A        is a way to go across a river.

A．church           B．bridge            C．museum          D．tower

 

Traveling by train is usually not easy in China. It can be hard to get a ticket. When you’re traveling to the railway station you look at your watch, afraid you will miss your train.
But there is good news for people traveling between Beijing and Shanghai. Construction (建设) on the express railway (高速铁路) between the two cities started just before the Spring Festival of 2008. When it is finished by 2013, taking a train will be as easy as taking a bus.
“There will be trains every several minutes. Buying a ticket, getting through the checkpoint (检查站) and taking your seat, will take just 10 minutes,” said an engineer.
There may be high-speed trains running at 350 kilometers an hour. The travel time between the two cities will decease from 10 to about 5 hours. The trains will carry twice the present number of passengers.
The new line will be 1,318 kilometers long and go across specially built bridges. It will run along side the present line. There will be 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu.
“The cost of traveling by the express railway may be around 800 yuan. That will be more expensive than an ordinary train, but cheaper than by air.” Said Zhang Xiaoling, a Jiangsu government official.
According to Zhang, the higher price is caused by the large cost of the railway project. At about 200 billion yuan, the project may be even more expensive than the Three Gorges Project (三峡工程).
【小题1】The express railway between Beijing and Shanghai will be finished _______.

A．at the end of this year	B．before the Spring Festival of 2008
C．after 2013	D．in about 5 years

【小题2】Before taking your seat, you should _____ with your ticket.

A．buy a ticket	B．get through the checkpoint
C．pack your things	D．make some friends

【小题3】The word “decrease” in the passage possibly means ______ in Chinese.
A. 延长             B. 缩短         D. 提速             D. 限速
【小题4】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Traveling by train is usually difficult in China because tickets are too expensive.
B. The high-speed trains will have 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Hunan and Jiangsu.
C. Tickets for the high-speed trains will be cheaper than those for planes.
D. The cost of the express railway project is as high as that of the Three Gorges Project.
【小题5】What can be the best title of the passage?

A．An enormous project.	B．Train tickets will get more expensive
C．Specially built bridges	D．Beijing—Shanghai express railway

How do you get across a river? A bridge is the best way. In some places, there are no bridges. People use the ferry（渡船）. A ferry is a boat that takes people and cars across the river.
Both ends of a ferry look the same. The ferry never has to turn around. It docks（靠岸）at one side of the river. People and cars get on. At the other side, the ferry docks again. The people and cars get off. Other cars and people get on. And then the ferry goes back across the river.
In many places, bridges are now taking the place of ferries. In 1964, the longest bridge in the world was built in New York over Now York Bay（湾）. It is called the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This bridge has two roads, one over the other. Each road is wide enough for six lanes（行道）of traffic.
【小题1】 ______ is the best way for people to go across the river.

A．The bridge

B．The car

C．The ferry

D．The bus

【小题2】 We can infer that ______ according to the passage.

A．the shortest bridge in the world was built in New York

B．it may be faster to cross rivers on bridges than on ferries

C．there is a bridge over every river in the United States

D．we don’t need ferries any more

【小题3】 The main idea of the passage is that _____.

A．the bridge is taking the place of the ferry

B．the ferry is better than the long bridge

C．the bridge in New York has a very long name

D．there is no ferry in the world

【小题4】_______ can cross rivers by ferry.

A．Only people

B．Both cars and people

C．Only cars

D．Neither people nor cars

When you travel(旅游) in Hong Kong, you must be careful of the traffic(交通) rules, because the traffic keeps to the left and it’s different from that of the interior(内地) of China. Before crossing the street, you must look to the right and then to the left. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop, people can go across the zebra line.（斑马线） If the traffic lights turn green , the traffic can go, and people mustn’t cross the road.

  In the morning and in the evening, when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy. The traffic is the most dangerous.

  When you go somewhere by bus in Hong Kong, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic keeps to the left. Have a look first, or you may go the wrong way. In Hong Kong, there are a lot of big buses with two floors. You’d better sit on the second floor. From there you can watch the city very well. How interesting !

1.In Hong Kong the traffic moves __________.

A. on the right       B. on the left    C. in the middle     D. in the park

2.When you cross the street, you must look to ____ first.

A. the front         B. the right      C. the left          D. B and C

3.If the traffic lights are red,  _______.

A. the people must stop               B. the traffic must stop

C. the people and the traffic must stop   D. the traffic and the people must wait

4.It is ______ to cross the streets in the morning and in the evening.

A. dangerous        B. interesting      C. easy        D. safe

5.You can see the city very well on the _____ floor of the bus.

A. first             B. second         C. third        D. fourth

 

用动词的适当形式填空。（10分）
Yesterday Tom had no work to do after lunch. So his father asked him ______(go) to the bookstore to buy a few books. He _____(hurry)to the bus stop and arrived there at three. When he ____(wait) for a bus, he saw a little dog. It ___________(go) across the street. Just then a car ____(come), driving fast. But it ______(be) too late. The dog _______(fall) down and (not move)______
“Poor dog!” he cried .But look! Suddenly it ________(stand) up and went away.
He was very glad ______(find) it was safe.