1 . It was not until photographer Rita Nannini left New York that she grew fascinated by the city’s subways. While living in Manhattan for some 15 years in the 1980s and early 1990s, Nannini only commuted (通勤) on the one train-given the subway system’s bad reputation. But after relocating to New Jersey for several years where subway is not an option, Nannini found that absence did make the heart grow fonder — maybe even for pizza rats. During her visit back to New York, Nannini nodded, noticing improvements in the subway’s facilities.

While Nannini was waiting for a train, a bench on the platform opposite caught her attention due to the ever changing faces and characters. They were people of different accents, colors and beliefs. They were from all walks of life, a diverse mix of New Yorkers all there for their own different reasons. Having learned the teenagers’ popular “End of the Line” challenge — boarding trains at random and riding them until their final destination; Nannini decided to visit every first and last stop across the NY subway’s lines with her beloved camera.

Nannini’s “End of the Line” experience saw her traveling some 665 miles across 26 routes in New York city. She took over 8,000 photos of the final stations, as well as the communities they served. In many cases, she rode the routes two or three times over to ensure she got “the shot”. “The project really shows me how important the subway is, and how sustainable it makes our lives,” she said

“It’s often said that my photos show the end of the lines — the last stops,” she said. “But theend of the line is indeed the start for so many people. That made me think about who the people and the communities that live at the two ends are and what it is that the subway means to them.”

Nannini was proud of her set of images directly challenging the traditions of story telling, which echoed both the boredom and excitement of travel on tracks.

Nannini enjoyed taking her time, starting her challenge in 2013 and only shooting the final photos last year. Her first monograph on the terminal stops of the NY subway was released in April 2023.

“When you drive in the suburbs, you don’t have those encounters,” she continued. “People enter your life on the subway. That’s what strikes me most on my jouney on tracks.”

1. How did Nannini find the New York subway during her revisit?

A．It tumed out fine.

B．It was depressing.

C．It still held the same bad reputation.

D．It would be her only commuting option.

2. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The diversity of New Yorkers’ daily life.

B．The inspiration for Nannini’s subway shots.

C．The popularity of “End of the Line” challenge.

D．The challenges of Nannini’s job as a photographer.

3. What can we infer from Nannini’s “End of the Line” experience?

A．Her way of telling stories is traditional.

B．She expressed sympathy for the subway riders.

C．Her photography is highly expected by the encounters.

D．She found life on tracks was more interesting than life on wheels.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．“End of the Line” Challenge: A New Trend in NY Subways

B．The Road Home: Rita Nannini’s Record of her Subway Ride

C．Last Stop to New Start: A Photographer’s Rediscovery of NY Subways

D．New Yorkers’ Routine: A Surprising Mixture of Boredom andExcitement

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

A．In front of the big yellow building.

B．On the right of the big yellow building.

C．On the right of the small yellow building.

2. What is the woman going to do at the convenience store?

A．Buy something.

B．Meet someone.

C．Get some money.

3. Why does the man advise the woman not to go to the store on 3rd street?

A．It may be closed.

B．It is far away.

C．Things there are dear.

4. Where will the woman go at last?

A．3rd street.

B．22nd street.

C．24th street.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the woman doing?

A．Going through the newspapers.

B．Watching the ads on TV.

C．Seeing pictures of flats on the Internet.

2. How will the woman go to work if she rents the flat?

A．By bus.

B．By car.

C．On foot.

3. How much is the rent of the flat per week?

A．$8.

B．$18.

C．$80.

4. What’s the problem with the flat?

A．It’s noisy.

B．It’s expensive.

C．It has no enough rooms.

4 . 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。

Public transport is     1     important part of many people’s lives. We need it to go to work, visit family and     2    (friend), go on trips, and go about our daily business. However, in many countries, trains, buses and subways (地铁) are     3    (amazing) expensive. A new plan in Germany has been started to make     4    (get) around easier. Transport companies have got together to create the Deutschland-Ticket (D-Ticket for short). This allows people who buy it     5    (use) all local and regional (区域的) transport across the country for just €49 a month. The ticket is for all public transport in Germany except long-distance intercity trains (长途城际列车). So far, the companies     6    (sell) more than three million tickets.       

Transport bosses hope the new ticket will be good for the environment. They want more people to leave their cars at home and use more environmentally-friendly forms    7     transport. Germany’s Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, welcomed the new ticket. He said this easy     8    cheap offer would help Germany achieve     9    (it) climate (气候) goals and be carbon neutral (碳中和的) by 2050. A transport expert said more people should use trains and buses. Other     10    (Europe) countries may also start a similar ticket.

5 . French officials are preparing to offer flying taxi services to people attending the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024. If the taxis are actually used in the French capital, it could mark the first major real world show of the flying technology.

