BEIJING changed the office hours of many institutions starting April 12 in the hope of reducing traffic jams during rush hour.
The new policy asked 800,000 employees to replace their former working schedule of 8:30 am to 5:30 pm with the new working hours of 9 am to 6 pm.
This is just one part of the Beijing municipal government’s plan to fight traffic jams. Starting April 1, daytime parking fees in 13 downtown areas were raised to encourage less driving. On April 2, the government announced limitations launched after the Beijing Olympics would be extended until April 2012. These ban Beijing’s 5.8 million drivers from driving one workday each week. The ban is based on the last number of the car license plate.
A multi-billion yuan fund has also been set up to build more underground ring roads in heavily populated areas. Major roads above ground will also be expanded.
According to Beijing’s traffic authorities, key projects include repairing major ring roads and expanding the subway network. The city will also create more taxi stops and bike rental stations, probably under the hundreds of overpasses (天橋) citywide.
Beijing’s fight against traffic jams is a smaller example of what is happening all around China. The central government is now supporting new ideas that will change the future of Chinese roads.
Bus rapid transit (BRT,快速公交系統(tǒng)) is one such idea. Special bus lanes carry almost as many passengers as a subway system. They cost less and are becoming popular in many big cities. Now Beijing has five BRT lines
Shanghai is dealing with traffic problems by charging higher fees for license plates（牌照）. The city is also controlling the total number of plates sold. Now, it is considering a plan to charge cars for entering the central business district, as London does.
Meanwhile, there are signs that Chinese are more aware of the serious problem of traffic. For example, there has been a sharp increase in the number of posts looking for carpooling (拼車) partners on major websites.
By the end of March, 2010, China had 192 million cars, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
小題1: The article is mainly about___________.
A．the fight against traffic jams all around the world
B．the increase of daytime parking fees in 13 downtown areas in Beijing
C．the Beijing municipal government’s measures to reduce traffic jams
D．news ideas that are likely to change the future of Chinese roads
小題2: According to the new policy, workday office hours in Beijing will be___________.
A．from 8:00 am to 5:00 pmB．from 9 am to 6 pm
C．from 8:30 am to 5:30 pmD．from 7:30 am to 4: 30 pm
小題3: The plans made by the Beijing municipal government to fight traffic jams include all the following except ____________
A．a(chǎn)djustments to office hours B．increases in daytime parking fees
C．the extension of the limitations launched after the Beijing Olympics
D．charging higher fees for license plates
小題4: The article tells us that____________.
A．the BRT system will become common China’s rural areas
B．the Chinese government is aiming at changing the future of Chinese roads
C．the Shanghai government has charged cars for entering the central business district
D．here are enough ways to deal with traffic jams in Beijing
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A．started to learn swimming five years ago
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D．was too exhausted to move after crossing the Channel
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C．Because she wasn’t good at swimming.
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B．losing more weight
C．raising money for charity
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The pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（數(shù)字化）of everyday life.
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The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____
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b. It reaches users in different ways  
c. It provides users with smart phone
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This text is most probably taken from                 .
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B. Japan’s Disaster is Likely to Run out of Control      
C. America Feels Great Concern for Japan’s Nuclear Crisis
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We can learn from the text that America         .
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B．has a strong program to deal with radiation danger
C．depends heavily on nuclear energy to produce electricity
D．will check all the reactors before cooperating with India
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According to the text, which country will be most likely to have a similar disaster?
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小題3:.
How does the author seem to feel about the future of nuclear energy?
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The best title of the text is         .
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was made to explain his plan for the future
was welcomed by the government officials present
was given to ask for foreign help
was actually boring
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Republicans don’ t agree with Obama’ s goals
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Tokyo - Drivers in China are no longer in a hurry to own Toyota Motor Corp's cars.
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小題1:According to the passage, why did Toyota carmaker recall their cars in China last month? _____________
A．Because it faced law suits in the US
B．Because there were problems with the cars.
C．Because of the importance of the Chinese market
D．Because the customers are not satisfied with the charging of a 5,000 Yuan premium.
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A．Because he did not think it important
B．Because he was not satisfied with the hearing in the US
C．Because he attached importance to the Chinese Market
D．Because he needed to make an apology to Chinese
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B．Its profit margins will shrink
C．It will have to face law suits
D．The president will be fired
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A．She was decorating her room．B．She was cooking dinner．
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D．The gunshot happened by intention.
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On 26 May 1928, at a meeting in Amsterdam (阿姆斯特丹), the FIFA congress (國際足聯(lián)) decided that a new competition open to all its members should be played. A year later in Barcelona it was agreed that Uruguay(烏拉圭), the strongest football team at the period of time., should celebrate 100 years of independence（獨立） by hosting the first World Cup the following year.

Only 13 nations came to the opening of the games and nine from South America. All games were played in three stadiums in Montevideo(蒙得維的亞) and, as expected, the South American countries were stronger, although the European teams did not bring shame.
Some 100,000 fans came for the final on 30 July between Argentina(阿根廷)and Uruguay. The FIFA president and brains(主要領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人)behind the World Cup, presented the trophy(獎杯)to winning captain and football’s greatest tournament was born.
After a pre-match row(爭吵)over which ball to use for the final, it is believed the Argentine ball was used in one half and the Uruguayan ball in the other.
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A．1928. B．1929. C．1930.D．1931.
小題2:Which of these statements about the first World Cup is NOT TRUE?
A．Most of the teams came from South America.
B．The South American teams were stronger.
C．All the matches were played in European countries
D．The European teams did not play badly.
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