江西省樟树市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期周练试题（1）（一部）第一节、阅读理解（共10个小题；每小题2分，满分20分） Right in front of the Minneapolis Central Library, a row of green bikes sits parked in a special stand. Each bike is designed with the logo Nice Ride-the name of the citys bike-share program.Nice Ride bikes are a lot like the library books that people come here to borrow. To rent a bike ,you simply use your membership card at a Nice Ride bike station. Members can rent one of l,200 bikes from 138 stations throughout Minnesotas largest city. People use the Nice Ride bikes to go to work, to go out on business ,or just to enjoy the citys many bike paths. The rise of bike-share programs like Nice Ride is encouraging more people than ever to choose biking over driving. Rising gas prices and concerns about the environment have also gotten people to dust off their bike helmets ,pump air into flat tires ,and hit the road.Why ride? Not only is biking good exercise but switching from a car to a bike also reduces theamountof pollutionintheair. Carbon dioxide , a greenhousegas linkedto climatechange , is one of the many polluting substances that come out of a cars tail pipe.Bike-sharesystems are found around the world in cities like London, Paris, Barcelona, and Melbourn , Australia. Thelargestprogram-with70,000bikes-isinWuhan, China.To make roads friendlier to non-motorists, the U. S. Departmentof Transportation has invested more than a billion dollars in cycling and pedestrian projects in recent years. The money went toward building thousands of miles of on-street bike lanes and pedestrian- only passages called green ways.1. If one wants to use the bike ,its a must to _.A. give away a bicycle B. know Nice Ride well C. pay the cost in advance D. get a membership card2. Which of the following can people do with the bikes?A. Earn a living.B. Enjoy bikeways. C. Compete in a race.D. Rent them out to others.3. Paragraph 4 is mainly about _ .A. benefits of biking B. pollution caused by carsC. methods to use the bikes D. ways to reduce pollution4. Which of the following is true of Nice Ride?A. It will take the place of taxi companies. B. China has better public bike systems.C. It attracts more people to choose biking. D. The government lacks money to support it.5. The authors purpose in writing this text is to _.A. raise money for bike-share programs B. seek advice for Nice RideC. compare Nice Ride with libraries D. introduce the public bike systemB My friend Robert started a new job this week and hes been in the training class for two days. Theemployer has a very strict dressing code-dark blue shirts and pants. On the first day, an older gentleman in his class did not have the proper clothes and he was strictly told that he would be fired if he didnt have the right clothes the next day. He explained, Sir, I had beentold about this, but because of my larger size, its sometimes difficult to find the right clothing for a price I can afford. Last night, Robert and I decided that this old man shouldnt lose the chance of work simply because he couldnt afford the clothes. I had some cash on hand and Robert took it with him this morning just in case it was needed. When training started this morning, the trainer was ready to fire the older gentleman. You have 10 minutes to be in proper clothes, he was told. At this point, Robert spoke up and asked if he could have10 minutes to get him the clothes. He then ran out to the store and bought the proper-sized pants and ashirt; he returned with both and gave them to the older man. The older gentleman began to cry and told him that he couldnt accept such a gift from a stranger.Robert told him he had to because he had lost the receipt(收据) and couldnt return them-a little whitelie. The pants were a perfect fit, the shirt was a bit tight but he was able to keep his job. My wife and I tried to gather together some money last night, but we didnt have enough to buy the clothes, he told Robert. Its unbelievable to me that a person would do such a thing for only knowing me a day! More unbelievable is how good it has made Robert and me feel to do this.6. If the older man did not have the proper clothes, he would _.A. be punished B. be offered another job C. put off the training class D. lose his job7. The money which was spent buying the clothes belonged to _.A. the trainers B. the older mans C. the writers D. Roberts8. How did Robert persuade the older man to accept the clothes?A. He told the older man that he would lose his job if he didnt take them.B. He told a lie that the clothes didnt fit himself.C. He told the older gentleman that he could save money a