Some air taxi developers attended the recent Paris Air Show to show off their products and seek industry support. One of the companies in attendance was Germany’s Volocopter, which plans to offer a flying taxi service during the Olympics.

But so far, no air taxi maker has received government permission to launch service in France. Volocopter hopes to be the first. But the company still needs to run its aircraft through rigorous weather tests and provide thousands of pages of documentation to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

Company chief Dirk Hoke said that in addition to worries about government approvals, air taxi companies have also faced difficulties linked to economic slowdowns affecting the world. Robin Riedel, who co-leads the Center for Future Mobility at the business advisory company McKinsey, said companies formed to support air taxi projects have lost about 30 percent of their value in recent years. In addition, many investors(投资人) have decided to put money into drones(无人机) instead of flying taxis.

Hoke has thought about a person he would like to be the first rider of his flying taxis-French President Emmanuel Macron. “That would be super amazing,”Hoke said, “That would be a strong sign to Europe to see the president flying.”

In the beginning, air taxi trips are likely to be short and costly. This is because current battery technology limits the distance and number of paying passengers the aircraft can carry. The long-term success of air taxis will also be dependent on effective systems to manage all the air traffic using the skies. Experts say such systems will need new technology to provide safety for all flyers. As the industry progresses, the number of air taxis is expected to reach into the millions.

1. What does the underlined word “rigorous” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Strict.

B．Simple.

C．Creative.

D．Similar.

2. Why does Hoke want Macron to be the first to take the air taxi?

A．To secure the president’s investment.

B．To welcome the Paris Summer Olympics.

C．To increase public trust in air taxis.

D．To get government approval more quickly.

3. What probably make air taxi trips short and costly at present?

A．Crowded roads.	B．Limitations of batteries.
C．Investors’ requirements.	D．The government’s decisions.

4. What is important for the long-term success of air taxis?

A．The rapid development of drones.

B．An industry report to ensure safety.

C．The strong support from French officials.

D．A good system for managing all air traffic.

6 . 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。答案写在题号后的横线上。

Recently, Beijing subway line “Daxing Airport Express” has taken technology further. It     1     (introduce) palm (手掌) recognition to its payment system in April this year. With the     2     (assist) of this technology, passengers can enter     3     exit “empty-handed” by scanning their palms twice.

Passengers can show their palms to pass ticket gates at stops along the line after     4     (put) in the palm information at the station ticket machines. Fees are taken away     5     (accurate) from the passengers’ account after their exit.

    6     (compare) with the existing QR code scanning, this technology doesn’t require the user’s smartphone. People only need to show one hand     7     the air without touching anything. That is the reason     8     this technology is welcomed by the young people. “That is much     9     (convenient) than I expected.” said a passenger happily right after his first attempt to use his palm to take the subway. “More importantly, my private information can     10     (protect) by using this technology effectively.”

7 . Electric cars are already greener than fossil (化石) fuel cars in almost every part of the world today, according to researchers. They say electric cars are “a no-regret choice”. Some previous studies have suggested fossil fuel cars produce fewer carbon emissions (排放) over their lifetime than battery-powered cars. Yet these analyses have often compared only two models of car.

Instead, Florian Knobloch at Radboud University in the Netherlands looked at the average across many classes of car to get a clearer global picture. The researchers looked at the carbon emissions generated on average over a car’s lifetime, including during its production, while is being driven and when it is destroyed, for all the conventional and electric cars sold in 59 regions across the world in 2015.These represent 95 per cent of the world’s current road traffic. They found that electric cars already have fewer carbon emissions in 53 of those 59 regions. Only in areas containing countries that use coal heavily, such as India and Poland, were electric car emissions worse/than those of conventional fossil fuel cars. Combined with data on the sources that provided electricity to 6 those regions in 2015, they found that the average electric car is greener than the average new petro car. Many countries’ electricity supplies have seen huge growth in the past five years so Knobloch says electric cars are likely to be even better now. The researchers think that the gap between fossil fuel and electric cars will only grow bigger as power grids (电厂) get greener. By 2030, they expect the average carbon intensity of electric cars to be 20 per cent lower than in 2015,and 30 per cent lower by 2050.

1. Why are the previous studies different from today’s analyses?

A．The subjects for analysis are limited.

B．The studies aren’t conducted correctly.

C．Battery powered cars have been updated

D．The time for the studies isn’t long enough.

2. What’s the finding of Florian Knobloch’s study?

A．Electric cars are greener in most areas.

B．India and Poland use more fossil fuel cars.

C．Electric cars may be replaced by fossil fuel cars.

D．Electric cars have fewer carbon emissions in India

3. What can we know from the last paragraph?

A．Fossil fuel cars will get greener in 2030.

