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M Why does the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side! ”

That's an old joke in the west,but it came to my mind again when I saw people crossing the road at the intersection of Shaanxi Road and Huaihai Road in Shanghai.

When the traffic light was red,a group of people were waiting for the light to change. Suddenly one man began rushing to the other side of the road. Soon others followed him at the crossing and more people did the same. Just like chickens,they didn't mind the honking hdms (嗓 声) and kept crossing the road in a mess.

Every year several thousand people are either killed or hurt on the roads in Shanghai. And at least one third of them were jay walking (乱穿马路) . Jaywalking is very common in Shanghai. It seems that jaywalkers are not afraid of the danger to themselves.

Traffic laws are to keep people safe. So we should obey them,and have good road crossing habits. When someone starts to jaywalk,we should stop him,and never follow him. That way we can avoid the traffic accidents.

49. The underlined word ” intersection" here probably means

   A. road   B. bridge   C. crossing   D. traffic

50. The writer saw people in Shanghai that day.

   A. crossing the road in a mess

   B. waiting for the green light patiently

   C. crossing the road with chickens

   D. hurting each other in the street

51. How does the writer like what he saw in Shanghai that day?

   A. He thinks it's OK. B. He thinks it's wrong.

   C. He has no idea of it. D. He doesn’t mention it.

   An atlas is a book of maps. Atlases are made with different kinds of information about different parts and areas of a country or the world. They are prepared for desk use or travel use.

   Desk atlases are made for different groups of people with different needs. For example,students may use desk atlases to help learn geography,and other people may use desk atlases to study a place. A popular type of the latest atlas shows the recent fact of the world. New atlases are often carefully produced to help people learn about the changes,such as name changes,boundary (边界) changes and other important new information. A desk atlas can also have some different maps of the same place. For example,an atlas may include maps showing population and important products of a place.

  Travel atlases usually show the information about both natural and man-made features (特点) . So it is not surprising to find universities,airports,forests,rivers,roads as well as cities,towns and villages in them. A travel atlas is often the first thing people need when they want to start a trip in a strange place. It often has a map of a whole country,and a map with more special information of each important place in the country. Take the atlas of the United States as an example,it often has a map of the whole country and then a map of each of the fifty states.

  A travel atlas may also point out the beautiful natural places. In the US,the atlas may include national parks such as the Yellow Stone National Park and some others to show the beauty of nature and interesting places to tourists.

52. An atlas is according to the passage.

   A. a guidebook

   B. a history book

   C. a collection of pictures

   D. a collection of maps

53. How many kinds of atlases are mentioned in the passage?

   A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Many.

54. From the passage we know people need newly produced atlases because.

   A. they can't see the old ones clearly

   B. they like to buy different ones

   C. something has changed

   D. something is missing

55. According to the passage,people can find the information about in a travel atlas of Shaanxi.

   A. the population of Shaanxi

   B. the local products of Shaanxi

   C. the Yellow Stone National Park

   D. Xi’an Jiaotong University

Answer 1

49. C 50. A 51. B 52. D 53. B 54. C 55. D

[阅读C篇短文大意]本文作者通过描述他在上海街头看到人们乱穿马路的情景，呼吁大家遵守交通规则。

49. C 由下文中的"Soon others followed him at the crossing” 可知

intersection在这里的意思是"十字路口”，相当于crossing。

50. A通读第三段可以判断，作者那天在上海看到了人们过马路时的混乱状态。选项A符合题意。

51. B通读全文可推知，作者认为他那天在上海看到的事情是不对的。

[阅读I) 篇短文大意]本文主要介绍了地图册的作用和用法。

52. D 由第一段中的•• An atlas is a book of maps"可知，atlas 是地图集。故答案为Dd 53. B通读全文可知，文章共介绍了 desk atlas和travel atlas两种地图集。

54. C通读第二段可以判断，人们需要最新的地图集是因为有些信息发生了改变。

55. D由第三段中的前两句可知选项D符合题意。