题目内容
____ for a bus, I was reading a magazine.
A.While was waiting B.While I waiting C.While I am waiting D.While waiting
D
解析:
有些时间状语从句中的谓语动词如果有动词be，主语又与主句的主语一致，或主语是it是，则从句的主语和谓语的一部分（特别是动词be）常常可以省略。
Dear Sir,
I have to travel every day from Souk Road to the airport． Two buses travel along their route (路线): the number 49 and number 16． But by the time the number 16 bus reaches Souk Road it is always full, so I can’t get on it． I have to wait for the number 49, because sometimes there are empty seats on it．
The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes． If this is so, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day?
The regulations say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting． Why do the half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop?
The regulations say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers． Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport． I counted the other passengers as they got off． There were 129 of them．
It is clear that our bus companies break the regulations and think little of their passengers． Can nothing be done to make your service better?
Yours
Tired passenger
【小题1】The writer has to take Bus No.49 because ．
| A．it arrives on time | B．it is not always full |
| C．it travels faster | D．it has fewer seats on it |
| A．Ten minutes． | B．One hour． |
| C．Half an hour. | D．Nearly a day． |
| A．20 | B．40 | C．60 | D．129 |
| A．the bus service was poor |
| B．no buses except the No.49 bus passed Souk Road |
| C．no passengers took their buses |
| D．the writer was always the first to get on the bus |
Cars are an important part of life in the United States． Without a car， most people feel that they are___36___．And even if a person is poor， he doesn’t feel___37___poor when he has a car．
Henry Ford was the man who first started ___38___cars in large numbers． He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to ___39___American culture．The car made the United States a nation on ___ 40___． And it ___41___to make the United States what it is today．
There are three main reasons that the car has become so___42___in the United States． ___43___，the country is a huge one and Americans like to __44__around in it ．The car__45__the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation． With a car， people can go any place___46___spending a lot of money．The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient（有效地） and inexpensive form of public___47___． Long distance trains have never been as ___48___in the United States as they are in other parts of the world．Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by ___49__．But it is too expensive to be used ___50__． The third reason is the most ___51__one．The American spirit of ___52___is what really made cars popular． Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train ___53___a plane． They don’t like to have to ___54___an exact schedule． A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time．And this is the freedom that Americans want___55___to have．
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When Mrs．Joseph Groeger died recently in Vienna，Austria，people asked the obvious question,“Why did she live to be 107?” .Answers were provided by a survey conducted among 148 Viennese men and women who had reached the age of 100．Somewhat surprising was the fact that the majority had lived most of their lives in cities．In spite of the city’s image as an unhealthy place，city living often provides benefits that country living can lack．One factor seems to be important to the longevity(长寿)of those interviewed．
This factor is exercise．In the cities it is often faster to walk short distances than to wait for a bus．Even taking public transportation often requires some walking．Smaller apartment houses have no elevators(电梯)，and so people must climb stairs．City people can usually walk to local supermarkets. Since parking spaces are hard to find，there is often no alternative to walking．
On the other hand，those who live in the country and suburbs do not have to walk every day．In fact，the opposite is often true．To go to school，work，or almost anywhere else，they must ride in cars．
1.The Vienna survey may help to explain _____
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A．the complaints of people in apartment houses |
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B．the cause of Mrs Groeger’s death |
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C．the longevity of people like Mrs．Groeger |
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D．the image of cities in general |
2.The purpose of the second paragraph is to list some _____
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A．benefits of walking |
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B．occasions for walking in city life |
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C．comments made by city people |
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D．problems of city living |
3.To reach the third floor of a building, it would probably be most healthful __
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A．to take the elevator |
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B．to walk up the stairs |
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C．to ride in a car |
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D．to find an alternative to walking |
4.People who live in the country probably do more driving than walking because __
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A．they don’t live near business areas |
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B．they don’t need the exercise |
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C．they never have parking problems |
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D．they can’t afford to take the bus |
5.A conclusion that can be drawn from this passage is that__________
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A．air pollution is not serious |
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B．anyone can live to be 107 |
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C．country people should move to the city |
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D．walking is a healthful exercise |