一、阅读理解（每小题 2 分，共 20 分）
Passage 1
For years people have been saying that the railways are dead. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, that they’re dying. But this is far from the true. In these days of expensive oil, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they’re cheaper than planes. And they have much in common with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and so does a railway. What is more, a railway takes you from the heart of a city center. It doesn’t hold you up as a car does, in endless traffic jams. And a single train can carry goods which no plane or motorcar could ever do.
Far from being dead, the railways are very much alive. Modern railway lines give you a smooth, untroubled journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep in comfort, feel safe and enjo
y the scene while you are traveling at speed at the same time? And we are only at the beginning. For we have just entered the age of super-fast trains, trains traveling at 150 miles an hour and more. Soon we will be wondering why we spent so much on motorways we can’t use because we have not enough money to buy the oil and planes we can’t fly in for the same reason.
1. Some people think the railways are dead for many reasons EXCEPT that ____. [单选题] *
A. planes and motorcars have taken the place of trains |
B. oil is expensive today(正确答案) |
C. trains are slow |
D. railways lose money |
1. Some people think the railways are dead for many reasons EXCEPT that ____. [单选题] *
A. planes and motorcars have taken the place of trains |
B. oil is expensive today(正确答案) |
C. trains are slow |
D. railways lose money |
2. The writers idea seems to be that ______. [单选题] *
A. we can do without railways |
B. trains have much in common with motorcars and planes |
C. motorcars and planes are not as good as trains |
D. trains are as good as motorcars and planes(正确答案) |
3. According to the writer, which of the following is NOT the advantage [单选题] *
of railways? |
A. It is cheaper to travel by train than by plane. |
B. Super-fast trains travel even faster than planes.(正确答案) |
C. The railway station is usually at the center of a city. |
D. A train carries more goods than a motorcar or plane does. |
4. The writer thinks that the railways, far from being dead, are very much alive because ___________. [单选题] *
A. we can have a smooth and untroubled journey |
B. we’ll not have enough money to fly everywhere |
C. we can now travel in super-fast trains |
D. all of the above(正确答案) |
5. The best title for this passage may be ________. [单选题] *
A. The Best Choice: Train, Motorcar or Plane |
B. The Dying Railways |
C. Super-fast Trains in the Future |
D. Not the End, But the Beginning(正确答案) |
Passage 2
The world’s population continues to grow. There now are about 4 billion of us on earth. That could reach 6 billion by the end of the century and 11 billion in a further 75 years. Experts have long been concerned about such a growth. Where will we find the food, water, jobs, houses, school and health care for all these people?
A major new study shows that the situation may be changing. A large and rapid drop in the world’s birth rate has taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. It is happening in both developing and industrial nations.
Researchers said they found a number of reasons for this. More men and women are waiting longer to get married and are using birth control devices and methods to prevent or delay pregnancy. More women are going to school or working at jobs away from home instead of having children. And more governments, especially in developing nations, now support family planning programs to reduce population grow.
China is one of the nations that have made great progress in reducing its population growth. China has already cut its rate of population growth by about half since 1970.
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