1 . On a tram smoothly pulling into the heart of Luxembourg City, Marck gives a smile and takes a look at the fabric of the seat next to him. For him, the city’s trams are more than just transport. More even than the focus of his job. They are about transforming his country and, perhaps, changing the world.

Marck is the director general of Luxtram, Luxembourg’s modern trams. It first started running services two years ago. Next year, Luxembourg will become the world’s only country to get rid of fares on all its forms of public transport. Luxembourg’s traffic problems come from its army of workers. The population of the capital city almost doubles during the working day, when more than 110,000 people travel in and out.

After three decades when its roads have become so crowded, Luxembourg is going to do something remarkable. Free fares, and a plan to persuade people to switch from cars to trams or trains. Marck, along with many others, is excited to see what happens next. “The fact that this is free means that everyone can use it — young or old, rich or poor,” he said. “Everyone can say to themselves it’s better to leave the car at home. We must continue to improve and extend the network. It must always be comfortable, well-connected, efficient.”

Lydie Polfer, the city’s mayor, says she hopes to reach the point where more than a third of people come into the city using public transport — at the moment, it’s less than one in five. She said, “It’s not practical to ban cars because some people, like the elderly, need them. But everyone has to be aware that he or she can do something to improve the situation. There is an expression in German — you are not in the traffic jam — you are the traffic jam, and that is true. I think that making it free will be the biggest arguments for people to use public transport. ”

1. Why does Marck think the city’s trams are more than just transport?

A．The trams are his goal that he strives for.

B．There are more means of transportation than trams.

C．City’s trams bring more changes beyond transport.

D．The trams are the heart of Luxembourg City transport system.

2. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A．The cause of the traffic problems.	B．The means of public transport.
C．The development of running services.	D．The increase of working population.

3. What concerns people most when using the public transport?

A．The convenience.

B．The fare.

C．The comfort.

D．The efficiency.

4. What can be inferred from what Lydie Polfer said?

A．The elderly needn’t use public transport.

B．It’s possible to persuade most people to use the trams.

C．Everyone can do his part to improve transport situation.

D．Those who don’t take public transport cause traffic jams.

2 . Kenny Li is waiting patiently at a coach terminus (终点站) in Kowloon on a misty and cold Hong Kong morning.

He is planning to have lunch in the city of Zhuhai, which on a normal day would take him about four hours to reach by road. But today the journey will take just over 30 minutes, because today is not a normal day.

Kenny is one of scores of passengers — including the correspondent(记者)—who are queuing for a seat on one of the first cross­border coaches to travel over the newly­opened Hong Kong­Zhuhai­Macao Bridge.

The 55 km bridge and 6.7 km undersea tunnel link Hong Kong’s Lantau island to Zhuhai on the southern coast of Guangdong Province and Macao.The mega structure is supported by three cable­stayed bridges and designed to withstand typhoon­force winds.

It took more than eight years to build and, according to ambitious plans hatched(策划)in Beijing, will help form a high­tech and economic region, namely Greater Bay Area, to rival New York, San Francisco and Tokyo bay areas.

But those lofty aims feel fairly irrelevant to the band of eager passengers who have assembled at the Kowloon coach terminus on Wednesday morning.This group wants something different from the HZMB, as it has become known. For just HK $120 for a single trip ticket, we can be part of history.

“I was the first person to get the ticket three days ago, ” says Li, as he waits patiently for the coach to arrive.

Other passengers are similarly excited.YW Cheung and his wife bought the tickets on Sunday as soon as he heard about the news about coach companies running the bridge service.

“I want to take the first coach to cross the bridge, ” he said. “We will meet friends in Zhuhai and eat out with them, and then we will go to Macao.”

1. Why is today different for Kenny Li?

A．Because it is a misty and cold day in the morning.

B．Because he has to wait patiently at a coach terminus.

C．Because the time to Zhuhai will be saved more.

D．Because he can have lunch in Zhuhai by road.

2. What is special for Hong Kong­Zhuhai­Macao Bridge?

A．It can withstand typhoon­force winds.

B．A round trip ticket of the coach by it just costs HK $120.

C．It is irrelevant to passengers at the Kowloon coach terminus.

D．It is part of history，more brilliant than New York.

3. Where does this text probably come from?

A．A fashion magazine.	B．A history book.
C．A tourist brochure.	D．A newspaper.

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Despite strict laws and heavy fines, traffic in Greece still remains dangerous. This is particularly the case in large cities     1     traffic is greatly affected by many factors. Here is some advice for drivers in Greece.

Road planning is     2     (enormous) complex (复杂的) in large Greek cities. There are many dangerous junctions (交叉路口). Athens is known     3     the most difficult city for drivers. It is hard to find the right way, so new drivers may easily get     4     (confuse) there.

In many large cities, drivers can feel the lack of usual road signs. Such signs as “winding road” are quite rare. When     5     (approach) a crossroads, drivers should always slow down.       

Crossroads     6     (equip) with traffic lights are another dangerous place. Do not start moving immediately after the green light appears.

Parking space should be selected with     7     (careful). Drivers should also consider that parking     8     (prevent) in the central part of some large cities.

Roads in the country are the most terrible roads for foreign drivers. In spite of the speed limit of 80 km/h, local drivers rarely move at     9     speed below 120 km/h.

While moving, drivers are not allowed     10     (speak) on the phone as they need to monitor traffic and other drivers.

4 . Should I stay or should I go? An LED device for driverless cars aims to give pedestrians at a crossing the power to communicate with cars, signaling for them to stop or drive on.

Blink, created by researchers at the Royal College of Arts and Imperial College London, turns the awkward dance of eye contact and hand gestures that happens when a car slows down while someone is waiting to cross the road into something driverless cars can understand.

