Question

【題目】 Only a few people in Toronto have the luck to live within walking distance from their workplace. For the rest of us, commuting(乘車上下班) is a rather unpleasant daily necessity.

So how do you avoid a traffic jam in Toronto? You can do it in the old way and listen to one of the radio stations that give regular updates about the traffic situation in Toronto's streets. Seeing the big picture of Toronto's traffic and knowing when and where heavy traffic occurs is a must. From my own experience, there are situations where a quick decision can help you make it in time for an event or a meeting. That's why we prepared three short videos showing the overall traffic situation in Toronto from dawn to night. You can click them and watch.

With the help of “Google Maps”, where you can watch the live traffic density all over the world and average traffic data based on past conditions, we were able to provide you with traffic maps for a typical(平常的) Friday.

Friday traffic in Toronto is quite fast in the early morning, with only a few hot spots showing up at the major junctions(交叉點) at 7：00 a. m. The morning traffic jam starts light at 7：30 and the traffic gradually slows down to reach a breaking point at 8：30. The roads are quite free afterwards, only Allen Road is likely to be jammed around lunchtime from 11：30 a. m. to 12：00 noon. It comes as no surprise that Friday afternoon brings heavy traffic as early as 1：00 p. m., mainly on the Don Valley Parkway. You won't have a good time getting away from the city from 4：00 p. m. to 6：30 p. m., as there is a good chance to get caught in a traffic jam. The traffic in Toronto is quite heavy on a Friday night. I hope you will have a nice Friday night in the city and a safe journey home this Friday!

【1】By saying “commuting is a rather unpleasant daily necessity”， the writer refers to the fact that________.

A.buses are usually very crowded

B.they are often stuck in traffic jams

C.they have to travel a long way to work

D.they usually cannot do anything on the way to work

【2】According to Paragraph 2, when you are in a traffic jam，you should________.

A.do nothing but to wait patiently

B.report your situation to a radio station

C.relax and enjoy some good radio programs

D.make a quick decision and find another way to go

【3】What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A.What the traffic in Toronto is like for a typical Friday.

B.How to avoid heavy traffic on Friday.

C.Why the traffic is terrible on Friday.

D.What “Google Maps” can do for us.

【4】In Toronto, on Friday you are most likely to suffer heavy traffic________.

A.from 6：30 a. m. to 7：00 a. m.

B.from 8：30 a. m. to 9：30 a. m.

C.from 10：30 a. m. to 11：00 a. m.

D.From 4：00 p. m. to 6：30 p. m.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章作者講述了多倫多交通堵塞的情況。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據文章第二段第一句話So how do you avoid a traffic jam in Toronto?（那么在多倫多如何避免交通堵塞呢?）可知，此處和第一段最后一句相互呼應，乘車上下班的人通常因為交通堵塞而感到不愉快。故選B項。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據文章第二段Seeing the big picture of Toronto's traffic and knowing when and where heavy traffic occurs is a must. From my own experience, there are situations where a quick decision can help you make it in time for an event or a meeting（了解多倫多交通的全貌，了解交通擁堵發(fā)生的時間和地點是必須的.從我自己的經驗來看，在一些情況下，快速做出決定可以幫助你趕上你的會議和其他事情）可知，出現交通堵塞問題時，應該快速做出決定選擇其他方法。這樣子才有可能趕上你的會議或其他事情。故選D項。

【3】

主旨大意題。通讀最后一段可知，作者描述了多倫多周五從早到晚路面交通情況：with only a few hot spots showing up at the major junctions at 7：00 a. m.（早上7點只有幾個熱點出現在主要路口）；The morning traffic jam starts light at 7：30 and the traffic gradually slows down to reach a breaking point at 8：30（早上的交通堵塞從7點30分開始，交通逐漸減速，到8點30分到達臨界點）；The roads are quite free afterwards, only Allen Road is likely to be jammed around lunchtime from 11：30 a. m. to 12：00 noon（后道路就很自由了，只有艾倫路可能在午餐時間從上午11:30到中午12:00擁堵）；You won't have a good time getting away from the city from 4：00 p. m. to 6：30 p. m., as there is a good chance to get caught in a traffic jam（從下午4:00到6:30離開這個城市不是個很好的時間，因為很有可能會遇到交通堵塞）；The traffic in Toronto is quite heavy on a Friday night（星期五晚上多倫多的交通很擁擠）。綜合分析可知，最后一段主要再講周五多倫多的交通情況。故選A項。

【4】

細節(jié)理解題。根據文章最后一段You won't have a good time getting away from the city from 4：00 p. m. to 6：30 p. m., as there is a good chance to get caught in a traffic jam（從下午4:00到6:30離開這個城市不是個很好的時間，因為很有可能會遇到交通堵塞）可知，下午的4點到6點半很容易碰上交通大堵塞。故選D項。