Module 2　Traffic Jam

　　I. 單項(xiàng)填空

　　1．________in the traffic jam, they were late for the wedding party.

　　A．Sticking

　　B．Stuck

　　C．Being stuck

　　D．Having stuck

　　答案　B　[句意：由于被困在了交通堵塞中，所以他們參加婚宴遲到了。be stuck in“被困在……中”，此處是v.-ed形式短語(yǔ)作狀語(yǔ)。]

　　2．The driver shall be fined if he drives without the________．

　　A．permission

　　B．permit

　　C．a(chǎn)llowance

　　D．a(chǎn)dmittance

　　答案　B　[句意：如果司機(jī)無(wú)照駕駛，將會(huì)受罰。permit作名詞用時(shí)，指“駕照”；permission“允許”；allowance“津貼，補(bǔ)助，寬容，允許”；admittance“入場(chǎng)權(quán)，準(zhǔn)入”。]

　　3．The firefighters soon got the fire in the building________．

　　A．under attack

　　B．under control

　　C．under construction

　　D．under repair

　　答案　B　[句意：消防隊(duì)員很快控制住了大樓的火勢(shì)。under attack“遭受攻擊”；under control“處于控制之中”；under construction“在建設(shè)中”；under repair“在修理中”。]

　　4．Mary and I took a taxi to go home from Jane's 33th birthday party last night and we shared the________．

　　A．money

　　B．fare

　　C．receipt

　　D．fine

　　答案　B　[fare“車費(fèi)”；money“錢”；receipt“收據(jù)”；fine“罰款”。根據(jù)句意“我和瑪麗一起從簡(jiǎn)的33歲生日聚會(huì)乘出租車回家，我們平攤車費(fèi)”可知選B。]

　　．I ride a bicycle to go to work every day and have a deep impression that the bicycle is very ________in our daily life.

　　A．convenient

　　B．a(chǎn)vailable

　　C．possible D．personal

　　答案　A　考查形容詞辨析。句意為：我每天騎自行車去上班，并且有一個(gè)很深的感想，那就是自行車在我們的日常生活中是非常便利的。available可以利用的；可以得到的；convenient方便的；possible可能的；personal個(gè)人的。6．Smoking does great harm to our health.________is smoking allowed in public places.

　　A．At no time

　　B．In no time

　　C．At all times

　　D．All the time

　　答案　A　[句意：吸煙有害健康。所以在公共場(chǎng)合決不允許吸煙。at no time“決不”；in no time“立刻”；at all times“總是”；all the time“一直”。at no time放在句首時(shí)，句子要用部分倒裝。]

　　7．If you have some trouble with your work, I can________you a job in my company.

　　A．offer

　　B．a(chǎn)ccept

　　C．supply

　　D．provide

　　答案　A　[句意：如果你工作上有困難，我可以在我的公司給你提供一份工作。offer后面可以接雙賓語(yǔ)，而其他三個(gè)詞沒有這個(gè)用法。]

　　8．Come and see me whenever________．

　　A．you are convenient

　　B．you will be convenient

　　C．it is convenient to you

　　D．it will be convenient to you

　　答案　C　[convenient作表語(yǔ)不能用人作主語(yǔ)，故排除A、B兩項(xiàng)；在時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句中，通常用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)態(tài)代替將來(lái)時(shí)態(tài)，故D項(xiàng)不正確。]

　　9．________I have to sell my house, I'll keep my business going.

　　A．Even as

　　B．Even though

　　C．Even so

　　D．As though

　　答案　B　[由句意“即使須賣掉我的房子，我還是要繼續(xù)我的事業(yè)”可知even though“盡管，即使”符合句意。而even as表示“正當(dāng)，恰好在……時(shí)候”；even so表示“盡管如此”；as though表示“好像，仿佛”，均不符合句意。]

　　10．The public is not allowed within a 2-mile________of the missile site.

　　A．limit

　　B．limitation

　　C．a(chǎn)rea

　　D．border

　　答案　A　[句意：導(dǎo)彈發(fā)射場(chǎng)兩英里范圍內(nèi)不許民眾進(jìn)入。limit側(cè)重所允許的最高量(時(shí)間、數(shù)目等)，如speed limit(限速)；limitation指“限制(措施)”；area“地區(qū)，面積”；border“邊界”。]

　　11．________on the top of the mountain, and you'll get a good bird's-eye view of the whole city.A．Standing

　　B．If you stand

　　C．To stand

　　D．Stand

　　答案　D　[考查特殊句式。“祈使句＋and/or＋陳述句”句式相當(dāng)于“if從句＋將來(lái)時(shí)的陳述句”。此句可轉(zhuǎn)換為：If you stand on the top of the mountain, you'll get a good bird's-eye view of the whole city.。]

　　12．Not only________interested in football but________beginning to show an interest in it.

