2．drop_off中途下客或卸货

3．lead_to导致

4．link_up联合，连接

5．at_(...)_intervals每隔......距离或时间

6．accelerate_the_pace_of加快......的步伐

7．function_as... 起......作用

8．in_honour_of为纪念......；为了向......表示敬意

Ⅰ.阅读课文，选出最佳答案

1．Why did most trains into London only go to the distant boundary of the city?

A．Because they didn't want to have many historic buildings damaged.

B．Because they didn't want to take up too much space within the city.

C．Because they didn't want to have the city of London damaged.

D．Because they wanted the city protected.

答案　A

2．Before Charles Yerkes，travelling on the tube lines was ________.

A．comfortable B．convenient

C．inconvenient D．cheap

答案　C

3．________ set up the Underground Electric Railways Company of London.

A．The Prime Minister B．Charles Holden

C．Queen Elizabeth D．Charles Yerkes

答案　D

4．Charles Yerkes bought many of the different lines and set up the Underground Electric Railways Company of London with the purpose of ________.

A．making contributions to London

B．earning much more money than before

C．controlling all the different bus and train lines

D．making the underground system better

答案　D

5．Which of the following is NOT the unusual use of the underground system during World War Ⅱ？

A．Bomb shelters.