1、ALondons transport services offer you a special experience of the city. Heres a round-up of the transport choices available to you. London UndergroundThere are 11 colour-coded Underground lines. Services run regularly from around 05:00 to 00:30 （Sunday 07:30 to 23:30） on most routes.Visittfl.gov.uk/
2、tubefor more information.Tip:Always stand on the right when using the escalators （电动扶梯） at Tube stations. It can get hot and busy on the Tube during peak （高峰） travel times, so you may prefer to travel outside these hours. BusesA cheap and easy way to travel aroundLondon. They generally run from 05:3
3、0. Night buses operate on many major routes from around midnight to 05:00, and some operate a 24-hour service.It is not possible to pay for yourLondonbus fare in cash. Instead you can pay with a Visitor Oyster card, Oyster card, Travel card or UK-issued contactless payment card. A single bus journey
4、 is 1.50 with an Oyster card or UK-issued contactless payment card.To help you get home, if you dont have enough credit on your Oyster card, you will be able to make one more bus journey.After this you will need totop upthe credit on your card before you use it again. If your contactless payment car
5、d has been issued outside theUK, please checktfl.gov.uk/contactlessbefore you use your card to travel on our bus services. For any international transaction fees （手续费） that may apply, please check with your card issuer.For more information visittfl.gov.uk/buses.Some bus routes are especially good fo
6、r sightseeing try routes 9, 14, 15 and 22. The New Routemaster bus featured in the James Bond filmSkyfalland runs on routes 9, 11, 24, 38 and 390.If you run out of credit on your Visitor Oyster card, its easy to add more at: Touchscreen ticket machines in Tube, DLR, London Overground and some Nation
7、al Rail stations. Around 4,000 Oyster Ticket Stops cross（Find your nearest one atticketstoplocator.tfl.gov.uk）. Travel & Visitor Information Centres. London Overground station ticket offices.21. During the rush hour, visitors at Tube stations are advised to _.A. stand side by side B. avoid using the
8、 escalatorsC. take the tube at fixed times D. take advantage of off-peak hours22. The underlined part “top up” can best be replaced by “_”.A. use up B. add C. think about D. balance23. If a visitor wants to find the nearest Oyster Ticket Stop, he should visit _.A.tfl.gov.uk/tube B.tfl.gov.uk/busesC.
9、tfl.gov.uk/contactless D.ticketstoplocator.tfl.gov.ukBPhilo Farnsworth is not a name most people know. But his work changed the way we learn, the way we live, and even the way we think. Philo Farnsworth is responsible for one of the most important inventions of the 20th century: television.Philo Far
10、nsworth was born inAmericain 1906. He was interested in science and technology at an early age. When he was twelve years old, he built an electric motor for his familys washing machine. When he was fourteen, he was already giving a lot of thought to electrons （电子）. As he was driving the familys hors
11、e-drawn plowing machine, he noticed the evenly spaced rows of the potato fields. This sight gave him the idea that electrons could scan （扫描） an image one row at a timean idea that was the key to electronic television.By the time he was twenty-one years old, Farnsworth had started his own company and
12、 had managed to build the worlds first electronic television. It was a very simple device （设备）. But after years of hard work, Farnsworth was able to introduce the kind of television we now use.Farnsworth was a great inventor, but he lived an unhappy life. He had a legal battle with the company, Radi
13、o Corporation of America （RCA） over who the real inventor of the TV was.He won the case, but the government stopped companies from making TVs during the war, so Farnsworth didnt make much money from the invention.When Farnsworth was young, he imagined television as a convenient way for distant audie
14、nces to enjoy lectures by famous professors, or entertainment by the best symphonies （交响乐） and ballets. When he was older, television became much more popular, but he was very disappointed in the silly programs on TV. He even told his own son, “Theres nothing on it worthwhile, and were not going to
15、watch it in this household.”24. What can we learn about Philo Farnsworth?A. He had a strong physical advantage.B. He had strong powers of observation.C. He had a strong interest in journalism.D. He had a strong sense of responsibility.25. The underlined sentence showed Farnsworth was legally recogni
16、zed as _.A. the real founder of RCA B. the real inventor of the TVC. the greatest inventor of his time D. the organizer of the battle with RCA26. The last paragraph mainly tells us that Farnsworth _.A. didnt like to watch TV programs B. couldnt afford to buy a TV setC. couldnt listen to famous lectu
