1．     —How far is it from the post office to the bank?

—It’s about        .

A. ten minutes           B. ten kilometers         C. twice                      D. at the moment

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Dear sir ,

 I have travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along the routes: the(路線): the number 49 and the number 16. But by the time the number 16 bus reaches Souk Road, it is always full, so I can’t get on it, I have to wait for the number 49 because sometimes there are empty seats on it.

 The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes. If this is true, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day?

 The rules say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting Why do the half-empty buses go straight(一直)past me when I am standing at bus stop?

 The rules say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers. Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. I counted the other passengers as they got off. There were 129 people.

 It is clear that our bus companies break the rules and think little of their passengers. Can nothing be done to make your service(服務(wù)) better?

                                                                  Yours

                                                              Tired passenger

1.This passage is __________.

A. a message      B. a talk     C. a story        D. a letter

2.The writer has to take Bus No. 49 because______.

A. it arrives on time          B. it is not always full 

C. it travels faster            D. it has fewer seats on it

3.How long does the writer usually have to wait for a bus?

A. Ten minutes     B. One hour     C. Half an hour    D. Nearly a day

4.The rules say that each bus may carry ________ passengers at most.

A. twenty       B. forty      C. sixty      D. one hundred and twenty-nine

5.From the passage we can see that__________.

A. the bus service was poor     

B. no passengers took their buses

C. no buses except the No. 49 bus passed Souk Road

D. the writer was always the first to get on bus

Stop

Bus 1

Bus 2

Bus 3

Bus 4

Ferry

6:00

6:30

7:00

7:30

Old Street

6:10

6:40

7:10

7:40

Park

6:25

6:55

7:25

7:55

New Street

6:30

7:00

7:30

8:00

Hotel

6:35

7:05

7:35

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Playground

6:40

7:10

7:40

8:10

Hospital

7:00

7:30

8:00

8:30

Market

7:10

7:40

8:10

8:40

(    )56. How long does it take from the Ferry to the Market by bus?

A. Half an hour.                                  B. An hour.

C. An hour and ten minutes                 D. An hour and a half

(    )57. How often do the buses get to the Old Street?

A. Every half an hour.                  B. Every twenty minutes.

C. Every ten minutes.                  D. Every quarter.

(    )58. If you miss a bus at the Playground, how long at least do you have a wait for another

bus?

A. Ten minutes.                           B. Five minutes.           

C. Twenty minutes.                            D. Half an hour.

(    )59. Wei Hua lives near the Park. He works in the Hospital. She must get to the Hospital at eight o’clock. Which bus is better for him?

A. Bus 1.        B. Bus 2.        C. Bus 3.        D. Bus 4.

(    )60. Every morning I take the Bus 1 to the Park. There I do some sports. Then I have to go the Market. The Market opens from seven thirty to eight thirty. How long at most can I stay in the park?

A. Half an hour.        B. An hour.    C. An hour and a half.          D. Two hours.