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Oyster

What is an Oyster card?

Oyster is the easiest way to pay for journeys on the bus，Tube，tram，Docklands Light Railway (DLR), London Overground and National Rail journeys in London You can store your travel cards, Bus & Tram Pass, season tickets and credit to pay for journeys as you go.

Where to get an Oyster card?

There are a number of ways for you to get an Oyster card:

• At over 3,900 Oyster Ticket stops

• At Tube and London Overground station ticket offices

• At some National Rail stations

• At London Travel information Centres

• Online at tfl. gov. uk/oyster

How to use an Oyster card?

To pay the correct fare on the Tube , DLR, London Overground and National Rail services, you must always touch in on the yellow Oyster card reader at the start of your journey, and touch out at the end. If you don’t, a maximum cash Oyster fare will be charged. When using the bus or tram, you must only touch in at the start, but not at the end of your journey.

What happens if I don’t visit London very often?

Don’t worry. Any pay as you go credit on your card will not expire (过期)，so you can keep it for your next visit or lend it to a friend.

Fares

Traveling by Tube from Central London (Zone l)to Heathrow (Zone 6)

Adult Oyster single fare

￡ 4. 20 Monday to Friday 06:30 - 09:30 and 16:00 - 19:00

￡ 2. 70 at all other times including public holidays

Adult single cash fare ￡ 5.00

For further information，visit tfl.gov. uk /fares.

60. You can get an Oyster card at the following places EXCEPT ________.

A. on the website B. at an Oyster Ticket stop C. at a post office D. at a Tube station

61. Which of the following is TRUE about Oyster cards?

A. They are limited in use to the owners themselves.

B. On National Rail services you must touch them on the reader twice.

C. They are not suitable for those who don’t visit London often.

D. Oyster card Tube fares cost more on public holidays than on weekdays.

62. If a person with an Oyster card takes the 7 o’clock Tube from Central London to Heathrow for a week (no public holiday in between)，he should pay________.

A. ￡ 18.90 B. ￡ 29.40 C. ￡21.90 D. ￡ 26.40

63.The passage is probably taken from a _________ .

A. magazine B. travel brochure(旅游手册) C. textbook D. novel

C

Children's lives have changed greatly over the last 50 years. But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did?

It's difficult to look back on one's own childhood without some element of nostalgia(怀旧的). I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them. Playing board games on the living room floor, or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children, racing up and down on our bikes, or exploring the nearby woods. My parents hardly appear in these memories, except as providers either of meals or of severe blame after some particularly risky adventure.

These days, in the UK at least, the nature of childhood has changed greatly.Firstly, families are smaller, and there are far more only children. It is common for both parents to work outside the home and there is the feeling that there just isn't time to bring up a large family, or that no one could possibly afford to have more than one child. As a result, today's boys and girls spend much of their time alone. Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home, inside. More than anything this is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers, so they wouldn't dream of letting their children play outside by themselves.

Finally, the kind of toys children have and the way they play is totally different. Computer and video games have replaced the board games and more interesting activities of my childhood. The irony(令人啼笑皆非的事情)is that so many ways of playing games are called "interactive”. The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today.

Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had? I personally believe that they do, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same .

64.What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph?

A.To show who the passage is written for.

B.To gather people's opinions on childhood.

C.To get people's attention and lead in the topic.

D.To compare the childhood lives of two generations.

65.Which is a reason for the changes?

A.Families are bigger today. B.It's too dangerous to play outside.

C.Children play more interactive games. D.Parents worried too much about their children.

66.What does the writer focus on in the fourth paragraph?

A.Young people today shouldn't play electronic games.

B.Computer and video games have replaced the board games.

C.Some games that young people play today aren't really good.

D.Board games are much more interesting than computer games.

67.The writer's attitude towards the childhood changing is ________ .

A.approving B.objective C.unconcerned D.optimistic