第五篇       traffic in our cities

1 the volume量 of traffic 交通in many cities in the world today continues to expand.扩展  this causes many problems, including serious air pollution,污染 lengthy漫长的 delays,耽搁 and the greater risk (1） accidents.

1. a) of的                                  b) for为了，因为

  c) about关于大约                                 d) by通过，被

固定词组：the risk of ----    -----的风险

clearly, something must be done, but it is often difficult to (2） people to change their habits习惯 and leave their cars at home.

2. a) make使           b) arrange安排      

c) suggest建议        d) persuade劝说

2  one possible (3)   is to make it more expensive昂贵的 for people to use their cars by (4)  charges 费用for parking and (5) tougher fines 罚款for anyone who (6)  the law.

3. a) approach方法          b) manner方式，习惯c) custom风俗习惯     d) style风格时尚

4. a) enlarging扩大          b) increasing增加   

c) growing发展                 d) developing发展 开发

5. a) carrying down搬下 结账 b) putting off推迟      

  c) bringing in做为----收益  d) taking away 拿走

6. a) crosses交叉    b) refuses拒绝        

  c) breaks打破     d) cracks破裂

in addition,另外 drivers could be required to pay for 付款using particular 特定的routes线路 at different times of the day. this system, ( 7) as "road pricing" ,道路收费 is already being introduced in a (8) of cities, using a special electronic 电子的card (9)  to the windscreen挡风玻璃 of the car.

7. a) named命名    b) seen看见    c) called称作  d) known知道

固定词组: known as---     以---为人们所熟知

8. a) quantity大量   b) number一些 许多  c) total总数为    d) sum 合计，总数

9. a) fixed是固定，安装    b) joined结合加入

  c) built建造                  d) placed放置

固定词组：fix to sth   把---安装在---上，把---固定于-

3  another way of (10)  with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the (11) of the city, and strictly 严格地control the number of vehicles 车辆allowed into the center. 中心

10. a) doing做         b) handling处理操作

c) dealing处理         d) solving解决

固定词组：deal with  处理，安排

11. a) outskirts郊区          b) border边界   

   c) outside外部             d) limit限制

drivers and their passengers then use a special bus service for the (12) stage 阶段of their journey旅行行程

12. a) late晚的                    b) end结束     

c) complete完成的          d) final 最终的

4  of course, the most important (13) is to provide good public transport. 运输however, to get people to (14)  the comfort of their cars, public transport must be felt to be reliable, 可靠的convenient方便的 and comfortable,舒服的 with fares票价 (15)  at an acceptable level.

13. a) thought想法         b) thing事情  

   c) work工作          d) event事件

14. a) pass on传递继续    b) throw away扔掉丢弃

   c) give up放弃          d) leave out遗漏省去

15. a) taken拿取                       b) kept 保持维持  

   c) given给                             d) stood站

固定词组： keep at an acceptable level   保持在一个合理的水平