1、Unit 4Public transport能力提升题组训练.阅读理解ASuppose you dont need your car today.And suppose,as it happens that a stranger in your area does need a car.Would you be willing to rent yours out? Several car-sharing start-ups,including Getaround,RelayRides and JustShareIt, are eager to connect car owners with r
2、enters this way.The companies have different rules,but participating owners receive,generally speaking,about two-thirds of the rental earnings.RelayRides says an owner of a mid-size,late-model sedan who rents out a car for 10 hours a week could expect to clear about $3,000 a year. Peer-to-peer car-s
3、haring remains in the trial stage;it can be found in San Francisco and a few other places.It has a long way to go before it becomes the auto equivalent of Airbnb,the surprise success story for peer-to-peer sharing of space in apartments and houses.Shelby Clark,founder of RelayRides,says potential in
4、vestors in his company have been concerned that owners will be afraid to hand their car over to strangers.To address that,he points to Airbnb,saying,“Letting people sleep in your living room is much more of a disturbance into your personal space than letting someone use your car.”All of these compan
5、ies offer their own insurance coverage for their renters, which are supposed to put owners minds at ease.But only two statesCalifornia and Oregonhave passed laws to clarify that an owner will not suffer any consequences should a car-sharing renter have an accident.“In all the other states,legal ambi
6、guity remains,”Shelby Clark says.“If a renter should be involved in a serious accident in those states,the victim can be expected to go after every party possible,including the cars owner.”Also to remove the worries of car owners,the driving records of renters are checked for recent serious violatio
7、ns.1.What does the underlined word“sedan”in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?A.A kind of car. B.An owner of a car.C.A renting company.D.A car-sharing renter.2.Which of the following is TRUE of Airbnb?A.It cares little about personal privacy.B.It deals with house-sharing successfully.C.It is a very popu
8、lar car-sharing company.D.Its ideas are being tried out in some states.3.If a car-sharing renter should have an accident in California,the cars owner .A.has to take legal responsibilityB.will not suffer the consequenceC.is not covered by health insuranceD.must pay the insurance for the renter语篇解读:本文
9、是说明文,介绍了美国兴起的一个共同使用小汽车的新兴行业。答案及剖析:1.A词义猜测题。根据画线词前面的“an owner of a mid-size,late-model”及画线词后面的“who rents out a car”可推知,这里指的是“一种中型、新型的小汽车”,故选 A。2.B细节理解题。根据文章第三段中的“before it becomes the auto equivalent of Airbnb,the surprise success story for peer-to-peer sharing of space in apartments and houses”可知,Ai
10、rbnb是一家成功进行房屋共享的公司,故选B。3.B细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的“But only two states California and Oregon have passed laws to clarify that an owner will not suffer any consequences should a car-sharing renter have an accident.”可知,在California和Oregon两个州,如果租用者出了事故,车主是不会受到任何影响的,故选B。BOn one of her trips to New York several ye
11、ars ago,Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner.They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes,another customer was approaching their table.“Hey,arent you from Mississippi?”the elegant,white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger.“Im
12、from Mississippi too.”Without a second thought,the woman joined the Welty party.When her dinner partner showed up,she also pulled up a chair.“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,”Welty said.“I didnt know what my New York friends were thinking.”Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer
13、than sunshine.By the time the group got up to leave,it was pouring outside.Weltys new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab.Heading back downtown toward her hotel,her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi state reunion
