C.the tight security
D.the bank robbers
54.Which might be the best title for the passage?
A.Life in Britain.
B.Back in Britain.
C.Britain in Future.
D.Britain in Memory.
B
(2012湖北高考,B)
When my brother and I were young,my mom would take us on Transportation Days.
It goes like this: You can't take any means of transportation more than once.We would start from home,walking two blocks to the rail station.We'd take the train into the city center,then a bus,switching to the tram,then maybe a taxi.We always considered taking a horse carriage in the historic district,but we didn't like the way the horses were treated,so we never did.At the end of the day,we took the subway to our closest station,where Mom's friend was waiting to give us a ride home—our first car ride of the day.
The good thing about Transportation Days is not only that Mom taught us how to get around.She was born to be multimodal(多方式的).She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of imagination and,above all,a failure of confidence—the product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels.
Once you learn the route map and step with certainty over the gap between the train and the platform,nothing is frightening anymore.New cities are just lightrail lines to be explored.And your personal car,if you have one,becomes just one more tool in the toolbox—and often an inadequate one,limiting both your mobility and your wallet.
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