As the weather costs you a loss on trains and flights, we look at your rights.
Cancelled trains
On a single ticket, a passenger will usually receive 25% of the fare if the train is delayed by 15 minutes. If the delay reaches 30 minutes, the compensation（补偿金）rises to 50%, and if it’s over an hour you should be able to reclaim the whole cost. Clear arrangements vary according to train operators（运营商）.
If you were due to travel, to say Aberdeen from London, your train is cancelled and you decide not to travel, you can get a full compensation. If you had a non-cancelable ticket with one operator, and failed to make that train because the connecting train was delayed, you can take the next available train.
Flights
If your flight is cancelled because of the snow you have the right to s full compensation of the ticket, or to be rerouted home on a later flight.
But you will have no right to get a delay or cancellation compensation under EU rules, because the snow is an extraordinary circumstance beyond the airline’s control. If you don’t take the compensation and choose to be rerouted, and it means you are stuck at the airport overnight, it’s the airline’s duty to pay for a reasonably priced hotel room and meals.
The airline has to reroute you at the earliest opportunity, or at the passenger’s free time, you are supposed to take the availability of seats.
If you choose to be rerouted or if your departure is delayed by more than two hours, airlines also have to provide assistance such as food. The airlines keep this quiet and getting the money out of the low-cost operators can be a hard job. Keep evidence of cancellations, all receipts, and use your mobile to video any offer to pay by airline staff.
1. What is your compensation determined by when your trains are delayed due to bad weather?| A．The operator. |
| B．The price of the ticket. |
| C．The length of delay time. |
| D．The class of the service and the price of the ticket. |
| A．One. | B．Two. |
| C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．By keeping the evidence and videoing any offer to pay. |
| B．At the earliest opportunity, or the passenger’s free time. |
| C．By preventing the airlines from keeping their duty quiet. |
| D．By arguing reasonably with the staff of the airlines offering you the flight. |
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In fact, the car of tomorrow is a symbol of hope. The emission of carbon dioxide has contributed to global warming, but the car producers are waking up to their responsibilities. Investment in new technology to maximize efficiency and minimize environmental damage is not only improving the car industry’s act but also setting an example to other industries.
It is said that most cars of today run about 15 percent efficiency, which does highlight the potential for improvement. Get it right, and we could continue to enjoy the freedom that comes with owning a car, without the worries.
Of course, many advances have already been made. There’s evidence that the public is eager to buy cleaner and greener cars. And with petrol prices increasing there is no doubt that the cars with economical, efficient engines are going to be in great demand.
The good news is that we can all drive the car of tomorrow today, without having to worry about the purchase cost. By choosing our holiday hired cars wisely we can cut down on our fuel costs and experience an eco-friendly drive. Hire a green car and you’ll make a difference to the environment.
Designers will always enjoy catching our imagination with “concept cars” that look more like miniature(微型) spaceships than anything you see on the highway. Whether these creations will eventually become family cars remains to be seen. However, for the moment, there’s no doubt at all what the car of tomorrow will be, and it’s here today: something familiar and friendly that does its job with considerably less trouble and much greater efficiency than the car of yesterday.
1. The writer of the text intends to ________.
| A．suggest | B．inform | C．approve | D．instruct |
| A．the production is beyond its need |
| B．it’s not environmentally friendly |
| C．the competition is very fierce |
| D．the economic situation affects it a lot |
| A．fewer cars will be produced in the future |
| B．new cars cost less to maintain |
| C．cleaner and greener cars are in great demand |
| D．no measures have been taken to improve car quality |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Negative. |
| C．Doubtful. | D．Supportive. |
【推荐2】Have you ever seen a car without a driver? It sounds crazy, but these computer-driven cars may soon be filling roads near you. Companies like Google and Tesla have been designing and testing such cars. They just need to run final tests to make sure whether they can run alongside human-driven cars on the road.
The cars have sensors (传感器) all around which can detect other cars and blocks in the road. Sensors on the wheels help when parking, so the car knows how far it is from the edge of the road or other parked cars. Road signs are read by cameras, and satellite navigation systems (卫星导航系统) are used so the car knows how to get to your destination. All you have to doistypein the address! Finally, a central computer system takes in all the information it receives from the sensors and cameras and uses this to work out when to stop and speed up.
Sounds like your idea of heaven? Sitting back, looking out of the windows and watching a film while driving would be possible with this new technology. Computers would drive more safely than people — they don’t get disturbed by phones or talking, they would obey the speed limit and have quicker reaction in case of an emergency.
However, driverless cars have many disadvantages. Computers would have difficulties making some decisions: if a child ran into the road, would the computer choose to hit the child or turn quickly to hurt the car’s passengers? And should children, or drunk people, be allowed in a driverless car by themselves? Besides these questions, many people may lose their jobs. For example, bus, taxi, train and tram drivers, as well as driving instructors.
I don’t really want a driverless car — butitis only a matter oftime before ordinary people will be able to afford them on our roads.
1. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?| A．How a driverless car works. |
| B．What we need to drive a driverless car. |
| C．The tests a driverless car needs to pass. |
| D．The advantages of a driverless car. |
| A．attract. | B．help. |
| C．discover. | D．disturb. |
| A．can run faster than a traditional one |
| B．is suitable for a child to sitin it alone |
| C．has been used in many areas in the world |
| D．has many problems not yet solved |
| A．Positive. | B．Negative. |
| C．Objective. | D．Doubtful. |
【推荐3】About one in four people is afraid of flying. Every time there is a plane crash on the news, more people become afraid.
For most of them, the fear goes away with time. When they have to fly, they try not to think about the danger, and they may have a few drinks or take some medicine in order to feel better.
These people can be divided into two groups. In the first group are the people who are afraid of falling out of the sky. They think about all the bad things that could possibly happen to a plane high in the sky. In the second group are the people who are afraid of closed places. People with this fear never want to be in places like elevators (电梯) or planes.
Some fearful travelers decide not to travel by plane at all. They use only cars, buses, trains, or boats. Other people, however, have to travel by air for work.
| A．The plane feels terribly small to them. |
| B．In reality, there are very few plane accidents. |
| C．But these facts don’t matter to those who are afraid. |
| D．If there are no problems during the flight, they’re fine. |
| E．In this case, they must find a way to get over their fear. |
| F．People really don’t need to think about when accidents will happen. |
| G．As a result, travelling by plane has become a terrible challenge to them. |
