新改革英語六級聽力練習——短文聽力（3）
Section B
Passage One
26.
A. From tram to trolleybus to Routemaster.
B. From trolleybus to Routemaster to red bus.
C. From trolleybus to Routemaster to modern bus.
D. From Routemaster to trolley to modern bus.
27.
A. It is full of renaissance favor.
B. It is a star in a famous movie.
C. It is one of the tourist hot spots.
D. It is the representative of city.
28.
A. It is inconvenient to take the baggage onto it.
B. It is difficult to spare the room for wheelchairs.
C. It is dangerous to get in from both sides of it.
D. It is easy to have accident on a movable platform.
答案解析
Section B
Passage One
Today is a rather sad day for one of the London's oldest friends. The famous red London bus, officially called [26]The Routemaster, is being replaced by modern buses. Like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and the red telephone box, the red bus has listed [27]one of these heritages.
They first arrived on London's streets in 1959 to [26]replace the trolleybuses, which were powered like a tram by overhead electric cables. In fact, my father used to drive trolleybuses and went on to drive the new red bus when they arrived almost 50 years ago. Later on, it was always a special treat for me to go to work with my dad to see all the sights of London. And it became such a star that it was even featured in Britain's first Elvis Presley type film Summer Holiday starring Cliff Richard.
But some people aren't sad to see the back of the famous red bus. They believe Routemasters are no longer a suitable form of transport for London. 10% of Londoners can't even get onto it; old people, disable people, people with buggies. It's a real, real problem. The hop on, hop off platform at the back of the Routemaster bus makes it a convenient form of transport for passengers. [28]But sadly, such features also make the bus dangerous. As some research shows, people are 5 times more likely to have an accident on a Routemaster than on any other sort of bus.
After today, we can see only a few Routemasters on the Heritage Routes, special journeys that will mostly be taken by tourists.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. According to the speaker, what is the evolution of London's public transport?
正確答案：C
解析：短文說，在50年前，Routemaster，也就是red bus，取代了無軌電車，現在又將被現代巴士所取代。故答案是C。由四個選項的from...to...to結構，猜測題目與交通工具的演進有關。每個選擇包含三種車，其中都出現了Routemaster，但排列順序不同。根據原文的提示，最早和最後出現的交通工具都不是Routemaster，可以排除A和D。B和C相似，但red bus是Routemaster的俗稱，排除B。
27. What makes the Routemaster famous?
正確答案：D
解析：短文說，Routemaster與倫敦大鐘、白金漢宮，紅色電話亭齊名，被視爲文化遺產之一。這些所提到的建築物和物件是當地的象徵，故答案是D。選項是四個描述的句子，根據主題，猜測題目與Routemaster的特點有關。綜合全文的懷舊氣息，與文化遺產很匹配。
28. What is the disadvantage of Routemaster?
正確答案：D
解析：短文說，在車尾的可伸縮平臺本來是爲方便乘客上車而設計的，但這同時也增加了危險性。故答案是D。It選項題，提示詞inconvenient, difficult, dangerous, accident，猜測題目與Routemaster的缺點有關。buggies指童車，注意與讀音相近的baggage區分（baggage是不可數名詞，後面不能加s），故A是干擾項。
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