Question

    Some people say they have a solution to the problems of car crowding and pollution. In many cities, hundreds of people ______ bikes to work every day. In the New York City, some bike riders have even founded a group: Bike for a Better City. They say if more people ride bikes to work, there would be ______ cars and less dirty air.

For several years this group has tried to gather help for bike riders. They want to have special roads ______ bikes only, because when bikes and cars use the same roads, there may be accidents. Bike for a Better City thinks if there were bike roads, more people would use bikes.

But no bike roads have been established ______. Not everyone thinks it is a good ______. Drivers don’t like it, and some shop owners don’t like it, ______. And most people live _______ far from the city to travel by bike. Still, ______ has been done about it. On Saturdays and Sundays, the largest open park in New York is ______ to cars, and the roads may be used by bikes only, but the group still says this is not enough and goes on fighting ______ bike roads. I think there will be more bike roads in the future.

1.A. on B. ride C. by D. take

2.A. fewer B. less C. many D. more

3.A. until B. for C. as D. of

4.A. yet B. already C. still D. once

5.A. hope B. way C. help D. idea

6.A. so B. and C. also D. either

7.A. very B. quite C. too D. so

8.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

9.A. closed B. open C. opening D. closing

10.A. get B. to get C. ask D. to ask

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.B

【解析】

本文讲述了人们为了解决空气污染和汽车拥堵，骑自行车去上班。在纽约市，一些骑自行车的人甚至成立了一个团体:自行车让城市更美好。这个团体认为如果有自行车通道，更多的人会使用自行车。但是还没有建立自行车通道。

1.考查介词短语和动词短语及语境的理解。A. on在……上面，on a bike骑自行车，B. ride 骑，ride bikes自行车，C. by 通过，by bike骑自行车，D. take拿走，take a bike骑自行车。句意：在许多城市，每天好几百人骑自行车去上班。从作谓语，故用动词短语，ride bikes骑自行车，故选B。

2.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. fewer 更少的，修饰可数名词；B. less 更少的，修饰不可数名词；C. many很多的，修饰不可数名词；D. more更多的，修饰可数名词或不可数名词。句意：他们说如果更多的人自行车去上班，将会有更少的车和更少的污浊空气。根据less dirty air可知此处表示更少的汽车，此处修饰可数名词cars，故为fewer，故选A。

3.考查介词及语境的理解。A. until直到，B. for 为了，C. as作为，D. of……的。句意：他们想要拥有专为自行车的通道，因为当自行车和汽车使用同样的路时，可能会有事故。根据后文的Bike for a Better City thinks if there were bike roads, more people would use bikes.可知专为自行车的路，故用介词for，故选B。

4.考查副词及语境的理解。A. yet 然而，用于一般疑问句或否定句；B. already已经，用于肯定句；C. still 仍然，D. once曾经。句意：但是还没有建立自行车通道。根据no bike roads可知此处表示还没有建立自行车通道，故用yet，故选A。

5.考查名词及语境的理解。A. hope希望，B. way方法，C. help帮助，D. idea主意。句意：不是所有的人都认为这是一个好主意。根据前文的Bike for a Better City thinks if there were bike roads, more people would use bikes.可知，此处表示想法，主意，故选D。

6.考查连词及语境的理解。A. so所以，B. and 而且，C. also也，位于句中；D. either也，用于否定句句末。句意：司机不喜欢它，一些店主也不喜欢它。根据don’t like it可知此处是否定句句末，故用either，故选D。

7.考查副词及语境的理解。A. very非常， B. quite 相当，C. too 太，D. so如此。句意：大多数人住得离城市太远而无法骑自行车旅行。too+形容词/副词+to do sth“太……而不能做某事”，故选C。

8.考查代词及语境的理解。A. everything一切，B. something 某物，C. anything 任何事物，D. nothing没什么。句意：尽管如此，我们还是采取了一些措施。此处是肯定句，故用something，故选B。

9.考查动词及语境的理解。A. closed关，B. open打开，C. opening打开，D. closing关上。句意：在周六和周日，纽约最大的开放公园对汽车关闭，道路可以只供自行车使用，但该组织仍表示这是不够的，并继续争取修建自行车通道。根据and the roads may be used by bikes only,可知道路只让自行车使用，因此汽车通行的道路被关闭，故为closed，故选A。

10.考查动词及语境的理解。A. get 得到，B. to get 得到，C. ask 询问，D. to ask询问。句意：在周六和周日，纽约最大的开放公园对汽车关闭，道路可以只供自行车使用，但该组织仍表示这是不够的，并继续争取修建自行车通道。此处表示目的，故用动词不定式，表示为了得到更多的自行车通道，故为to get，故选B。