Question

【題目】 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(條紋)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 etc. . You were equally likely to find football pennants(錦旗)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.

【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.

【2】Which of the following best explains “prime” underlined in Paragraph 3?

A. Painful time.B. Exciting time.

C. Moment of fantasy.D. Moment of glory.

【3】What can we learn about Malta buses when they were popular?

A. They were of the same pattern.

B. The decorations reflected their origin.

C. Most were uniquely designed.

D. Only football pennants decorated the cabs.

【4】How would the author feel about the old style Malta buses?

A. Comfortable.B. Environment-friendly.

C. Safe.D. Memorable.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。主要介紹了2011年之前的馬耳他之行特色是乘坐過色彩斑斕的巴士。在馬耳他公交車流行時期，你很難在街上找到兩個設計完全一樣的汽車。而如今馬耳他色彩公交汽車已經(jīng)被現(xiàn)代汽車所取代了，作者非常懷念舊的馬耳他巴士。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。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.可知2011年之前的馬耳他之行特色是乘坐過色彩斑斕的巴士。故選A。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)后文you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design.你會發(fā)現(xiàn)很難看到兩輛設計完全相同的公共汽車，可知這應該是發(fā)生在馬耳他色彩巴士最輝煌鼎盛的時期，故可猜測劃線部分單詞意思為“鼎盛時刻；光榮時期”故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第一句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.可知你會發(fā)現(xiàn)很難看到兩輛設計完全相同的巴士。即可推理馬耳他公交車流行的時候，他們的大多數(shù)設計非常獨特。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段第三句However, I miss the old buses.可知作者想念舊的公共汽車。因此對舊的馬耳他公交汽車是懷念難忘的，故選D。