2020届浦东新区高考英语二模

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days, and stay in school for longer. They can do the things that young people love to do on their phones, without going out.

The other big bus users are the poor and the old, especially outside London, but both are turning away from buses to cars. Lower lending standards have made cars easier to acquire; a fuel-tax freeze and fuel - saving engines make them cheaper to run. Cars are ever more comfortable and easier to operate, with parking-assist technology and lane-drifting alerts to help starters. Outside London, the average free bus pass was used 90 times in the year 2010-11 but only 74 times in 2018-19, according to the Department for Transport.

Finally there is the gig economy（零工经济）. Online shopping and Uber probably substitute of bus trips as well as private car journeys. And they put new vehicles on the roads, which slows everything down. The number of light-goods vehicles in London has risen by 28% since 2012. Tony Travers of the London School of Economics points out that bus speeds have fallen slightly in the capital, even though private cars have almost been cleared up from the city center. The average London bus now travels at 9.3 miles per hour. Just as people become less inclined to run after buses, they are becoming easier to catch.

V. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 72. 该论文声称，独处能够让我们更好地进行自我反思。(It ...) 73. 地方政府应当采取什么样的措施来维持物价的稳定呢？(measure) 74. 即将拍摄一部影片，致敬这些无私奉献的义务工作者。(honor)

75. 互联网教育资源丰富，爱学习的人可以获得各种免费课程，足不出户、学遍天下。(So ...)

VI. Guided Writing

Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 76. 经过一段时间的网上学习之后，明启中学在高三学生中进行了一个题为“你最喜欢的在线上课模式”的调查，调查结果如图所示。

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