There is no doubt that traffic congestion becomes a growing worry for the residents of most urban areas. Some major roads are regularly choked with traffic in rush hours.
The limited transport capacity contributes largely to the vexing problem. How to solve the headache?.
The existing solutions to traffic jam mainly aim at creating metro bus systems and broadening major roads. Widening the existing roads can solve traffic snarls on some level. Soaring car ownership compounds the chronic annoying problem, so we must sharply reduce the heavy reliance on cars and drive a shift to the mass transportation.
It is a cheap and good way. We can create a system of customized bus routes and highlight the development of subways, trolleys and light rail.
The effective combination of these solutions will enable the urban areas to possess a smooth traffic.
Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is Wu Fang and I am from China. I’m writing to give you some advice on the heavy traffic in your city.
First of all, I insist that public transportation should be well developed. Residents in the city should use public transportation instead of private cars. Only in this way can you avoid most of the traffic jams. Secondly, in order to solve the traffic problem and effectively control the traffic flow, you should take flexible working hours into consideration.
I do hope you will find my suggestions practical.
Yours, Wu Fan
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m writing to offer my own suggestions on how to deal with the terrible traffic in your city.
I suggest that you raise the consciousness of citizens, which is crucial to solving the problem. To
achieve this, effective measures should be taken. For example, you could set up a system of awards to encourage people to monitor those who break traffic laws. Furthermore, you should develop public transportation, which really appeals to citizens.
I hope my suggestions are worthy of your consideration, and thank you for your attention.
Yours, Wu Fang
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3. _____ the website of the Fire Department in your city, and you will learn a lot about fire fighting.（2008湖南）
A. Having searched B. To search C. Searching D. Search
4. Help others whenever you can _____ you will make the world a nice place to live in.（2007辽宁）
A. and B. or C. unless D. but
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A. come B. comes C. to come D. coming 8. ____ and I’ll get the work finished.（2006重庆） A. Have one more hour B. One more hour C. Given one more hour D. If I have one more hour
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A. and B. but C. or D. while 10.--Alice, you feed the bird today, _____? --But I fed it yesterday.（2005全国）
A. do you B. will you C. didn’t you D. don’t you
综合篇
Ⅰ.翻译句子：根据汉语意思及所给提示翻译下列句子。
1. 请你方便的时候把那本书带给我。(convenient) 2. 你回避不了这样一个事实，即价钱十分公道的。(get around)
3. 旅游业为大学毕业生提供了许多的就业机会。(provide)
4. 我的车陷入深雪里，我又找不到解决办法，真令人着急。(get stuck in)
5. 正在建设中的上海世博园给游客留下深刻的印象。(under construction)
6. 我们的钱就要用完了，因此我们必须限制开销不超出我们经济能力的范围。(limit)
Ⅱ.短文填空: 阅读下面的短文，用方框中所给词或词组的适当形式填空。其中有两个为多余选项。
strengthen limit involve
connect react honor common lead to rely on get around in time on time After Thomas Jefferson was elected president , he decided that a different transportation system would