American English | CEFR B1+ | 380 Words
Contents 目录
Reading 阅读
Questions 题目
Vocabulary 词汇
Useful Structures 常用结构
Comprehension Questions 阅读理解问题
Reading 阅读
A Week Without a Car
On Monday morning, Elena dropped her car off at a repair shop. The mechanic told her a part would take several days to arrive, so she would have to leave the car there until Friday afternoon. Elena worked at a dental office three miles from home and normally drove there in fifteen minutes. She decided to try getting to work without paying for a ride.
On Monday, she took the bus. The fare was only two dollars each way, and there was a stop near her apartment. However, the route went past a high school, where traffic moved slowly in the morning. The trip took forty minutes from her front door to the office. On Tuesday, she caught an earlier bus and used the extra time before work to eat breakfast at a café. By the time she added the cost of breakfast, her morning had turned out more expensive than she had planned.
On Wednesday, Elena borrowed her brother’s bike. The ride took twenty-five minutes, and most of it was along a bike path. The last few blocks were on a busy street, though, and she felt nervous when trucks passed her. At work, she had to ask a coworker where she could leave the bike. He showed her a rack behind the building that she had never noticed.
Elena walked on Thursday because she had no errands to run after work. She left home an hour before her shift, took a shortcut through a park, and reached the office with five minutes to spare. Walking cost her nothing, but it meant setting her alarm earlier than usual. On the way home, she stopped for groceries and realized how quickly a short shopping list could turn into a heavy bag.
On Friday, rain was in the forecast, so Elena took the bus again. When she picked up her car that afternoon, she was glad to have it back. Still, she decided to walk to work on some Thursdays, when she could leave early and shop another day. She also saved the bus schedule on her phone. Before that week, she had always grabbed her car keys without thinking. Now she checks the weather and thinks about what she needs to do after work before choosing how to get there.
Questions 题目
IELTS-Style Reading Questions
Questions 1–5 | True / False / Not Given
Write TRUE if the statement agrees with the passage, FALSE if it contradicts the passage, or NOT GIVEN if the passage does not give this information.
Q1. The mechanic needed to wait for a part to arrive.
Answer
TRUE
Q2. Elena usually spent more than twenty minutes driving to work.
Answer
FALSE
Q3. The bus stop near Elena’s apartment had a shelter.
Answer
NOT GIVEN
Q4. Elena took an earlier bus on Tuesday than she had on Monday.
Answer
TRUE
Q5. Elena used her own bike to get to work on Wednesday.
Answer
FALSE
Questions 6–10 | Sentence Completion
Complete each sentence with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage.
Q6. On Monday, Elena’s trip from home to work took ______ minutes by bus.
Answer
forty
Q7. Elena rode along a ______ for most of her Wednesday commute.
Answer
bike path
Q8. A coworker showed Elena a ______ where she could leave her bike.
Answer
rack
Q9. Elena took a shortcut through a ______ on her walk to work.
Answer
park
Q10. Elena saved the ______ on her phone after trying different ways to get to work.
Answer
bus schedule
Questions 11–15 | Multiple Choice
Choose the correct answer, A, B, C, or D.
Q11. Why did Elena spend more than she had planned on Tuesday morning?
A. She paid a higher bus fare for an earlier trip.
B. She bought breakfast before going to work.
C. She missed the bus and paid for a ride.
D. She had to take a second bus to the office.
Answer
B
Q12. Which part of the bike ride made Elena nervous?
A. Riding alongside trucks on a busy street.
B. Finding her way along an unfamiliar bike path.
C. Going downhill just before she reached the office.
D. Crossing a busy road near her apartment.
Answer
A
Q13. What did Elena find out when she stopped for groceries on Thursday?
A. The grocery store was farther from work than she had thought.
B. She could save time by shopping on the way to work.
C. Even a few groceries could be heavy to carry home.
D. Walking made it easier to visit more than one store.
Answer
C
Q14. Why did Elena take the bus on Friday?
A. She needed to carry her groceries to work.
B. She expected it might rain.
C. She had to start work earlier than usual.
D. She wanted to have breakfast at the café again.
Answer
B
Q15. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. A short commute usually takes about the same amount of time by bus or bike.
B. The cheapest way to get to work is the best choice for most people.
C. Trying different ways to commute taught Elena to consider cost, time, and her plans for the day.
D. After a week without a car, Elena decided to stop driving to work.
Answer
C
Vocabulary 词汇
| repair | /rɪˈpɛr/ | 维修 |
| mechanic | /məˈkænɪk/ | 修车技师 |
| fare | /fɛr/ | 车费 |
| route | /rut/ | 路线 |
| traffic | /ˈtræfɪk/ | 交通；车流 |
| coworker | /ˈkoʊˌwərkər/ | 同事 |
| rack | /ræk/ | 自行车停放架 |
| errands | /ˈɛrəndz/ | 外出要办的事 |
| shortcut | /ˈʃərtˌkʌt/ | 近路；捷径 |
| forecast | /ˈfɔrˌkæst/ | 天气预报 |
Useful Structures 常用结构
drop something off at + 地点 把某物送到某处
On Monday morning, Elena dropped her car off at a repair shop.
星期一早上，埃琳娜把车送到了修理厂。
try doing something 试着做某事
She decided to try getting to work without paying for a ride.
她决定试试看，能不能在不花钱叫车的情况下去上班。
use the time to do something 利用这段时间做某事
On Tuesday, she caught an earlier bus and used the extra time before work to eat breakfast at a café.
星期二，她搭了班更早的公交车，利用上班前多出来的时间在一家咖啡馆吃了早餐。
with + 时间 + to spare 还剩……时间，时间还有富余
She left home an hour before her shift, took a shortcut through a park, and reached the office with five minutes to spare.
她在上班前一小时出门，抄近路穿过公园，到办公室时离上班还有五分钟。
mean doing something 意味着要做某事
Walking cost her nothing, but it meant setting her alarm earlier than usual.
走路不用花钱，但她得把闹钟设得比平时早。
turn into something 变成某物或演变成某种情况
On the way home, she stopped for groceries and realized how quickly a short shopping list could turn into a heavy bag.
回家路上，她顺便买了些东西，这才发现购物清单上没几样东西，买完却已经是沉甸甸的一袋了。