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Unit 3 Travel journal
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(2020·武汉高三训练题)In 2011, the old style Malta buses were taken off the road and replaced by modern vehicles. Most of the old buses were deserted, a few were sold, and about 100 of them were put into storage in the hope of showing them in a museum at some stage.
A pre-2011 visit to Malta wouldn’t have been complete without a ride on one of the colorful buses. Until 1973 you could tell the destination of the bus just by looking at its color—Sliema was green and white, Zabbar was red and white with a blue stripe(条纹) etc. Later, the buses all had numbers. For a while, they were all painted green and white before the “final” orange, yellow and white.
In their prime,__walking around the Triton fountain at the Valletta bus station, you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design. Most of them had locally built bodies. On the front of the buses carried names like Dodge, Leyland, Bedford ect. You were equally likely to find football pennants(锦旗) and the like decorating the cabs. Real bus experts would have recognized that these were there mainly for decorative reasons, and were seldom an accurate reflection of the vehicle’s origins.
Nowadays much more modern buses are to be found at the Floriana bus station. They are more environmentally friendly and possibly even more comfortable than the older types. However, I miss the old buses. I remember, when you boarded your bus, you had to prepare the correct change to pay the usually bad-tempered driver as you got on. If you were seated anywhere near the front, you would have noticed that most drivers sat well to the right of their steering wheel. The reason for this, as any Maltese would tell you, was to leave space for their pet to sit alongside them. I wonder where the pet sits these days.
【解题导语】 2011年马耳他老式交通工具被现代的交通工具取代，老式公交车正式成为过去。
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1．What makes a pre-2011 visit to Malta special according to paragraph 2? A．Traveling in colorful buses. B．Using buses with stripes. C．Painting buses bright colors.
D．Telling destinations by different colors.
A 解析：推理判断题。根据第二段第一句“A pre-2011 visit to Malta wouldn’t have been complete without a ride on one of the colorful buses.”可推知，2011年以前，五彩缤纷的公交车是马耳他的一大特色。故选A。
2．Which of the following best explains “prime” underlined in paragraph 3? A．Painful time. C．Moment of fantasy.
B．Exciting time. D．Moment of glory.
D 解析：词义猜测题。根据第三段内容可知，第三段主要讲述了老式公交车的盛行时期，因此画线词意为“在盛行时期”。故选D。
3．What can we learn about Malta buses when they were popular? A．They were of the same pattern.
B．The decorations reflected their origins. C．Most were uniquely designed.
D．Only football pennants decorated the cabs.
C 解析：推理判断题。本文第三段讲述了老式公交车的盛行时期。根据该段第一句中的“you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design”可推知，大部分老式公交车的样式都是独一无二的。故选C。
4．How would the author feel about the old style Malta buses? A．Comfortable. C．Safe.
B．Environment-friendly. D．Memorable.
D 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容，尤其是“However, I miss the old buses.”可知，作者非常怀念马耳他老式公交车。故选D。
【难句分析】 In their prime, walking around the Triton fountain at the Valletta bus station, you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design.
分析：句中walking around the Triton fountain at the Valletta bus station为现在分词短语作伴随状语，find it＋adj.＋to do sth.为固定用法。
译文：在它们的鼎盛时期，走在瓦莱塔汽车站的Triton喷泉附近你会发现看到两辆设计一模一样的公交车是很难的。
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(2020·贵阳高三摸底)Traveling by subway can sometimes be quite an adventure, especially during rush hour. There are the times when you have to avoid cups of coffee that could spill(溅) on you. The smells of some passengers’ food are very strong, too.
According to the Beijing subway passenger regulations, which went into effect on May 15th, passengers except babies and the sick are no longer allowed to eat or drink on the subway. Violators(违规者) who do not stop after being asked to will be asked to get off. The violation will also be recorded in the violators’ credit record.
Some support the rule. The reason is that the smell of food and drink can annoy other passengers.“The smell of food fills the carriage, causing people discomfort, especially in the hot summer. Besides, eating on the subway produces rubbish. And on the subway, people often spill their drinks，” said Zheng Yiou, 17, a student from Hefei.
However, others question this rule.“Some citizens live so far from their workplaces that they have limited time to have breakfast before they go to work. Eating while they travel saves them time and decreases the chance that they will be late for work，” He Songlin, a 17-year-old student from Chengdu said.“And some people, like those with low blood sugar levels, get sick if they can’t eat when they must.”
Other Chinese cities like Nanjing and Chengdu have similar regulations. Some foreign cities also ban eating and drinking on the subway. For example, eating and drinking have long been banned on the subway in Washington, D．C. Singapore fines people who eat or drink on the subway up to 500 Singapore dollars.
Chen Yanyan, a professor from Beijing University of Technology, believed we should consider the need of some people to eat or drink on the subway.“Commuters(上班族) and travelers are sometimes too busy to eat. Maybe we could learn from Tokyo, where there are many subway stations equipped with services, allowing passengers to eat and drink，” she said.
【解题导语】 《北京市轨道交通乘客守则》规定在地铁上禁止乘客(除了病人和婴儿)吃东西、喝饮料。南京和成都等城市和一些国外的城市也出台了相应的规定。有些人支持这一规定，也有一些人认为在地铁上吃喝能节省时间、避免上班迟到，而且有些人是因为身体原因必须吃喝。北京工业大学的一名教授认为我们可以学习东京地铁站的做法。
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