[单项选择]The London Underground (usually called "the tube") is the biggest subway system in the world. It is also the fastest way to travel in the city. The network consists of nine major routes (路线), called "lines".
You can buy tickets at any underground station, at a ticket office, or from a ticket machine. Some of the ticket machines require exact money. All of the machines display "Change given" or "Exact money only" signs. The price of the ticket depends on the length of the trip. The longer the trip, the higher the cost of the ticket.
Trains stop at all stations. On some trains, passengers need to press a button to open doors. Every underground train car has maps that show all the stations on the line you are traveling on. There is a map of the whole underground system in every station.
Smoking is not allowed on underground trains or in stations.
According to the passage, the other name of the subway in London is ______.
A. the subway system
B. the u

[单项选择] The London Underground (usually called "the tube") is the biggest subway system in the world. It is also the fastest way to travel in the city. The network consists of nine major routes(路线), called "lines". You can buy tickets at any underground station, at a ticket office, or from a ticket machine. Some of the ticket machines require exact money. All of the machines display "Change given" or "Exact money only" signs. The price of the ticket depends on the length of the trip. The longer the trip, the higher the cost of the ticket. Trains stop at all stations. On some trains, passengers need to press a button to open doors. Every underground train car has maps that show all the stations on the line you are traveling on. There is a map of the whole underground system in every station. Smoking is not allowed on underground trains or in stations. According to the passage, the other name of the subway in London is "_________".
A. the subway system
B. the underground
C. the lines
D. the tube

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The London Underground Map

The London Underground map is extremely well designed. Simple, easy to understand and (76) (attract), it performs its primary task of guiding both inhabitants and (77) (tour) round the underground system in London very well. The man behind this great (78) (achieve) was called Henry Beck, an (79) (employ)of the London Underground Drawing Office, who designed the map in 1931. The design of the map showed great (80) (original)because it clearly represented a complex network of (81) (communicate). This design was later used by most of the world’s underground systems.
The map used before 1931 was messy and (82) (clear). So Beck decided to sketch out a better one using a diagram rather than a (83) (tradition) map. This new map was an enormous (84) .(succeed) with the public when, in 1933, it made its first (8