2014年山东卷
阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
[1] Nowadays the cost of a new car has fallen in real terms so that it is cheaper than ever to own one, and better road conditions have also attracted more drivers. The result is overcrowding on the road system, which is one of the problems the local governments are faced with.
[2] When people travel to other towns, the problem might be relieved by getting them to park outside the town. Buses could be provided to take them into the centre. These Park and Ride projects are increasingly popular in the UK. At Southerton, for example, a council-funded project led to a 15% drop in city centre traffic over five months.
[3] What the council found, though, was that the project proved somewhat unpopular with shop owners in the area outside the centre. Many of their shops relied on passing car drivers for some of their trade. As the number of people driving past dropped, so did their incomes.
[4] Making car driving expensive is another way of ____________. Road taxes tend to mean that people use their cars less. Fining drivers who are in areas where cars have been banned can also tend to encourage them to leave their cars behind. [来源: [5] However, one thing has to be got right for any solution to succeed. If we expect people to give up the habit of driving, we must give them an alternative they can rely on. Constant delays, unannounced changes to the timetable and sudden cancellations all discourage people from using public transport. People will only see it as a real choice if the buses and trains are on time.
66. What causes overcrowding on the road system according to Paragraph 1? (no more than 12 words)
_____________________________________________________________________ 67. What should people do when traveling to other towns according to the Park and
Ride projects? (no more than 10 words)
_____________________________________________________________________ 68. Why were some shop owners unhappy about the project? (no more than 10 words) _____________________________________________________________________ 69. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4. ( no more than 8 words) [来
_____________________________________________________________________ 70. Why are people unwilling to use public transport according to Paragraph 5? (no more than 8 words) [来源&#:~zzst@ep^.com]
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参考答案：
66.【答案】The reduced/lowed cost of a new car and better road conditions 【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第一段1,2行Nowadays the cost of a new car has fallen in real terms so that it is cheaper than ever to own one, and better road conditions have also attracted more drivers.可知汽车越来越便宜，道路条件越来越好。这两个原因导致道路越来越拥挤。
67.【答案】They should park outside the town, and take the bus to the centre 【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第二段1,2行When people travel to other towns, the problem might be relieved by getting them to park outside the town. Buses could be provided to take them into the centre.可知当我们去其他城里的时候，需要把汽车停在城外，然后乘坐公交车进城。
68. 【答案】Their incomes dropped because fewer people drove past
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第三段Many of their shops relied on passing car drivers for some of their trade. As the number of people driving past dropped, so did their incomes. 可知因为人流量的减少，这些店主的收入也下降了，所以他们很不开心。
69. 【答案】encouraging people to use public transport more encouraging people to use cars less relieving the problem（of overcrowding）
【试题解析】推理题。根据横线前面半句Making car driving expensive is another
way of可知讲述的是让人们少开私家车，多乘坐公共交通的方法之一就是要让自己开车的成本变高。
70.【答案】Because public transport is not reliable/satisfactory.
【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第五段3,4行Constant delays, unannounced changes to the timetable and sudden cancellations all discourage people from using public transport可知现在的公交系统很不完善，公交车经常延误，时间经常变化让人们不愿意乘坐公交车。
2014年四川卷
第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题，请注意题后的词数要求。
When my father was celebrating a milestone（里程碑）birthday, I pulled together a surprise gift treat he would never forget.
As he was approaching 60, I had a fun idea: What if I could get the memories people had of him, put each one into an envelope—60 in total—and have him open them, one by one, on his birthday? So I wrote an e-mail to family and friends, explaining my idea.
I sent the e-mail and waited. And then the replies started coming in and I was very, very surprised. There were so many memories, and they were all so lovely. They came from the ’50s, ’60s,’70s, from every decade （十年）between now and the day my dad was born. They came from my mother, my siblings, my grandma, my dad’s friends from high school, his sister, my dad’s first boss, a colleague at his first job, from people who hadn’t seen my dad in 40 years, from people I myself hadn’t even informed. They typed them and handwrote them. They mailed them and e-mailed them.
The night before Dad's birthday, my sister and I stayed up late, putting everything together with some envelopes.
The next morning, after breakfast and presents and cake, we gave the pile of envelopes to him. \
It took him a long time to open them and read. Each one was a brief ticket to
another time, a leap（跳跃）backward over years and decades. There was a lot of laughter and a few tears, too.
I was kind of sad when the project was over because it was great fun to collect these memories. It gave me a different picture of dad.
56. When did the author give her father a surprise gift? (no more than 4 words) 57. Who sent the mails? (no more than 6 words)
58. Why did the author and her sister stay up late the night before their father’s birthday? (no more than 9 words)
59. How did the author’s father most probably feel when he read the mails? (no more than 3 words)
60. What was the surprise gift? (no more than 6 words) 参考答案：
【内容要点】本文是一篇记叙文。本文记叙了作者在其父亲60岁生日时所给她父亲一个惊奇礼物的事情。这个礼物便是——认识他父亲的人对他父亲的回忆。 56.On his 60th birthday。考查细节理解。根据文章第一、二段话可知，作者是打算在她父亲60岁生日时，给她父亲一个惊奇的礼物。
57. The people who know/ knew her father。考查细节理解。根据文章第三段话They came from my mother, my siblings, my grandma, my dad’s friends from high school, his sister, my dad’s first boss, a colleague at his first job, from people who hadn’t seen my dad in 40 years, from people I myself hadn’t even informed所列举的这些人，可知他们都是认识父亲的人。
58. Because they need to put the mails into envelopes。考查细节理解。根据文章第四段The night before Dad's birthday, my sister and I stayed up late, putting everything together with some envelopes可知作者需要把这些mails放入信封。 59. He felt/ was moved/ excited/ happy。考查判断推理。根据文章倒数第二段There was a lot of laughter and a few tears, too可知这些mails让父亲心情激动，高兴。 60. The memories about/ of the author’s father。考查主旨大意。通读全文可以得知，作者在其父亲60岁生日时给他的惊奇的礼物便是人们对他父亲过往事情的回忆。根据第二段话What if I could get the memories people had of him…可以得到提
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