For the Turner sisters and their classmates，taking a part??time job might ______ their time for study.

 A．cut off  B．cut into  C．cut down  D．cut away

For the past six weeks I have been having online writing classes. I had never taken an online class before, so I did not know what to expect. Now I am about halfway through the courses, and I am doing three courses, where I am practicing writing.

These creative writing classes have been somewhat similar to those I took in a middle school. There are weekly readings where we have to discuss our thoughts, and we comment on each other’s work. But there are some differences. In my middle school, I had one novel writing class where we all sat in a circle twice a week and discussed each other’s work. Each person had a copy of the story but the author of the story was always anonymous(匿名的). This allowed people to give honest opinions since there was no face to connect the story to.

The creative article course is held in a computer lab and all of our work is done online. Every week, two people read their stories aloud to the class, and then we spend a few minutes discussing them, and then post comments on the online discussion board. Still, the main benefit of an online class is that I can choose when to turn in my homework. This allows me to choose how to manage my time.

 I think taking three creative writing courses at one time may have been a little too ambitious, but I am studying a variety of writing styles and I think I am becoming a better writer for it.

How long do the online writing classes that the author is taking last for in total?

A. About twelve weeks.               B. About two months.

C. About six months.                  D. About six weeks

What do the author’s online classes and school classes have in common?

A. Students have classes in a computer lab.

B. Students sit in a circle twice a week.

C. Students write novels every day.

D. Students discuss their reading every week.

Why was the author of the story anonymous during the discussion?

A. Because students didn’t want their work popular.

B. Because in this way students could express their real ideas freely.

C. Because students didn’t know each other at all.

D. Because it took students less time to finish the discussion.

What is the main advantage of taking online writing classes?

A. Students needn’t have face-to-face talks.

B. Students can hand in their homework late.

C. Students can arrange their time as their like.

D. Students needn’t do any homework.

For the Turner sisters and their classmates，taking a part?time job might ______ their time for study.

A．cut off B．cut into

C．cut down D．cut away

For the Turner sisters and their classmates，taking a part­time job might ______ their time for study.

1. A.
   cut off
2. B.
   cut into
3. C.
   cut down
4. D.
   cut away

For the past two decades. New York has been an inspiration to other American cities. Yes, New York had a lot of crime, but somehow it also still had neigh neighborhoods, and a central area for walking. Lately, though, as far as the pedestrian （行人） issues go. New York is acting more like the rest of America, and the rest of America is acting more like the once-inspiring New York.  

As a New Yorker who has spent two years researching roads and transportation across the United States, 1 am saddened lo see our city falling behind places like downtown Albuquerque, where one-way streets have become more pedestrian-friendly two-way streets, and car lanes are replaced by bike lanes, with bike racks everywhere. Then there is Grand Rapids, Midi. , which has a walk-able downtown with purposely limited parking and is home to a new bus square. In Indianapolis, an urban walking and biking road will soon link inner-city neighborhoods something New York certainly hasn't tried.  

We have lost our golden pedestrian touch in New York mostly because we still think about traffic as though it were 1950, and we needed Robert Moses to plow a few giant freeways through town to get the cars moving again. But the fact is that more roads equal more traffic. New Yorkers always find good reasons to drive. Public transportation is dirty, time-consuming, unsafe. Walking takes too long. The children will be late for school. But choosing the car is no longer safe ― for your children who already don’t get enough exercise, for anyone’s lungs or for the future of New York as a livable place. We’ve already lost a lot of New York to traffic. If New Yorkers don’t get out of their cars soon, the city’s future residents won’t have a reason to.  

72．According to ihe passage, New York _____.  

A．used to be a good example for other cities to follow in road design  

B．is still an inspiration to other American cities in city design  

C．used to have a lot of crimes and the city was too crowded with cars  

D．is learning from the rest of America to improve its transportation  

73．It can be inferred from the passage that______.  

A．New York has built a road for walking and biking  

B．in Albuuuerque, the streets have become one-way streets  

C．the city of New York is now terribly crowded with cars  

D．parking is not allowed in the center of Grand Rapids, Mich.  

74．The cause of the present traffic situation in New York is that ______.  

A．New Yorkers prefer driving to walking or taking buses  

B．taking buses lakes a long lime and is not safe and clean  

C．the more roads there are, the more traffic there will be  

D．the city of New York is too big for people to walk  

75．The author of the passage suggests that ______.  

A．more freeways be built to get the cars moving again  

B．New York should have more spaces for pedestrians  

C．children in New- York schools should walk to schools  

D．New Yorkers should replace their cars with bicycles