Question

  It was a very interesting thing that there were many rickshaws (人力車)in Kolkata,whose population was -very large. When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata,I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭）. It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw. He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many . people,the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages.

  When the traffic is bad,rickshaws find a way through :the traffic. If you miss your bus and there aren’t any :taxis,you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata.

—Rickshaws are also very popular with local shoppers.

;The driver takes you from your house to the market and  waits for you. Then he loads (裝載）all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload,h No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.

  From June to September,Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city,the roads flood (水淹），and anything with an engine(發(fā)動機(jī)）is useless. But the rickshaw drivers never stop working,even with water all around them.

  But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government wants to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modem transport in the city. However,there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw. If the city bans rickshaws,these men won’t have a job. So for the moment,the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

(   ) 1 . What is the main idea of Paragraph 1 ?

A. Rickshaws are very useful for the people’s daily life in Kolkata.

B. Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.

C. Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.

D. The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.

(   ) 2. Which type of transport may you take when

the roads flood in Kolkata?

A. A bus.  B. A taxi.

C. A car.  D. A rickshaw.

(   ) 3. What does the underlined word ban mean?

A. Making.  B. Increasing.

C. Forbidding. D. Collecting,

(   ) 4. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.

B. The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.

C. The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw drivers.

D. The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.

Answer 1

1.A段落大意題。第一段主要講述人力車給加爾各答人們的日常生活帶來巨大的便利，故選 A.本題難度中等。

2.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第三、四句可知，當(dāng)路面被水淹沒時，機(jī)動車就沒有用了，人力車卻從未停止工作。由此可知，路面被水淹沒時可以選乘人力車。故選D.本題難度較小。

3.C詞義猜測題。根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)第二句these men won’t have a job可知，如桌當(dāng)?shù)卣�府想�?ban人力車的話，那些人將沒有工作，由此可推斷“ban”在此為“禁止”的意思。四個選項中只有forbid為“禁止”的意思，故選C.本題難度中等。

4. B推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句So for

the moment,the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.可知，到目前為止，加爾各答的人們?nèi)猿巳肆�車出行，也就是說人力車仍然是加爾各答市公共交通中的一部分。故選B.本題難度較小。