　　A．the teacher himself is；all his students are

　　B．the teacher himself is；are all his students

　　C．is the teacher himself；are all his students

　　D．is the teacher himself；all his students are

　　答案　D　[not only...but(also)引導(dǎo)的句子中，not only位于句首，分句要用倒裝，而but also分句不用倒裝。句意：不僅老師對(duì)足球感興趣，他所有的學(xué)生也開始對(duì)足球感興趣了。]

　　13．We are glad to see that consumers have been ________well to our new product since it came onto the market last week.

　　A．reacting

　　B．devoting

　　C．a(chǎn)djusting

　　D．a(chǎn)ttaching

　　答案　A　考查動(dòng)詞辨析。句意為：我們很高興地看到自從我們的新產(chǎn)品上周上市以來(lái)，消費(fèi)者對(duì)此反應(yīng)一直不錯(cuò)。react to對(duì)……做出反應(yīng)；devote to將……奉獻(xiàn)于，專注于；adjust to調(diào)整以適應(yīng)；attach to附屬于，依戀。

　　14．After working all day，he was so tired that he was in no______to go to the party with us.

　　A．taste

　　B．mood

　　C．sense

　　D．emotion

　　答案　B　考查名詞辨析。句意為：工作了一整天后，他特別累，所以他沒有心情和我們一起參加聚會(huì)。taste口味，品味；mood心情，情緒；sense感官，感覺；emotion情感。be in no mood to do sth.沒有心情做某事。15．The news quickly________on the Internet that an American girl sent an email telling all her colleagues she would resign.

　　A．got around

　　B．got across

　　C．got through

　　D．got back

　　答案　A　[考查get相關(guān)短語(yǔ)。句意：一位美國(guó)女孩向全體同事發(fā)了電子郵件告訴他們她將辭職，該消息在網(wǎng)上迅速流傳起來(lái)。get around“傳播，流傳”，符合句意。]

　　II. 閱讀理解

　　Most maps of the world show lines that are not on the Earth's surface.One line is the equator(赤道)．It is an imaginary line around the widest part of the Earth.There are similar lines both north and south of the equator.These circles become smaller and smaller toward the north pole and the south pole.These lines, or circles, are parallel(平行的)—meaning that they are equally distant from each other at any point around the world.These lines show what is called latitude(緯度)．

　　A navigator can know the latitude of his ship by observing the location of stars, where the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening, and what time of year it is.With this information he knows where his ship is in relation to the north or south pole and the equator.

　　Still, there is one more important piece of information necessary for safely sailing the oceans.For many centuries, scientists, astronomers and inventors searched for a way to tell longitude(經(jīng)度)．The lines of longitude go the other way from latitude lines.They stretch from the north pole to the south pole, and back again in great circles of the same size.All of the lines of longitude meet at the top and bottom of the world.

　　To learn longitude at any place requires knowledge about time.A navigator needs to know what time it is on his ship and also the time at another place of known longitude—at the very same moment.

　　The Earth takes twenty-four hours to complete one full turn or revolution of 360 degrees.One hour marks one twenty-fourth of a turn, or fifteen degrees.So each hour's time difference between the ship and the starting point marks a ship's progress of fifteen degrees of longitude to the east or west.Those fifteen degrees of longitude mark a distance traveled.

　　At the equator, where the Earth is widest, fifteen degrees stretch about one thousand six hundred kilometers.North or south of that line, however, the distance value of each degree decreases.One degree of longitude equals four minutes of time all around the world.But in measuring distance, one degree shrinks from about one hundred and nine kilometers at the equator to nothing at the north and south poles.

　　Notes：

　　①navigator n．領(lǐng)航員　②stretch v．伸展

　　1．What's the main purpose of drawing lines on the map that are NOT on the Earth's surface?

　　A．To explore the ocean.

　　B．To observe the stars.

　　C．To sail safely.

　　D．To tell the time.

　　2．If a ship travels along the equator about eight thousand kilometers, it may pass________．

　　A．a(chǎn)bout eighty degrees of latitude

　　B．a(chǎn)bout seventy-five degrees of latitude

　　C．a(chǎn)bout fifty degrees of longitude

　　D．a(chǎn)bout seventy-five degrees of longitude

　　3．The underlined word “shrinks” in the last paragraph probably means________．

　　A．decreases

　　B．increases

　　C．enlarges

　　D．ranges

　　4．What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?

　　A．How to read the map.

　　B．The equator and the latitude.

　　C．The Earth's surface.

　　D．The imaginary lines or circles.

