Uber
Uber is available in over 70 cities throughout 40 countries worldwide. You can either choose a typical Uber unmarked car or a regular taxi. The app can show you where drivers are, so you know how long you’ll be waiting. You can also get fare quotes(报价)in advance. Your payment source is linked to the app and is automatically charged, so no physical money is ever needed.
Lyft
Lyft is a service that is also available in many large cities in the US. However, it offers something different, one of which is Lyft Line. With this service, you can find people that take the same route on a daily basis as you and split the fare with them. Lyft’s regular service lets you easily see where rides are, catch one, and easily pay right within the app.
Easy Taxi
Easy Taxi is available in 86 cities across 26 countries and lets you quickly browse through maps and find locations you’d like to be picked up at. From there, just make sure there are taxis in your area. Confirm your ride and then pay for it within the Easy Taxi app. Once you book a ride, you should see the taxi’s plate number and phone number appear on the map, making it easy for you to pick out both the car and the driver.
Curb
Curb, formerly Taxi Magic, is currently available in around 60 cities across the United States as well as select cities in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Mexico. It ties in with taxi companies and their drivers. As your taxi makes its way to your location, you’ll be able to track its progress inside the app. You can link a payment account to Curb to pay your fare through the app. You can also pay in cash.
1.Which app is available in the most countries?
A. Uber. B. Lyft.
C. Easy Taxi. D. Curb.
2.What’s the special service of Lyft?
A. You can pay the fare in cash. B. You can see where your ride is.
C. You can get fare quotes in advance. D. You can find someone to share the fare.
3.What do the four apps have in common?
A. They are available worldwide. B. They are tied to taxi companies.
C. They allow users to pay via app. D. They can identify your location.
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Some times people complain that getting to work in a big city is no easy matter, just like the popular saying goes, "Taking a bus is too crowded, getting a taxi is too expensive, buying a car is not practical. " It seems that traffic jams and cities go hand in hand. Everyone complains about being stuck in traffic, however, like the weather, no one seems to do anything about it. Needless to say, traffic jam occurs where there are lots of people but limited spaces. However, there are indeed some things: you can do to reduce the time you spend in traffic jams.
For example, the highway is not always the fastest way to get from Point A to Point B. Research the area and check online maps to see if you can find a shorter route to work, which usually flows more smoothly during rush hour and can help reduce much of your driving time. From the above you may know that alternative route is of great importance.
Let's take another example. Most of the population works from8 am to 5 pm, which means that the majority of traffic jams happen around 7 am and 6 pm. So if you want to avoid a traffic jam, talk to your manager about arriving at the office earlier and leaving earlier, If some of us and companies can do like this, the conditions of heavy traffic can be changed in a way.
Finally you can take gymnastics, dance or yoga lasses after work to avoid traffic jams. Actually, there are many reasons for us to take exercise classes and going to the gym, instead of shopping and entertaining friends after work. This is a clever solution that can also help people improve their health and meet others with similar interests.
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随着现代社会的发展，许多人开始养起了宠物，对此事有的人表示支持。也有的人表示反对。你对这个问题持什么态度，有哪些建议？假设你是李华，请写一封信给某英文报社的编辑，反映上述问题。
要求：1.词数80左右
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Editor,
With the improvement of modern people's life, more and more people begin to keep pets. However, advantages and disadvantages happen to them.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A 90-year-old has been awarded “Woman Of The Year” for 1.(be) Britain’s oldest full-time employee—still working 40 hours a week. Now Irene Astbury works from 9am to 5pm daily at the pet shop in Macclesfield, 2. she opened with her late husband Les. Her years of hard work have 3.(final) been acknowledged after a customer nominated(提名) her to be Cheshire’s Woman Of The Year.
Picking up her “Lifetime Achievement” award, proud Irene 4.(declare) she had no plans 5.(retire) from her 36-year-old business. Irene said, “I don’t see any reason to give up work. I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I 6.(make) over the years. I work not because I have to, 7. because I want to.”
Granddaughter Gayle Parks, 31—who works alongside her in the family business—said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award. She said, “We don’t have any idea who put grandma forward. When we got a call 8.(say) she was short-listed, we thought it was 9. joke. But then we got an official letter and we were blown away. We are so proud of her. It’s 10.(wonder).”
Protecting China's Giant Pandas
China's giant pandas show the achievement of the international effort to save animals that are now in danger. In television programmes we often see pandas_________funny games. Children have panda toys and beautiful cards with pictures of lovely_________in them. They often visit the giant pandas in the zoos on_________holidays and have a good time there. However , scientists are worried about the_________of giant pandas. They know only about 1,000 giant pandas remain_________today. They think the giant pandas will die out in 30 years if the present conditions are not ________.
It is reported that the giant pandas have a very________birth rate. About 115 pandas live in the zoos and research centres mainly in China, but during the past 10 years they_________only 34_________pandas that are still alive. The survival rate of giant pandas in the wild is probably the same or lower.
There are several reasons for the low_________. The main reason is_________male pandas can make love with females in a very_________season—only a few days a year. When they do have babies, females often produce two pandas , but the mother is usually not able to care for_________of them. The newborn pandas________only a few kilograms each. They are too weak to live without special care. In the zoo, scientists can help the mothers_________the young pandas, but those living in the wild do not get enough_________. It is very difficult for mother pandas to bring up their young pandas.
Conditions for the giant pandas have been worse in recent years. Pandas in China continue to_________in number. We know pandas live on bamboos. But sometimes all the bamboos in one area die. The pandas there have_________to eat and die of hunger.
Giant pandas now live in 13 separate_________areas in China. Several years ago the Chinese government and the International Wildlife Organization agreed_________a project of protecting giant pandas in the wild. We hope it could be useful.
1.A.play B.playing C.do D.doing
2.A.pandas B.children C.bamboos D.zoos
3.A.ours B.their C.yours D.his
4.A.past B.now C.future D.present
5.A.live B.lives C.lively D.alive
6.A.turned B.increased C.improved D.considered
7.A.low B.proper C.high D.right
8.A.cloned B.produced C.kept D.created
9.A.small B.young C.little D.adult
10.A.price B.speed C.birth rate D.limit
11.A.why B.how C.when D.that
12.A.short B.long C.suitable D.certain
13.A.all B.both C.none D.neither
14.A.weight B.heavy C.weigh D.heaviness
15.A.have B.raise C.observe D.care
16.A.help B.food C.water D.milk
17.A.reduce B.grow C.rise : D.change
18.A.something B.nothing C.everything D.anything
19.A.protected B.protecting C.defending D.guarding
20.A.to B.with C.in D.on
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favorite-meal and stay quiet after that?
1.. But it never lets you know, because, you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars. So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity sets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?"
2.. Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood．Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to take help from reading．
Once you read a book, you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you.3.．Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas．If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things, which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!
This is nothing but creativity．4.Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words．
So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading.5.．Go and get a book!
A.Now what are you waiting for?
B.Reading can help you make more friends, too．
C.Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry．
D.Why not do some reading while you are hungry?
E.Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary．
F.The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed．
G.Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading．
