When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭). It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw(人力黃包車).He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages. When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (裝載)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload. No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)) is useless. But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problemwith this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw. If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.
【小題1】What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A．The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.
B．Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.
C．Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.
D．Rickshaws are very useful for the people's daily life in Kolkata.
【小題2】Which type of transport may you take when the roads flood in Kolkata?
A．A bus.B．A taxi.C．A car.D．A rickshaw.
【小題3】What does the underlined word "ban" mean?
A．makeB．increaseC．forbidD．collect
【小題4】What can we learn from the passage?
A．The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.
B．The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.
C．The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven.
D．The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.


【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了人力車給Kolkata的人們帶來了很多生活上的便利，但是政府想禁止的社會(huì)現(xiàn)象。
【小題1】推理判斷題。從For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages.得知人力在當(dāng)?shù)睾苡杏茫蔬xD。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段得知答案，故選A。
【小題3】推理判斷題。ban 禁止 make制造increase增加forbid禁止collect收集，故選C。
【小題4】主旨大意題。從第一段If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata.得知當(dāng)?shù)氐慕煌üぞ叱薭us和taxi，還有rickshaw，故選B。
考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。

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