In China, there are various means of transport for day-to-day living: subways, buses, cars, and even bikes… but taxis rank high on the list.

Taxis are certainly the most convenient means of transport, as 【小题1】 requires little effort to raise your arm to call a cab. Besides, fares in China are 【小题2】 (afford).

They start in daytime hours in the capital at RMB 13 yuan for 【小题3】 first 3 kilometers, after which you pay another RMB 2.3 yuan per kilometer. This is far 【小题4】 expensive than that in European capitals. In London, for example, two kilometers’ ride could cost you about RMB 63 yuan.

Taxicabs as we know them today first 【小题5】 (appear) in China in the early 20th century, but 【小题6】 (be) the reserve (特权) of the rich and the powerful. Nowadays, 【小题7】 (take) a cab is commonplace in China.

Before coming to China, I 【小题8】 (warn) that there were awful drivers who would make long detours (绕行) 【小题9】 (get) higher fares. However, most taxi drivers I have met are nice. They know the city like the back of their hands, and are glad to be 【小题10】 some help.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has started plans for a"cycling and walking revolution".It, if fully 【小题1】(realize),could change the way people move around towns and cities.

The move comes as authorities' attempt 【小题2】(improve)public health by arousing people's interest in traveling by bike and on foot.The plans,which are 【小题3】(special)designed for England,are to be funded by £ 2 billion.

Wide-ranging in their scope,they include 【小题4】(aspect)such us:providing cycling training to children and adults 【小题5】 they want it,developing a network of protected bike routes,and creating "low-traffic neighborhoods."

Xavier Brice,the CEO of Sustrans,a charity which focused on cycling and walking, 【小题6】（say)the new plans marked"a big step forward"by the government."By 【小题7】(help)more people to leave the car at home for shorter journeys,this package of measures will cut pollution and improve the safety of our streets,"he added.

The coronavirus pandemic has already had a significant effect 【小题8】 the way people move about.Public transport use in the UK has fallen greatly while some parts of the country 【小题9】（change) their roads lately to make   【小题10】easier for people to get around by walking or by bike.

Chinese new energy vehicle companies, including battery and car makers, are entering Germany with innovations, 【小题1】 German car expert said this Friday. Key battery manufacturers in China are now building battery cell factories with large investments in Germany, thus 【小题2】(bring) technology to the country. “China is helping Germany to carry out climate-friendly strategies more 【小题3】(rapid),” said Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of CAR Center Automotive Research Duisburg.

Germany’s government is aiming 【小题4】(have) 15 million pure electric cars on the road by 2030. In the meanwhile, carmakers like NIO or BYD will bring their products and service to Europe. On Friday at its European launch event in Berlin, NIO prepared three new models 【小题5】 customers in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden.

Earlier this week, German car rental company and mobility service provider Sixt made an announcement and 【小题6】(reveal) its plans to order 100,000 electric vehicles from China’s: YD over the next six years. Up to now, Sixt 【小题7】(order) several thousand pure electric vehicles from BYD. The first vehicles would be available to Europe, starting with Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, in the 【小题8】(four) quarter of 2022, according to the company.

“It is good for the exchange between Germany and China, through 【小题9】 we cooperate with technology-driven Chinese new energy companies. It helps us learn how 【小题10】(advance) Chinese technology is and it encourages further exchange,” Dudenhoeffer said.