B．Fossil fuel cars will be abandoned in a few years.

C．Electric supplies were improved in many countries.

D．The gap between petrol and electric cars is narrowed

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Electric Cars Make Great Progress

B．Carbon Emissions Will Be Reduced

C．Electric Cars May Replace Fossil Fuel Cars

D．Electric Cars Are Greener than Fossil Fuel Cars

8 . Copenhagen has GREAT public transport. It is reliable, safe, and easily accessible. Of course, like everything in Copenhagen, it is not cheap. The system can be a little confusing, even for locals, but we’re here to help simplify it all for you! And today our focus is Travelling with a Bike.

BIKES ON THE TRAIN

Bicycles can be taken on s-tog lines for free but you can’t take bikes through Nørreport station during peak hours. To take your bike on a train, you need to put it on the first or last carriage, clearly marked with large signs of bicycles on the outside.

To take a bike on a regional train, which takes you to parts of Denmark outside Copenhagen, you must buy an extra ticket. The price depends on the distance and varies from 16 kr to 28 kr.

BIKES ON THE METRO

Bicycles can be taken on the metro for an extra 13 kr. You need to pay for the bike with its own ticket. You can’t take your bike on the metro during peak hours.

BIKES ON THE BUS

You can bring a bike on a bus but each bus is limited to two bikes, even if there is much space. Generally, people do not travel with their bikes on buses in Copenhagen.

BIKES ON THE FERRY(渡轮)

Charges for bicycles depend on the company and the destination. You will need to check with the ferry companies. When you book the ticket, you must state that you have a cycle, even if it’s free of charge.

1. Who is this text probably intended for?

A．Tourist guides.

B．Bike travelers.

C．Local citizens.

D．Ticket inspectors.

2. On which public transport can you take a bike for free?

A．A peak time s-tog train.

B．A weekday regional train.

C．An off-peak metro train.

D．A weekend ferry.

3. What is the disadvantage of bringing a bike on a bus?

A．Buses are too crowded.

B．It’s against the local custom.

C．Availability is not guaranteed.

D．It’s not welcomed by other passengers.

9 . Do you know that you can save money by planning well ahead and booking an advance train ticket? Plus, we’d recommend booking travel before you get to the station, as this will shorten your time spent there. For safe, contact-less travel,choose a digital ticket where possible.

What is an advance train ticket?

Advance train tickets are fares that go on sale well before the day of travel. They’re only available as single tickets and are non-refundable (不可退款的). Perfect for those who like to plan their journeys well ahead of time, advance tickets are the best way to be organized when it comes to travel.

Why book train tickets in advance?

Booking train tickets in advance on our app can help you save time at the station. Digital tickets offer you contact-less travel as you scan them directly from your phone, so there’s no need to touch ticket machines either. Although not all train services will let you reserve a seat, you’ll stand a better chance of getting one when booking in advance. Advance train tickets may also be available for first class travel，meaning you can enjoy all the perks (特殊待遇) of a higher standard of train travel at a good price.

When do advance train tickets become available?

Typically, train companies release their advance tickets 12 weeks before the departure date, although some go on sale as far as 24 weeks in advance! Only a limited number of tickets will be available, so be quick to secure yours as the fare can rise as the date of travel gets nearer.

1. What can be learnt about the advance train ticket?

A．It can be used as a return ticket.	B．It guarantees ticket holders a seat.
C．It is easily available upon release.	D．It is time-saving and cost-effective.

2. Who are the text intended for?

A．Ticket sellers.	B．Train drivers.
C．Travel enthusiasts.	D．App developers.

3. In which section of a newspaper can the text be found?

A．Tourism.

B．Economy.

C．Science.

D．Health.

10 . 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。

Qian Jiaqi, 39, who took up cycling in Beijing as a hobby when he was a teenager, has seen a well-known route he often takes afterwork become    1    (increasing) crowded with fellow cyclists during evenings and weekends.

According to business insiders and    2    (experience) cyclists such as Qian, cycling in urban areas     3     (become) more and more popular over the past two years in China,    4     was known as the “Kingdom of Bicycles” in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Chang’an Avenue is arguably the most popular route for cyclists in Beijing,     5    its two cycle lanes positioned alongside those for motor vehicles. Motorcycles    6     (ban) from the cycle lanes on May 9 last year, providing a safer    7    smoother experience for those turning the pedals. Chinese scholar trees    8     (plant)alongside the bike lanes shade cyclists from the summer heat.

The avenue is also the perfect place    9    (observe) different types of leisure cyclists. Those such as Qian always attempt to improve their times, so it’s easy to sense their frustration when they have to stop at red lights. Others prefer to ride at a slower pace, never missing the opportunity to take    10     (photo) of Tian’anmen Square at sunset on their phones.