1 . Shared e-scooters (电动滑板车) are becoming common across Australia. While they may offer a low-carbon option for tourism, do they benefit tourist cities? Our research team at Griffith University’s Cities Research Institute partnered with Neuron Mobility to conduct a survey of Townsville tourists between 2020 and 2021.

We analyzed the visiting e-scooter users’ travel and spending behaviors. Though their e-scooter hire costs were identical (一样的) ，the visitors who rode the e-scooters the most spent most money in Townsville.

The active e-scooter users completed average 11 e-scooter trips, covering nearly 26 kilometers each while in Townsville. Many of these trips would have been completed by walking if e-scooters were unavailable. But they would have taken longer to complete each trip on foot, thus limiting the total number of destinations visited. Some other trips wouldn’t have occurred at all. One user commented, “We enjoyed being able to travel to areas that we would not normally have been to or were too far to walk in a reasonable amount of time.”

Many of these users said they did not need to use a car thanks to the e-scooters. This meant they were able to travel along the streets in Townsville without being trapped in the already busy roadways.

Across all the e-scooter users surveyed, most had never ridden an e-scooter before, but 91 percent reported they could ride it easily. Confirming the positive effect of e-scooters on both city image and visitor experience, 93 percent said they enjoyed travelling within Townsville. Besides, of all the visitors, active users spent more money on restaurants and cafes than the conditions without using e-scooters. Light users also spent a greater amount of money, mainly on shopping and services.

Henry, an-scooter user said, “The weekly pass was extremely cost-effective. I highly recommend it and I will use e-scooters again.” In fact, tourist cities like Townsville that adopt e-scooter sharing are promoting their image and tourism economy.

1. What will happen to the place where e-scooters are available?

A．Visitors can visit more attractions.

B．No trips will be finished on foot.

C．Visitors will be charged less money.

D．It will take visitors longer to get around.

2. What can be known about travelling in Townsville by car?

A．Cars will make tourists miss some views.

B．Visitors will be easily stuck in traffic jams.

C．Cars will take visitors to many places of interest.

D．Visitors will feel relaxed and comfortable to travel.

3. Why does the author mention the expenses of the visitors?

A．To confirm e-scooters are easy to handle.

B．To describe tourists’ experiences in Townsville.

C．To show e-scooters help promote local economy.

D．To compare spending ways between active and light users.

4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Tourism Booms in Townsville Thanks to E-scooters

B．Townsville Encourages Its People to Use E-scooters

C．Tourists Benefit from Local Traditional Transportation

D．E-scooters Are Becoming the Main Means of Transportation

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where is the woman from originally？

A．Britain.

B．Holland.

C．France.

2. Which place hasn’t the man been to according to me text？

A．France.

B．Portugal.

C．The United States.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Driverless buses are     1    (current) in operation on some open roads in four countries-China, the United States, Finland and Germany. The     2    (long) of unmanned bus routes in China has reached 54.6 kilometers, 8.6 times as long as those in the US. But that’s just a beginning. Major cities across China     3    (explore) how to use cutting-edge technologies to improve their transportation networks.

Cities like Guangzhou and Shenzhen have unmanned buses in operation on open roads. It is estimated     4     this year, China will increase     5     number of driverless bus routes to over sixty.

In October 2020, the Longzhou One, the minibus started trial operations in Suzhou, offering free services to the citizens. It is equipped     6    a global positioning system, cameras and sensors to navigate. AI technologies and cameras also work together to enable the bus     7    (detect) and avoid obstacles on the road.

A high-speed 5G network and smart connected-devices allow the driverless buses to receive information     8    (regard) traffic and road conditions almost in real time.

With the combination of 5G, navigation satellites, AI, big data and other technologies, urban transportation is gradually getting ultramodern,     9     makes its management via high-tech possible. Such a trend will become more     10    (evidence) in the future.