Unit 4 Public transport Period 1 课件 1.pptVIP

2．If you traveled on the underground in 1884，you would . A．look out of the window of your carriage to enjoy the scenery B．See the smoke caused by the steam engines C．suffer from noise 3．Why were traveling on the underground lines inconvenient in the 1880s? A．Because the price of the tickets was very high. B．Because you should queue up. C．Because each line was separately owned and many were very far from each other. 4．The underground system was functioned as the following except . A．bomb shelters B．an underground airplane factory C．field hospital 5．What is the main idea of the passage? A．It tells the history and development of the London underground. B．It tells the function of the London underground in World War. C．Why the London underground was built. 【答案】　1.B　2.B　3.C　4.C　5.A Ⅲ.课文缩写 The London underground system has the 1. of being the oldest and most complex underground system in the world.Rail services to London were first developed during the first half of the 19th century，but people couldnt build railways into the city because doing that would cause great 2. to many old buildings.Therefore，the number of vehicles on the road used to 3. people to and around the city centre caused unbelievable traffic jams.This traffic problem led to the 4. of the underground system. In 1854，the British government gave 5. to the construction of an underground railway in the centre of London.The 6. tunnels were opened in 1863.In 1884，two companies linked up and 7. underground service in the middle of the city.Because of the smoke from the steam engines，early underground lines needed large holes leading to the surface at regular 8. .The first railway tunnel under the River Thames was dug in 1884.The City and South London Railway opened the first 9. underground railway in 1890.Over the next twenty－five years，six independent deep underground lines were constructed.The underground system had some unusual uses