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Getting stuck in a traffic jam is one of the most boring problems for people living in big cities.The fact that you’re moving so slowly leads too stress,anger and the wish that your car could just fly over the traffic like an airplane.
Soon,however, that wish could come true .On May 8, US car-renting company Uber showed off what it described as “the transportation mode of the future: on-demand air transport,”reported ABC News .
According to Nikhill Goel, head of products for Uber Air, the company's air taxi service may launch test flights in the US cities of Dallas and Los Angeles , as well as Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, as early as 2020. If everything goes according to plan, passengers will be able to fly to work by 2023 .
When the Olympics comes to Los Angeles in 2028 . Uber “expects to have hundreds , if not thousands , of its aircraft in the skies.” Goel told Newsweek .
So what would Uber's flying vehicles be like ?
They are small , electric aircraft that take off and land vertically (垂直地) , and they give off zero emissions (排放) and are quiet enough to operate in cities .
Just like an airplane , the vehicles will have fixed wings to help them glide . But while a helicopter has just one big fixed rotor (定量) . Uber's vehicles will have multiple rotors , which will help increase fuel efficiency (效率) while reducing emissions and noise.
Because of these fixed wines and multiple rotors . Uber’s flying taxis“should be quieter and safer than a helicopter.” reported ABC News .
However , the service still has a long way to go before it's ready to accept passengers.For example , to avoid any potential accidents . Uber is working with NASA to study air traffic control problems associated with low-flying aircraft. But just as Dubai's Mayor Betty Price said in a news release . “This program is revolutionary and future -oriented (面向未来的). ”
1.Uber 's flying taxis are expected to start to take passengers in______
A. 2020 B. 2023 C. 2028 D. 2030
2.How are Uber 's flying taxis different from helicopters?
A. They have one big rotor
B. They need more fuel to fly.
C. They have fewer fixed wings
D. They should be quieter and safer
3.Which is true about the flying cars according to the passage?
A. They can be as efficient as airplanes and helicopters
B. They must be in larger number a few years later.
C. They nearly do no harm to the environment.
D. They will surely help passengers avoid accidents
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Ubers plan to launch flying taxis
B. The advantages of Ubers flying taxis
C. Different opinions about Uber's flying taxis.
D. The difficulties Uber is facing in testing flying vehicles
高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
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With traffic becoming heavier and heavier, you in a traffic jam anywhere in the world.
A. will stuck B. can get stuck C. need get stuck D. may stuck
高一英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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I have to leave early in the morning or I _____ stuck in the traffic jam.
A. got
B. get
C. will get
D. am getting
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Car drivers can take a subway into the city center ______ cars always get stuck in the traffic jams.
A. which B. what C. where D. when
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Traffic jam and cities, it seems go hand in hand. Everyone complains about being stuck in traffic, but, like the weather, no one seems to do anything about it. In particular, traffic engineers, transportation planners, and public officials responsible for transportation systems in large cities are frequently criticized for failing to solve traffic jam.
But is traffic jam a sign of failure? Long lines at restaurants or theater’s box offices are seen as signs of success. Should transportation systems be viewed any differently? I think we should recognize that traffic jam is an unpreventable by-product of successful cities and view the “traffic problem” in a different light.
Traffic jam occurs where there are lots of people but limited spaces. Culturally and economically successful cities have the worst traffic problems, while decaying cities don’t have much traffic. New York and Los Angeles are America’s most crowded cities. But if you want access to major brokerage houses（经济行）, you will find them easier to reach in crowded New York than in any other large cities. And if your company needs access to post-production film editors or satellite-guidance engineers, you will reach them more quickly through the crowded freeways of LA than through less crowded roads elsewhere.
Despite traffic jam, a larger number and wider variety of social communications and economic dealings can be made perfect in large, crowded cities than elsewhere. Seen in this light, traffic jam is an unfortunate result of success, not a cause of economic decline and urban decay.
So while we can consider traffic jam as increasing costs on the areas of big cities, the costs of inaccessibility in uncrowded places are almost certainly greater.