Blink combines an organic light display with the windscreen and windows of a car and uses light signals to show pedestrians when the car is aware of their presence. If the car detects a pedestrian,a figure lights up.

If a pedestrian raises a hand as a stop sign, the figure turns green, directing the pedestrian to cross, and the car is prevented from moving forward. If they place a hand out to the side to signal for the car to go forward, the figure turns red and the car continues.

But George Filip at the University of Nottingham, UK, isn’t certain it is a good idea to give pedestrians control over driverless cars. He says cities could end up crowded because pedestrians keep stopping cars.

“Producers should wait until the novelty of driverless cars has worn off before creating car pedestrian communications systems,” he says.“ We need to learn how people actually communicate with autonomous cars.”

The idea is to help people feel more comfortable around driverless cars, says Blink cocreator Raunaq Bose. “It effectively gives pedestrians the car stopping powers of lollipop men and women.”

The team hasn’t yet tested the device on a driverless car, but Bose says several automotive companies have expressed interest.

1. What do we know about Blink?

A．It’s a new car brand.	B．It’s a driving aid system.
C．It’s a car producing company.	D．It’s already widely known to the public.

2. What will a driverless car do when a pedestrian puts a hand to the side?

A．Pick up speed.

B．Slow down.

C．Come to a stop.

D．Keep moving.

3. What’s George Filip’s attitude towards Blink?

A．Negative.

B．Curious.

C．Uninterested.

D．Appreciative.

4. What can be inferred from what Bose said?

A．There’s a demand for the device.	B．The device has an uncertain future.
C．The device is perfect for driverless cars.	D．Several companies have begun to use the device.

5 . Imagine sitting inside a windowless train that's shooting through a tube at twice the speed of an airplane. Your train has no wheels, produces no _________ , makes its own electricity, and isn't affected by bad weather. This is the hyperloop, a new vision for the world's _________ , safest, and greenest form of transportation. Many have _________ this new technology, but others say the hyperloop vision is just a bunch of hot air.

Hyperloop developers plan to use the properties of magnets to float, stabilize, and drive the capsules or pods for hundreds of miles through _________ tubes. Without air or ground to slow down the vehicles, what was once a five-hour journey would become a half-hour excursion, engineers promise.

Supporters of the technology promote additional _________ of transporting passengers and cargo by hyperloop. For example, they firmly state that unlike other city-to-city transport that's _________ , such as planes or trains, hyperloop vehicles would leave as needed, like Ubers and taxis. While the _________ would hold only 28 to 50 passengers each, developers plan for them to depart stations in groups every minute or so which they say could amount to shuttling 50,000 people an hour. That's more than twice the passenger _________ of the world's fastest trains.

Developers also say that hyperloop tubes would be _________ so they wouldn't interfere with other traffic or threaten wildlife. And tubes would be covered with solar panels to power the hyperloop's systems. ____________ , advocates regard the hyperloop as the transportation choice for the future.

But not everyone is on board. Engineers have calculated that the high-speed vehicles will need to make much wider turns than currently envisioned, and otherwise they won't be ____________ for passengers. This would add several miles to the proposed tube tracks, Engineers also say planners haven't included enough time for vehicles to safely brake and take off at stations. Some engineers believe it will take much longer than claimed to pump the ____________ out of the tubes before each vehicle's departure. Critics thus say hyperloops can't go as fast or serve as many passengers per hour as advertised, making them ____________ existing high-speed transportation options.

Hyperloop companies say they're ____________ these concerns. They claim that they can safely maintain high speeds by having the vehicles bank around the turns as a plane does. And their hyperloops will rely on the split-second reaction times of a computer to ____________ vehicles quickly, frequently, and safely.

1.

A．pollution

B．sound

C．energy

D．wind

2.

A．cleanest

B．lightest

C．latest

D．fastest

3.

A．adapted

B．exploited

C．embraced

D．developed

4.

A．totally hollow

B．nearly airless

C．steadily narrow

D．highly flexible

5.

A．advantages

B．costs

C．qualities

D．situations

6.

A．in constant demands

B．on strict timetables

C．in changeable states

D．on essential services

7.

A．cabins

B．lorries

C．tubes

D．vehicles

8.

A．fare

B．capacity

C．speed

D．comfort

9.

A．underground

B．parallel

C．elevated

D．shared

10.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Beside

D．Otherwise

11.

A．available

B．economic

C．easy

D．safe

12.

A．force

B．air

C．heat

D．water

13.

A．most popular of

B．superior to

C．no better than

D．least profitable of

14.

A．addressing

B．causing

C．voicing

D．releasing

15.

A．ride

B．pilot

C．park

D．alert

6 . 语法填空

The major construction work on the world’s longest cross-sea bridge     1     (complete) on Oct. 24th, 2018, which connects Zhuhai in Guangdong Province with Hong Kong and Macao. A ceremony     2     (hold) in Zhuhai to celebrate its completion soon.

More than 400,000 tonnes of steel     3     (use) for the 6.7 km undersea tunnel and 22.9 km bridge. Therefore, the bridge     4     (name) “one of its seven wonders of the modern world near completion” by a British newspaper.

The travel time from Hong Kong to both Zhuhai and Macao     5     (cut) greatly. History    6     (make) in many aspects by the project. For example, maritime protection was taken seriously as the construction region     7     (overlap) with the reserve of Chinese white dolphins.

It was the first time that an immersed tube tunnel    8     (build) in open waters in China. Besides, it    9     (predict) that the bridge     10     (operate) for 120 years. If it were not for the progress of “Made in China”, the construction couldn’t have been realized in such a short time.

The “China technology” and “China standard” set by the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will even influence the world market.