高中英语学习材料（灿若寒星*制作整理）高2015级高一下第14周周练英语试题（考试时间：90分钟）第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分60分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)ATheDial-a-Bus，whichisamixtureofanordinarybusandataxi，canpickuppassengersattheirdoorsoratanearbybusstopshortlyaftertheyhavetelephonedforservice.Thecomputerwillknowthelocationofitsvehicles(车辆)，howmanypassengersareonthem，andwheretheyareheading.Itwillchoosetherightvehicleandsendittothecalleraccordingtotheprogrammingofthesystem.Thecostoftaxiridescanbereducedbysharingrides，andtheDial-a-Bussystemisdesignedtodothisaswell.Informationfromthestudyforthenewsystemsuggeststhatdependingonpassengers’need，door-to-doortransportationcanserveitspassengersalmostasfastasaprivatetaxibutatone-quartertoone-halftheprice.ThekeypointisthattheDial-a-Busmaydowhatothertransportationsystemsdon’tdonow.Thesystemwillattractmoreoff-peak(非高峰期的)businessthanothernormaltransportationdoes.Andifitdoesattractenoughpassengers，theoff-peakincome(收入)wouldkeepDial-a-Busawayfromtheeconomicproblemsfacedbyothertransportationservices，whichareusedonly3or4hoursaday.Itcouldalsohelpreducedependenceuponcars.ThereislittlequestionthattheideafortheDial-a-Bussystemwillcometrue.Mostoftheexistingvehiclescancomfortablycarry12to24passengers.Somecanalsoofferservicestoairports.Computers，radiocommunicationsandtelephonelinksareenoughfortheneedsoftheDial-a-Bussystem.Alimiteddemonstration(演示)oftheDial-a-Busideacanalmostcertainlybefinishedwithin3yearsatacostoflessthan1millionusingexistingequipment.Afull-scale(全面的)demonstrationoftheDial-a-Busservice，usingvehiclesandequipmentspeciallydesignedtotestallthepossibleadvantages，probablycanbecompletedwithin7yearsatacostoflessthan20million.21．OneimportantcharacteroftheDial-a-Bussystemisthat________.A．itservesspecialpersonsB．ithasnodriversC．itneedsnoelectricityD．itisfastandcheap22．Wecanlearnfromthethirdparagraphthat________.A．theDial-a-BusdoesthesamethingsasothertransportationsystemsdoB．morepeoplewillenjoytheDial-a-Busserviceatoff-peakhoursC．othertransportationserviceswillearnmoremoneythantheDial-a-BusserviceD．morepeoplewilldrivecarsinsteadofusingtheDial-a-Bussystem23．WhatcanweknowabouttheDial-a-Busaccordingtothepassage?A．Itcanpickuppassengersjustatanearbybusstop.B．Itcanofferservicestoanyplaceexceptairports.C．Ithasmanyadvantagesoverothertransportation.D．Itwillbeputtouseafterthelimiteddemonstration.24．Accordingtothepassage，theuseoftheDial-a-Bussysteminthefutureis________.A．doubtfulB．certainC．unknownD．limitedBWhentheMinistryofEducationplannedtomakehighschoolstudentslearntodanceaseriesofdancesthatwerethoughttobesuitableforstudents，includingthreeforprimarypupils，twoformiddleschoolstudents，andthreeforhighschoolstudents，peoplehaddifferentattitudestowardsthenewidea.Severaleducationalexpertsspenttwoyearschoosingthedancesconsideringtheneedsofstudentsofdifferentages.Everydancetookfourtofiveminutes.Itwassaidthatthedancinglessonswouldbearrangedinstudents’sparetimeandasapartoftheirsportseducation，andaftertheplanwascarriedoutstudentsinhighschoolcoulddancethewaltzhandinhand.Somestudentshavealreadydancedtheirwaltz.Didtheyenjoyit?LiYe,16，NanjingMeiyuanHighSchool，Jiangsu“WelearnedsomebasicstepsofthewaltzinourPEclassonthefirstdayofournewterm.Itwasembarrassingtodancehandinhandwithagirl.I’dratherdothewaltzw...
