There are many differences between America and China. The biggest difference is traffic rules. In America there are too much more cars than in China. But there are much fewer traffic jams and accidents in America than in China. We hardly see traffic police in the street, but all cars obey strictly traffic rules, and people hardly find that a car does not obey traffic rules in the street.
About American traffic rules, there are many better terms, such as:
1. Stop line: There are stop lines in all crossing without traffic light (some have two stop lines and others have four stop lines). All cars must stop while meeting the stop line.
2. Traffic light: There is traffic light in the crossing of the road. Cars may almost turn every direction. The traffic light can give signal step by step including u-turn. There is a kind of middle lane of turning left. When a car wants to turn left in the road, he may enter into the middle lane of turning left and give a signal of turning left. When he thinks being safe, he may turn left. In many conditions the order of passing is also given very specifically. If people want to change lane or turn, they must look behind and think being safe. Only so, they may do it.
3. Specific item: Such as parking, there are three kinds of lines (their colors are white, blue or red) in the roadside. Every line may park different kinds of cars. There are many streets in some residential areas (住宅区), and there is a kind of rule that any car cannot park at any time or any period time. In every parking, there are some special positions for invalid (伤残的) people.
4. About the priority of passenger and car: At any case, passengers have the priority to cars. And only after passengers have passed the road and got the top of sidestep, cars may go ahead.
In general, traffic rules of America are very specific, convenient, safe and humanizing.
1.Which of the following is NOT the reason why we can hardly see traffic police in the street in America?
A. Traffic police are not very necessary because few cars break traffic rules.
B. The traffic is very clear and there are few traffic jams and accidents in the street.
C. There are so many cars in the street that the traffic police can’t be seen.
D. The effective traffic rules play an important part in the road safety.
2.Why is there a middle lane of turning left on the road?
A. It is designed for the cars that want to turn left.
B. It is very safe to drive there.
C. It is very convenient for the traffic police to find the cars that break the rules.
D. The cars that want to turn left can easily give a signal of turning left.
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. In America, all cars in the crossing must stop when they meet the stop line.
B. In America, any car cannot park in the streets in some residential areas.
C. If people want to turn, they can obey the guide of the traffic police.
D. There are more traffic jams in China.
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. American Traffic Rules
B. Differences in Traffic Rules between China and America
C. Traffic Jams in America
D. American People Who Obey Traffic Rules
A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch: “It’s 8:05,” he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you know the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told him it was half past eight.
In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t know the time.”
Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, “Hey, sir,” he said, “It’s a quarter to nine.”
1.Where did the driver sleep?
A. At the window B. In the street road
C. In his car D. In his room.
2.How long had the driver been there when the third person called him?
A. 40 minutes B. 25 minutes
C. 50 minutes D. 70 minutes
3.Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?
A. Because he didn’t know the time
B. Because he didn’t want anybody to trouble him
C. Because he needed somebody to wake him up.
D. Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time
Our teacher asks us to keep a diary in English. I enjoy doing so because I keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways to our English writing ability.
Compared with forms of writing, it is shorter and less time. It can help us to the habit of thinking in English. we persist in (坚持) this practice, gradually we’ll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, can use the important phrases and sentences we’ve in or out of English classes to describe our , and this way we can master and use freely we’ve learned, which will do good us in English learning. But we certainly run up against many difficulties. In the first place, it often happens that we have finding proper words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there many idiomatic(惯用的) ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them English properly.
As far as I am concerned, my suggestion is that we always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever beats （难倒）us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then look it up in our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for , if necessary.
In short, I believe that it is of use to keep a diary in English for the development of our skills.
1.A. thinkB. standC. practice D. finish
2.A. getB. gainC. improveD. prove
3.A. otherB. the othersC. anotherD. others
4.A. spendsB. takesC. paysD. spares
5.A. pickB. makeC. give D. develop
6.A. BeforeB. IfC. AfterD. While
7.A. theyB. heC. sheD. we
8.A. learnedB. forgottenC. thoughtD. listened
9.A. eyesB. feelingsC. textsD. books
10.A. thatB. whichC. whatD. when
11.A. toB. acrossC. betweenD. along
12.A. at a timeB. at one timeC. all the timeD. at times
13.A. chanceB. timeC. troubleD. choice
14.A. isB. hasC. areD. have
15.A. ofB. into C. atD. on
16.A. canB. shallC. shouldD. may
17.A. nothingB. anybodyC. somebodyD. something
18.A. moneyB. dictionaryC. questionD. help
19.A. greatB. muchC. veryD. more
20.A. speakingB. writingC. listeningD. reading
---As a result of the injury, he gave up the games.
---_____ He missed the chance to win a gold.
A. It’s a pity. B. Oh come on C. Never mind D. So what
Please lock the door;______, bring the umbrella to me. It looks as if it is going to rain.
A. as a result B. in return C. in addition D. as well
Success belongs to those who work hard. I firmly believe that, _____my own efforts, I can make it.
A. showing offB. leaving outC. relying on D. making up
