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A.many
B.much
C.the most
D.more
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A．Vegetables can be sold more profitably when shipped by train than by truck.
B．Other than speed and cost, there are no significant differences between truck and train transportation from the farming region to New Mexico.
C．The time required to ship vegetables by train from the farming region to New Mexico could be reduced to two days if the price for this service were raised.
D．Most owners of vegetables in the region are more concerned with shipping costs than with the time involved in shipping vegetables to market.
E．Transportation of vegetables by truck is worth at least $ 200 per day to owners of the vegetables in the farming region.
We began to ______ the bricks from the truck and carry them to the construction site.
A．uncover
B．unload
C．unlock
D．undo
This ladder is too long for this truck. We need ________ truck to carry it.
A.a small
B.the small
C.a bigger
D.a biggest
What does the man offer to do？
A．Drive a truck
B．Change an order
C．Help carry boxes
D．Discount a purchase
The two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ______.
A．their weren't as good as the others'
B．they forgot to carry them on a truck
C．a lot of apples had been already carried to the city
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文： Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a part-time job which gets him up every morning at five o'clock. He is a newspaper boy. Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5:15 to go to the corner where the newspapers are. The newspapers were delivered to the corner by the truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon to carry them. In the winter, it is still dark when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is light. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the porch where it will be protected from wind and rain or snow. His customers think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him extra money. Billy earns about $ 70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest on records and clothes. Sometimes, when Billy is sick, his elder brother has to deliver the newspapers. Once Billy's father had to help. Bill has seventy customers now, but he hopes to get more soon. If he gets more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win the trip to Europe, but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.
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A．He is a college student.
B．He is fourteen-year-old boy.
C．He is a newspaperman.
D．He is a truck driver as well as a newspaperman.
When faced with the decision of selecting a mode of transportation, the exporter has five basic types available from which to choose, depending, of course, upon the geographicalproximity[1] of the countries of export and import: ocean, air, rail, truck, and inland water. A sixth alternative is pipeline which transports very specialized products. The choice between available methods of transportation is usually determined by a combination of cost , time , and security.
Ocean transportation is by far the most dominant mode of international transportation , and air transport is the most " glamorous" and fastest growing. The significance of the other basic types of international transportation varies depending upon the countries involved. For example,rail and truck shipments do not constitute a significant portion of the export transactions of the United States, except perhaps for those that involve buyers in Canada. In contrast,these transport modes carry large amounts of export goods among the countries of Europe. Similarly,inland waterways are not important carriers of goods between countries except in Europe where waterways such as the Rhine and Danube rivers carry large amounts of goods among the countries through which they flow. Often the use of these relatively less important modes of transport depends upon the nature of specific products in unique geographic situations. The use of trucks to haul fresh produce from northem Mexico to the United States illustrates this practice.
Ocean transportation is widely used because it is a relatively low-cost way to transport goods, and it can easily handle large shipments. In addition, certain geographic conditions may make it impossible to use overland transportation to some foreign markets andinfeasible[2] to use it to others.
Many diverse types of products are being transported to foreign markets by air in large volume-computers, office machines, electrical and electronic equipment, automobile parts, television sets,pharmceuticals[3], certain metal manufactures, and wearing apparel to name but a few. Thus , even with existing technology, it is evident that air cargo movements are no longer confined to fast shipments of emergency supplies, goods of high value , (for example ,jewel) and perishable products (for example , fresh flowers) , although it is widely used for such products. Not only is time in transit reduced from a minimum of 10 days to a few hours, but also less handling and simpler packing requirements are involved.
Time in transit is but one of the so-called hidden costs that may be relevant. For example,concerning time in transit and the ability to put a f'acility to use sooner (thus avoiding lost sales) ,a West German company bought 230hosiery-knitting machines[4] from a US manufacturer. The machines were shipped by air at a cost of USD 224 per unit which was considerably greater than the ocean rate of USD37. 80 per unit. Delivery time was shortened by 10 days giving the Cerman manuf'acturer the opportunity to produce 207 000 pairs of hosiery, which apparently offset the transportation cost.
Small shipments may be sent by intemational parcel post, air parcel post, or air couner service rather than pay the higher minimum bill of lading charges for ocean freight or air shipment. While larger shipments are charged on the basis of weight or measurement,very small shipments are charged a set flat fee because of the costs involved in documentation and handling.
The method of transportation is usually selected by the importer. The route selected for the export shipment may be determined by either the exporter or the importer. In practice , the importer should indicate the route he or she thinks is most desirable. The final selection of the exact route,however,should generally be left to thediscretion[5] of the exporter, since the exporter is more fully acquainted with conditions surrounding the shipment in the country from which it is sent, and particularly the immediate conditions at time of shipment.
[1]接近
[2]不可行的
[3]医药的
[4]针织品编织机
[5]判断力
Questions for reading :
A.unibody
B.hood
C.truck deck
D.dash board
A major source of the congestion is freight trucks. One large truck takes up the space of almost four cars, and the average truck is becoming longer, with more use of double-and triple-trailers. Increases in truck volume, obviously, add to commuting problems, and according to the U. S. Department of Transportation, freight volume is expected to increase by two-thirds over the next 20 years.
One proposed solution--building new roads--is expensive and politically contentious. But there's another way: greater use of freight rail.
One freight train can carry the cargo of 500 trucks, and one intermodal train can carry nearly 300 truck trailers. Trucking companies and railroads already are forming intermodal partnerships that combine the best of both kinds of transportation.
In an urban area like New York, shifting 25% of freight from trucks to freight trains by the year 2025 would reduce drivers' commuting time by 52.9 hours. In addition, such a shift would save $734 per household in annual congestion costs.
Shifting freight from road to rail also helps the environment. Freight rail is more fuel-efficient per ton-mile than trucks. And it reduces drivers' fuel consumption by decreasing the time they spend idling in traffic. By 2025, commuters in New York could save 254 gallons of fuel with a 25% shift of freight from truck to rail.
Air pollution levels also would improve with an increase in the use of freight rail. For instance, that same 25% shift to rail by 2025 would decrease air pollutants New York by as much as 79,500 tons.
To carry out these changes, the freight rail industry will need more capacity, but that depends on return on investments. Because railroads are not meeting their cost of capital, government policymakers may want to consider investment incentives to help meet the growing demand for freight rail. This would enable freight railroads to provide convenient, on-time, quality service to shippers and boost their share of freight transport.
It is hard to imagine a less costly or more effective strategy for reducing traffic congestion.
In the last 2nd paragraph, the basic problem with the freight rail industry is that ______ .
A．it only has a very low capacity
B．the price of its service is too low
C．its services are not very convenient
D．it is not a profitable enough business
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