1 . Urban transport is a part of everyday life. When we can move around with ease, we don’t just benefit as individuals - we benefit as a society. It would be a win-win to make public transport free for users and pay for it out of general tax.

At first the idea might seem unworkable, but we just need to cast our eyes to one of the cities that have already performed it. Tallinn, capital of Estonia, has gone part of the way there. The city’s residents pay a small fee for a pass that gives them free access to public transport, but tourists still need full payment. In one sense, this supports the city’s transport budget, but it also means there is still a need for expensive ticketing equipment. Wouldn’t it be simpler to remove ticketing altogether and instead charge a tourist tax for overnight stays?

In Luxembourg, from 2020, ministers decided to abolish fares on trains, trams and buses to stop the deepening gap between rich and poor. Transport is not only free to its 600,000 residents, but also many tourists. In 2019, Delhi’s chief minister announced free bus rides for women to address the fact that women were far less likely to be travelling on buses and trains in the first place. The fact that this plan has been rolled out in a region with a 16.9 million population is an encouraging sign that free transport isn’t only workable for small cities.

There is, however, a challenging issue with free travel - the potential for bosses to use it as an opportunity to cut staffing. Such concerns made transport unions oppose free travel. Passenger campaign groups should work with transport unions to make a dual (双重的) demand for free urban transport. Ticket clerks who currently perform spot-checks should be trained to provide assistance to anyone who requires help on board.

Free travel is not a cure for everything. But as well as the potential for reducing car usage, it could help make public transport safe, secure and accessible for all.

1. How does the author like Tallinn’s practice?

A．It needs better equipment.

B．It can move forward.

C．It is a perfect model.

D．It is bad for tourism.

2. Why are statistics used in Paragraph3?

A．To show the benefits of free travel.

B．To stress the necessity of free travel.

C．To prove the practicality of free travel.

D．To measure the influence of free travel.

3. What is suggested for transport unions?

A．Workers should be transformed.

B．Campaign groups should be ignored.

C．Ticket workers should be fired.

D．They should talk with bosses.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．When Can Free Public Transport Serve People Better?

B．How Can Problems from Free Transport Be Solved?

C．Why is Free Transport Different in Different Cities?

D．What If Urban Transport Were Free for All of Us?

3 . Robbie Pruitt visited a local bicycle store one day only to find there were very few bikes available to buy. That’s when a ( n ) _______ hit him. Bikes were in _______ supply. What if people needed bikes? Pruitt wanted to _______ people.

Pruitt posted on a private Loudoun County Facebook page that he would_______ anyone’ s bicycle free. In the post, he also said he was accepting _______bikes, which he would fix and donate to people _______   That day , he received about 30 bicycles . After his next _______on Facebook, about 500 people expressed_______in either donating bikes or having Pruitt fix them.

He _______a goal of fixing 100 bikes before the end of 2020. He surpassed (超过) the number and repaired more than 140 bicycles - donating about 60 percent of them and __________the rest to their owners. He __________ bikes to anyone who asks while__________to support children and families at the same time. Most requests come in on Facebook. But perhaps more importantly, he has taught all the neighborhood kids to mend their own bikes.

But Pruitt’s favorite part of his bike project is creating __________. He said after he fixed bikes , the bike owners will sometimes __________his backyard just to chat . Some people will bring him __________, including a family that dropped of a baked fish on Christmas Eve

1.

A．smell

B．pain

C．attack

D．idea

2.

A．short

B．global

C．constant

D．sudden

3.

A．remember

B．meet

C．hire

D．help

4.

A．ride

B．fix

C．rent

D．clean

5.

A．unwashed

B．unknown

C．unwanted

D．untouched

6.

A．in power

B．in need

C．at ease

D．at risk

7.

A．report

B．answer

C．post

D．task

8.

A．interest

B．belief

C．confidence

D．pride

9.

A．changed

B．recorded

C．ignored

D．set

10.

A．recommending

B．returning

C．paying

D．matching

11.

A．smiles

B．leaves

C．grows

D．gives

12.

A．surprising

B．struggling

C．frightening

D．disappointing

13.

A．friendships

B．dreams

C．products

D．solutions

14.

A．point at

B．depend on

C．refer to

D．drop by

15.

A．luck

B．freedom

C．food

D．clothing

4 . Kites have been used by some very famous people. Leonardo da Vinci was one of them. He is best known as an artist. But he was also a scientist. In the late 1400s, he began to study flight. At first, he studied birds and flew kites.     1       His interest in kites may have led him to study clouds and airflow.

Most people know Ben Franklin. In the mid-1700s, he flew a kite in a thunderstorm. He thought that lightning was a form of electricity. He was right!    2     With the kite and key, Franklin proved that lightning is electricity.

The Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge was built with the help of a boy and his kite. The bridge was built in the mid-1800s.     3     But cliffs (悬崖), rapids , and winds made this very hard. Someone thought that the problem might be solved by flying a kite over the gorge (峡谷). So a contest was held. A prize would be given to the first person to fly a kite across the Niagara Gorge.     4     He flew his kite from the Canadian side high over the river. It fell on the American side but the string had broken. Homan had to wait eight days for the ice to clear from the river so he could go to the American side and get his kite back.     5     Once again, he flew his kite and it dropped to the American side. This time it was caught and tied to a tree. The builders secured the kite string. Then, they began to add heavier and heavier lines. Finally, a steel cable (钢索) stretched across the gorge. Now, they could begin to build the bridge.

A．Kites were the inspiration for his art .

B．Lightning hit the kite and a key hanging from it.

C．The winner was a young boy named Homan Walsh.

D．To start, the builders had to get a line over the water.

E．For all of his trouble, Homan received the $5.00 prize.

F．He repaired the string and returned to the Canadian side.

G．He also drew some designs for flying machines from these studies.

5 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine on October 6^th, 2015. Her research led to the discovery of artemisinin,       1     has led to improved health for thousands of people and has saved millions of lives.

As a     2    (commit) and patient scientist, in 1967, she     3     (choose) to discover a treatment for Malaria. She and her team examined over 200 old medical texts and evaluated 280,000     4    (plant) . Although their project often got     5    (stick), Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat. Instead she continued to analyzing the medical texts again. After     6    (fail) more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in finding a substance that worked     7    using a lower temperature to draw out the extract from the sweet wormwood in 1971. To make sure that artemisinin was successful, they even tested the medicine on     8    (they).

According to Tu Youyou, the discovery was a team effort. It is indeed     9    honor for China’s scientific research and Chinese medicine    10    (spread) around the world.

10 . 假如你是Q市某中学高一年级学生李华，请以自己的亲身经历，根据以下提示写一篇文章参加中国日报“Sports and Fitness.”的征文比赛,内容如下：
1. 自己过去的情况：饮食、运动、生活方式；
2. 决心改变自己：原因，方式；
3. 改变带来的结果。     
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