Modern life is impossible without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by plane. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to hundred years ago.
Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages. You can see the country you are travelling 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 liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travelling 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 good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why travelling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are travelling on business.
1. From the passage, we know the fastest way of travelling is.| A．by train | B．by sea |
| C．by plane | D．by car |
| 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 |
| A．a plane or a car | B．a car or a boat |
| C．a boat or a train | D．a train or a plane |
| A．Four | B．Three |
| C．Two | D．Six |
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【推荐1】Singapore’s public transport system is one of the best in the world, so you should have no problem finding your way around like a local. There are four main forms of public transport that you would find in any other major city—trains, buses, taxis and rental cars.
TRAINS
Trains run from 6:00 am to midnight. Single trip tickets start at 80 cents. If you buy an EZ-Link card for $15, you can ride the trains and buses as you like.
If you need more information, just call Transit Link on 180076743330.
BUSES
There are several bus services in Singapore and fares start at 80 cents. Be sure always to ask the driver the cost of your ticket as he cannot give change.
If you need help, just call Transit Link on 18007674333.
TAXIS
There are three main taxi companies—City Cab, Comfort and Tibs. Booking can also be easy by calling the numbers listed above.
RENTAL CARS
Driving in Singapore is a pleasure and if you like to travel at your own pace, renting a car is a good choice. Renting takes away the trouble of getting to places around Singapore. Just sit back and enjoy the city. It also means you’ll get to see a lot more that a train or a bus won’t let you see.
For car rental, call Avis on + 6567371668.
1. What can an EZ-Link card be used for?| A．Renting cars. | B．Taking buses and trains. |
| C．Visiting places. | D．Calling the numbers. |
| A．Ask the driver how much the ticket is. |
| B．Make clear the time of the last bus. |
| C．Buy the bus map of Singapore. |
| D．Call Transit Link. |
| A．Visitors will have no trouble finding the cheapest way to travel. |
| B．It’s much cheaper to go around by bus than by train. |
| C．You can see a full view in Singapore by taking a bus. |
| D．It’s very convenient for visitors to travel in Singapore. |
【推荐2】Many young people want to be a driver.
Teach your teen the rules of the road
Before your teen gets behind the wheel of a car, he or she should know well the rules of the road.
Actions speak louder than words. Many people will tell you that they learned how to drive by watching one of their close family members drive. You should show good driving skills with examples.
Practice
Practice makes perfect. The more your teen practices, the more confident he or she will become. Your teen should start off by driving in a place that is free of barriers (障碍).
Drive in different conditions
In order for your teen to become a good driver, he or she has to practice driving in different conditions.
Get car insurance (保险)
Many teens are worried about how much their parents would have to pay if an accident occurs. You should explain to your teen that car insurance can help one save a lot of money.
| A．Model good driving |
| B．Teach your teen by yourself |
| C．Then he or she can start to drive on the road |
| D．An empty parking lot is a good place for a new driver to practice |
| E．This includes things such as heavy traffic, bad weather and freeways |
| F．However, some of them are nervous about actually getting out on the road |
| G．You should have your teen review the driver’s handbook and the vehicle’s instructions |
【推荐3】Car Hire
Hiring a self-drive car really adds to the enjoyment of your holiday. There are so many places of interest to visit, and if you enjoy seeing more than just the city center, there’s no better way to explore than by car.
Hire Charges
What are included
a) Unlimited mileage (英里数).
b) Expenses on oil, maintenance and repairs, which will be repaid on production of invoices (发票).
c) Full insurance except personal accident ( see below ) and contents.
What are not included
a) Personal accident insurance.
b) Garaging, petrol, parking and traffic fines.
Conditions of Hire
★ The shortest rental period at these special low prices is three days. For prices for periods of one or two days you only see our representative at the hotel.
★ Car hire must be booked six weeks or more before arrival in London to guarantee a car. But if you have been unable to make a booking in advance, please see our representative at the hotel who may still be able to help you.
★ The car types on the sheet are examples of the types of cars in each price range, but a particular car cannot be guaranteed.
★ Upon delivery the driver(s) will be asked to sign the car hire company’s Conditions of Hire.
★ If you decide to hire a car, just fill in the Booking Form and return it to us. A booking fee of ￡12 as part of the car hire cost is required.
★ Should you be forced to cancel your car hire booking after payment in full (two weeks before date of hire) , a cancellation charge of £12 will be made.
1. From the advertisement we can see a car hirer will pay ______.| A．insurance against damage to the car | B．insurance against injury to the driver |
| C．the cost of maintenance of the car | D．the cost of repairs to the car |
| A．You have to pay parking fine yourself. |
| B．The company can’t provide all kinds of cars you need. |
| C．When you hire a car from the company, a driver will go together with you. |
| D．You have to pay a booking fee when you hire a car from the company. |
| A．partly returned | B．double paid |
| C．not returned at all | D．returned within six weeks |
| A．it is booked for at least three days | B．it is booked two weeks in advance |
| C．it is booked for two days | D．the booking is made in London |
【推荐1】Social media use has been linked to mental health, especially in teenage girls. But a new study argues that the situation may be more serious than experts think.
The research involved interviews once a year from 2013 to 2015 with almost 10, 000 children between the ages of 13 and 16 in England. They would report how many times a week they used social media on average. Based on the results,researchers would lean how dependent they were on the social media. Researchers noted that they did not get how much time those children spent on the websites, which is a limitation of the study.
“Our results suggest that social media itself doesn't cause harm, but that frequent use may subvert activities that have a positive influence on mental health such as sleeping and exercising. And then it will increase exposure (接触) of young people to harmful content, particularly the negative experience of cyber - bullying (网络欺凌),” study co - author Russell Viner said in a statement. Researchers found that social media may harm girls' mental health. However, for boys, the influence on their mental health seems to be due to other reasons, so further research is needed.
