Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.
More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi(马拉维). Bikes are the most popular in this African country.
Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “ bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.
If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on. You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.
Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.
28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job. “I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.
1.In Malawi ________ are the most popular way for people to get somewhere.
A. cars B. bikes
C. trains D. buses
2.Bikes are the most popular in Malawi because __________________.
A. people are too poor to buy cars
B. visitors don’t like taking taxis
C. they travel faster than cars
D. they are cheap and easy
3.From the passage we can learn Panjira Khombe thinks that________.
A. going shopping is easy
B. making boats for a living is difficult
C. riding a bike taxi is cheap
D. carrying heavy people is interesting
4.Which of the following is True?
A. The easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike in the world.
B. More and more people are using bike taxis in many places in Africa today.
C. People in Malawi only use bike to carry tourists.
D. A tourist can get around Malawi at a very low cost on a bike.
5.The best title of the passage may be “________”.
A. Bike Riders B. A Special Country
C. Bike Taxis D. A Cheap Journey
I walked into the Huddle House Restaurant in Brunswick, Georgia and sat down at the table. I picked up the menu and was to order something for breakfast.
“Excuse me,” suddenly a soft voice came into my ear.
I looked up and a nice-looking woman standing before me.
“Is your name Roger?” asked.
“Yes, ” I answered, feeling rather confused(困惑的) as I had never seen her before.
“My name’s Barbara and my is Tony,” she said, pointing to a middle-aged man sitting alone at the table by the window. He was and weak.
“Tony White, from Landon School in Jacksonville, Florida.” She added.
I looked at that man for a few seconds I didn’t recognize(认识) him.
“I’m really sorry. The name doesn’t ring the bell(听起来不耳熟), ”I said.
She walked back, began with her husband and once in a while I saw her turn around and look directly at me.
I ordered breakfast and a cup of , sitting there, trying to remember who this Tony was. “I know him, ” I thought to myself. “He recognizes me for some reason.” I picked up the coffee cup. Suddenly it came to me like a flash of lightning.
“Tony, the bully(横行霸道者), the bad boy!” I could believe my eyes. “Jesus! He’s so thin now. Not the big boy that I from back in 1977.”
Everything came up to my mind. The time this boy had made fun of my big ears in front of the girls in my class, and the time this big bully had pushed me against the walls in the hallway just to make himself a big man to all other students.
“I am sorry, Roger,” Tony rolled by me in the wheelchair, being pushed by his wife, raising his thin trembling hand. “I am so sorry for that I did to you.”
“I’m…I’m er…” I didn’t know to say to him.
A few months later, I received a letter from Barbara. Tony was . Tony had been a fireman and had been seriously wounded in a task.
How I regretted(后悔) for not saying something to him but I no longer had the chance!
1.A. heard B. saw C. felt D. told
2.A. you B. we C. he D. she
3.A. husband B. father C. brother D. son
4.A. fat B. thin C. strong D. young
5.A. but B. and C. or D. so
6.A. listening B. writing C. talking D. playing
7.A. tea B. juice C. coffee D. milk
8.A. needn’t B. need C. mustn’t D. must
9.A. hardly B. really C. almost D. always
10.A. protect B. remember C. love D. miss
11.A. clever B. shy C. bad D. friendly
12.A. look after B. look for C. look at D. look like
13.A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
14.A. when B. why C. what D. where
15.A. healthy B. dead C. famous D. blind
—When is the sports meeting _________ every year?
—It __________at the beginning of the new term.
A. taken place; is held B. held; takes place
C. taken place; holds D. held; is taken place
—Tom, don’t make __________noise while _________.
—Sorry, Mum.
A. too many; eating B. too much; eating
C. too many; to eat D. too much; to eat
It’s a bad ________ for a man to smoke in public places where smoking is not allowed.
A. manner B. behavior
C. experience D. practice
Luckily, more and more people in China are __________ to keep their_______ down in public.
A. polite enough; voice B. enough polite; voice
C. too polite; sound D. too polite; noise
