1 . Stagecoach Buses — Popular tickets

Dayrider

Travel as much as you like in one day.

With Stagecoach Dayrider bus tickets you can make as many journeys as you like for one day. They offer more value for money than buying a single or return, as you can travel on all Stagecoach buses within your chosen ticket zone. Buy tickets using the Stagecoach Bus App or buy on the bus. with contactless payments now available on all our buses, you don't need to worry about finding the correct change

Bus and Boat

Unlimited bus travel for one car in the selected zone, plus a boat ride

Explore the countryside on bus and then enjoy the fine mountain views from the comfort of a boat deck. You can board one of our many boats or steamers located at four of the districts most outstanding lakes. Stagecoach have combined bus boat tickets which are available for Coniston, Detwent Water, Ullswater and Windermere

Sightseeing Tickets

Never get lost and don't miss a thing.

Hop-on and hop-off all day as much as you like at any of the bus stops on the route and see all the best sights and attractions your chosen town or city has to offer. You'll also learn lots of history along the way from one of our expert guides

Student Tickets

Flexible student bus tickets

Are you a student and getting ready for the new term? You can travel for a lot less with Stagecoach's student bus tickets. You'll need a current student ID card with a photo to buy a Stagecoach student ticket. The name on your ID card will need to match the name on your ticket.

1. What is true about the “Dayrider” ticket?

A．You need the correct change to buy it.

B．You can use it to travel anywhere in the city.

C．It can be purchased with your mobile phone.

D．It can be used with any bus company.

2. If you want to go sightseeing around of the lake areas, which ticket is the most suitable?

A．Dayrider.	B．Bus and Boat.
C．Sightseeing.	D．Student tickets.

3. What is needed if you want to buy a student ticket?

A．A photo of yourself.	B．Your name.
C．The bus app.	D．Valid student ID.

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

Thank you very much for your letter. Your trip sounds exciting! I can't wait to hear what Africa is like.

Since my last letter to you, I have had a little adventure of     1     (I) own. Early this month, my mother and I took a     2     (fly) to Dunhuang, in the north-west of China. The desert out there was really quite amazing—I had never seen so much sand in my life! While we were there, we     3     (arrange) with a tour company to ride.     4    (camel). I was very excited because this was the first time I had seen one up     5     (closely). We had hoped that we would get to see some other wildlife on our trip, but sadly we didn't.

Since you are going to the Sahara, I have some advice—be sure     6     (bring) a large hat and a shirt with long sleeves—you'll need these     7     protection. The sun can be so brilliant you'll need to keep covered or you'll get     8    (burn)—my cheeks were red for days after my trip. And another thing, you'll need to keep.     9     good supply of water with you, since it is so dry and hot.

I'm sure you'll have a nice trip. I look forward to     10     (receive) your postcards!

3 . While car sharing is a concept that’s catching on, old-fashioned carpooling where a group of people take turns driving each other to work has always faced a resistance (抗拒）. In a study on traffic problems by ABC News, 84% of those who drive to work say that they still do it alone. More than half of those lone riders insist that carpooling is just too inconvenient, and 18% say they simply don’t know anyone to share a ride with.

Now technology makes carpooling easier and more fun. NuRide, a company provided an online carpooling service last year, offers daily travelers in the Washington area not just a web-based list of would-be carpoolers but also a way to arrange a trip online. Here，s how it works: rider seekers enter the positions where their trip will begin and end, the time they want to leave and if they’re willing to drive or just ride in someone else’s car. The website’s search engine then looks for matches and makes lists of the names of traveling companions, along with the car model and the exact time and place to meet for each trip. People who want to share the ride can show their interest in joining in online and then meet their car mates when it’s time to go.

NuRide users aren’t riding with total strangers. They are required to provide the name of their employer and a work e-mail address，both of which need to be checked before being listed on the website.

To attract users, NuRide offers a frequent rider prize: anyone who shares a ride gets a $1 credit. So far, 2, 300 people have signed up. NuRide GEO Rick Steele said that more than 50, 000 rides have been arranged on the website, resulting in 1.4 million fewer miles driven and 650 fewer tons of automobile emissions (排放).

1. What has the study found about drivers' opinions on carpooling?

A．Many think it is inconvenient.

B．84%of them accept the idea.

C．Some consider it dangerous.

D．18%of them drive to work alone.

2. What can NuRide do for its users?

A．Decide car models for them.

B．Help them arrange a shared cart trip.

C．Give them a list of car owners.

D．Find out their car mates' true names.

3. What information is a NuRide user asked to provide?

A．His age.	B．His home address.
C．His hobbies.	D．His employer's name.

4. It can be inferred that NuRide has helped in _________.

A．improving air quality

B．increasing job opportunities

C．promoting driving safety

D．making people know each other

4 . You might be surprised to know that bicycles have existed for about two hundred years, but no one is sure who first made this popular two-wheeled machine.

    1    The front wheel was much bigger than the back one, and also there weren't any pedals (踏板), Riders had to move themselves forward by pushing their feet against the ground.

    2     In 1879 an Englishman had the idea of connecting them to the back wheel with a chain. Gears(齿轮), which made things much easier for those cycling uphill, first appeared in the 1890s.

