Metro Pocket Guide
Metrorail (地铁)
Each passenger needs a farecard to enter and go out. Up to two children under five may travel free with a paying customer.
Farecard machine are in every station, Bring small bills because there are no change machines in the station and farecard machine only provide up to $ 5 in change.
Get one of unlimited Metrorail rides with a One Day Pass. Buy it from a farecard machine in Metro stations. Use it after 9:30 a.m. until closing on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays.
Hours of Service
Open: 5 a.m. Mon — Fri 7a.m. Sat — Sun.
Close midnight Sun — Thur. 3. a.m. Fri — Sat. nights
Last train times vary. To avoid missing the last train, please check the last train time posted in the station.
Metrobus
When paying with exact change, the fare is $ 1.35. When paying with a smatTrip CARD the fare is $1.25
Fares for the Senior /disabled customers
Senior citizens 65 and older and disabled customers may ride for half the regular fare. On Metrorail and Metrobus, use a senior/disabled farecard or SmarTrip card. For more information about buying senior/disabled farecards, farecard or SmarTripR card and passes, please visit MetroOpenDoors.com or call 202-637-7000 and 202-637-8000.
Senior citizens and disabled customers can get free guide on how to use proper Metrobus and Metrorail services by calling 202-962-1100
Travel tips
Avoid riding during weekday rush periods — before 9:30 a.m. and between 4 and 6 p.m.
If you lose something on a bus or train or in a station, please call Lost & Found at 202-962-1195.
1.What should you know about farecard machine?
A.They start selling tickets at 9:30 a.m.
B.They are connected to change machines.
C.They offer special service to the elderly.
D.They make change for no more than $5.
2.At what time does Metrorail stop service on Saturday?
A.At midnight B.at 3 a.m.
C.at 5 am D.at 7 p.m.
3.What is good about a SmarTrip card?
A.It is convenient for old people B.It saves money for its users[
C.it can be bought at any time D.it is sold on the Internet
4.Which number should you call if you lose something on the Metro?
A.202-962-1195 B.202-962-1100
C.202-673-7000 D.202-673-8000
Which boy hasn’t dreamed of being a cool secret agent (特工)? The wonderful fighting abilities and the world-saving adventures are much more colourful than most people’s everyday lives. Well, Cody Banks is just like any other boy，except that he is not just dreaming. He has a big secret his friends never know about. He was trained to be a spy (间谍）by a special CIA programme，which was made to look like a summer camp. He learned high-speed driving，hand-to-hand fighting and the use of high-tech tools.
After proving he could become a young hero by saving a baby from a runaway car，Banks gets his first real task. He must make friends with a popular girl at school，Natalie Connors. Then，he must spy on her father，a scientist who has developed a dangerous technology (技术).Banks must stop a group of bad people from forcing Natalie’s father into using the technology to endanger the world.
The CIA may have taught him first-class self-defence moves，but they didn’t show him how to talk to girls. Banks has zero ability when it comes to dealing with girls. How can he get around his problem and get an invitation to the girl’s upcoming birthday party? Will he finally become Natalie’s boyfriend and find out whatever he can about her father’s work?
Agent Cody Banks has everything that young people are interested in: big explosions, breath-taking performances and funny girl-dating experiences. It was listed No.2 in the American box office last week.
“This story is interesting and fun for the whole family to enjoy，and especially cool for young boys，” said Paul Perkins, a film reviewer in theUS.
1.What is Banks’ first real task?
A.To test a high-tech tool. B.To save a baby from a car.
C.To study a new technology. D.To watch a scientist secretly.
2.Banks wanted to go to Natalie’s birthday party to______ .
A.meet her father B.know more people
C.make friends with her D.steal some information
3.What is considered as a great danger in the text?
A.The technology developed by Natalie’s father.
B.An explosion set off by some bad people.
C.The CIA’s training of boys for its tasks.
D.Secret agents’ spying on scientists.
4.What is the purpose of the text?
A.Making known the work of the CIA. B.Telling the story about a cool boy.
C.Showing the dark side of science. D.Introducing a new film.
Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, but people in the streets _______ him, especially those who are _________.
For those people, he is “Gloves” Greenberg. How did he get that _______? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase(公文箱). But he’s _______. His briefcase always has some gloves(手套).
In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not _________ like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk(人行道) and _______ the street. He looks around at _________. He stops when he _________ someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he _________, looking for more people with cold ____________.
On winter days, Mr. Greenberg ______________ gloves. During the rest of the year, he ____________ gloves. People who have heard about him ____________ him gloves, and he has many in his apartment(公寓).
Mr. Greenberg ______________ doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and ______________ his behavior(行为). But people who don’t know him are sometimes ____________ him. They don’t realize that he just wants to make them ____________.
It runs in the ____________. Michael’s father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the ____________. A pair of gloves may be a __________ thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
1.A.know about B.learn from C.cheer for D.look after
2.A.old B.busy C.kind D.poor
3.A.job B.name C.chance D.message
4.A.calm B.different C.crazy D.curious
5.A.act B.sound C.feel D.dress
6.A.cross over B.drive along C.hurry down D.keep off(不接近)
7.A.cars B.people C.street numbers D.traffic lights
8.A.helps B.chooses C.greets D.sees
9.A.holds up B.hangs out(闲逛) C.moves on D.turns around
10.A.hands B.ears C.faces D.eyes
11.A.searches for B.stores up(储存起来) C.gives away(赠送、分发) D.puts on
12.A.borrows B.sells C.returns D.buys
13.A.call B.send C.lend D.show
14.A.delayed(推迟) B.remembered C.began D.enjoyed
15.A.understand B.dislike C.study D.excuse
16.A.sorry for B.satisfied with C.proud of D.surprised by
17.A.smart B.rich C.special D.happy
18.A.city B.family C.neighborhood D.company
19.A.honor B.pain C.same D.cold
20.A.small B.useful C.delightful(高兴的) D.comforting
It’s terrible. My car break down just as we were going on our holiday.
A.might B.would C.could D.must
Luckily, the loss _______ great; otherwise, our company would have closed down.
A.isn’t B.hadn’t been C.hasn’t been D.wasn’t
Leonardo da Vince birds kept in cages in order to have the pleasure of setting them free.
A.is said to be buying
B.is said to have bought
C.had said to buy
D.who said to have bought