17、res D. didnt like what television became27. What is the best title for the text?A. How did Philo Farnsworth invent television?B. What caused Philo Farnsworth to invent television?C. Philo Farnsworth: the unhappy father of televisionD. Philo Farnsworth: a well-known scientist and inventorCAnimals do
18、amazing things. Birds travel long distances. Whales communicate across vast oceans. Honeybees remember familiar flowers. Crows can turn sticks into tools. Elephants can imitate sounds. Monkeys do simple math. Can animals also warn us if a natural disaster is about to strike?A few days before the Asi
19、an tsunami which happened several years ago, a person watched thousands of ants rush away from the beach into the forest. According to other accounts, elephants screamed and ran to higher ground as many as 10 days before the disaster struck. Dogs refused to go outside.Despite decades of research, sc
20、ientists dont know how to predict earthquakes and tsunamis. Maybe animals can do better. Some people say that animals have a special kind of power for sensing the future. They call it a “sixth sense”, above and beyond the five senses we normally talk about taste, smell, touch, sight, and hearing. “T
21、he scientific evidence for an animals sixth sense, however, is slim,” says John Caprio, a neurobiologist at Louisiana State University. “If reports about animals escaping from danger are actually true,” Caprio says, “the animals must be responding to real senses, rather than using some mysterious ty
22、pe of sense.” “When it comes to sensing earthquakes and tsunamis, feeling the shakes they create in the earth is probably the key,” says Joel Greenspan, a colleague of John, “Animals are always in direct contact with the ground,” Greenspan says. “We dont do that any more. We have shoes and clothes.
23、We pay attention to other people, sights, and sounds.” That way, if an animal is standing or lying around, it can sense the footsteps of its enemy coming its way. Perhaps the animals in Asia mistook the earthquake and the tsunami for a monster coming to eat them. In response, they ran in the opposit
24、e direction and ended up saving themselves.Even though scientists are far from knowing everything about why animals behave the way they do, most scientists are sure there must be reasonable explanations.28. What did animals do before the Asian tsunami?A. They refused to move long distances.B. They d
25、idnt communicate with each other.C. The elephants ran to higher ground in advance.D. They all rushed away from the beach into the forest.29. Why cant we humans feel as animals do, according to Joel Greenspan?A. We dont lie down until night. B. We dont have the sixth sense.C. We arent in direct conta
26、ct with the ground .D. We dont believe the existence of monsters.30. According to Joel Greenspan, how did elephants sense the coming of the tsunami?A. They saw the tsunami first. B. They could feel the shaking in the earth.C. They were using a mysterious type of sense. D. They have the sixth sense t
27、hat humans dont have.31. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Animals, Sense of Danger B. The Amazing Animal WorldC. The Great Effect of Tsunamis D. The Discovery of Sixth SenseDIn a new move, doctors are using feature films in order to encourage their patients to talk more freely about t
28、heir problems. Supporters of “film therapy （疗法）” say that discussing characters and plot lines from a proper film can help people to understand their feelings better.One of those using the method is Bernie Wooder, a doctor from Elstree, who charges 45 for a one-hour “film therapy” session. He said,
29、“I was treating a woman who had been badly let down in a relationship, and who was experiencing such strong feelings that it was difficult for her to speak about them. I told her that her situation reminded me ofOn the Waterfront, when Marlon Brandos character realizes his brother is dishonest and h
30、e feels a great sense of betrayal （背叛）. My patient identified so easily with him that she started to cry. Watching and discussing the film unlocked all the feelings she had buried. Each time she watched and cried, she felt better.”Mr. Wooder admits that film therapy does not work for everyone, but s
31、ays he has used it successfully with about a third of his clients. “Through the films characters, plots and even music, it allows people to face their problems.” He said thatFalling Down, in which Michael Douglas plays the part of an unemployed man who is so frustrated （沮丧的） that he uses violence, was an example of the dangerous implications （后果） of not letting anger go. “I used this film with a patient who was very upset because he was holding on to a lot of the anger he felt towards people who had frustrated him,” said Mr. Woo