　　【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 本文主要介紹了地圖上的一些由人們想象的線，也就是對(duì)航海有用的赤道、經(jīng)線及緯線。

　　1．C　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段的內(nèi)容及第三段“Still, there is one more important piece of information necessary for safely sailing the oceans.”可知這些線的主要目的是為了航海的安全。]

　　2．D　[推理判斷題。由最后一段第一句“At the equator, where the Earth is widest, fifteen degrees stretch about one thousand six hundred kilometers.”可知如果一只船沿赤道航行了8 000千米的話，應(yīng)該是1 600千米的五倍，也就是15°×5＝75°。]

　　3．A　[詞義猜測(cè)題。由畫線詞所在句“...one degree shrinks from about one hundred and nine kilometers at the equator to nothing at the north and south poles.”一度由赤道的109千米到南北極的0千米，這應(yīng)該是在縮小，故選A項(xiàng)。]

　　4．B　[主旨大意題。由第一段的內(nèi)容可知這段主要介紹了赤道和緯線。]

　　A Manhattan Crossing

　　New Yorkers like to say they can walk faster than the crosstown bus.On 34th Street, buses average about four miles an hour.For those in a hurry, pretty much everyone here, it's an icy pace for a crosstown trip.Janette Sadik-Khan, the city's transportation commissioner, is proposing an interesting fix for 34th Street.

　　The city plan would close 34th Street to non-bus traffic in the block between the Empire State Building and Macy's.On the rest of the street, cars would move one way only.It would take getting used to, but for bus passengers, the city says there are more than 40，000 a day on public, tour or commuter(通勤者)buses along 34th Street.The plan should cut the commute by up to 35 percent.

　　People in other vehicles or about 10 percent of the human traffic would have to zig and zag(鋸齒形)to get through this section of the city.It is probably fair to say that most are not particularly pleased about the whole concept.

　　So the city needs to answer important questions.Will this unrest mean more traffic on side streets that are already unbearably crowded？Will deliveries be limited to the daybreak hours？Will Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Ms.Sadik-Khan be willing to change or drop the plan if it simply won't work?

　　The Bloomberg administration has worked to improve bus traffic around the city.An experiment to speed up city buses along Fordham Road in the Bronx has already reduced travel time and increased passengers' number.

　　Urban planners have been studying the city's crosstown problems since the first traffic jam.Robert Moses at one point proposed a major highway just south of 34th Street, part of which would go through an office building.The question is still whether it will really make it easier to operate in Manhattan.

　　Notes：

　　①unrest n．動(dòng)亂，動(dòng)蕩　②concept n．概念

　　5．What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?

　　A．Traffic in Manhattan is much too bad.

　　B．New Yorkers enjoy playing jokes about their buses.

　　C．People are hard to cross 34th Street.

　　D．An interesting fix for crowded street is being made.

　　．How many measures would be taken in order to improve the traffic situation in Manhattan according to this plan?

　　A．2.

　　B．3.

　　C．4.

　　D．6.

　　．What's the purpose of the experiment by the Bloomberg administration?

　　A．To improve traffic jam.

　　B．To reduce travel time.

　　C．To increase ridership.

　　D．To relieve traffic pressure.

　　．According to this passage, whose proposal might be difficult to be carried out?

　　A．Janette Sadik-Khan.

　　B．Robert Moses.

　　C．Michael Bloomberg.

　　D．Ms.Sadik-Khan.

　　【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。隨著社會(huì)發(fā)展，交通工具越來(lái)越方便。但是也帶來(lái)了一系列的交通問題。本文講述了城市交通管理委員會(huì)提出的對(duì)34號(hào)街維修的有趣方案。

　　．A　[主旨大意題。由文章第一段中的On 34th Street, buses average about four miles an hour.For those in a hurry, pretty much everyone here, it's an icy pace for a crosstown trip.可知，曼哈頓的交通狀況太糟糕了。特別是34號(hào)街，巴士的平均時(shí)速為4英里。]

　　．C　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二、三段可知，改善該市交通的計(jì)劃措施主要包括禁止公交車進(jìn)入帝國(guó)大廈和梅西之間的路段，其余街道實(shí)行單行道，通勤車的數(shù)量減少到35%以及其他各類車輛繞道行駛等四項(xiàng)措施。故選C。]

　　．D　[推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第五段內(nèi)容可知，實(shí)驗(yàn)的目的就是緩解交通壓力。而改善交通堵塞、減少行車時(shí)間和增加載客量等都是具體的結(jié)果并非目的。故選D。]

　　．B　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章最后一段中的Robert Moses at one point proposed a major highway just south of 34th Street, part of which would go through an office building.The question is still whether it will really make it easier to operate in Manhattan.可知，Robert Moses讓公路通過辦公大樓的創(chuàng)造性的建議能否執(zhí)行仍然是曼哈頓人民比較擔(dān)憂的問題。故選B。]