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第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

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The United States of America is faced with serious traffic problems. Too many cars travel on the freeways to and from the city. This heavy traffic causes delays and lots of pollution from cars that are using their engines but not moving anywhere. Many cars going nowhere is called a “traffic jam”.

While many cities in the United States have traffic problems,some of the worst are in Los Angeles,California,which is a big city with a large downtown area. One of the reasons why there is so much traffic is that few people use public transportation to get around.

Experts say one possible solution to the traffic problems in Los Angeles would be to make people want to use the public transportation system of buses instead of their own cars. People say the buses should be made easier,faster,less costly and more dependable than driving a car.

One suggestion is to reduce the cost of taking the bus. Also,Los Angeles could make the buses easier for people to use. The buses could travel to more places in the city. And there could be more special lanes on the freeways that only buses could drive in. These changes would make taking the bus faster and easier than driving a car.

Other experts have said that the best way to ease traffic problems is to charge people money to drive on the freeways. These charges,or tolls,would be for the most crowded roads. The tolls would be in effect during the times of a day when most people drive to work and home. These times in the morning and late afternoon are called “rush hour”. People would try to avoid driving on these roads,which would decrease the amount of traffic. Also,the money collected from these tolls could be used to improve the roads and public transportation system.

36. What does the passage mainly discuss?

   A. Money charged when driving cars.

   B. Causes of the heavy traffic jams.

   C. Reasons to take public transportations.

   D. Solutions to solving traffic problems.

37. Why does Los Angeles have some of the worst traffic problems?

   A. Because it is a very big city with a large population.

   B. Because most people like to get around by car.

   C. Because public transportation is very popular there.

   D. Because there are not enough roads there.

38. From the passage we can infer that .

   A. driving their own cars cost less than taking buses

   B. taking buses is faster than driving cars in downtown area

   C. public buses usually come to the stop on time

   D. it is much easier to take buses than to drive cars

39. By marking out more special lanes on the freeways,they hope .

   A. buses can travel to more places in the city

   B. private cars can run much faster on them

   C. buses seldom get stuck in the traffic jams

   D. passengers can get on and off the buses easily

40. If people are charged on the most crowded roads during “rush hour”， .

   A. less air pollution would be produced

   B. there would be no traffic jam

   C. the freeways would be more crowded

   D. the number of cars on them would be smaller

Answer 1

36. D解析：主旨大意题。本文中专家就洛 杉矶的交通问题提出了许多解决方法，文 章主要讨论的正是这些方法中的几种。

37. B解析:推理判断题。根据文章中的“很少有人乘坐公共汽车”以及第三段判断，大 部分人出行都是自己开车。

38. A解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的 M -the buses should be made easier,faster,less costly …than driving a car."判 断，自己开车花费要少。

39. C解析：细节理解题。给公共汽车单独 设置车道，其他的车不能行使，因此就很少 会产生交通堵塞。

40. D解析：推理判断题。上下班时间对最 拥堵路上的车辆收费，因此人们就有可能 避开这些道路，这样路上的车就少了。