When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭),  It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages. When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (裝載)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(發(fā)動機) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.
小題1:What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A．The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.
B．Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.
C．Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.
D．Rickshaws are very useful for the people's daily life in Kolkata.
小題2:Which type of transport may you take when the roads flood in Kolkata?
A．A bus.B．A taxi.C．A car.D．A rickshaw.
小題3:What does the underlined word "ban" mean?
A．makeB．increaseC．forbidD．collect
小題4:What can we learn from the passage?
A．The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.
B．The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.
C．The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven.
D．The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B
短文大意:這篇短文主要介紹了在印度城市加爾各答流行的一種運輸方式,黃包車.短文詳細的描述了這種運輸?shù)姆绞降暮锰幰约八纳鐣绊?
小題1:短文第一段主要介紹了在加爾各答乘坐黃包車的一些好處.故選A,黃包車夫幫助當?shù)厝诉\送東西.
小題2:根據(jù)第二段and anything with an engine(發(fā)動機) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.描述,可知選D.
小題3:聯(lián)系上下文描述,可知此處指的是當?shù)卣胍裹S包車.故選C,禁止.
小題4:根據(jù)最后一段So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw. 描述,可知黃包車仍舊是加爾各答公共交通的一部分,故選B
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