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1、Unit 4 Public transport 能力提升题组训练 .阅读理解 A Suppose you dont need your car today.And suppose,as it happens that a stranger in your area does need a car.Would you be willing to rent yours out? Several car-sharing start-ups,including Getaround,RelayRides and JustShareIt, are eager to connect car owners w
2、ith renters this way.The companies have different rules,but participating owners receive,generally speaking,about two-thirds of the rental earnings.RelayRides says an owner of a mid-size,late-model sedan who rents out a car for 10 hours a week could expect to clear about $3,000 a year. Peer-to-peer
3、car-sharing remains in the trial stage;it can be found in San Francisco and a few other places.It has a long way to go before it becomes the auto equivalent of Airbnb,the surprise success story for peer-to-peer sharing of space in apartments and houses. Shelby Clark,founder of RelayRides,says potent
4、ial investors in his company have been concerned that owners will be afraid to hand their car over to strangers.To address that,he points to Airbnb,saying,“Letting people sleep in your living room is much more of a disturbance into your personal space than letting someone use your car.” All of these
5、 companies offer their own insurance coverage for their renters, which are supposed to put owners minds at ease.But only two statesCalifornia and Oregonhave passed laws to clarify that an owner will not suffer any consequences should a car-sharing renter have an accident. “In all the other states,le
6、gal ambiguity remains,”Shelby Clark says.“If a renter should be involved in a serious accident in those states,the victim can be expected to go after every party possible,including the cars owner.” Also to remove the worries of car owners,the driving records of renters are checked for recent serious
7、 violations. 1.What does the underlined word“sedan”in Paragraph 2 probably refer to? A.A kind of car. B.An owner of a car. C.A renting company.D.A car-sharing renter. 2.Which of the following is TRUE of Airbnb? A.It cares little about personal privacy. B.It deals with house-sharing successfully. C.I
8、t is a very popular car-sharing company. D.Its ideas are being tried out in some states. 3.If a car-sharing renter should have an accident in California,the cars owner . A.has to take legal responsibility B.will not suffer the consequence C.is not covered by health insurance D.must pay the insurance
9、 for the renter 语篇解读:本文是说明文,介绍了美国兴起的一个共同使用小汽车的新兴行业。 答案及剖析: 1.A 词义猜测题。根据画线词前面的“an owner of a mid-size,late-model”及画线词后面的 “who rents out a car”可推知,这里指的是“一种中型、新型的小汽车”,故选 A。 2.B 细节理解题。根据文章第三段中的“before it becomes the auto equivalent of Airbnb,the surprise success story for peer-to-peer sharing of space i
10、n apartments and houses”可知,Airbnb 是一家成功进行房屋共享的公司,故选 B。 3.B 细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的“But only two states California and Oregon have passed laws to clarify that an owner will not suffer any consequences should a car-sharing renter have an accident.”可知,在 California 和 Oregon 两个州,如果租用者出 了事故,车主是不会受到任何影响的,故选 B。 B O
11、n one of her trips to New York several years ago,Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner.They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes,another customer was approaching their table. “Hey,arent you from Mississippi?”the elegant,white-haired writer r
12、emembered being asked by the stranger.“Im from Mississippi too.” Without a second thought,the woman joined the Welty party.When her dinner partner showed up,she also pulled up a chair. “They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,”Welty said.“I didnt know what my New York friends were thinking
13、.” Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine.By the time the group got up to leave,it was pouring outside.Weltys new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab.Heading back downtown toward her hotel,her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big
14、Apple dinner into a Mississippi state reunion(团聚). “My friend said: Now we believe your stories, ”Welty added.“And I said: Now you know.These are the people that make me write them. ” Sitting on a sofa in her room,Welty,a slim figure in a simple gray dress,looked pleased with this explanation. “I do
15、nt make them up,”she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years.“I dont have to.” Beauticians,bartenders,piano players and people with purple hats,Weltys people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends,from walks through the streets of her native Jackson,Miss.,from c
16、onversations overheard on a bus.It annoys Welty that,at 78,her left ear has now given out.Sometimes,sitting on a bus or a train,she hears only a fragment(片断) of a particularly interesting story. 4.What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe? A.Two strangers joined her. B.Her childhood friends came in. C.A heavy rain ruined the dinner.D.Some people held a party there. 5.The underlined word “them”in Paragraph 6 refers to Weltys . A.readers B.parties C