There is no doubt that traffic jam brings the terrible economic and environmental damage in places like Bangkok, Jakarta, and Lagos. But mobility（移动性）is far higher and traffic jam levels are far lower here in the US, even in our most crowded cities. That’s why, for now, we don’t see people and capital streaming out of San Francisco and Chicago, heading for other cities in California, and Illinois.
1.We can conclude from the first paragraph that ________.
A. traffic jam and weather are the two factors preventing the development of the big city
B. traffic jam seems to be very difficult to deal with
C. if traffic engineers try their best, traffic jam can be solved
D. public officials are always criticized for misusing their power
2.According to the passage, what’s the author’s opinion towards traffic jam?
A. In cities, traffic jam is unavoidable.
B. Traffic jam is both a sign of failure and a sign of success.
C. Traffic jam is the consequence of successful cities.
D. For a successful city, traffic jam is not unpreventable.
3.By seeing “decaying” (in Para. 3), the writer probably means ________.
A. strong and healthy
B. developing
C. rich and successful
D. declining
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The traffic jam level in Jakarta is lower than that in the US.
B. The traffic jam in San Francisco has resulted in the capital becoming empty.
C. Traffic jam has caused terrible bad effects in cities such as Bangkok and Lagos.
D. California is as crowded and successful as San Francisco.
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5：30 and at 6：30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last, the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door , she nearly tripped over (被绊倒)Sheba.
“Hey, Sheba,” she said, “I've got no time for you now, but I'll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club.” Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking. Obviously, she could hardly breathe. Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet (兽医).
When she got there, the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba, Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office.
“Listen, doctor, I'm really in a rush to get to a meeting, can I leave her with you, and go and get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, and then I'll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”
“Sure.” said the doctor.
Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway, the phone by the door began to ring.
“This is Dr. Sterne,” said an anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately, ”said the doctor's voice. “I'm coming round right away, and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!”
At that moment, a police car screeched (发出尖锐的声音)to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived.
“Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted Joanne.
“She’s fine, Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her, and she’s OK now. ”
Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white—faced man, who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.
“My God, ” said Joanne, “how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”
“I think he must be a burglar.” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat：it turned out to be three human fingers.”
1.What was Joanne supposed to do at 6：30？
A．To walk her dog.
B．To see her doctor.
C．To attend a club meeting.
D．To play tennis with her friends.
2.Joanne wanted to get back to her home again __________ . .
A．to dress up for the meeting
B．to phone the police station
C．to catch the badly hurt burglar
D．to wait for her dog to be cured
3.From the passage, we can infer that________ .
A．Sheba fought against the burglar
B．the police found the burglar had broken in
C．Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting
D．the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog
4.In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is _________ .
A．clever B．friendly C．frightening D．devoted
5.The underlined word “a burglar” in the last paragraph probably means ________.
A．a cleaner B．a physician C．a thief D．a murderer
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5：30 and at 6：30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last, the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door , she nearly tripped over (被绊倒)Sheba.
“Hey, Sheba,” she said, “I've got no time for you now, but I'll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club.” Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking. Obviously, she could hardly breathe. Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet (兽医).
When she got there, the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba, Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office.
“Listen, doctor, I'm really in a rush to get to a meeting, can I leave her with you, and go and get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, and then I'll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”
“Sure.” said the doctor.
Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway, the phone by the door began to ring.
“This is Dr. Sterne,” said an anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately, ”said the doctor's voice. “I'm coming round right away, and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!”
At that moment, a police car screeched (发出尖锐的声音)to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived.
“Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted Joanne.
“She’s fine, Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her, and she’s OK now. ”
Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white—faced man, who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.
“My God, ” said Joanne, “how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”
“I think he must be a burglar.” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat：it turned out to be three human fingers.”
1.What was Joanne supposed to do at 6：30？
A．To walk her dog. B．To see her doctor.
C．To attend a club meeting. D．To play tennis with her friends.
2.Joanne wanted to get back to her home again __________ . .
A．to dress up for the meeting B．to phone the police station
C．to catch the badly hurt burglar D．to wait for her dog to be cured
3.From the passage, we can infer that________ . .
