How do you get across a river? A
bridge is the best way. In some places, there are no bridges. People use the
ferry（渡船）. A
ferry is a boat that takes people and cars across the river.
Both ends of a ferry look the
same. The ferry never has to turn around. It docks（靠岸）at one side of the
river. People and cars get on. At the other side, the ferry docks again. The
people and cars get off. Other cars and people get on. And then the ferry goes
back across the river.
In many places, bridges are now
taking the place of ferries. In 1964, the longest bridge in the world was built
in New York over Now York Bay（灣）. It is called the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This bridge has two
roads, one over the other. Each road is wide enough for six lanes（行道）of traffic.
1. ______ is the best way for people to go across the river.
A. The
bridge B. The
car C. The
ferry D. The bus
2. We can infer that ______ according to the passage.
A. the shortest bridge in the
world was built in New York
B. it may be faster to cross
rivers on bridges than on ferries
C. there is a bridge over every
river in the United States
D. we don’t need ferries any
more
3. The main idea of the passage is that _____.
A. the bridge is taking the
place of the ferry
B. the ferry is better than the
long bridge
C. the bridge in New York has a
very long name
D. there is no ferry in the
world
4._______ can cross rivers by ferry.
A. Only
people B. Both cars and people C.
Only cars D. Neither people nor cars
