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①	You can take the subway from Piccadilly Circus to Paddington Station. It takes fifteen minutes and costs（花费）$1.5. Then you can take a train from Paddington Station to Heathrow. It takes fifteen minutes and costs $12. There are four trains every hour.
②	You can walk to Victoria Station (about thirty minutes), and take a bus to Heathrow. It costs $8, but it’s a little slow（缓慢的）. It takes about an hour. The buses leave at 3:00, 4:00 and 5:00 in the afternoon.
③	You can take a taxi. It takes about forty-five minutes to get Heathrow and costs $30.
④	You can take the train from Piccadilly Circus to Heathrow. It costs $3.5, but the trains are very crowded（拥挤的）in the afternoon. It takes about fifty minutes.

1. ________ routes（路线）can take people to Heathrow.

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

2. How long does it take from Piccadilly Circus to Heathrow by train?

A．About fifteen minutes.	B．About forty-five minutes.
C．About fifty minutes.	D．About thirty minutes.

3. Which route(路线） will take the shortest（最短的）time to Heathrow?

A．Route①.

B．Route②.

C．Route③.

D．Route④.

4. ________ costs the least（最少）to Heathrow.

A．Taking the subway from Piccadilly Circus	B．Taking a bus from Victoria Station
C．Taking a taxi	D．Taking the train from Piccadilly Circus

5. Which is true according to the passage?

A．.

B．

C．.

D．

【推荐3】短文7选5(5选5等)

Have you ever spent a night on a train? In the world of high speed railways and low-fare(价格低廉) airlines, traveling by night train sounds out of date. The main way of railway travel is long gone in most European countries and the United States.     1     They are considered rather economical(节省的) ways of traveling from city to city as the fares are a lot lower than flights and traveling between cities takes many hours or even days.

The first extensive(广泛的) use of sleeping cars started in the 1830s in the US. A name worth mentioning here is George Pullman, an American industrialist. In the 1860s, Pullman successfully ran his sleeping car business by offering all kinds of good services. The food provided on the comfortable Pullman trains was as delicious as that in the best restaurants of that time.     2    

Considering the time spent, business people may prefer to travel by plane, but modern sleeping cars provide an comfortable way of traveling.     3     The other advantage is that sleeping cars take you directly to the big city stations, while most airports are usually located far away from the city centers.     4    

A．The Pullman trains quickly became popular as a result of his creation.

B．The planes are often late and uncomfortable.

C．But in China and India, night trains are quite common.

D．So if you are not in a rush, overnight trains are a great way to get around.

E．One advantage of overnight trains is that you are getting a night's rest while traveling.

【推荐1】Some animals can easily find their way home after a long journey. How do they make it? Scientific research shows that they are born with certain unusual abilities for direction.

A certain kind of ants, for example, can count their steps to avoid getting lost. They can go as far as 110 metres and bring food home. These ants live in the open desert, so they have nothing to guide them along the way. It’s like someone walking six kilometres through a dark forest.

Some fish have an unbelievable (不可思议的) sense of smell. They can smell even a single drop of their home water in a large sea area. Some sea birds have a similar ability. They are able to make a smell map of their flying area.

Some animals can sense the earth’s magnetic field (磁场), while humans can’t. This magnetic field guides a certain kind of fish when they swim a long way to a place and then back. How can this kind of fish do that? It is still a mystery. Scientists have no good answers yet.

However, animals with such unusual abilities still have difficulty dealing with environmental changes caused by human activities. For example, many birds depend on stars for direction, but they get lost easily at night when city lights are kept on all night. To solve this problem, we can simply (仅仅) turn off some lights at night. Clearly, one small act of humans may mean a lot to animals.

1. Where is this passage most probably from?

A．A storybook.

B．An art magazine.

C．A guidebook.

D．A science magazine.

2. How can a certain kind of ants find their way?

A．By imagining the way.	B．By counting their steps.
C．By bringing food together.	D．By walking through a forest.

3. What are people advised to do according to the last paragraph?

A．To help animals.	B．To travel at night.
C．To keep city lights on.	D．To develop unusual abilities.

4. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．Birds Sense of Light	B．Fish’s Sense of Smell
C．Animals’ Sense of Direction	D．Animals’ Sense of Magnetic Field

【推荐2】Amsterdam is the bike capital of the world. Biking is a fun and easy way of getting around Amsterdam.

Students go to school by bicycle. People ride their bicycles to work. Travelers ride bicycles freely around the city. Even police work on bicycles. You can see these every day in Amsterdam. There are many roads and traffic signs for bicycles. There are also many places for bicycle parking.

If you travel in Amsterdam, you don’t need to take a bus or taxi, just a bicycle. You can ride the bicycle along the roads and the streets enjoying the scenery. The city has a lot of bicycle shops to choose from. If you do not want to buy a bicycle, you can go to bicycle rentals (租赁). They are in almost every part of the city. Going for a ride is enjoyable. It’s a good idea to find an experienced guide. Because he would take you to some of the city’s most beautiful places. Riding bicycles in Amsterdam is of great fun and relaxing; just remember to follow the traffic rules.

1. According to the passage, we know people like _________ in Amsterdam.

A．traveling	B．selling bicycles
C．riding bicycles	D．buying bicycles

2. If a traveler wants to stay in Amsterdam for several days, he can choose to _________ .

A．take a bus	B．rent a bicycle
C．take a taxi	D．follow the guide

3. What does the underlined word “experienced” mean in Chinese?

A．经验丰富的

B．友善的

C．热心的

D．耐心的

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．It’s easy for people to park their bicycles in Amsterdam.

B．Most people in Amsterdam ride bicycles to work or school, except police.

C．Amsterdam is famous as a bicycle city.

D．People can find bike rentals everywhere in Amsterdam.

5. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．How to Travel in Amsterdam

B．The City of Bicycles

C．How to Rent a Bicycle in Amsterdam

D．A Beautiful City—Amsterdam

【推荐3】What’s causing global warming? Is it a man-made disaster(灾难)? Or are temperatures simply changing naturally? Whatever the case is, we can at least try to slow things down. But how?

The Nicodemus Wilderness Project suggests that we should plant trees. If the Earth has more trees, greenhouse gases will be reduced. Trees also cut down on water pollution, and provide habitats for wildlife to live in. What’s more, they improve human health by producing oxygen (氧气) and improving air quality. In fact, if we plant one tree, just one, it will have lots of benefits for our planet. A tree not only takes in a lot of harmful greenhouse gases over its lifetime, but also produces much oxygen for people. And it provides the cooling effect like an air conditioner does.
       In fact, lots of people have already done so. Tree planting is becoming more and more popular as a way to take part in protecting the environment. The Canopy Project planted one million trees in 2010 as part of the AVATAR Home Tree Initiative. In total, trees were planted in 16 countries. In Belgium, the Organization for Forests worked with private land owners to help them plant trees. In Germany, a young man named Felix Finkbeiner has been leading a global movement to plant more trees. He was nine when he came up with the idea of planting trees around the world. And, what can you do to help? Well, you could go to your local garden center and buy a tree, although you’d need to get advice on how to look after it properly so that it can survive (生存). Besides, you can join a tree planting project.

1. According to Paragraph 2, a tree can ________.

A．cut down on light pollution	B．take in a lot of oxygen
C．provide the cooling effect	D．produce many greenhouse gases

2. The underlined word “habitats” in the second paragraph means ________.

A．fruits

B．air

C．places

D．water

3. From the passage, we know Felix Finkbeiner ________.

A．has helped many private land owners to plant trees

B．is the leader of the Canopy Project

C．has the dream to plant trees only in his country

D．has been working hard to protect the environment

4. The writer shows some examples in the last paragraph to ________.

A．call on more people to plant trees

B．show how popular it is to plant trees

C．ask people to give away money to the projects

D．tell people a lot of trees have been planted

5. Which can be the best title for this passage?

A．Cutting Down Trees Causes Global Warming

B．Harmful Greenhouse Gases

C．Planting Trees Betters the Environment

D．Setting Up Projects Becomes Popular