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I have to travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along their route (路线): the
number 49 and number 16. But by the time the number 16 bus reaches Souk Road it is always full, so I can"t
get on it. I have to wait for the number 49, because sometimes there are empty seats on it.
The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes. If this is so, why
do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day?
The regulations say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are
waiting. Why do the half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop?
The regulations say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers.
Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. I counted the other passengers as they
got off. There were 129 of them.
It is clear that our bus companies break the regulations and think little of their passengers. Can nothing be
done to make your service better?
Yours
Tired passenger
B. it is not always full
C. it travels faster
D. it has fewer seats on it
B. One hour.
C. Half an hour.
D. Nearly a day.
B. 40
C. 60
D. 129
B. no buses except the No.49 bus passed Souk Road
C. no passengers took their buses
D. the writer was always the first to get on the bus
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part in an English holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents weren"t with them, although they were very
young.
Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents. Many parents let their
children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life. And
also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing… The most important for the
children is to learn to look after themselves.
Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive. Most of families can afford to send their children there
for further study, for making their bodies strong… And the government never charges (收费) for them.
It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things. Perhaps it has something
with the kinds of holiday camps.
B. English holiday camps
C. science holiday camps
D. Chinese holiday camps
B. have to look after them nearby
C. must stay at home
D. aren"t with them
B. to learn much knowledge about many things
C. to learn to look after themselves
D. to have a further study about many subjects
B. not so cheap
C. very high
D. not high
B. must be active in the future
C. must go to college
D. must be very beautiful
possible to get advice from radio shows, TV programs and telephones hot lines, too. A hot line is a telephone
line that offers a direct way of getting in touch with advisers. Most hot lines are completely anonymous－
callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers. Most hot lines are usually free, too.
Callers do not have to pay for advice or the phone calls-even if the calls are long distance (距离). At some
hot lines, the advisers are volunteers (志愿者). Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work. Usually the
advisers are full-job people with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only
taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line. All the advisers listen to people and help them solve
their problems.
B. through which people get advice
C. whose number no one knows
D. through which callers take a short class
B. generally have to pay for the long distance calls
C. usually pay nothing for most of the calls and advice
D. always try to get in touch with the volunteer advisers
B. are all volunteers
C. all have years of education and experience
D. have all been trained for a short time
B. They accept the caller"s advice
C. They give the callers advice
D. They go to the callers" houses to help them
B. hot lines help the callers a lot
C. people had better pay for the advice and phone calls
D. the hot line advisers will solve all of the callers" problems
I"m writing to complain about the service offered by your company.
I told your service department on November 21 that my washing machine needed repairing, Your service
engineers have since been here four times-on December 1l, December 19, December 25 and January 5. The
problem was found out on the first visit and the wrong parts were brought by different engineers on the two
next visits. The correct part was fitted by the first engineer on the fourth visit.
In short, my complaints are:
a. I had to wait three weeks for an engineer to call and nearly two months for the machine to be repaired.
b. The engineers who called on December 19 and December 25 had been given wrong information by the
company, which made me take two half days off unnecessarily.
c. The first and fourth visits lasted a total of thirty minutes. But in the invoice (发票), I have to pay for four
visits of four hours" work. I will not be paying the invoice for their mistakes and I do hope to receive your
answers to these complaints.
Yours,
Robert White
B. how its different engineers came for the repair
C. that two of the engineers didn"t give him any help
D. that he refuses to pay the company for their mistakes
B. it took him nearly sixty days to get his machine repaired
C. it had been almost two months before the first engineer came
D. it took the engineer 3 weeks to find out something wrong with the machine.
B. the company didn"t tell them where the correct parts were
C. they were not sure about whether the machine worked or not
D. they hadn"t been told where the right parts should be fitted.
B. half an hour"s work
C. an hour"s work
D. four hours" work
now it"s your chance to turn off your TV and 2 ! TV-Turnoff Week is here.
The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets 3 and participate in activities 4
drawing to biking.The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network, a non-profit organization which started
the event in 1995. In the 5 , only a few thousand people took part. Last year more than 7.6 million people
participated, 6 people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries! This is the 11th year
in which 7 are asking people to "turn off the TV and turn on 8 ."
According to the TV-Turnoff Network, the average 9 in the US spend 10 time in front of the TV
(about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in school (about 900 hours per year). Too much TV 11 has made
many kids grow fat. 12 , in 2001"s TV-Turnoff Week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said, "We are
raising the most 13 generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives."
Over the years, studies have shown that watching a lot of TV 14 poor eating habits, too little exercise,
and violence.Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV "is or 15 , part of a
healthy lifestyle".
"One of the great lessons of 16 TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that 17 I turn on the TV, I"m
deciding not to do something else," Vespe said.
TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a 18 . Recent US Census (人口普查) data 19 that about 72
percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That"s 20 about 63 percent ten years ago.
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| Department stores sell ready-to-wear clothing, which is also called ready-made clothing. Such clothing is made in fixed sizes. Those people who find that ready-made clothing fits them well can save money by buying it. Most often, People do not fit exactly into a producer"s size. Their clothing must be changed to make it fit better. However, most changes are not very expensive. The small cost of most changes means that ready-made clothing can meet the needs of most customers. Those who can afford it often get someone to design (设计) and make their clothing. Such clothing is called custom-made. The person who makes it measures (测量) the customer, and then sews it so that it fits perfectly. Changes are not needed. Custom-made clothing is largely sewn by hand, has better quality, better material, and is of the style you have chosen. Of course, it costs much more than ready-to-wear clothing. You need to pay the difference for the special fitting and better skill that you are receiving. This often means that you spend double or mor than you would for a ready-made garment. Custom-made clothing is not always that much better than ready-made clothing. It costs more partly because only one garment has been made, just for you. Companies that produce ready-made products make thousands of garments at a time. This means they can buy large amounts of material. Workers cut each size by the hundreds. Companies work out ways to make the garments, quickly by machine and pay workers according to their skill. Thus they can sell the finished products at a low price while still making money. Most of the clothing sold in the United States is made in this way. Customers gain from the lower prices which are made possible by mass production. It may or may not give them high quality. | |||
| 1. According to the passage, people who buy ready-made clothing _____. | |||
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| A. wish to make changes B. can fit into the sizes C. want to make it better D. will spend less money | |||
| 2. We can learn from the passage that custom-made clothing is _____. | |||
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| A. specially made B. fashionably designed C. chosen by few people D. made with difficulties | |||
| 3. Which of the following is true about ready-made clothing? | |||
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| A. It is of poor quality. B. It suits all people. C. It takes more time to make it. D. It is time-saving to make it. | |||
| 4. The purpose of the writer is _____. | |||
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| A. to explain why custom-made clothing costs more B. to show the advantages of mass production C. to provide information about different kinds of clothing D. to tell readers how to make money from ready-made clothing |