London has become a cycle friendly zone after the launch of a new bike hire sche

London has become a cyclefriendly zone after the launch of a new bike hire scheme. It has been designedto encourage more people to cycle in and around central London.

So how does it work？First you have to sign upto the scheme to be sent a key. The key will unlock one of the bikes，which are kept at docking stations in and around central London. Youhave to pay an access fee for the key and then you pay as you go，for the length of time you use the bike.

Transport for London，which runs the scheme，are hoping to have 6，000 bikes and 400docking stations in place by the end of the year. The new hire system is hopingto ease congestion (拥挤) in London and is expected tocreate up to 40，000 extra cycle trips a day into thecity centre. London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the scheme and said Londonhad been “filled with thousands of gleamingmachines that will transform the look and feel of our streets and become ascommonplace on our roads as black cabs and red buses”.

However，there have been a fewproblems since the scheme was launched last Friday. On the first day somepeople found they couldn’t dock their bike properly andtheir usage of the bike had not registered. Transport for London did admit theyhad been expecting a few “teething problems” and have said they wouldn’tcharge for the first day as a “gesture of goodwill”. Some other people have criticized the lack of dockingstations and locks for the bikes as well as the price it costs to hire thebicycles.

Despite the comments，the green-thinking LondonMayor still seems very positive about things，saying，“My campaign for the capital to become the greatest big cyclingcity in the world has taken a big pedal-powered push forwards.”

1. London Mayor boris Johnston launched thenew bike scheme in order to _________.

A. reduce the air pollution ofthe city   

B. encourage the citizens to takeexercises

C. deal with the city’s traffic problems

D. increase employmentopportunities

2.If you want to hire a bike, in which orderwill you do？

a. pay for the bike according tothe time you use it 

b. pay for the key to a bike

c. cycle in and around centralLondon      

d. sign up as a member to get akey

A. b-d-c-a          B. b-c-a-d          C.d-c-b-a          D. d-b-c-a

3.All the following are the problems of thescheme EXCEPT         ．

A. the high cost to hire abike               B. not registering their usage of the bikes

C. not charging for the first dayof the scheme   D. docking the bikes properly

4. From the passage we can infer that         .

A. the London Mayor is confidentin the scheme

B. the scheme will be cancelledbecause of the problems

C. all the citizens in Londonsupport the scheme

D.the cycling revolution is not successful

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

1.细节理解题。根据第三段第二句的The new hire system is hopingto ease congestion (拥挤)in London可知，伦敦实行自行车出租的目的是减缓伦敦市内的交通拥挤。

2.事件排序题。根据第二段租自行车的方法可知，要先报名成为成员获得自行车钥匙，交纳钥匙使用费，骑车然后按使用时间的长短交费。因此选D。

3.细节理解题。根据第四段第二句可知，和D都是该项目实施过程中出现的问题；该段的最后一句说明有人批评租自行车的费用可知，A项是一个问题，而C是解决问题的方法而不是问题。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段的第一句话Despite the comments，the green-thinking London Mayor still seems very positive aboutthings，可推出伦敦市长对该行动非常有信心。