When foreigners come to Chengdu, a good alternative is to get around by taking the bus. Once getting used to going by bus, you will discover that it is actually not that bad.
Although a ride usually covers two or twenty stops, a bus ride costs RMB 2 in Chengdu. It is important to carry enough small money with you, because it is not usual to get back changes. Even though it is cheap, you can pay less and save some trouble if you get a RMB 25 bus card at your local pharmacy, Hongqi Chain Store or bus station terminal office—note that personal identification is needed. Explain to the worker that you want to purchase a bus card.
With this card, one bus drive costs only RMB 1 if you use a card based on frequency of your ride. If your card is based on the so called E-purse, you pay each time RMB 1.80 for the bus. If you require the use of subway, you can ask the cashier at the Hongqi Chain Store to activate the metro. After having your bus card, you can store money on your travel card. The fees for bus and metro have to be stored separately.
It is important to keep in mind that the money on the card does not overlap. For example, you charge 40 bus rides on the card, but you only used 20 during the month, the rest 20 will be invalid at the beginning of the next month and you have to recharge the card. Therefore, it is important to calculate the exact numbers of bus rides you will have to take.
After you have your own bus card, one swipe is only needed when you get on the bus at the front door. If you only manage to get on the bus at the back door, just ask the passengers to pass your card to the front and swipe it for you. With the bus card, you can transfer buses for fee if the travel time is within two hours.
Furthermore, it is to stress that you should keep an eye on your belongings while being on the bus. Generally, Chengdu is a safe place but most of the thefts are occurring on buses, at train stations or crowded large area, like the shopping street Chunxi Road.
Due to the fact that the place names are announced in Chinese, it is better to know the Chinese name of your destination. Even though there are announcements in English, they will sound like the following: “The next stop is Jinjiang Binguan (Jinjiang Hotel)”Which of the following statements is true when taking the bus in Chengdu?
| A．It’s always important to carry enough small money with you every day. |
| B．It only costs RMB 25 to get around in Chengdu by bus per month. |
| C．Personal identification is not essential when applying for a bus card for locals. |
| D．RMB 0.2 will be saved each time if you use E-purse rather than cash on the bus. |
Why are the readers reminded to pay close attention to their personal possessions?
| A．Because Chengdu is not a safe place. |
| B．Because some thieves like stealing things in crowded buses. |
| C．Because people can transfer buses for fee within two hours. |
| D．Because the bus card must be swiped at the front door. |
Why does the author suggest the Chinese name of the destination be learnt?
| A．Because it helps know clearly where to get off the bus. |
| B．Because it can prevent people from missing the bus they want to board. |
| C．Because the place names are merely announced in Chinese. |
| D．Because it prevents the passengers getting off at the next stop on time. |
The author might write this passage specially for ________.
| A．The local Chengdu people who are interested in traveling by bus |
| B．Regular bus riders in Chengdu who fails to manage their bus cards properly. |
| C．New foreigners in Chengdu who want to get around by bus. |
| D．Pedestrians in Chengdu who are considering choosing to take the bus. |
Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart－we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity.
Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is shown in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.
Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not－kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, Dominique. She takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey finding Mary, even if that means embarrassing them.
The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern-day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.
“The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson, “Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.”The first paragraph is mainly to
A. raise a question on poverty
B. remind us of a fairy tale inform us of the importance of dream
D. build our interest about the following movieWhat can we infer from the passage .
| A．Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class |
| B．Mary’s mother used to be a singer |
| C．The MP3 player helps Joey find Mary |
| D．Another Cinderella Story is just another copy of Cinderella |
What does the underlined word “obscurity” probably mean?
| A．being popular | B．being unknown |
| C．being famous | D．being silent |
The passage is mainly about
| A．An advertisement of Another Cinderella Story |
| B．An essay about dreams |
| C．A review about a movie |
| D．A fairy tale |
Guide to Stockholm University Library
Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.
Zones
The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.
Computers
You can use your own computer to connect to the wifi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.
Group-study places
If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.
There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.
Storage of Study Material
The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits(学分)，you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.
Rules to be Followed
Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.
Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library , but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you. The library’s ground floor is mainly for students to _______.
| A．read in a quiet place. | B．have group discussions. |
| C．get their computers fixed. | D．have a sweet snap. |
What is required when booking a group-study room?
| A．A group must consist of 8 people. |
| B．Three-hour use per day is the minimum. |
| C．Applicants must mark the room on the map. |
| D．One should first register at the university. |
What should not be brought into the library?
| A．Mobile phones | B．Orange juice |
| C．Apples | D．Candy |
A student can rent a locker in the library if he ______.
| A．has earned the required credits |
| B．can afford the rental fees |
| C．attends certain courses |
| D．has nowhere to put his books |
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I spent teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times, do not interrupt me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to breathe. When you see my knowing little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you how to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life… When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not. When my tired legs do not allow me to walk, give me your hand, the same way I did when you made your first step. And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live anymore—that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you starting living. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
| A．To show that he needs his son’s understanding. |
| B．To show he has educated his son well. |
| C．To teach his son how to be a good father. |
| D．To tell his son why he couldn’t behave well. |
What does the underlined sentence mean?
| A．My life is so hard that I cannot live longer. |
| B．I cannot live so long for my old age. |
| C．If you treat me better, I can live longer. |
| D．I cannot live so long although I am in good health. |
What does the father mainly want to say to his son in short?
| A．“ Help me to understand my life.” |
| B．“ Teach you how to live and survive.” |
| C．“ Share you how I taught you.” |
| D．“ Help to end my way with your love and patience.” |
When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60 thousand adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt infants, others adopt older children, some couples adopt children from their own countries, and others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason --- they care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life.
Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children, or adoptees, have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually sealed. The information is secret so no one can see it. Naturally, adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents. Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adopted parents want them, love them and will care for them.According to the passage, some couples adopt children because_________
| A．They care a lot about children. |
| B．They need looking after in their old age. |
| C．They want to enrich their life experience. |
| D．They want children to keep them company. |
Why is it difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents?
| A．They are usually adopted from distant places. |
| B．Their birth parents often try to conceal（隐藏）their birth information. |
| C．Their birth information is usually kept secret. |
| D．Their adoptive parents don’t want them to know their birth parents. |
Adoptees find it hard to make the decision to search for their birth parents, because____
| A．They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents. |
| B．They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents. |
| C．They are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search. |
| D．They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents. |
74.What does the underlined word “infants” in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?
| A．teenagers | B．babies over 2-year old |
| C．new babies | D．persons under the age of 18 |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．Early adoption makes for closer parent-child relationship. |
| B．Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas. |
| C．Understanding is the key to successful adoption. |
| D．Adoption has much to do with love. |
If cars had wings，they could fly and that just might happen, beginning in 2011.The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2012.
“It’s the next ‘wow’ vehicle，”said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh.“ Anybody can buy a Ferrari, but as we say, Ferraris don’t fly.”
The car plane has wings that unfold for flying—a process the company says takes one minute—and fold(折叠) back up for driving. A runway is still required to take off and land.
The Transition is being marketed more as a plane that drives than a car that flies, although it is both. The company has been working with FAA to meet aircraft regulations, and with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to meet vehicle safety regulations.
The company is aiming to sell the Transition to private pilots as a more convenient and cheaper way to fly. They say it saves you the trouble from trying to find another mode of transportation to get to and from airports: You drive the car to the airport and then you’re good to go. When you land, you fold up the wings and hit the road. There are no expensive parking fees because you don’t have to store it at an airport—you park it in the garage at home.
The car-plane is designed to fly primarily under 10,000 feet. It has a maximum takeoff weight of 1,430 pounds, including fuel and passengers. Terrafugia says the Transition reduces the potential for an accident by allowing pilots to drive under bad weather instead of flying into marginal(临界)conditions.
The Transition’s price tag: $194,000, But there may be additional charges for options like a radio, transponder or GPS. Another option is a full-plane parachute. “If you get into a very awful situation, it is the necessary safety option,” Gersh said.
So far, the company has more than 70 orders with deposits. “We’re working very closely with them, but there are still some remaining steps,” Brown said.We can learn from the first paragraph that.
| A．car- planes will be popular in 2012 |
| B．people might drive a car-plane in 2012 |
| C．both Transition and Ferrari can take off and land |
| D．Richard Gersh is the vice president of Massachusetts |
lt takes the car-plane one minute to.
| A．fold and unfold its wings |
| B．unfold wings for flying |
| C．land in the airport |
| D．meet flying safety regulations |
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A.The car-plane needs a runway to take off and land.
B.To meet aircraft regulations, the company has been working with FAA.
C.The car-plane may fly as high as normal planes.
D.People can park the car-plane in the garage at their home.The underlined word“it”in the last but one paragraph refers to.
| A．the radio | B．the transponder |
| C．the GPS | D．the full-plane parachute |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．A more Convenient and Cheaper Way to Fly. |
| B．Which to Choose: A Ferraris or a Car Plane? |
| C．Cars With Wings May Be Just Around The Corner. |
| D．Cars With Wings Can Fly as Fast as Planes. |