Question

【題目】Dear Sir,

I have to travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along their route: 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 (規(guī)章) 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

【1】The writer has to take Bus No. 49 because ______.

A.it is not always fullB.it arrives on time

C.it travels fasterD.it has fewer seats on it

【2】The regulations say that each bus may carry ______ passengers at most.

A.20B.40

C.129D.60

【3】What kind of letter is this passage?

A.It’s a letter of thanksB.It’s a letter of apology

C.It’s a letter of introductionD.It’s a letter of complaint

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】D

【解析】

這是一篇應(yīng)用文。文章主要就16路和49路公交車的載客情況，向公交車管理部們投訴，希望公交車能夠更好的為乘客服務(wù)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段中“I have to wait for the number 49, because sometimes there are empty seats on it.”我得等49路車，因?yàn)橛袝r(shí)車上還有空座位。由此可知，作者乘49路公交車的原因是它有時(shí)候有空位，也就是沒有滿客。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段中“The regulations say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers.”條例規(guī)定，乘坐公共汽車坐著的乘客不得超過40人，站著的的乘客不得超過20人。由此可知，條例規(guī)定每輛公交車最多可載60人。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段“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?”很明顯，我們的公交公司違反了規(guī)定，不把乘客放在眼里。難道沒有辦法使你們的服務(wù)更好嗎？由此可知，這是作者就公交車違反條例規(guī)定寫的一封投訴信。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，故選D。