题目内容
Traffic is heavy and the price of oil is much ______ so that many people go to work by bus instead.
A.higher B.high C.more expensive D.expensive
A
【解析】
试题分析:higher更高的;high高的;more expensive更贵的;expensive贵的.句意:交通很拥挤,油价更高,因此许多人反而乘公交车上班.英语中长用high和low来表示价格的高低,结合语境可知前文表示的是和交通状况的对比,故用形容词的比较级做定语,选A.
考点:词义辨析及比较级
点评:英语单词同汉语一样具有一词多义,一词多性的特点。解答此类问题首先要理解每个选项的基本含义,并注意交叉含义间的区别,了解其特殊用法,然后结合语境选择正确答案。英语中在表示两个事物进行对比时,一般用比较级结构,常见搭配结构为比较级+than,但是当比较范围确定在两个事物之间时,即使句子结构有所不同也用比较级。也就是说,只要是两个事物进行对比,不管什么结构都用比较级。
Large population has caused many problems. For example, the traffic is very heavy in some big cities.
During the last ten years, big cities like Beijing and Harbin were full of cars and buses. Now the streets are completely crowded and it’s very difficult to drive a car along them. Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights. What are our cities going to be like in the future? How can we solve the problem?
There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private(私人的) cars. In 1971, the officer in Rome began an interesting experiment: Passengers on the city buses didn’t pay for their tickets.
In Stockholm there was another experiment: People paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus(电车) and train all over the city.
In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles(机动车) and pedestrians are safe there.
In London there is another experiment: Part of the streets is for buses only. So the buses can travel fast. There are no cars or taxis in front of them.
根据短文内容, 选择最佳答案。
【小题1】The passage is about .
| A.big cities | B.streets | C.cars | D.traffic |
| A.London | B.Paris | C.Rome | D.Stockholm |
| A.Paris | B.Stockholm | C.London | D.None of the above |
| A.行人 | B.司机 | C.旅客 | D.向导 |
| A.no traffic is allowed in some streets | B.traffic is computer-controlled |
| C.cars move very slowly | D.only one-way streets are open to traffic |