Subways
The Tokyo Metro and Toei Lines
Features: The Tokyo Metro and Toei lines that make up of Tokyo’s huge subway system carry almost 8 million people each day, making it the busiest system in the world. The system is famous for its oshiya-- literally “pusher”--- who push passengers into crowded subway cars so the doors can close. And you think your ride is hell.
The
Moscow Metro
Features: The Moscow Metro has some of the most beautiful stations in the world. The best of them were built during the Stalinist era and feature chandeliers (枝行吊燈)，marble moldings and elaborate murals(精美壁畫). With more than 7 million riders a day, keeping all that marble clean has got to be a burden.
The Hong Kong MTR
Features: The Hong Kong MTR has the distinction of being one of the few subway systems in the world that actually turns a profit（利潤）. It’s privately owned and uses real estate development along its tracks to increase income and ridership. It also introduced “Octopus cards” that allow people to not only pay their fares electronically, but buy stuff at convenience stores ,supermarkets, restaurants and even parking meters. It’s estimated that 95% of all adults in Hong Kong own an Octopus card.
Shanghai Metro
Features: Shanghai is the third city in China to build a metro system, and it has become the country’s largest in the 12 years since it opened. Shanghai Metro has 142 miles of track and plans to add another 180 miles within five years. By that point, it would be three times larger than Chicago “L”. The system carries about 2.18 million people a day.
The London Metro
Features: Londoners call their subway the Underground, even though 55 percent of it lies above ground. No matter when you’ve got the oldest mass-transit system in the world, you can call it anything you like. Trains started in 1863 and they’ve been running ever since. Some 3 million people ride each day, every one of them remembering to “Mind the gap”
小題1:______ is done with the purpose of making money.
A．The Tokyo Metro and Toei LinesB．The Moscow Metro
C．Shanghai Metro D．The Hong Kong MTR
小題2:We can learn from the passage that Shanghai Metro______.
A．carries the most people each day
B．is the world’s largest
C．may be larger than the Chicago “L” in the future
D．is the busiest in the world
小題3:How many subways carry more than 5 million people per day?
A．2B．3C．4D．5
小題4:What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Shanghai is the third to build a metro system in China, which has become the largest in the world.
B．You’ll feel sick when you travel on the Tokyo Metro and Toei Lines.
C．Londoners call their subway the Underground because 55 percent of it lies above ground.
D．It is estimated that 95% of the population in Hong Kong own an Octopus card

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析：
小題1:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句They say they do so not just because of the tight schedule說明A正確。第三段we can observe our kids, learn more about them說明B正確，根據(jù)文章第四段Their children have grown used to each other's company.說明C正確。文章里沒有提及D項。
小題2:A 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第三行．But there are moments when opinions differ說明在某些方面，這三個母親的看法不完全一致，接下來就舉了性教育的例子，正好為了解釋．But there are moments when opinions differ這一點，故A正確。
小題3:B 根據(jù)本句When we are not there, he has to rely on himself to get along with his pals．"父母不在身邊，他是和另外的兩個孩子在一起，那么這兩個孩子就是他的朋友和同伴，故B正確。
小題4:C 態(tài)度題。在本文中作者只是客觀的說明了寧波的這種幾個家庭一起帶孩子的現(xiàn)象，并沒有發(fā)表自己的觀點，所以作者的觀點還并沒有說明出來，故C正確。
小題5:A 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容和第二段第2行three mothers are trying a new way of raising their kids, by pooling them together．說明講述的是共同教育孩子的話題，故A正確。
點評：文章講述了在浙江寧波出現(xiàn)的一種幾個家庭輪流帶孩子的現(xiàn)象�？疾橥评眍}較多，解此類題需要結(jié)合上下文提供的語境和信息進行簡單的概括和判斷。?
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