Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern plane it takes one day to travel places which took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.

Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages（优势）. You can see the country you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large planes and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish --- where there is something interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel where you can spend the night. That is why traveling by car is a popular pleasant trip, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are traveling on business.

 

1.From the passage (短文), we know the fastest way of traveling is ____.

A. by train   B. by sea    C. by plane    D. by car

2.If we travel by car, we can _____.

    A. make the longest journey enjoyable

    B. travel to a very far place in several minutes

    C. make our own timetable

    D. travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day

3.The underlined (划线的) word “They” in the passage refers to (指的是)____.

    A. modern trains in the country

    B. comfortable seats and dining-cars

    C. the travelers on the modern trains

    D. the slower ways of traveling

4.When people travel on business, they usually take ____.

    A. a plane or a car         B. a car or a boat

    C. a boat or a train            D. a train or a plane

5. How many ways of traveling are mentioned (被提到的) in the passage?

    A. Four.        B. Three.      C. Two.    D. Six

 

In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning,someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.

Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.

Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.

1.In the driving test, one _______________________.

A．mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road

B．is usually asked to drive on roads for some time

C．has to be examined(考查) only in car driving skills

D．must drive around for more than an hour

2.When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?

A．a few years later

B．right after the first test

C．a few weeks later

D．never

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car.

B．One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.

C．There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.

D．A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.

4.The best title for the passage is _____________.

A．Driving Licenses in Britain

B．Tests for Britain People

C．Driving Cars

D．Young Men’s Driving Licenses

 

In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.
Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.
【小题1】A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he __________.

A．has learnt to drive in a driving school

B．has a full driving license

C．has a full license and a teacher’s license

D．is given a special two-year driving license

【小题2】In the driving test, one _______________________.

A．mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road

B．is usually asked to drive on roads for some time

C．has to be examined only in car driving skills

D．must drive around for more than an hour

【小题3】When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?

A．a few years later

B．right after the first test

C．a few weeks later

D．never

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car.

B．One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.

C．There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.

D．A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.

【小题5】The best title for the passage is _____________.

A．Driving Licenses in Britain

B．Tests for Britain People

C．Driving Cars

D．Young Men’s Driving Licenses

Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them.

It's always a good idea to put on your seat belt when you're in a car. Why? Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won't. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break.

Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won't go flying; it will stay safely on the skateboard.

Volvo, a famous Swedish carmaker, was the first to use seat belts in 1849.

Air bags are also very important for car safety, because sometimes a seat belt isn't enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them. Most new cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its air bags will come out quickly in less than one second to keep the people inside safe.

1.The passage mainly tells us                  .

A. two important ways to keep safe in cars   B. how air bags work to make cars safe

C. how seat belts work to make cars safe     D. why we must tie the egg to the skateboard

2.The writer gives the example of the egg to _.

A. tell us that eggs are easy to break

B. show how to wear a seat belt

C. show why it's important to wear a seat belt in a car

D. tell us what a skateboard is

3.Seat belts can make us safer because .

A. we are interested in them

B. they can stop us from hitting other cars

C. they can help us stay safely on the seats  

D. they are made of strong materials

4.Air bags are important for cars because _.

A. they are made of plastic

B. they can also help us to keep safe in a car

C. they can keep cars running slowly

D. they are put in front of and next to the seats

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

A. It won't be dangerous if there are seat belts or air bags in a car.

B. Now most of new cars still have only one air bag.

C. When a car hits something, its air bags will come out a few minutes later.

D. Volvo was the first to use seat belts.

 

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Linda is a clerk. She is  1. （25）years old.She wants to buy a new car (新车). She has  2. （一辆） old (旧的) one. Her old car is 3.  (黑色的). Linda doesn’t like that    4.  (颜色) . She likes red and she wants to buy a red car. A new red car is on    5.  (出售). Linda wants to buy it very much, but she can’t afford(付得起) it now. and she doesn’t like to ask her   6.  (父母)for money. She   7. (只，仅) has 1,000 8. (美元). So she’ll first(首先) pay (付款) $1,000. And she   9.    (需要)to pay $400 a month (月) for 48 months. Linda thinks it’s 10.  (困难的)for her.She is very sad.(伤心)