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  In 1974, the price of petrol(汽油)in Britain rose by 120 percent:cars became expensive to run and train and bus fares(车费)increased.People who hadn’t used a bike since they were children decided that they would buy one.They discovered that biking could be enjoyable…and cheap.

  Bike sales had been falling for many years-but suddenly everything changed.In 1975, British people spent more than £1 million on bikes.Bike traffic(交通)increased by 11 percent.

  Bike fans compare(比较)cost of running a car with the cost of running a bike.They also say bike riding is a good form of exercise.In towns bikes can often be faster than cars or buses.The biker can ride through traffic blocks and at the end of his journey he doesn’t have to look for a parking space.Biking through the countryside is a real pleasure:the biker has time to see things that the motorist, driving at over 100 kilometres an hour never see.

  But in the cities, biking can be dangerous.You need all attention and strong nerves, especially when a truck or a bus is trying to pass you.Since biking became popular again, there has been an increase in the number of accidents.

  Bikers say the answer to the problem is to separate bikes from other traffic.Stevenage, a new town near London, has a system of “bikeways”, where only bikers are allowed to travel.However, in most towns, say bikers, the needs of the bike rider are overlooked.Bikers have formed into “action groups” in many towns in Britain.They want to persuade local departments-who are in charge of the roads and traffic in their areas-to make sure there are safe equipments for bikers.Or, they say, interest in biking will die.

(1)

Today the British want to ride bikes because ________.

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A.

trains and buses are too crowded

B.

the most of riding bikes is much cheaper than that of taking trains or buses

C.

there are a lot of thieves on the trains or in the buses

D.

the traffic accidents easily happen while people go to work by train or bus

(2)

What is special about traffic in Britain today?

[  ]

A.

More and more people ride bikes.

B.

More and more people like to take trains.

C.

Taking trains is much safer than taking buses.

D.

No people like to take buses.

(3)

The main reason for so many people’s riding bikes in England is that ________.

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A.

bike riding does good to people

B.

a bike is easy to take care of

C.

a bike is much cheaper than a car

D.

there is no need of a parking place for a bike

(4)

Riding bike has many strong points, but it becomes popular that ________.

[  ]

A.

a lot of bikes will be crowded in the public places

B.

there will easily be more and more traffic accidents

C.

less and less people will take train

D.

a lot of bus drivers and trainmen are out of work

(5)

The underlined word “they” in the last sentence of the last paragraph refers to ________.

[  ]

A.

public

B.

officials

C.

bike riders

D.

bus-drivers

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  A 7.0 magnitude(级)earthquake killed more than 230, 000 people in Haiti.Then an 8.8 magnitude quake killed more than 900 people in Chile.And few weeks later, a 6.0 magnitude quake struck rural eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people.

  The earthquakes kept coming hard and fast.  1   It's not.The problem is what's happening above ground, not underground, experts say.

    2   They’re rapidly putting up buildings that can't stand up to earth quakes, scientists believer.

  And news reports and better earthquake monitoring make it seem as if earth quakes are increasing all the time.

  On average, there are 134 earthquakes a year that have a magnitude between 6.0 and 6.9. So far this year there have been 40 earthquakes-more than in most years for that time period.But that's because the 8.8 quake in Chile caused a large number of strong aftershocks.

  Also, it's not the number of quakes, but their destructive effects that gain attention.The death is largely due to building standards,   3   Paul Earle, a US seismologist, called for better building standards in the world's big cities.

  Of the 130 cities worldwide with populations of more than I million, more than half are likely to be hit by earthquakes.  4   “If you have a problem feeding yourself, you’re not really going to worry about earthquakes, ” said Paul.

  The earthquakes made everyone start to think   5   “People are paying attention to the violent planet we’re always lived on.Come back an another six moths if there has been no earthquakes, most people will have forgotten it again, ” said US disaster researcher Dennis Mileti.

A.But it won't last.

B.More people are moving into big cities.

C.Earthquakes don't kill people, buildings do.

D.There have been more deaths overt the past decade from earthquakes.

E.Many people began to wonder if something terrible is happening underground.

F.While it seems as if the are more earthquakes occurring, there really aren't.

G.But developing nations with growing populations don't pay attention to earthquake

preparedness.

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