外研版SB4 MODULE 2 同步阅读材料(2)
C．During the war, trees are hard to find.
D．All Christmas trees are the most beautiful.
解析：选B。句意理解题。根据最后一段：尽管圣诞树不完美，但是作者能在战争期间的圣诞节回家，使作者首次意识到：完美的不是圣诞树，而是能够回到家中。因此选B项。
通用版、陕西专用、四川专用A
The amount of time that people spend on travel is 1.1 hours per person per day in all societies. The average distance traveled is 7,400 miles (12,000 km) per year. In total, the world population travels more than 16.6 trillion miles (23 trillion km) per year, 53% of which is by car, 26% by bus, 9% by rail, 9% by highspeed transport such as airplanes, and 3% by bicycle, boat and other means.
It is estimated (估计) that, due to developments in highspeed public transport, travel time will drop to only 12 minutes per person per day by 2050. Of the global traffic volume, 35% will be by car, 20% by bus, 41% by highspeed transport, and 4% by rail.
At present, traffic congestion (拥塞) has a huge negative (消极的) economic and environmental impact(影响) across the world. Road congestion in the UK costs the UK economy 15 billion a year. It costs the US $ 100 billion a year. In Seattle, Washington for instance, a driver spends an average (平均) of 59 hours stuck in traffic each year. In the greater Seattle area there are more cars than people; each household makes an average of 10 motorcar trips a day. According to Sierra Club, “American cars and trucks account for 20 percent of the world's petroleum consumption(石油消耗)．”
The US has the most highways, but European roads are busier. In Europe, cars travel more than 600 miles (1,000 km) per road per year, compared to an average of 500 km per road in the US. The world's worst traffic jam usually occurs during the summer on the road from Paris to Toulouse, France.
So take a hike. You can use Google's public transport trip planner. Or, in the least, find a job closer to home.
| 语篇解读：现在全球过半的人选择自己驾车出行，这给交通造成了很大的压力。 |
A．The car. B．The bus.
C．The train. D．The airplane.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段的“In total, the world population travels more than 16.6 trillion miles (23 trillion km) per year, 53% of which is by car”可知小汽车是目前主要的出行工具。
2．Compared to today, we know in 2050，________.
A．more people will choose to travel by train
B．more people will have a car of their own
C．a lot more people will choose the bus to go out
D．a lot more people will choose highspeed transport
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段的41%by highspeed transport可知到2050年，41%的人会选择高速交通工具，这比目前的9%高了很多，故选D项。
3．From the passage, we learn that in the greater Seattle area, ________.
A．people are not encouraged to go out by bus
B．few people travel by train
C．every person owns a car
D．the traffic is very bad
解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第三段的“In Seattle, Washington for instance, a driver spends an average (平均) of 59 hours stuck in traffic each year. In the greater Seattle area there are more cars than people.”可推断西雅图的交通状况很差。
4．What does the writer suggest we do in the last paragraph?
A．Go to work by bike.
B．Reduce our travel plans.
C．Find a job near our homes.
D．Avoid public transport trips.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据末段的“Or, in the least, find a job closer to home.”可知作者建议我们找一个离家近一点的工作，故选C项。
B
You may ride on your bicycle in a rush to get to school every morning.You may fight to get a bit of space on a bus or on the subway.You may also watch taxis crawl their way through traffic jams.
No matter where you are，all big cities around the world have traffic jams these days.But although they all have their problems, many cities also have a type of transport that has become a cultural icon (文化标识)．
In London to avoid (避免) the traffic above ground，people use the “underground”， also called the “Tube”．The city has the oldest and most complicated (复杂的) underground railway system in the world and is the pride of many Londoners. With 12 lines and 275 stations across the city，the Tube, is normally the quickest and easiest way of getting around London. In London, you are never far from a Tube station.
New York is famous for its Yellow cabs. They serve as a quick and easy way of getting across Manhattan, where the subway doesn't take you everywhere. Stopping a cab is easy; just stick out your arm like you do in any city. But，with over 12,000 yellow cabs in the Big Apple, they also cause traffic jams.
Since 1873 when the first cable car started public service, the slow and noisy vehicle has been a symbol of San Francisco. Although once damaged by a serious earthquake and challenged (挑战) by cars, it is never caught in traffic jams and provides better views than the subway.
But there are no such symbols in Los Angeles. If you visit you'd better rent a car.The city's public transportation is terrible. It can take hours to get across town by bus. The subway covers just a small part of the city centre. The light rail line only runs between the Long Beach hotel area and the city centre. That's why Angeles love their private cars more than any other people in the world.
5．If you have a chance to London and want to avoid the traffic jam, you'd better ________.
A．ride vehicle B．take a taxi
C．use underground D．rent a car
解析：选C。推理判断题。根据短文第三段可知：在伦敦，为了避开地面拥挤的交通，人们都会选择乘坐地铁。它包括12条线路和275个车站，是畅游伦敦最快捷简便的途径。
6．Which type of transportation has become a cultural icon of the Big Apple?
A．Noisy vehicle. B．Cable cars.
C．Subway. D．Yellow cabs.
解析：选D。推测题。根据第四段可知：纽约最著名的交通工具是黄色出租车。坐这种出租车出行是快速简便的方法。你只需一招手便可以打到出租车，十分简单。据此可以推测“黄色出租车”是被称作“大苹果”的纽约的“文化标识”。
7．People in Los Angeles like to hire private cars because of the following EXCEPT that ________.
A．the public transportation is terrible
B．it is not expensive to take a private car
C．the underground railway covers a small part of the city center
D．people have to spend hours getting across the Los Angeles
解析：选B。事实判断题。根据短文最后一段可知：洛杉矶这个城市公共交通状况糟透了。坐公交车穿越整个城市需数个小时。地铁只覆盖了市中心的一小部分。因此，洛杉矶市民比世界上其他人都喜欢私家车。
