Transport Guide

The Brisbane City Council(BCC)is responsible for bus and ferry services with in the city limits and suburbs.Most buses will either arrive at the city or an interchange where connecting buses can be caught.BCC buses operate from 5:30 am to 11:00 pm Monday to Thursday and 5:30 am t0 12:00 am on Fridays .On weekends and public holidays buses operate less frequently Pre—paid bus tickets can be purchased from the QUT (Queensland University of Technology)bookshop,the campus newsagency.most other newsagencies and general stores,and any BCC Customer Service Centre.Short-term students at QUT cannot use their ID cards to gain a discount fare on BCC public transport.You will need to buy an adult ticket to travel.Bus fares are dependent on the number of zones you have to travel.There are several types of tickets:

Single:one way ticket to reach your destination,including transfers within 2 hours.
Daily: unlimited travel within the zones.
Off-peak’ Daily:discounted unlimited travel between 9:00 am and 3:30 pm and after 7:00 pm
Monday to Friday, and all day on weekends and public holidays.
Weekly:unlimited travel within the zones for one week from the date of issue.
Monthly:unlimited travel within the zones for one calendar month from the date of issue.
Ten-trip Saver: 10 trips at any time within the zones on buses and ferries only.
Transport routes.timetables and fare information are available from:
Public Transport Information Centre
69 Ann Street (corner of George St)
Brisbane City
Phone l3 12 30(Transport Information Service)
64.The transport guide above is most likely provided by       .
A.Public Transport Information Centre
B.the Brisbane City Council
C.Queensland University of Technology.
D.BCC Customer Service Centres
65.We can learn from the passage that        .
A.buses are scheduled as usual on weekends and public holidays
B.regular students at QUT need to buy adult tickets
C.Pre—paid tickets can be bought from the Public Transport Information Centre
D.Ten­-trip Savers can be used at off-peak time
66.An exchange student staying at QUT for five days has to travel between zones every day.What type of ticket would he probably buy?
A.Single.    B.Weekly.    C.Off-peak Daily. D.Ten—trip Saver.

An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.
Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.
Professor John Beath, the president of the society, and a leading lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments—were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.
“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done.” He added.
University applications rose 7% last year. But there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in careers in the public sector, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.
A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.
Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”
【小题1】Professor John Beath’s lectures are              .

A.given in a traditional way
B.open to both students and their parents
C.connected with the present situation
D.warmly received by economics
【小题2】Incomes in the public sector are more attractive because of their              .
A.greater stabilityB.higher pay
C.fewer applicationsD.better reputation
【小题3】In the opinion of most parents              .
A.economics should be the focus of school teaching
B.more students should be admitted to universities
C.children should solve financial problems themselves
D.the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened
【小题4】According to Hocking, the global economic crisis might make the youngsters          .
A.have access to better equipmentB.wiser in money management
C.confident about their future careers D.get jobs in Child Trust Funds
【小题5】What’s the main idea of the text?
A.Universities have received more applications.
B.College students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty.
C.Economics is attracting an increasing numbers students.
D.Parents are concerned with children’s subject selection.

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