2021年成考专升本《英语》阅读理解专项练习四

　　1、Years ago our cities were full of cars, buses trucks.Now the streets are completely congested (拥挤的)it is 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 ten or twenty years? Will enormous(巨大的)motorways be built across them? With-big motorways cutting across them, full of noisy, dirty cars lorries, our cities are going to be awful places.How can we solve the problem?

　　There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private cars.In 1989, for example, the authorities in Rome began an interesting experiment: passengers on the city buses did not have to 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, train or tram in all the city.

　　In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles, pedestrians are safe there.

　　In London there is another experiment: part of the street is for buses only, so the buses can travel fast.There are no cars or taxies in front of them.

　　[1单选题]What the writer worries about in a big city is _____.

　　A.the number of traffic lights

　　B.the shortage of buses

　　C.the lack of motorways

　　D.the traffic congestion

　　[答案]D

　　[解析]参见第一段。

　　[1单选题]In London, how does they solve the problem of the traffic congestion?

　　A.They take a completely-free bus service

　　B.They experimented a very cheap bus service

　　C.Part of the street is for buses only

　　D.They closed the streets to car

　　[答案]C

　　[解析]参见最后一段。

　　[1单选题]What city once experimented with a very cheap bus service?

　　A.London

　　B.Rom

　　C.Stockholm

　　D.None of the above

　　[答案]C

　　[解析]参见第三段。

　　[1单选题]In many cities pedestrians are now much safer because _____.

　　A.no traffic is allowed on some streets

　　B.traffic is computer-controlled

　　C.cars move very slowly

　　D.only one way streets are open to traffic

　　[答案]A

　　[解析]参见第四段。单词close是“关闭”的意思。