Travelling by train
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Travelling by train
In Western countries, if people want to travel from a city to another, they would like to take a train.
Like in China,there are expresses (快车) and locals (慢车) in these countries. Express trains usually
travel fast and local trains usually stop at all stops.
In a special grade (等级) train, there is a kind of compartment (车厢) called Pullman(卧车).There
are sofas, tables, chairs and other things in it. People feel more comfortable (舒适的) there. Of course,
they will pay more for it.
When people take a train, they would like to buy return tickets (返程票). If they want to take the
Pullman, they should book the tickets.
1. If the people in Western countries want to travel from a city to another, they would like to take
a _____.
A. plane
B. bus
C. train
2. Express trains usually travel _____ than local trains.
A. slower
B. fast
C. faster
3. _____ usually stop at all stops.
A. Express trains
B. Local trains
C. Express trains and local trains
4. People feel more comfortable in _____.
A. special grade train
B. compartment
C. Pullman?
5. If people want to take the Pullman, they should _____.
A. book the tickets
B. buy return tickets
C. buy tickets
In Western countries, if people want to travel from a city to another, they would like to take a train.
Like in China,there are expresses (快车) and locals (慢车) in these countries. Express trains usually
travel fast and local trains usually stop at all stops.
In a special grade (等级) train, there is a kind of compartment (车厢) called Pullman(卧车).There
are sofas, tables, chairs and other things in it. People feel more comfortable (舒适的) there. Of course,
they will pay more for it.
When people take a train, they would like to buy return tickets (返程票). If they want to take the
Pullman, they should book the tickets.
1. If the people in Western countries want to travel from a city to another, they would like to take
a _____.
A. plane
B. bus
C. train
2. Express trains usually travel _____ than local trains.
A. slower
B. fast
C. faster
3. _____ usually stop at all stops.
A. Express trains
B. Local trains
C. Express trains and local trains
4. People feel more comfortable in _____.
A. special grade train
B. compartment
C. Pullman?
5. If people want to take the Pullman, they should _____.
A. book the tickets
B. buy return tickets
C. buy tickets
答案
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used in lots of everyday life. It is thought that we won"t have to go shopping because we will be able to
get most things sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get
all texts (内容) from computers. The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food.Most
telephone calls will be made by computers, too.
Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating (交际). Others do not
think that computers will replace (代替) our old ways.
Let"s look at books, for example, some people think that one day we will not read books made of
paper. Instead, we"ll buy and read books using computers. We "ll read texts on small pocket computers.
The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won"t need to turn lots of
pages and paper will be saved.Computerized (计算机化) books will be used more and more.
Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as go
ing to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also unlikely (不太可能) that many people will
want to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books will perhaps be more friendly. Maybe
computers won"t change these two habits (习惯).
n Paragraph1 it is thought people will use computers for ________.A. playing games,shopping and making telephone calls
B. making telephone calls,having meals and seeing films
C. seeing films,buying food,and going for holidays
D. playing games,making telephone calls and seeing the doctor
2. Which reason (原因) for using computerized books is NOT said in the passage?
A. Computerized books won"t be very expensive.
B. Computers can keep many different books in them.
C. We won"t have lots of pages.
D. We won"t need any paper.
3. Paragraph 4 tells ________.
A. about the old and new ways of shopping and communicating
B. if the Internet will change our habits
C. about computerized books
D. about future uses of computers
4.The title for this passage is ________.
A. Computers Will Replace Shop and Books
B. Computers and the Future
C. Computers will Do Everything for Man
D. How C
omputers Change Our Habitsis not true for adults, although incorrect glasses may not be good for
children under 10. Ready-made glasses, and not wearing when you
should, won"t do harm to your eyes, but you may see better with glasses
that are specially made for you.Watching too much television is bad for
your eyes. This is not true. People with easily affected eyes may find
they get red and aching from staring at a fixed distance for long periods,
but there won"t be any lasting effects.Carrots will help you see in the dark.
Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which the body can change into vitamin
A, too little of which can cause night blindness. However, people in
most countries don"t need to worry about vitamin A deficiency (缺乏)，
night blindness is more likely to be connected with another vision problem.
B. Wearing the wrong glasses may do harm to children"s eyes.
C. The human body is unable to change beta-carotene into vitamin A.
D. Watching less television may do harm to children"s eyes.
A. staring for long periods
B. too much beta-carotene
C. not enough vitamin A
D. vision problems
B. performing eye exercises
C. cutting back on television
D. eating more carrots
B. lasting eye problems
C. a number of vision problems
D. eye trouble for a limited time
B. tell people how to protect their eyes
C. tell people to have more carrots
D. tell people something more about their eyes
( ) 2. The program began in 1990.
( ) 3. Most of overseas Chinese students in the program have visited China before.
( ) 4. The program is organized by the local government of Guangdong Province.
The students 1 from one group to another when they want to. 2 may find students who are fourteen,
fifteen or sixteen years old all in the same 3 . They work at their own speed. 4 tells them what they
should or shouldn"t be doing. The day I 5 , school began at nine. Some students were working 6 a
tape recorder and listening to their own voices. Others were watching a TV program 7 physics. A third
group was working in the library. I didn"t see anybody just sitting doing 8 . Nobody was wasting time. 9 the students taking a break in the cafeteria were having a 10 on politics (政治).