2017--2018学年人教版选修八Unit 1 A land of diversity reading课时作业1(1)
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  gain a discount fare on BCC public transport.You will need to buy an adult ticket to travel.Bus fares are dependent on the number of zones you have to travel.There are several types of tickets:

Zone Cost (AUD) Single Daily Off­peak Daily Ten­trip Saver Weekly Monthly 1 2.50 4.20 3.50 16.80 16.80 67.20 2 2.90 5.00 4.10 20.00 20.00 80.00 3 3.30 5.80 4.70 23.20 23.20 92.80   Single:one way ticket to reach your destination,including transfers within 2 hours.

  Daily:unlimited travel within the zones.

  Off­peak Daily:discounted unlimited travel between 9:00 am and 3:30 pm and after 7:00 pm Monday to Friday,and all day on weekends and public holidays.

  Weekly:unlimited travel within the zones for one week from the date of issue.

  Monthly:unlimited travel within the zones for one calendar month from the date of issue.

  Ten­trip Saver:10 trips at any time within the zones on buses and ferries only.

  Transport routes,timetables and fare information are available from:

  Public Transport Information Centre

  69 Ann Street ( corner of George St)

  Brisbane City

  Phone 13 12 30( Transport Information Service)

4.The transport guide above is most likely provided by________.

  A.Public Transport Information Centre

  B.Queensland University of Technology

  C.the Brisbane City Council

  D.BCC Customer Service Centres

5.We can learn from the passage that________.

  A.buses are scheduled as usual on weekends and public holidays

  B.regular students at QUT need to buy adult tickets

  C.Ten­trip Savers can be used at off­peak time

  D.pre­paid tickets can be bought from the Public Transport Information Centre

6.An exchange student staying at QUT for five days has to travel between zones every day.What type of ticket would he probably buy?

  A.Single. B.Ten­trip Saver

  C.Off­peak Daily. D.Weekly..

  C

  People who eat chocolate regularly tend to be thinner, new research suggests. The findings come from a study of nearly 1,000 US people that looked at diet, calorie intake and body mass index (BMI) - a measure of obesity.

  It found those who ate chocolate a few times a week were, on average, slimmer than those who ate it occasionally. Even though chocolate is loaded with calories, it contains components that may favour weight loss rather than fat synthesis (合成) , scientists believe.

  Despite boosting calorie intake, regular chocolate consumption was related to lower BMI in the study, which is published in Archives of Internal Medicine.

The link remained even when other factors, like how much exercise individuals did, were taken into account. According to the researchers, there is only one chance in 100 that their findings