Traffic in Our Cities
The volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continues to expand. This causes many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk accidents. Clearly, something must be done, but it is often difficult to people to change their habits and leave their cars at home.
One possible is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by charges for parking and tougher fines for anyone who the law. In addition, drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes at different times of the day. This system, as road pricing, is already being introduced in a of cities, using a special electronic card to the windscreen of the car.
Another way of with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the of the city, and strictly control the number of vehicles allowed into the centre. Drivers and their passengers then use a special bus service for the stage of their journey.
Of course, the most important is to provide good public transport. However, to get people to the comfort of their cars, public transport must be felt to be reliable, convenient and comfortable, with fares at an acceptable level.
注释:
1. ... strictly control the number of vehicles allowed into the centre: 严格控制进入城市中心的 车辆数量
2. ... public transport must be felt to be...: 公共交通必须要让人感觉到
练习:
1. A) of B) for C) about D)by
2. A) make B) arrange C) suggest D)persuade
3. A) approach B) manner C) custom D)style
4. A) enlarging B) increasing C) growing D)developing
5. A) carrying down B) putting off C) bringing in D)taking away
6. A) crosses B) refuses C) breaks D)cracks
7. A) named B) seen C) ca lled D)known
8. A) quantity B) number C) total D)sum
9. A) fixed B) joined C) built D)placed
10. A) doing B) handling C) dealing D)solving
11 . A) outskirts B) border C) outside D)limit
12. A) late B) end C) complete D)final
13. A) thought B) thing C) work D)event
14. A) pass on B) throw away C) give up D)leave out
15. A) taken B) kept C) given D)stood
答案与题解:
1. A 固定搭配 the risk of ,表示的风险,所以 of 为正确答案。 其他三项均不合适。
2. D根据句意和动词后的介词 to ,排除选项 A 和 C,而 arrange 表示安排,整理,意思与作 者要表达的说服人们改变他们的生活习惯不符,所以 persuade 为正确答案。
3. A 联系上下文,可知这里提出的是一个解决问题的方法,approach 表示方法,途径,符合句意,为正确答案。manner 表示方式,风俗,custom 表示制定的,风俗,style 表示风格,样式,均不符合句意。
4. B 根据句意,这里是说要增加停车收费,increase 表示增加,符合句意,为正确答案。 enlarge 表示扩大,增大,grow 表示发展,develop 表示发展,开发,生长,均不符合句意。
5. C 根据句意,对那些违章的人的要加强收款,bringin 表示作为的收益,为正确答案。 carry down 表示搬下,结账,把传下来,put off 表示推迟,脱掉,take away 表示带 走,取走,均不符合句意。
6. C根据句意,违规的人将会被加大惩罚方度,break 表示打破符合句意。cross 表示交 叉,refuse 表示拒绝, crack 表示破裂,均不符合题意。
7. D 固定搭配 known as ... ,表示以为所熟知。
8. B根据句意,道路收费的系统已经被一些城市所引用,a number of 表示一些,符合句 意,为正确答案。quantity 表示大量,total 表示总数,sum 表示合计,总数,均不符合句意。
9. A fixed to ...表示固定在上,文中是说固定在汽车的挡风玻璃上,所以选 A。其他三项都不符合句意。
10. C 根据句意,要求表达另一种处理这个问题的方法,deal with problem 表示处理问题, 为正确答案。.
11. A 联系上下文,作者后边提到城市中心,再根据句意,可得出前面说郊区,只有outskirt 是正确答案。
12. D final 表示最后的,根据句子可知这里表示旅程的最后一段,为正确答案。late 表示晚的,最近的,不符合句意; end 不可用在名词前作修饰;complete 表示完整的,也不符合句意。
13. Bthe most important thing为惯用语,表示最重要的事是,根据句意,作者要表达的是最重要的事情还是提供良好的公共交通,因此 thing 为正确答案,其他三项均不合适。
14. C pass on 表传递,继续,throw away 表示扔掉,丢弃,leave out 表示遗漏,省去,give up 表示放弃。根据句意,舍弃汽车的舒适,give up 最为恰当,所以选 C。
15. B 固定搭配 keep at an acceptable level 表示保持在一个可接受的水平。其他三项均不正确。
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