Question

   With society developing fast,people's life standard has improved greatly. More and more people own their personal cars,which causes many problems,such as air pollution,traffic jams (堵塞) and even traffic accidents.

   In big cities,traffic jams happen every now and then,especially in rush hours. Cars can5t move smoothly and people feel upset on the way to work or home. For this,they are often late for work and even lose their jobs.

   To solve these problems,the government has taken many measures (措施) ，such as broadening (拓宽) the roads,building more roads and subways,increasing buses and so on. The government has also suggested people taking public transport and using fewer personal cars.[2013 贵州黔东南改编]

  根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1. What problems do more and more personal cars cause?

2. When do the traffic jams often happen according to the passage?

3. What does the underlined word “smoothly” mean in the passage?

4. What measures has the government taken?

Answer 1

阅读提示：本文介绍了随着人们生活水平的提高，私家车越来越多， 导致交通堵塞、空气污染严重。本文也介绍了政府如何解决这些 问题。

1. Air pollution,traffic jams and even traffic accidents. 细节理解 题。由文章第一段尾句“…such as air pollution,traffic jams and e-ven traffic accidents. ”可知，私家车的增加带来了空气污染，交通 堵塞，交通事故一系列问题。

2 . In the rush hours of people going to work or home.细节理解题。 由第二段前两句可知:上下班高峰时候，交通最拥挤。

3. 顺畅地词义猜测题。车辆不能顺畅行驶，人们在上班或回家路 上感到沮丧。

4. It has broaden the roads,built more roads and subways and increased buses.细节理解题。由最后一段第一句可知。