A．Sheba fought against the burglar
B．the police found the burglar had broken in
C．Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting
D．the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog
4.In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is _________ .
A．clever B．friendly C．frightening D．devoted
5.The underlined word “a burglar” in the last paragraph probably means ________.
A．a cleaner B．a physician C．a thief D．a murderer
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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Today, as with so many days, I found myself stuck in a traffic jam, and I thought I’d share my little trick for keeping calm when it seems like you are creeping along(缓慢行进).
The key to understand is that traffic jams don’t take as long as they seem to. It’s just that when we are in a hurry, and think we should be moving, but time appears to pass more than it does. To really show this, the next time you are stopped at a light that always seems to take forever to change, try to do something with your phone, your laptop, whatever you have available, and watch how much briefer the light seems.
When you enter a jam on the highway, reset your trip plan and care the time. Then, when you clear the jam, and are normally on your way again, care the distance of the jam, and the time it took to get through it. For my experience today, it took me 6 minutes to go 2 miles. Now, it happens to be mathematically convenient that your average speed on the highway is about 60 mph, or a mile per minute. So to estimate what time the jam actually cost you, just take your traffic jam passing time, and subtract（减去） the distance covered, which we know is a good estimate of the time it would have taken with no traffic jam. In my case, all that added up to 6-2=4 minutes.
Do this for every jam you are subjected to every time and watch how much less stressful they become once you understand how little time you are really losing.
1.We can infer from Paragraph 1 and 2 that ________.
A. there was no traffic jam in the past
B. modern people are under great pressure
time passes much faster during traffic jamsD. people in traffic jams are usually impatient
2.What does the writer suggest when caught in traffic jams?
A. Playing a trick on other drivers.
B. Figuring out how much time the jam actually cost you.
Doing some math problems.D. Informing the boss about the delay.
3.The underlined phrase “subjected to” in the last paragraph probably means ________.
A. experience B. avoid
admit D. control4. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Math is closely connected with life.
B. Stress is always a bad thing.
Traffic jam is not as bad as you think.D. There is no use complaining about traffic jams.
高一英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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Today, as with so many days, I found myself stuck in a traffic jam, and I thought I’d share my little trick for keeping calm when it seems like you are creeping along（缓慢行进）．
The key to understand is that traffic jams don’t take as long as they seem to．It’s just that when we are in a hurry, and think we should be moving, but time appears to pass more than it does．To really show this, the next time you are stopped at a light that always seems to take forever to change, try to do something with your phone, your laptop, whatever you have available, and watch how much briefer the light seems．
When you enter a jam on the highway, reset your trip plan and care the time．Then, when you clear the jam, and are normally on your way again, care the distance of the jam, and the time it took to get through it．For my experience today, it took me 6 minutes to go 2 miles．Now, it happens to be mathematically convenient that your average speed on the highway is about 60 mph, or a mile per minute．So to estimate what time the jam actually cost you, just take your traffic jam passing time, and subtract（减去） the distance covered, which we know is a good estimate of the time it would have taken with no traffic jam．In my case, all that added up to 6-2=4 minutes．
Do this for every jam you are subjected to every time and watch how much less stressful they become once you understand how little time you are really losing．
1.We can infer from Paragraph 1 and 2 that ________．
A．there was no traffic jam in the past
B．modern people are under great pressure
C．time passes much faster during traffic jams
D．people in traffic jams are usually impatient
2.What does the writer suggest when caught in traffic jams?
A．Playing a trick on other drivers．
B．Figuring out how much time the jam actually cost you．
C．Doing some math problems．
D．Informing the boss about the delay．
3.The underlined phrase “subjected to” in the last paragraph probably means ________．
A．experience B．avoid
C．admit D．control
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Math is closely connected with life．
B．Stress is always a bad thing．
C．Traffic jam is not as bad as you think．
D．There is no use complaining about traffic jams．
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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It’s difficult to be_____when we’re stuck in a traffic jam, but we have to be.
A.energetic B.patient C.impressive D.relaxing
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
time passes much faster during traffic jams