There are now about one billion bicycles in the world.    3    They have to compete with cars on the streets of all the world' s cities, and the two forms of transport don' t always mix well. In London in 2005, for example, over 300 cyclists were either killed or seriously hurt in accidents.

Because bicycles are much more environmentally friendly than cars, now many governments encourage people to ride rather than drive.    4    The number of yearly journeys made by bicycle in London has increased 50% over the last five years.

However, although one in three British people owns a bicycle, they still don't use them nearly as much as they could     5    .

It is hoped that more people will rely on bicycles to move around. The reasons are obvious--cycling helps to protect the environment, keep us fit, and it is often not only cheaper but also quicker than travelling by car in many cases.

A．Pedals finally arrived in the 1840s.

B．Cycling is on the rise in the United Kingdom.

C．Bicycles are used for only 2 % of journeys in the UK.

D．The first person who made a bicycle was an Englishman.

E．The number of bicycles is twice more than that of cars.

F．The early models didn't look much like the bicycles of today.

G．Cycling helps improve people's health.

5 . Only a few people in Toronto have the luck to live within walking distance from their workplace. For the rest of us, commuting(乘车上下班) is a rather unpleasant daily necessity.

So how do you avoid a traffic jam in Toronto? You can do it in the old way and listen to one of the radio stations that give regular updates about the traffic situation in Toronto's streets. Seeing the big picture of Toronto's traffic and knowing when and where heavy traffic occurs is a must. From my own experience, there are situations where a quick decision can help you make it in time for an event or a meeting. That's why we prepared three short videos showing the overall traffic situation in Toronto from dawn to night. You can click them and watch.

With the help of “Google Maps”, where you can watch the live traffic density all over the world and average traffic data based on past conditions, we were able to provide you with traffic maps for a typical(平常的) Friday.

Friday traffic in Toronto is quite fast in the early morning, with only a few hot spots showing up at the major junctions(交叉点) at 7：00 a. m. The morning traffic jam starts light at 7：30 and the traffic gradually slows down to reach a breaking point at 8：30. The roads are quite free afterwards, only Allen Road is likely to be jammed around lunchtime from 11：30 a. m. to 12：00 noon. It comes as no surprise that Friday afternoon brings heavy traffic as early as 1：00 p. m., mainly on the Don Valley Parkway. You won't have a good time getting away from the city from 4：00 p. m. to 6：30 p. m., as there is a good chance to get caught in a traffic jam. The traffic in Toronto is quite heavy on a Friday night. I hope you will have a nice Friday night in the city and a safe journey home this Friday!

1. By saying “commuting is a rather unpleasant daily necessity”， the writer refers to the fact that________.

A．buses are usually very crowded

B．they are often stuck in traffic jams

C．they have to travel a long way to work

D．they usually cannot do anything on the way to work

2. According to Paragraph 2, when you are in a traffic jam，you should________.

A．do nothing but to wait patiently

B．report your situation to a radio station

C．relax and enjoy some good radio programs

D．make a quick decision and find another way to go

3. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．What the traffic in Toronto is like for a typical Friday.

B．How to avoid heavy traffic on Friday.

C．Why the traffic is terrible on Friday.

D．What “Google Maps” can do for us.

4. In Toronto, on Friday you are most likely to suffer heavy traffic________.

A．from 6：30 a. m. to 7：00 a. m.

B．from 8：30 a. m. to 9：30 a. m.

C．from 10：30 a. m. to 11：00 a. m.

D．From 4：00 p. m. to 6：30 p. m.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

It's commonly believed that texting while driving causes distraction（分心）and leads to car accidents. If you see a taxi driver sending     1     text message, you would probably get out of the car     2     (immediate).

    3     people know it's a bad idea, they still can't resist the temptation to use     4    smartphones while driving. A recent study, Root for Safety, surveyed 22,002 adults in the United States and     5     (find) that 80 percent of US drivers admit     6     (use) a mobile device while driving. Twenty percent of the     7     (interview) said they can't drive for 30 minutes    8     checking their phones. One     9     ten drivers even admitted to online shopping while driving, according to the survey.

The researchers want to build awareness of the prevalence（普遍）of distracted driving behaviour. According to Joe Platternburg, Root Insurance's Director of Telematics, "distracted driving is a problem we must address     10     we're going to keep our roads safe."

7 . From quiet paths by a stream in a forest to busy roads running through a city, people have created various forms of routes in different places. These now exist all around us, and their use is imperative for societies. These routes have enabled people to move, transport things, and send information from one place to another quickly and safely. Throughout history, they have been important in our daily lives.

Early routes were often formed naturally on land. They gradually developed over long periods of time while people traveled them on foot or horseback. A significant turning point in their history arrived when the first wheeled carts appeared in ancient times. Once this happened, people recognized the importance of well-maintained routes. Therefore, towns, cities, and entire countries improved them. As a result, life became more convenient, communities grew, economies evolved, and cultures expanded.

