1 . A great French writer has said that we should help everyone as much as we can because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. About this, he told the following story.

An ant was drinking at a small river and fell in it. She tried her best to reach the side, but she couldn’t move at all. The poor ant got too tried but was still doing her best when a big bird saw her. With a pity the bird threw a piece of wood. With it the ant reached the bank again. While she was testing and drying herself in the grass, she heard a man coming up. He was walking without shoes on his feet and carrying a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the bird, he wished to kill her, and he would certainly do so, but the ant bit him in weaker and smaller than the bird herself that had saved her life.

1. According to the French writer, we often need help from others, so we should________.

A．help others as possible as we can	B．get as much help as we can
C．help the people who may be useful to us	D．both B and C

2. An ant could not reach the bank from the river________.

A．because she did not try to	B．because she was too tired
C．because she didn ’ t cry for help	D．though she tried her best

3. Though the ant was too tired, she ________.

A．lost hope

B．stopped trying

C．cried for help

D．went on trying

4. The sentence “ we often need help ourselves ” means ________.

A．we often help ourselves	B．we ourselves often need help
C．we often need ourselves help	D．we have duty to help others

5. The writer tells the story in order to show________.

A．how the bird saved an ant	B．how an ant saved a bird
C．how clever the ant is	D．that even the small can help the great

2 . Parking has been a problem for drivers for a long time in Taizhou. The Transportation Department is mapping out a new plan for the city’s parking system. There are about 100 thousand cars on the road in Taizhou but only enough parking space to provide room for 15 percent of these vehicles. It is no wonder that local drivers get so worried trying to find a place to park.

The number of the private car owners is becoming larger and larger. In March, the city sent out 1,500 private car licenses, the highest number of licenses ever sent out in a month. And prices rose to over 2000yuan, 500 more than in February. Industry experts say this suggests that local people want to have their own cars.

By the year 2020, the number of cars in Taizhou will probably reach 200 thousand. If one parking lot is for each car, then a lot of parking space should be built for these vehicles. The center of Taizhou is most short of parking space. However, experts point out that simply building more parking lots in these areas is not practical and doesn’t solve the problem. The idea of “ Park & Ride ” system.This has been suggest means that underground train and city train should be developed quickly. Drivers can leave their vehicles in car parks near subway and bus stations and then they can ride public transport to go to the city center. Based on this idea, the city will cut down the number of parking lots in the city center and need higher parking fees. Meanwhile it will build more parking areas near main subway and bus stops.

1. The underlined phrase “mapping out” in the first paragraph means________.

A．making

B．arguing

C．replying

D．comparing

2. About ________ drivers can find places to park their cars in Taizhou now.

A．85,000

B．100,000

C．15,000

D．200,000

3. What can we infer from the second paragraph?

A．The city sent out more private licenses in February.	B．Less and less people bought cars in March.
C．The city sent out less private licenses in March.	D．More and more people are going to buy cars.

4. According to the idea of a “ Park & Ride ” system, the city will ________.

A．send out more private car licenses	B．build more parking lots near bus stops
C．encourage people to buy more cars	D．build more parking areas in the city center

5. This passage is mainly about ________.

A．parking problems	B．heavy traffic
C．pollution in Taizhou	D．building more parking lots in the city center