In 2014 and 2015, researchers asked about the teens' psychological sufferings and their personal happiness. The researchers found that, in both sexes, very frequent social media use was connected with greater psychological sufferings. The effect was especially clear among girls. The more often they checked social media, the greater their psychological sufferings would be.
Bob Patton, a psychologist from the University of Surrey, said the research showed strategies focusing only on reducing social media use as a tool to improve mental health might not help. “Building strategies to increase resilience (适应力) to cyber - bullying and improve the sleep and exercise behaviors may help reduce both physical and psychological harm,” Patton, who was not involved in the research, said in a statement. “If teenagers can change their unhealthy lifestyle and cyber - bullying can be reduced, the positive effects of social media use can be supported,” he added.
1. What do we know about the research in Paragraph 2?| A．Over 10, 000 teenagers took part in the research |
| B．It took researchers two years to do the research |
| C．Researchers marked how often teenager used social media |
| D．Researchers recorded the total time the children spent online |
| A．Stop | B．Destroy | C．Change | D．Increase |
| A．Social media use does more harm to girls |
| B．Girls use social media more frequently than boys |
| C．The frequent users of social media usually have mental problems |
| D．Boys' psychological sufferings mainly come from cyber - bullying |
| A．Cyber - bullying is hard to deal with |
| B．Parents should protect teenagers from hot Social media |
| C．Good online habits help teenagers benefit from social media |
| D．People should pay more attention to face - to - face communication |
| A．The harmful effects of social media use |
| B．The reasons for reducing social media use |
| C．The ways to reduce harm of social media use |
| D．The importance of knowing about cyber - bullying |
【推荐2】If it really is what’s on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble.
Some doctors now think that the internal fat surrounding important organs like the heart liver could be as dangerous as the external fat which can be noticed more easily.
“Being thin doesn’t surely mean you are not fat”, said Dr Jimmy Bell at Imperial College.
Since 1994, Bell and his team have scanned nearly 800 people with MRI machines to create “fat maps” showing where people store fat.
According to the result, people who keep their weight through diet rather than exercise are likely to have major deposits of internal fat, even if they are slim.
Even people with normal Body Mass Index scores can have surprising levels of fat deposits inside. Of the women, as many as 45 percent of those with normal BMI scores (20 to 25) actually had too high levels of internal fat. Among men, the percentage was nearly 60 percent.
According to Bell, people who are fat on the inside are actually on the edge of being fat. They eat too many fatty and sugary foods, but they are not eating enough to be fat. Scientists believe we naturally store fat around the belly first, but at some point, the body may start storing it elsewhere.
Doctors are unsure about the exact dangers of internal fat, but some think it has something to do with heart disease and diabetes (糖尿病). They want to prove that internal fat damages the body's communication systems.
The good news is that internal fat can be easily burned off through exercise or even by improving your diet. “If you want to be healthy, there is no shortcut. Exercise has to be an important part of your lifestyle,” Bell said.
1. What is this passage mainly about?| A．Thin people may be fat inside. | B．Internal fat is of no importance. |
| C．Internal fat leads to many diseases. | D．Thin people don't have diabetes. |
| A．the exact dangers of internal fat |
| B．being slim is not dangerous at all |
| C．internal fat is the cause of heart disease |
| D．being slim doesn’t mean you are not fat inside |
| A．internal fat leading to disease has been proved |
| B．thin people usually have internal fat even if they are slim |
| C．it is easier to burn off internal fat than external fat |
| D．exercise plays an important role in people’s life for keeping healthy |
| A．a long road | B．an easy way |
| C．a clear difference | D．a short distance |
【推荐3】Seismometer (地震仪) stations not only sense ground shaking due to earthquakes but also signals at the surface of our planet, such as storms and — as the researchers discovered — also floods. For this research, scientists turned an earthquake seismometer station near the town of Ahrweiler in Germany into a flood tracking tool. Using seismological information from the time of the event, they can tell people about the disaster in a timely way.
As the town of Ahrweiler took the full force of a flood, scientists found the seismometer exactly showed the track of the flood for one hour. By comparing mathematical models, the researchers were able to estimate (估算) the speed with which the flood moved. In fact, this was the only systematic source of measurable information about how the flood developed because the three present water level stations in the town were out of service early.
As the research shows, this method can provide information that is valuable to track flood for warning and rescue activities. “If the data from that station is available (可用的) and as our research now shows, real time information on the magnitude and speed of the flood will be available as well, ”says Dr Michael Dietze at the University of Gottingen. “As 10% of Europe’s surface area is likely to suffer from rapid flooding by rivers, we may want to start thinking about new ways of flood early warning. The present network of water level stations is not enough to be fully prepared for future events, ”Dietze adds.
Dietze and his team are working on a plan to discover further areas at risk of flooding and provide them with low cost “watch tower” scismometer pairs — an effort to cut the losses caused by future floods. Dietze says, “The deadly July flood that hit the Ahrweiler in Germany in July 2021 gave a warning to the locals, the government, emergency services and scientists — how much we need to learn to improve the present flood warning systems. ”
1. What can be known about Ahrweiler?| A．It saw an earthquake. | B．It’s turned into a station. |
| C．It’s hard hit by a flood | D．It praised these scientists. |
| A．It’ll speed up water supply. | B．It’ll stop rapid flooding. |
| C．It’ll be a tool for a family. | D．It’ll provide early warning. |
| A．People will cut the cost of public services. | B．Efforts should be put into flood control. |
| C．The government must save its spending. | D．The locals have made a plan of action. |
| A．A health report. | B．A guidebook. | C．A short story. | D．A science magazine. |
