Bike Rental & Guided Tours
Welcome to Amsterdam, welcome to MacBike. You see much more from the seat of a bike! Cycling is the most economical, sustainable and fun way to explore the city, with its beautiful canals, parks, squares and countless lights. You can also bike along lovely landscapes outside of Amsterdam.
Why MacBike
MacBike has been around for almost 30 years and is the biggest bicycle rental company in Amsterdam. With over 2,500 bikes stored in our five rental shops at strategic locations, we make sure there is always a bike available for you. We offer the newest bicycles in a wide variety, including basic bikes with foot brake (刹车), bikes with hand brake and gears (排挡), bikes with child seats, and children’s bikes.
Prices
Hand Brake, Three Gears
Foot Brake, No Gears
1 hour
€7.50
€5.00
3 hours
€11.00
€7.50
1 day (24 hours)
€14.75
€9.75
Each additional day
€8.00
€6.00
Guided City Tours
The 2.5-hour tour covers the Gooyer Windmill, the Skinny Bridge, the Rijksmuseum, Heineken Brewery and much more. The tour departs from Dam Square every hour on the hour, starting at 1:00 pm every day. You can buy your ticket in a MacBike shop or book online.
21. What is an advantage of MacBike?
A. It gives children a discount.
B. It offers many types of bikes.
C. It organizes free cycle tours.
D. It has over 2,500 rental shops.
22. How much do you pay for renting a bike with hand brake and three gears for two days? A. €15.75. B. €19.50.
C. €22.75. D. €29.50.
23. Where does the guided city tour start?
A. The Gooyer, Windmill.
B. The Skinny Bridge.
C. Heineken Brewery.
D. Dam Square.
参考答案:BCD
文章主旨:
本文是一篇广告,主要介绍了MacBike公司:包括它的自行车租赁的优势,租赁
价目表和它的城市导览游。
答案详解:
21.B。事实细节题。根据第一个小标题Why MacBike下的最后一句We offer the newest bicycles in a wide variety, including basic bikes with foot brake, bikeswith hand brake and gears, bikes with child seats, and children’s bikes.我们提供各种各样的最新自行车,包括带脚刹车的基本自行车,带手刹车和齿轮的自行车,带儿童座椅的自行车和儿童自行车。可知,MacBike的优势在于它提供了多种种类的自行车,B. It offers many types of bikes.这里有很多种类的自行车。
因此应选B。其它选项含义:A. It gives children a discount.它给儿童打折。C. It organizes free cycle tours.它组织免费的自行车旅行。D. It has over 2,500 rental shops.它有2500多家出租店。ACD均为错误信息。
22.C事实细节题。根据题干How much do you pay for …可以把关键信息定位在小标题Prices,第二列Hand Brake,Three Gears,租赁一天的价格为14.75欧元,再根据Each additional day,每超出一天为8欧元,因此,两天的费用为14.75+8=22.75欧元,因此应选C。
23.D事实细节题。根据题干中的the guided city tour可以把关键信息定位在最后一段,The tour departs from Dam Square every hour on the hour, starting at 1:00 pm every day.每天下午1点开始,每小时整点从Dam Square出发。因此应选D。
重难点词汇积累:
rental n 租赁,出租 rent v 租赁,出租n租金 economical adj经济的,实惠的 economy n 经济 sustainable adj可持续的sustain v 维持,保持 canal n运河 bike v骑自行车landscape n 风景,景色 strategic adj重要的,战略(性)的 strategy n 策略 location n地点,位置 locate v位于 available adj可用的,可得到的additional adj 附加的,另外的addition n增加物 cover v涵盖,包括depart v出发,离开 departure n离开,启程
重难点词块
guided tour n有导游的游览welcome to sp欢迎来某地in a wide variety多种多样地 every hour on the hour每小时的整点