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Taking a taxi in a certain Eastern European country can be ___1___ shocking experience. It is said ___2___ some taxi drivers have metal wires struck into the passenger seats. And ___3___ a button is pushed, the seat will give you an electric shock. These taxi drivers don’t do this ___4___ fun. They do it to tourists ___5___ argue about the ridiculous(可笑的,荒唐的) fares they charge. Some drivers charge as much ___6___ ten times the legal fare.
They have a secret switch which ___7___ (make) the meters much faster. If you refuse to pay, you are really in for a shock.
In one case, a German woman had no choice but to pay US $120 for a US $20 ride from the airport. She said that she was really ___8___ (take) for a ride, but what could she do? Besides the electric shock, she was verbally(口头地)abused and threatened with physical ___9___ (violent). She has only one piece of advice for tourists, “Take the bus ___10___ stay at home.”
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His first successful fight was for the equal rights of black people in South Africa. Then, as the first black president, he fought to unite the country and organize the government. Now Nelson Mandela has set his sights on a new enemy, AIDS.
On March 19 the 82-year-old, former president, hosted his second AIDS-awareness concert. He warned that 25 million people in Africa were already infected with the fatal disease.
Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918. He was adopted by the chief of his tribe and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life.
But he refused to be a chief when his people lived under racial discrimination(歧视). He decided to fight for equal rights for all the people in South Africa. Before 1990, under the country’s Racial Segregation Law, colored and white people lived separately. Black people were treated unfairly even when taking a bus. Blacks had to stand at the back of the bus to make room for white people even when there were only a few of them on board.
For his opposition to the system, Mandela was arrested and spent 27 years in prison. He was freed in 1990 and became the president of the country after the first election were held in which everyone could vote.
Mandela was not only a political fighter who attacked with speeches. He was also a trained boxer and fought in the ring when he was young.
“Although I did not enjoy the violence of boxing, I was interested in how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat”, he wrote in his autobiography.
As a skillful fighter, he chose music as his weapon against AIDS. He hopes to win another victory against AIDS.
1.When was Mandela arrested?
A.In 1963 |
B.In 1990 |
C.When he refused to be a chief |
D.When he became the president |
2.Nelson Mandela succeeded in doing the following except _______.
A.winning the equal rights for the black people in South Africa |
B.Uniting South Africa |
C.organizing a government in South Africa |
D.controlling the spread of AIDS |
3.If Nelson Mandela hadn’t fought against racial discrimination, he_______.
A.could have been the president of South Africa |
B.could still have lived a happy life |
C.could have been in a difficult situation |
D.would have been an excellent boxer |
4.Which of the following statements can best describe the life of Nelson Mandela?
A.struggle is his life |
B.sports make his fame |
C.fight for equal rights |
D.a great fighter against government. |
Singapore’s public transport system is one of the best in the world, so you should have no problem finding your way around like a local. There are three main forms of public transport that you would find in any other major city—trains, buses and taxis.
TRAINS
Trains run from 6:00 am to midnight. Single trip tickets start at 80 cents. If you buy an EZ-Link cars for $15, you can ride the trains and buses as you like.
If you need more information, just call Transit Link on 1800 767 4333.
BUSES
There are several bus services in Singapore and fares(费用) start at 80 cents. Be sure always to ask the driver the cost of your ticket as he can not give change.
If you need help, just call Transit Link on 1800 767 4333.
TAXIS
There are three main taxi companies—City Cab (6552 2222), Comfor (6552 1111) and Tibs (6552 8888). Booking can also be easily by calling the numbers listed above.
RENABLE CARS
Driving in Singapore is a pleasure and if you like to travel at your own pace, renting a car is a good choice. Renting takes away the hassle of getting to places around Singapore. Just sit back and enjoy the city. It also means you’ll get to see a lot more that a train or a bus won’t let you see.
For car rental, call Avis on + 65 6737 1668.
1.By an EZ-Link care, you can take ______.
A.both buses and trains |
B.only trains |
C.both buses and taxis |
D.only rental cars |
2.When you take a bus there, always remember to ______.
A.take your own license(执照) with you |
B.ask the driver how much your ticket is |
C.buy the bus map of Singapore |
D.book your ticket ahead of time |
3.What does the underlined word “hassle” mean in the text?
A.trouble |
B.fun |
C.interest |
D.cost |
4.What do you know about travelling in Singapore from the passage?
A.A local has great trouble finding his way around. |
B.It’s much cheaper to go around by bus than by train. |
C.You can see a lot more in Singapore by taking a bus than by renting a car. |
D.It’s very convenient(方便的) for visitors to travel in Singapore. |
Time and how we experience it have always puzzled us.Physicists have created fascinating theories, but their time is measured by a pendulum (钟摆) and is not psychological time, which leaps with little regard to the clock or calendar.As some-one who understood the distinction observed, "When you sit with a nice girl for two hours it seems like a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove, a minute seems like two hours."
Psychologists have long noticed that larger units of time, such as months and years, fly on swifter wings as we age.They also note that the more time is structured with schedules and appointments, the more rapidly it seems to pass.For example, a day at the office flies compared with a day at the beach.Since most of us spend fewer days at the beach and more at the office as we age, an increase in structured tune could well be to blame for why time seems to speed up as we grow older.
Expectation and familiarity also make time seem to flow more rapidly.Almost all of us have had the experience of driving somewhere we’ve never been before.Surrounded by unfamiliar scenery, with no real idea of when we’ll arrive, we experience the trip as lasting a long time.But the return trip, although exactly as long, seems to take far less time.The novelty of the outward journey has become routine.Thus taking a different route on occasions can often help slow the clock.
When was become as identical as identical as beads(小珠子)on a string, they mix together, and even months become a single day.To counter this, try to find ways to interrupt the structure of your day—to stop time, so to speak.
Learning something new is one of the ways to slow the passage of time.One of the reasons the days of our youth seems so full and long is that these are the days of learning and discovery.For many of us, learning ends when we leave school, but this doesn’t have to be.
1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 is used to show .
A.psychological time is quite puzzling |
B.time should not be measured by a pendulum |
C.physical time is different from psychological time |
D.physical theory has nothing to do with the true sense of time |
2.Why do units of time fly faster as we grow older?
A.Our sense of time changes |
B.We spend less time at the beach. |
C.More time is structured and scheduled. |
D.Time is structured with too many appointments. |
3.In Paragraph 3 “novelty” probably means .
A.excitement |
B.unfamiliarity |
C.imagination |
D.amusement |
4.The purpose of the passage is to .
A.give various explanations about time |
B.describe how we experience time psychologically |
C.show the different ideas of physicists and psychologists on time |
D.explain why time flies and how to slow it down psychologically |