[填空题]Commuters are encouraged to share their vehicles with others.

[填空题]People should be encouraged to share their joys and sorrows at the diner table____________________(不管他们有多么忙). In fact, diner time is a perfect period for communication.

[单项选择]The aim of voyages Maury encouraged in the 1840s was（　）
A. to estimate the length of cable that was to be made
B. to make some sound experiments in the oceans
C. to measure the depths of two oceans
D. to collect samples of sea plants animals

[多项选择]In some countries young people are encouraged to work or travel for a year between finishing high school and starting university studies. What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing this Write an essay of about 400 words to state your opinion on the following topic:
Gap Year
In the first part of your essay you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

[单项选择]What does the speaker say about ferry commuters
A. They don’’t have their own cars to drive to work.
B. Many of them are romantic by temperament.
C. Most of them enjoy the drinks on the boat.
D. They tend to be friendlier to each other.

[单项选择]A growing number of intercity commuters are turning to rail from air. They take the Eurostar train, which runs hourly city center-to-city center from London to Paris or Brussels, with check-in 20 minutes before departure or just 10 minutes for first-class passengers.
Eurostar Group cun-ently holds 60% of the Paris-London market, with 92% of Eurostar trains arriving on time—24 percentage points better than aircraft times.
High-speed trains, which travel at 200 to 300 kilometers an hour, have cut trip times between Madrid and Seville to two hours and 15 minutes from six hours, and between Rome and Florence to one hour and 35 minutes from three hours.
On short journeys, rail clearly beats air travel for market share. High-speed rail wins 80% to 90% of market share of a route if the journey is under two hours, and 50% to 60% if travel takes two to three hours.
Some airlines, such as Air France, have opted to cooperate and not compete with rail on shorter routes. As of M
A. run right into the city center
B. do not have departure wait
C. have now speed and convenience
D. arrives on time while planes do not

[填空题]Thousands of commuters use talking books in order to ______ (最好地利用乘车时间).

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