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Dear Sir,
I have to travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along their route (路线): the
number 49 and number 16. But by the time the number 16 bus reaches Souk Road it is always full, so I can't
get on it. I have to wait for the number 49, because sometimes there are empty seats on it.
The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes. If this is so, why
do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day?
The regulations say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are
waiting. Why do the half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop?
The regulations say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers.
Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. I counted the other passengers as they
got off. There were 129 of them.
It is clear that our bus companies break the regulations and think little of their passengers. Can nothing be
done to make your service better?
Yours
Tired passenger
1. The writer has to take Bus No.49 because _____. [ ]
A. it arrives on time
B. it is not always full
C. it travels faster
D. it has fewer seats on it
2. How long does the writer usually have to wait for a bus? [ ]
A. Ten minutes.
B. One hour.
C. Half an hour.
D. Nearly a day.
3. The regulations say that each bus may carry _____ passengers at most. [ ]
A. 20
B. 40
C. 60
D. 129
4. From the passage we can see that _____. [ ]
A. the bus service was poor
B. no buses except the No.49 bus passed Souk Road
C. no passengers took their buses
D. the writer was always the first to get on the bus
