Question

　　There are different types of cars． For example, if you want to carry both persons and goods, you operate or drive a van --a car larger than a standard car or an ordinary car． But if you want to save money you'd better purchase or buy a compact car smaller than a standard car or even a subcompact car smaller than a compact car． However, if you didn't purchase or buy any car, you could save your money and put it into the bank , which will give you interest --- an extra amount of money every year or after a certain period of time ． But if you are a car owner you'll have to spend money on such things as maintenance and tires --- your car may need repairing sometimes and one of your front tires or back tires may be flat or broken and you’ll have to get it repaired or buy a new one． Besides, you must pay a certain amount of money to the insurance company so that if your car happened to have an accident or even were completely destroyed they would pay you a large amount of money for that． Of course, whatever kind of car you operate or drive you'll have to burn oil or use fuel , a certain number of gallons of fuel for which you have to pay constantly ． But if you sell your used car, the price will have to be much lower than that of a new one, so the resale value must be considered;that is to say, if you buy a new car for $8,000 your resale value is -2,000 and you'll get an extra amount of $ 2,000 for your resold car．

　　Many drivers or neighbours who have cars made an agreement to take turns driving each other to work． This agreement is called a car pool or car pooling ． A certain amount of money saved each year in this way is called "average annual savings through car-pooling or van-pooling to work "． Driving someone to and from work once is called a round trip ． Now look at the following three tables and answer the questions below them:

1．What is the difference between the average purchase prices of a standard car and a compact car?

A．$600　　　　B．$2,400　　　　C．$2,800　　　　D． $3,200

2．Over the four-year period, the average cost for insurance on a compact car is about what percent of the average total cost to operate a compact car?

A．11%．　　　　B．13%．　　　　C．15%．D．17%．

3．The average daily cost per passenger in a van pool traveling 50 miles round trip to work is about what percent greater than the average daily cost per passenger in a van pool traveling 40 miles round trip to work?

A．8%．　　 B． 10%．　　 C． 12%．　　 D．13%．

4．What is the mileage (average miles per gallon of fuel) of a compact car?

A．13．　　 B． 18．　　C． 20．　　　　D． 25．

5．If two people, who would otherwise be driving alone in subcompact cars, drive in a 2-person car pool using subcompact cars, what is the total of their average annual costs of car pooling to work?

A．$821　　 B．$1,400　　 C．$1,521　　 D． $1,642

Answer 1

答案：B;C;B;C;D
解析：

本语篇文字长达747个单词，要在5分钟左右时间“快速阅读”并不熟悉的背景知识，如：合伙开车（car pool），同时对比和计算各种数据，多数考生恐难胜任。这里需要平时大量跳读与略读练习的支持。

提示：

话题：“快速阅读”与“多项图表综合阅读”的技巧。重点：细节捕捉、准确计算、跳读与略读。