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单选题How long does the training period last?

A．Two years．
B．Three years．
C．Four years．
D．Two to four years．

参考答案D

解析:London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands. No matter how small or indistinct the street is, the driver will be able to get you there without any trouble. The reason London taxi drivers are so effi-cient is that they all have gone through a very tough training period to get special taxi driving license. During this period, which can take two to four years, the would-be taxi driver has to learn the most direct route to every single road and to every important building in London. To achieve this, most learners go around the city on small motorbikes practicing how to move to and from different points of the city. Learner taxi drivers are tested several times during the training period by government officers. The exams are terrible experience. The officers ask you "How do you get from Birmingham Palace to the Tower of London?" and you have to take them there in the direct line. When you get to the tower, they won' t say "Well done!" They will quickly move on to the next question. After five or six questions, they will just say "See you in two months' time. " and then you know the exam is over. Learner drivers are not allowed to work and earn money as drivers. Therefore, many of them keep their present jobs until they have obtained the license. The training can cost quite a lot,because learners have to pay for their own expenses on the tests and the exaln.

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单选题Why do learner drivers have to keep their present jobs?

A．Because they want to earn more money．
B．Because they are not allowed to earn money as drivers without a license．
C．Because they don’t want to leave the jobs．
D．Because they are asked to do S0．

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单选题What can we leam from the passage?

A．London tax drivers always take a map of London with them．
B．Streets in London are quite small．
C．Learner taxi drivers use cars during the trainin9．
D．The exanls during the training period are not easy

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Folk toys are those whose designs have passed down through the generations, made by hand and not in factories.(26)____ manufactured toys, they are not protected by copyrights or patents, (27)____ have they been standardized by machine production. Early folk toys were made of natural materials (28)____ wood, cloth, metal, earth, and (29)____ found materials. Wood was often used (30)____ it was available, easily worked, and required no painting. Toys were considered unimpor-tant, so (31)____  was written about them. A parent made toys for a child, or children themselves made toys. The toys often were (32)____  made and used action movements. Traditionally, fathers and boys have been most interested in (33)____  toys, while mothers and girls have (34)____  dolls and needlework.
Folk toys include action toys, models, games, puzzles, and dolls. This basic (35)____  can be enlarged to include skill toys, balance toys, flying toys, shooting toys, (36)____  incorporating music or noise, and animated toys: The (37)____  name is lost in history, and the descriptive names given to the toys (38)____. Typical names include Bullroarer, Jacob´ s Ladder, and Limber Jack.
Early settlers of the Appalachian region mostly came from Germany, England, Scotland, and Ireland, (39)____  knowledge of folk toys from their home countries. The designs often were (40)____  in the process of handing them (41)____, so now there are many variations.
The making of homemade toys decreased in (42)____ of prosperity, when people could (43)____ manufactured toys. Recently there is a new (44)____ for the mountain folk toy heritage, (45)____.And handcrafted toys are sometimes bought in preference to manufactured toys.
第26题选

A．Without
B．Unlike
C．Despite
D．Besides

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