A British train station has put up a no kissing sign to stop lovers going full steam ahead with their over?amorous farewells.

Commuters have been told：if you want to get up to that kind of business，do it in the car park.

The sign has been put up at the drop?off point (落客处) at Warrington Bank Quay station in the town of Warrington，between Liverpool and Manchester in northwest England.

A similar sign，this time permitting kissing，has been put up elsewhere in a zone where kissing is considered tolerable.

“We have not banned kissing in the station，” said a spokesman for operators Virgin Rail.

“But we have put the sign up at the drop?off point because it is not a very big area and it often gets busy. The sign is a light?hearted way of reminding people to move on quickly. If people wish to spend a little more time with their loved ones before they leave，then they should park in the short?stay car park nearby.”

The busy station links the town with the major cities London，Birmingham，Glasgow，Edinburgh，Liverpool and Manchester.

However，one station is trying to rescue love from the tracks. High Wycombe，northwest of London，is having none of it and is actively urging commuters to show their emotions in public.

“Kissing is welcome here！...we would never dream of banning kissing，” says a poster of a cartoon couple embracing，framed by a pink heart. “Railway stations are romantic places，” insisted Kirsteen Robertson from Chiltern Railways. “They are where fond farewells and emotional reunions take place，where relationships start with a glance and even，in the case of our Marylebone station last November where one passenger will propose (求婚) to another over the public address system.”

“So our passengers are more than welcome to share a kiss in our stations.”

1．The train station has put up a no kissing sign in order to________.

A．ban kissing in the station

B．get passengers to walk quickly

C．avoid embarrassment

D．prevent illegal practice

2．The underlined word “it” here refers to________.

A．rescuing love from the tracks 　　 B．banning kissing in the station

C．kissing at the drop?off point 　　　 D．kissing in the car park

3．We learn that in High Wycombe________.

A．kissing is encouraged

B．kissing is forbidden

C．kissing is intolerable

D．kissing is limited to a certain time

4．We can infer that________.

A．the drop?off point is not a safe place

B．the drop?off point is a quiet place

C．the drop?off point is a romantic place

D．the drop?off point is often packed with the traffic and passengers

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

      Armed with two over-packed suitcases, we arrived at the airport just in time for my flight. As I watched her unload my luggage, I could see the ___36___ in her eyes. One last hug and a final good-bye, and I would be on my way to a new life ___37____. “You'd better go or you'll miss your flight,”she said.

   “I'll __38_____ you,”I replied , and with those words I __39___. By the time I reached the customs I was __40__. While boarding the plane I was still crying. I did not have the ___41__ to put my bag in the overhead locker, so I put it on the empty seat next to mine.

   Born barely fifteen months __42___, we not only looked alike, we were alike. We both had that same mix of ___43___ and fear of all things unknown to us. One sunny summer day I was playing outside when she came ___44___ to me and said, “Want to come to the attic(阁楼)?”The answer was always “___45__”. We were frightened of the attic but also ___46_____ by its smells and sounds. Together we would flight many spiders and battle through the numerous boxes __47_____ we found what we needed.

   The plane shook ___48___ and my bag fell on the floor. My aspirin, hairbrush and some other things were __49___ on the floor. I __50_____ over to gather them up when I saw a (an) ___51___ little book in the middle of my belongings. It was a diary.

   Immediately I __52___ my sister's handwriting. “Hi Sis. What a day it has been today. You let me know that you are moving abroad...”Only __53___ did I realize that my sister had been ___54___ a diary for the past month.

I read about my sister's coming and going during the flight. Even though a large ocean ____55___ us, at some point it felt like she was actually there.

A. honesty        B.concern       C.sadness       D.satisfaction

A.abroad         B.home         C.again         D.along

A.remember       B.remind       C.miss          D.think of

A.was cut        B.was off        C.left off        D.left away

A.smiling        B.sneezing       C.sighing        D.sobbing

A.courage        B.energy        C.idea           D.spirit

A.before         B.after          C.between       D.apart

A.curiosity       B.anxiety        C.sympathy      D.worry

A.about         B.across         C.down          D.up

A.No           B.Yes           C.Sorry          D.Certain

A.surprised       B.bored         C.attracted       D.interested

A.until          B.unless         C.though         D.since

A. hardly        B.slightly        C.weakly         D.heavily

A. spread        B.thrown        C.dropped         D.pushed

A. turned        B. went          C. bent           D. looked

A. familiar       B. unfamiliar      C.important       D.unimportant 

A. knew         B. saw           C.observed        D.recognised

A.when         B.that            C.then            D.this

A.keeping       B.writing         C.using           D.making

A.faced         B.separated       C.surrounded       D.blocked