14、(团聚).“My friend said: Now we believe your stories,”Welty added.“And I said: Now you know.These are the people that make me write them.”Sitting on a sofa in her room,Welty,a slim figure in a simple gray dress,looked pleased with this explanation.“I dont make them up,”she said of the characters in her
15、 fiction these last 50 or so years.“I dont have to.”Beauticians,bartenders,piano players and people with purple hats,Weltys people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends,from walks through the streets of her native Jackson,Miss.,from conversations overheard on a bus.It annoys Welty tha
16、t,at 78,her left ear has now given out.Sometimes,sitting on a bus or a train,she hears only a fragment(片断) of a particularly interesting story.4.What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?A.Two strangers joined her. B.Her childhood friends came in.C.A heavy rain ruined the dinner.D.So
17、me people held a party there.5.The underlined word “them”in Paragraph 6 refers to Weltys .A.readers B.parties C.friends D.stories6.What can we learn about the characters in Weltys fiction?A.They live in big cities. B.They are mostly women.C.They come from real life. D.They are pleasure seekers.语篇解读:
18、这是一篇记叙文。Welty根据亲身经历和现实生活中的有趣故事创作小说。许许多多的真人真事成了Welty笔下的材料。答案及剖析:4.A细节理解题。由文章第二段和第三段内容可知,有两个陌生人加入到了Welty在咖啡馆里组成的聚会。一个是stranger,另一个是her dinner partner。5.D猜测指代题。从第六段的“My friend said:Now we believe your stories,”和These are the people that make me write them.可知them指代的是句中的stories。6.C推理判断题。根据作者讲述的经历并写成故事可知,
19、Welty笔下的人物来源于现实生活。这一点在倒数第二段Welty的话语中也得到了印证。.语法填空(2018洛阳高三统考)The Palace Museum,known as the Forbidden City,is the1.(large) and most well 2.(reserve) imperial (皇帝的)residence in China today.It is divided into an outer and an inner court with a rectangular shape,961 meters long from north to south and 7
20、53 meters in 3.(wide) from east to west.It has a splendid history since the Ming Dynasty,and it 4. (rebuild) and repaired many times in the past.I was so excited to visit it 5. my family last summer vacation. After we passed through the Front Gate,a lot of palaces appeared.The tour guide told us the
21、re were almost 8,700 rooms in the Palace Museum.During the Ming Dynasty, construction began in 1406.6. took 14 years to build the Forbidden City.I was 7.(real) surprised that the workers could build it so well 8. even today it is not out of style.I could not remember all the names of the buildings,b
22、ut I took hundreds of beautiful 9.(photo) on the way.I think I will never forget the 10.(amaze) trip I had in Beijing,China and I can go there next time with my friends.答案及剖析:1.largest考查形容词。由空前the和空后and the most可知用最高级。2.reserved考查非谓语。reserve和residence之间为被动关系。3.width考查名词。介词后用名词。4.was rebuilt考查时态和语态。r
23、ebuild和it之间是被动关系,由in the past可知用一般过去时。5.with考查介词。with表示“和一起”,符合语境。6.It考查固定句式。“It takes(sb.) some time to do sth.”为固定句式。7.really考查副词。副词修饰形容词surprised。8.that考查连词。“so.that.”为固定搭配。9.photos考查名词。hundreds of后接可数名词复数。10.amazing考查形容词。形容词修饰名词trip。根据语境可知,此处表示“令人惊奇的”,故用amazing。.书面表达(2018福州四校高三联考)假定你是李华,你的美国朋友To
24、ny在你校做交换生,希望你教他包饺子,请你写封邮件告诉他你的安排。内容包括:1.确定一起买包饺子所需材料的时间和地点;2.回你家包饺子;3.请对方预先观看网络视频学习包饺子。注意:1.词数100左右;2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。Dear Tony, Yours,Li HuaOne possible version:Dear Tony,How are you getting along with your Chinese study these days?In your last e-mail you asked me to teach you to make jiaozi and no
25、w Ill tell you my plan.At three oclock this Saturday afternoon,Ill meet you at the school gate,and then well ride bicycles to a supermarket near my home to buy the materials for making jiaozi.After that,well make jiaozi at my home.By the way,my mom will be at home at that time,who is an expert at making and cooking jiaozi.Shell also be very glad to teach you everything.In order to learn faster and better,you can watch a video about how to make jiaozi in advance on the Internet.Im looking forward to seeing you and making jiaozi with you this Saturday afternoon.Yours,Li Hua