阅读理解专练(二)

阅读理解专练（2）

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The buses in Curitiba, a city in southern Brazil, carry two million passengers a day —that’s 85% of the city’s population. You buy your ticket before you get on the bus. The price is the same wherever you’re going. No one in the city lives more than 400 meters from a bus stop. People don’t use their cars much in the city, so there’s less pollution.

Japanese bullet trains (子弹列车) travel at up to 320 kilometers an hour. The 520-kilometer journey between Tokyo and Osaka, the world’s busiest high-speed line, takes just three and a half hours; by car, it would take seven. Bullet trains are used by many local people. They’re popular with foreign tourists too, because, as a tourist, you can buy a rail pass which gives you unlimited (无限制的) travel during your trip in Japan.

Copenhagen is known as “__________”. A third of the people who live there go to work by bike. In fact, you see more bikes than cars in the city center. There are 350 kilometers of cycle paths (道路). You don’t even need to have your own bike; you can use a city bike, which is free.

A good way to travel in Singapore is by river taxi. It’s not expensive and you get a great view (风景) of the city from the river. River taxis are popular with local people, tourists and anyone who wants to get from A to B. Each taxi can carry up to 60 passengers.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

( )1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. There are bus stops everywhere.

B. There are 400 bus stops in the city.

C. Bus stops are far away from each other.

D. Each bus stop is 400 meters away from another.

( )2. If you take the bullet train instead of the car from Tokyo to Osaka, you can cut your time by ______.

A. 20%

B. 35%

C. 50%

D. 60%

( )3. Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph 3?

A. the Garden City

B. the City of Water

C. the City That Never Stops

D. the World’s Best Biking City

( )4. Which of the following is TRUE about the river taxi in Singapore?

A. It is very fast.

B. It is very expensive.

C. It can only carry several people.

D. It provides tourists with a great city view.

( )5. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Transport problems in the world

B. Special transport in the world

C. The history of transport

D. Traffic and pollution

B

Although most dogs are kept just as pets, assistance (协助) dogs are specially trained to help people with many different types of disabilities. These dogs help their owners live more independent lives. There are several types of assistance dogs, but the most common are guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs.

Guide dogs help blind people get around their homes and communities. Most guide dogs are large dogs like German shepherds, which wear a harness (系带) with a U-shaped handle (手柄). It allows the dog and its owner to communicate. The owner gives directional orders, and the dog makes sure its owner is safe.

Hearing dogs tell a person who is deaf or hard of hearing to pay attention to