People have established routes on water, too. Rivers and canals have served as effective routes for people to move around and carry things. For instance, in the old, Japanese city of Edo, water routes were used for the transportation of agricultural products, seafood, and wood. People have also opened routes across the sea. The seaways were critical for the navigation of ships, particularly in the days when they moved mainly by wind power. Using these sea routes, people could travel great distances, and go to places they had not previously been able to reach.

People have gone on to open routes in the sky as well. Since the invention of the airplane, they have made it possible to travel long distances easily. Eventually, people became able to travel safely and comfortably high in the sky, and going vast distances only took a small amount of time.

Today, we have a new type of route, the Internet. By using this worldwide route, people can easily obtain information that once was available mainly from books and face-to-face communication. They can also instantly send messages to large numbers of people all at once.

As long as there have been people, there have been routes to connect them. Currently unknown routes will surely take us even further in the future.

1. Which of the following is closest to the meaning of the underlined word imperative in paragraph 1?

A．accidental	B．industrial
C．essential	D．traditional

2. Why is the example of Edo introduced in paragraph 3?

A．To describe the difficulty of creating routes on the water.

B．To emphasize the fact that it was an important city.

C．To explain the use of water routes to move along the coastlines.

D．To illustrate the important roles of water routes for cities.

3. What does paragraph 5 tell us about routes?

A．Routes can be thought of as existing invisibly in the world.

B．Routes that move information can be regarded as dangerous.

C．The fundamental functions of routes are declining.

D．The importance of different kinds of routes is the same.

4. What is the main idea of this article?

A．Humankind first created various types of convenient routes on land.

B．Improvements in transportation have come at great cost.

C．Technology has interfered with opening up routes around the world.

D．The advancement of humanity was aided by the development of routes.

8 . Attitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines. That is, generally, younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technological change. It is not always the case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesn’t seem to be a clear generational divide. The public overall is split on whether they’d like to use a driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not.

The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how transformative the change to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car now-and no one can get one yet—but among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly involved.

Actually, this isn’t surprising. Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults, especially those with limited mobility or difficulty driving on their own are one of the classic use-cases for driverless cars.

This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related technologies than older ones.

When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more pronounced based on factors not related to age. College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or less.

Where a person lives matters, too. More people who lived in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areas.

While there’s reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person’s age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream. Once driverless cars are actually available for sale, the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them.

1. What happens when a new technology appears?

A．It farther widens the gap between the old and the young.

B．It usually draws different reactions from different age groups.

C．It often leads to innovations in other related fields.

D．It contributes greatly to the advance of society as a whole.

2. What does the author say about the driverless car?

A．It will not necessarily reduce road accidents.

B．It has given rise to unrealistic expectations.

C．It does not seem to create a generational divide.

D．It may start a revolution in the car industry.

3. Why does the driverless car appeal to some old people?

A．It adds to the safety of their travel.

B．It saves their energy.

C．It arouses their interest in life.

D．It helps with their mobility.

4. What is likely to affect one’s attitude toward the driverless car?

A．The location of their residence.

B．The amount of training they received.

C．The length of their driving experience.

D．The field of their special interest.

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

It was in a hot summer holiday which I visited Qingdao, port city in Shandong Province. My favourite sport is swimming, so I decide to go swimming in the sea one afternoon with my friend, Wang Fei and Li Lei.

It was the first time that I had swum in the sea , with waves come one after another to the shore and making great noises. Facing the rough sea, I felt a bit worrying and nearly gave up at first. And when I saw many people enjoying myself in the water, my fear was reducing. At last I joined in the swimmers. Now I still remember what wonderful swimming in the sea was.

10 . The Trans-Siberian Railway is a single train line that crosses nearly the complete length of Russia, from Moscow to Vladivostok. It covers a total of 5,772 miles, running from Europe to Asia. Unlike the longest flight in the world, which just began transporting passengers in 2018, the Trans-Siberian Railway started its business in 1916.

Anyone who has taken this long journey, or even just part of it, will tell you that it travels at a rather slow speed, passing through some amazing, remote areas of Russia. You don’t have to make the full journey without stopping. Instead, you’re suggested to get off where there are attractive views, since it stops in some pretty fantastic places. But you certainly can take the full journey non-stop. If you do, the trip will take about 144 hours—six full days！

You can book tickets with travel agencies. You can also make the booking online and tickets will be sent to your hotel or personal address. Children under 4 years old accompanied by adults can travel free, but cannot take up a seat. A child ticket needs to be bought if you want to get a seat for the child.

There are longer railway services in the transportation world, but only one of them is a passenger line as some longer routes transport goods, not travelers. This railway may not be the fastest or the most modern, but it’s clearly still an important player in the transportation world!

1. Why is the longest flight mentioned in the first paragraph?

A．To compare the two different ways of transport.

B．To state the Trans-Siberian Railway is out of date.

C．To explain how long the Trans-Siberian Railway covers.

D．To show the great history of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

2. Which of the following statements about the Trans-Siberian Railway is true?

A．A non-stop journey is suggested.

B．It takes six full days to finish a non-stop trip.

C．Children are always free of charge on this trip.

D．It is the longest railway in the transportation world.

3. Where does this passage probably come from?

A．A history textbook.	B．A science fiction.
C．a business journal.	D．A travel magazine.