the man tried to get ___28___ passengers to help, they all refused．This is not only a French ___29___．A British newspaper reported in 1991 that a professor of Social Psychology in New York had ___30___ his students out to rob their own cars．The students didn’t try to ___31___ what they were doing．About 80 people ___32___ 250 car thefts, and only twelve of them tried to ___33___ the student robbers．In a typical incident, one man stopped, looked, and then put his hands over his ___34___ and shouted “I didn’t see that!” About forty people ___35___ to help the thieves, and two people ___36___ sat down next to the car and ___37___ to buy a camera and a television set a student was ___38___ from the back seat of his own car．The professor ___39___ whether it is a problem of big cities or would be the ___40___ thing as happens anywhere．
1.A．notes B．trains C．cameras D．newspapers
2.A．attacked B．stolen C ．wounded D．struck
3.A．great B．real C．serious D．terrible
4.A．many B．old C．few D．large
5.A．pretended B．seemed C．managed D．asked
6.A．passengers B．actors C．accidents D．incidents
7.A．plane B．train C．truck D．bus
8.A．another B．all C．more D．the other
9.A．situation B．agreement C．problem D．accident
10.A．brought B．sent C．took D．put
11.A．expose B．hide C．tell D．find
12.A．watched B．discovered C．found D．realized
13.A．help B．refuse C．stop D．report
14.A．face B．head C．eyes D．ears
15.A．expected B．offered C．hated D．liked
16.A．bravely B．surely C．actually D．certainly
17.A．wanted B．loved C．needed D．waited
18.A．sending B．taking C．offering D．robbing
19.A．knows B．wonders C．learns D．asks
20.A．former B．different C．same D．small
The question came up at the meeting_____ we had enough money for our research．
A．that B．which C．whether D．if
This cake is very sweet．You __________ a lot of sugar in it．
A．should put B．could have put C．might put D．must have put
Having no child of their own, the Smiths took in a _____ girl, Yuan Yuan by name．
A．lovely little Chinese B．Chinese lovely little
C．little Chinese lovely D．lovely Chinese little
What was it ________ he was so eager to get?
A．what B．that C．why D．how
