【InChinapeople'slivingconditionsin.thecitieshavechangedalotinthewaysoftransportationinthepastfiftyyears.Asurveyshowsthatthenumberofpeopleridingabikeorwalkingisalwaysdecreasing.In1974morethan50%ofpeople】
InChinapeople'slivingconditionsin.thecitieshavechangedalotinthewaysoftransportationinthepastfiftyyears.
Asurveyshowsthatthenumberofpeopleridingabikeorwalkingisalwaysdecreasing.In1974morethan50%ofpeopletraveledtoworkontheirownbikeswhileby2014lessthan20%oftravelerspreferredcyclingorwalkingtowork.Nowthenumberbecomesmuchsmaller.
Atthesametimetherewasalargeincreaseintheuseofcars.In1974veryfewpeoplehadacar.By1994aboutaquarteroftravelersdrovetowork.Thisincreasedagainuntil2014aboutonethirdoftravelersdrovetowork.
Whathascausedthesechanges?Themainreasonisthatpeople'slivingconditionshavechangedgreatly.Withtheincreasingnumberofpeoplegoingbybusorcarfewerandfewerpeoplewouldliketobecyclistsorwalkers.
Aspeopleenjoyedtheconvenience(便利)andspeedofbusesandcarstheyarelesslikelytohavepatienceandinterestincyclingandwalking.Inthefuturewiththedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologymorechangeswillhappeninpeople'severydaylives.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
( )1.Howmanypeoplewenttoworkbybikein1974?
A.Morethanaquarter.
B.Morethanahalf.
C.Morethanonethird.
D.Morethanonefifth.
( )2.Thenumberofpeopledrivingtoworkin2014is largerthanthatin1994.
A.about25%B.about75%
C.about8%D.about92%
( )3.What'sthemeaningoftheunderlinedwordinChinese?
A.降低B.增加
C.变化D.上升
( )4.Whatcausedthechangesinthewaysoftransportationinthepastfiftyyears?
A.People'sliving conditionshavebecomebetter.
B.Busesandcarsaremoreconvenient.
C.Peoplehavelesspatienceandinterestincyclingandwalking.
D.Alloftheabove.
( )5.What'sthebesttitleforthispassage?
A.PeoplePreferCyclingorWalkingtoWork
B.ALargeIncreaseintheUseofCars
C.ChangesinWaysofCommunications
D.ChangesinWaysofTransportation