Cars are too expensive for many people around the world to own. Not only that, many cities are already full of traffic, and many country areas have rough roads.

        So   1    do people travel those distances that are too far to walk? They use public transportation. If you ride the subway or bus   2   you live, you can appreciate some of the benefits of public transportation. With many people           3       (share) one bus or train, there is less traffic and, more  4    importance), less pollution.

       Which of the types of mass transit   5    (describe) below are you familiar with? If a regular bus can hold       dozens of people, imagine what a bus   6            (two) the size can hold! In Great Britain, there are many buses that are known as double-deckers (cars with two floors).

        Buses in Haiti are often very crowded. It’s not   7    (common) for passengers to actually sit on the rooftops. Buses are sometimes called “tap-taps”, because the    8     (ride) on the roof tap(敲击)when they want to be dropped off.

        Many large cities around the world take advantage of the space beneath the streets and run underground trains. People in Paris, Mexico City and Tokyo may use the subway system to get to school, to work, or to visit friends in other    9               (neighbor). Both the Japanese and French have developed        High-speed trains to link various cities. While electric trains in North America average 130 kph, the French TGV (high-speed-train) is the world’s fastest,  10   (average) over 270 kph!

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President Clinton was born in the little southern town of Hope, Arkansas, on August 19,1946. But his name was not Bill Clinton. It was William Jefferson Blythe. His mother named his for his father, who had been killed in a car accident a few months before he was born. When Bill was four years old, his mother married Roger Clinton who then legally became Bill’s father. Roger Clinton and Bill’s mother had a son, Roger Jr.

     Bill Clinton studies international affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, D. C. He won a Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University in Britain. There, he met other students with whom he has continued life-long friendships. One of them is Robert Reich, who was just nominated to be Secretary of Labor. After Oxford, Bill Clinton earned a law degree at Yale University.

     In 1973, Bill Clinton became a law professor at the University of Arkansas, but he was too interested in politics to stay at the university. He campaigned for the House of Representatives but was defeated. In 1976, he was elected General for the state of Arkansas, the state government’s chief lawyer.

     Two years later, Bill Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas. He was defeated for re-election after his first two-year term. But he was elected Governor again in 1982. He has been re-elected to that office every two years since then.

     Bill Clinton married lawyer Hillary Rodham Rodham in 1975. She kept Rodham as her last name until it became an issue during her husband’s 1980 campaign for governor. Since then, she has been known as Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Clintons have a daughter, Chelsea.

28. We learn that Bill Clinton’s father ________.

A.died before Bill Clinton was born  B.died when Bill Clinton was a few months old

C.left his wife after Bill Clinton was born  D. was his mother’s second husband

29.Bill Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas in ________.

A. 1976        B. 1978        C. 1980       D. 1973

30. Hillary Rodham did not change her last name until ________.

A. she married Clinton             B. she gave birth to their daughter

C.Clinton campaigned for President

D. Clinton was defeated in his campaign for governor

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