You’ve probably known the crazy traffic in Beijing. Sometimes the cars could hardly move for a long time. The terrible traffic is caused by the poor road and China’s ability to cope with (对付) so many cars on the road at the same time.

With more Chinese people buying cars every day, the problem seems to only get worse. But a design company called Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment has a possible solution: the super bus.

The super bus would carry up to 1,400 people in its passenger compartment (隔间). It would travel on a rail system that would be elevated (升高的) above the roads, so cars could drive under it. The bus will run on electricity and solar power, creating far less pollution than that from the cars it would be replacing (代替).

Beijing authorities haven’t decided whether to create railways for the super bus throughout the city. But they are willing to give it a test drive. Later 2010, the company will test for the first time and in 2011 and 2012, the company will test the super bus with passengers.

According to the government, Beijing is probably to have five million cars on the road by the end of 2010. So it seems to be necessary to start taking the bus instead soon.

1.__________ caused the terrible traffic in Beijing.

A．The drivers        B．The roads         C．The buses         D．The government

2.__________ cars will be on the road by the end of 2010.

A．1,400 million       B．2,000 million       C．5 million          D．50 million

3.What is Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment?

A．It is an interesting park.                   B．It is a super bus.

C．It is a kind of equipment.                  D．It is a design company.

4.Which is TRUE about the super bus according to the passage?

A．The super bus will travel above the roads.

B．The super bus will produce more pollution.

C．The super bus will only hold several people.

D．The super bus is very small.

 

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Dear sir ,

 I have travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along the routes: the(路线): the number 49 and the number 16. But by the time the number 16 bus reaches Souk Road, it is always full, so I can’t get on it, I have to wait for the number 49 because sometimes there are empty seats on it.

 The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes. If this is true, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day?

 The rules say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting Why do the half-empty buses go straight(一直)past me when I am standing at bus stop?

 The rules say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers. Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. I counted the other passengers as they got off. There were 129 people.

 It is clear that our bus companies break the rules and think little of their passengers. Can nothing be done to make your service(服务) better?

                                                                  Yours

                                                              Tired passenger

1.This passage is __________.

A. a message      B. a talk     C. a story        D. a letter

2.The writer has to take Bus No. 49 because______.

A. it arrives on time          B. it is not always full 

C. it travels faster            D. it has fewer seats on it

3.How long does the writer usually have to wait for a bus?

A. Ten minutes     B. One hour     C. Half an hour    D. Nearly a day

4.The rules say that each bus may carry ________ passengers at most.

A. twenty       B. forty      C. sixty      D. one hundred and twenty-nine

5.From the passage we can see that__________.

A. the bus service was poor     

B. no passengers took their buses

C. no buses except the No. 49 bus passed Souk Road

D. the writer was always the first to get on bus

 

You’ve probably known the crazy traffic in Beijing. Sometimes the cars could hardly move for a long time. The terrible traffic is caused by the poor road and China’s ability to cope with (对付) so many cars on the road at the same time.

With more Chinese people buying cars every day, the problem seems to only get worse. But a design company called Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment has a possible solution: the super bus.

The super bus would carry up to 1,400 people in its passenger compartment (隔间). It would travel on a rail system that would be elevated (升高的) above the roads, so cars could drive under it. The bus will run on electricity and solar power, creating far less pollution than that from the cars it would be replacing (代替).

Beijing authorities haven’t decided whether to create railways for the super bus throughout the city. But they are willing to give it a test drive. Later 2010, the company will test for the first time and in 2011 and 2012, the company will test the super bus with passengers.

According to the government, Beijing is probably to have five million cars on the road by the end of 2010. So it seems to be necessary to start taking the bus instead soon.

1.__________ caused the terrible traffic in Beijing.

A. The drivers         B. The roads        C. The buses      D. The government

2.__________ cars will be on the road by the end of 2010.

A. 1,400 million       B. 2,000 million    C. 5 million      D. 50 million

3.What is Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment?

A. It is an interesting park.              B. It is a super bus.

C. It is a kind of equipment.              D. It is a design company.

4.Which is TRUE about the super bus according to the passage?

A. The super bus will travel above the roads.

B. The super bus will produce more pollution.

C. The super bus will only hold several people.

D. The super bus is very small.

 

You’ve probably known the crazy traffic in Beijing. Sometimes the cars could hardly move for a long time. The terrible traffic is caused by the poor road and China’s ability to cope with (对付) so many cars on the road at the same time.
With more Chinese people buying cars every day, the problem seems to only get worse. But a design company called Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment has a possible solution: the super bus.
The super bus would carry up to 1,400 people in its passenger compartment (隔间). It would travel on a rail system that would be elevated (升高的) above the roads, so cars could drive under it. The bus will run on electricity and solar power, creating far less pollution than that from the cars it would be replacing (代替).
Beijing authorities haven’t decided whether to create railways for the super bus throughout the city. But they are willing to give it a test drive. Later 2010, the company will test for the first time and in 2011 and 2012, the company will test the super bus with passengers.
According to the government, Beijing is probably to have five million cars on the road by the end of 2010. So it seems to be necessary to start taking the bus instead soon.
【小题1】__________ caused the terrible traffic in Beijing.

A．The drivers

B．The roads

C．The buses

D．The government

【小题2】__________ cars will be on the road by the end of 2010.

A．1,400 million

B．2,000 million

C．5 million

D．50 million

【小题3】What is Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment?

A．It is an interesting park.	B．It is a super bus.
C．It is a kind of equipment.	D．It is a design company.

【小题4】Which is TRUE about the super bus according to the passage?

A．The super bus will travel above the roads.

B．The super bus will produce more pollution.

C．The super bus will only hold several people.

D．The super bus is very small.

In the past 300 years, more than 130 species of animals have become extinct. One of these extinct species is the passenger pigeon(旅鸽). At one time there were millions of these birds in North America, but now there are none. The last one died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. Another extinct animal is the cape lion(西非狮). The animal has been extinct since 1860.
What cause animals to become extinct? Too much hunting is one cause; pollution is another.
Governments around the world have begun to protect wild animals in danger. In the United States, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for(承担义务)endangered animals. It has listed nearly 200 species of endangered animals in North America.
【小题1】The underlined word “extinct” in the first sentence probably means “         ”.

A．ill	B．dying out
C．becoming	D．changing

【小题2】There were many cape lions in North America          .

A．last century

B．in the twentieth century

C．more than one hundred years ago

D．in 1914

【小题3】       isn’t the reason for the extinction of wild animals in North America.

A．The pollution	B．Too much killing
C．Too much hunting	D．The war

【小题4】Three are        species of wild animals in danger listed by the US Fish and Wildlife.

A．less than 130	B．about 200
C．over 300	D．nearly 300

【小题5】The best title of this passage should be “       ”.

A．A sad story

B．Endangered animals in North America

C．Wild animals become extinct

D．The US Fish and Wildlife Service