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Welcome to the Public Bus System. Its bus network operates 365 days of the year and has (1)  that can take you to your destination(目的地) quickly and easily.
You can travel round the city for just $ (2)  a day with Type-A bus tickets. Type-B bus tickets are even (3) . You can get on and off as many times (4) , so you can tour the city at your own pace.
You can buy tickets at most newspaper stands.
If you want to get (5) , call the office of the Public Bus System.

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[填空题]

Welcome to the Public Bus System. Its bus network operates 365 days of the year and has (1)  that can take you to your destination(目的地) quickly and easily.
You can travel round the city for just $ (2)  a day with Type-A bus tickets. Type-B bus tickets are even (3) . You can get on and off as many times (4) , so you can tour the city at your own pace.
You can buy tickets at most newspaper stands.
If you want to get (5) , call the office of the Public Bus System.

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[单项选择]The public decides to decrease its holdings of currency and to increase its holdings of checking account funds by an equal amount. If the Federal Reserve does not take any offsetting actions, how will the money supply be affected （）
A. The money supply will decrease.
B. Although the action does not directly affect the money supply, it will reduce the excess reserves of banks and tend to indirectly reduce the money supply.
C. The action does not directly affect the money supply; it will increase the excess reserves of banks and tend to increase the money supply because banks may expand their loans.

[单项选择]A radical new bicycle had its first public showing at the National British Cycling Championships in Shrewsbury last weekend. Based on the gold medal- winning design from the Barcelona Olympics, it is the first commercial mountain bike made of a single piece of carbon fibre.
Bicycles for amateurs have up to now been made of steel, aluminum or magnesium tubes welded together into the conventional "A-frame" shape. But last year, the British competitor Chris Boardman set world records while winning titles in the Olympic cycling pursuit events on a custom-built, carbon-fibre bicycle with lower weight and wind resistance than standard models. Because carbon fibre is born light and extremely strong, it does not need the A-frame shape, saving further weight Carbon fibre can also be moulded in a single piece, avoiding the weakness of welds.
The new bike, which will cost between $ 2000 and $ 3000 when it reaches the shops next month, has the same advantages as the Olympic model, it wei
A. it was made from the gold medal-winning design of the Barcelona Olympics
B. it was the first commercial mountain bike
C. its public showing last weekend aroused many people’s curiosity
D. it was made of one single piece of carbon fibre

[单项选择] The United States is well-known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. 【B1】 these wide modem roads are generally 【B2】 and well maintained, with 【B3】 sharp curves and many straight 【B4】 , a direct route is not always the most 【B5】 one. Large highways often pass 【B6】 scenic areas and interesting small towns, Furthermore, these highways generally 【B7】 large urban centers, which means that they become crowded with 【B8】 traffic during rush hours, 【B9】 the "fast, direct" route becomes a very slow mute. However, there is 【B10】 always another route to take 【B11】 you are not in a hurry. Not far from the 【B12】 new "superhighways’’, there are often older, 【B13】 heavily traveled roads which go through the countryside. 【B14】 of these are good two-lane roads; others are uneven roads 【B15】 through the country. These secondary routes may go up steep slopes, along high 【B16】 , or down frightening hillsides to town
A. yet
B. still
C. almost
D. quite