根据所掌握的文化或背景知识，选择正确答案。

1.The      is the fastest animal on earth.

2.In     , people are supposed to kiss when they meet for the first time.

3.Many fast food restaurant      to serve more people.

4.It’s not polite to use e-mail English       .

5.______ will hold the 30^th Olympic Games.

6._____ was born in Qufu. He is a great Chinese educator whose sayings has much influence on our life.

Large population has caused many problems. For example, the traffic is very heavy in some big cities.

During the last ten years, big cities like Beijing and Harbin were full of cars and buses. Now the streets are completely crowded and it’s very difficult to drive a car along them. Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights. What are our cities going to be like in the future? How can we solve the problem?

There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private(私人的) cars. In 1971, the officer in Rome began an interesting experiment: Passengers on the city buses didn’t pay for their tickets.

In Stockholm there was another experiment: People paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus(电车) and train all over the city.

In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles(机动车) and pedestrians are safe there.

In London there is another experiment: Part of the streets is for buses only. So the buses can travel fast. There are no cars or taxis in front of them.

根据短文内容, 选择最佳答案。

1.The passage is about         .

A．big cities          B．streets            C．cars              D．traffic

2.The city of          once experimented on a completely free bus service.

A．London           B．Paris             C．Rome            D．Stockholm

3.The city of          experimented on a very cheap bus service.

A．Paris             B．Stockholm         C．London           D．None of the above

4.The underlined word “pedestrians” means_________ in Chinese.

A．行人             B．司机             C．旅客             D．向导

5.In many cities, pedestrians are much safer because         .

A．no traffic is allowed in some streets         B．traffic is computer-controlled

C．cars move very slowly                    D．only one-way streets are open to traffic

（Four students are talking about the future after class.）

Deng Yu  ：In 2050, China will be richer than it is now, Beijing will be getting ready for the 40th Olympic Games in 2052. We will see the blue and clear sky and smell the fresh air. There will be more pandas living happily China. I believe that 2050 will be the year of China.

Liu Yuan ：A holiday to the moon will no longer be a dream. We can also travel far to other planets and talk with the spacemen. We might also eat something like pills（药丸）instead of today’s meals. Everyone will enjoy a longer life.

Sun Wei  ：Robots will be very popular. They will do what people don’t want to do. We’ll build new homes on other planets. By then, I’ll be sixty years old. Maybe we will have an exciting talk in my new home on another planet!

Zhang Lan：By the year of 2050, cloning（克隆）will be used in many ways. It will bring back animals which disappeared many years ago. There will be no pollution, the whole world will be one big family. There will be no wars. As time passes, we’ll live a much easier and better life.

1.       thinks that people can spend their holidays on the moon in the future.

A．Deng Yu              B．Zhang Lan            C．Liu Yuan

2.．What does Zhang Lan think will happen in the future.

A．There’ll be more animals which disappeared many years ago.

B．Robots will do the things that people don’t want to do.

C．People can talk with the spacemen.

3.The 40th Olympic Games will be hosted in       .

A．Paris                B．Beijing              C．London

4.How old will Sun Wei be        by 2050?

A．50                   B．60                   C．70

5.．From the talk, we can know that       .

A．the 40th Olympic Games will take place in 2052.

B．we will have the same food in 2050 as we do now.

C．all the people will move to another planet in the future.